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Tyrgannus
January 27, 2007, 02:19:18 PM - ORIGINAL POST -

Hey, someone had to make this thread. Have fun kids.

Post your high scores/accomplishments for dance games here!

« Last Edit: December 29, 2009, 05:31:25 PM by BLueSS »
 
Hollie
Read February 19, 2010, 11:14:20 AM #1601

Oh, plenty of people play for exercise.
 
Suko
Read February 19, 2010, 11:54:15 AM #1602

Oh, plenty of people play for exercise.
That would be me.
 
NSX
Read February 19, 2010, 01:41:37 PM #1603

I play for exercise too, but it kinda gets boring for me if I don't make the game fun somehow other than just exercise. That's why I like competition because It gives you more motivation like it gives Gerrak and me to keep playing.

Anyways its not always about competition, but playing itg/ddr alone is boring for me. So that's why you guys gotta get out there more!

Hopefully sn2 will make you guys come down and play more until it gets boring again. Tongue
 
Keby
Read February 19, 2010, 03:15:04 PM #1604

Lol, I've taken a huge break from ITG. November was the last time I was going to acme consistently. I needed a break though, because it was becoming a chore and no fun, but I'm going to start coming back in the coming weeks to smash some 16th note runs.

Depending on how good bills SN2 machine is, I'll be at acme more often then ever.

You guys should check out the SN2 at Pink Gorilla though. it's beast. Beast enough for me to almost full combo Fascination MAXX.
 
KevinDDR
Read February 19, 2010, 04:14:01 PM #1605

Yeah SN2 is basically the best. I got 5 greats on Volcano.
 
manyminimoos
Read February 19, 2010, 04:22:47 PM #1606

Wait is the SN2 there already?  Regardless I'm probably going tonight.
 
discovolante
Read February 19, 2010, 09:37:24 PM #1607

I'm gonna be frank, if you're just playing DDR and not playing mostly hard 10's constantly, with few breaks, it's nothing special for exercise. If you play long songs/hard songs on ITG and nothing but, or do HIIT on ITG, that can be good. I guess the other option would be to stomp really hard, but still it's not as good as running other cardio.

IN TOKYO, been hanging out mostly with Kaze/Hudson, Aaron (in Japan) and Akudaikan, all of whom are bros.

#237- Surrender Your Love (22p, team AAA'd with Kaze)
#238- rainbow flyer (28p)

AM-3P groove radar- 6g FC, the e-amuse record is like 1g and bad MA so I'm going to try and take it (as is Kaze)
Brilliant2U groove radar- 2g on a random with a slow speed mod, must get
Centaur- 44p 1g, in an 8th note, all the players present were just pissed that this even happened, least of all me.
Feelings Won't Fade- 25p 1g, also in a random 8th note

Kaze is ridiculous and has FC'd the Maxx x-special twice, FC'd HDVO, gotten 3g and a miss PLUS 2g and a miss on LOM x-special, fc'd these dumb BROSONI edits, got a bunch of FPC's on stuff like Angelus and Venus and 6p on 1998... just crazy. This has all been while I've been here btw.
 
Gerrak
Read February 19, 2010, 11:12:48 PM #1608

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I'm gonna be frank, if you're just playing DDR and not playing mostly hard 10's constantly, with few breaks, it's nothing special for exercise. If you play long songs/hard songs on ITG and nothing but, or do HIIT on ITG, that can be good. I guess the other option would be to stomp really hard, but still it's not as good as running other cardio.

I lost 65 pounds playing DDR Extreme on mostly 8s and 9s (no bar mind you) and then ITG 10s and 11s (195-130 over 2 years). I only recently moved to consistently doing 12s and over after having gotten in shape so I beg to differ. I run now as well to maintain my girlish figure since doing this much DDR is pretty costly.

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I play for exercise too, but it kinda gets boring for me if I don't make the game fun somehow other than just exercise. That's why I like competition because It gives you more motivation like it gives Gerrak and me to keep playing.

Anyways its not always about competition, but playing itg/ddr alone is boring for me. So that's why you guys gotta get out there more!

God yes. Tell it brother! Local friendly competition is how to keep people motivated, or at least much of my motivation. And frankly ITG doesn't have that many songs that are just smashing 16th note runs. In fact ITG3 and Rebirth has some REALLY fucking good charts. Way better than Supernova and on. See my Acme SN2 post for more commentary on that issue...
 
Keby
Read February 20, 2010, 12:23:15 AM #1609

I totally agree with you on ITG3 having some bitchin charts. I love that pack much more than ITG Rebirth, but don't compare it with Supernova.

DDR and ITG have two different styles in terms of stepcharts. Besides.......most of every chart supernova and up is crap. So......yeah


Also......Checked out acme for the first time in ever today. I've got some work to do on ITG haha, perhaps I took too long of a break. Just give me two weeks and I'll break my ReaF score. That song is not that hard once you can move your feet that fast.
 
manyminimoos
Read February 20, 2010, 12:35:06 AM #1610

Yeah Ethan you're totally fucked up on the "DDR isn't exercise unless you play nothing but 10s" thing.  It might not be like, a fucking grueling training regimen, but pretty much anything on DDR becomes healthy aerobic exercise.  You know, kind of like how they advocate walking half an hour a day for fitness.

Anyway I played on the SN2 today, I'll upload pics later, but some of the stuff I did:
FPC Why Me as my warmup song
24p (...and two misses as I stopped to kick a stray air hockey puck out from under me...) flowers
3g Unreal over and over and over again, including in the first 4 steps only once.
12g FC NGO expert first try, eventually got 9
Yeah still don't know TMP (best of two tries was 188combo)
22g FC Unreal Double
866xxx NGO double expert, this is way harder than on single, probably on par with LoM.  I failed in the last run when it did some stretch crossovers in the middle
A clear FELM expert double, 22 combo breaks?  91gr?  Kobayan is just beast.
FC FELM expert single.  I don't think I've ever done that before haha.  24gr though =\ (best is 6)

Yeah.  Such awesome pads.

Kev: if you consider easier charts like 8s and 9s crap, I can't help you, but there are some fun fuckin charts on SN and up.  Just as many as ITG.  That basically means there's a couple on each game

« Last Edit: February 20, 2010, 12:37:57 AM by manyminimoos »
 
discovolante
Read February 20, 2010, 12:43:17 AM #1611

I never said it wasn't exercise, I just said if you're playing nothing but easy shit you're probably not going to see any significant improvement, or at least less than you would by doing more strenuous cardio.

And if 30 minutes of walking a day is supposed to be healthy aerobic exercise then I'm Mr. Universe. I don't know who "they" are, but considering half of this fat country probably walks that much a day "they" sound like they're full of shit.

Gerrak: keyword there is no bar, so, gg. I hate playing no bar haha.
 
manyminimoos
Read February 20, 2010, 12:46:41 AM #1612

30 minutes of walking a day >>>>>>> nothing
is the concept I'm sure.  

Please don't use the terms "exercise" and something along the lines of "training" interchangeably.  No, you won't see improvement in stamina or strength by shuffling around on 4s and 5s (unless that already gets you winded, which then becomes the basis of people losing weight even though they can only play on easy mode), but it's good aerobic exercise nonetheles.
edit: you also have to consider playstyle.  I probably burn considerably more calories and gain more training value out of 10s than a lot of you because I tend to play on my toes, which forces me to move more.  Not to mention doublesssss.  I don't find no bar to make a whole lot of difference in terms of stamina, but that's just my playstyle.

Perhaps it's because you come from a progressive (aka hippy) college town, but you'd be surprised how little of this country actually gets up and walks half an hour a day.

« Last Edit: February 20, 2010, 12:49:44 AM by manyminimoos »
 
Keby
Read February 20, 2010, 12:57:04 AM #1613

Kev: if you consider easier charts like 8s and 9s crap, I can't help you, but there are some fun fuckin charts on SN and up.  Just as many as ITG.  That basically means there's a couple on each game

Hey hey now I never said specifically what I thought was crap, but if you will let me clarify. I'm sorry, I didn't really mean to say "most of everything" because when I really think about it, I like a lot of supernovas charts. SN2 though has some really gimmicky stuff. Like Music in Rhythm is so awesome, but the stops in it are unnecessary.


Also, got a AA BARELY, and do I mean BARELY on Fascination MAXX. The main problem im having on that song is at the part when it has something like 4 steps and then a jump randomly. 200 bpm is killer. Also, SN2's timing seems harder for some reason, but I'm getting used to it.

also I got a bunch of "AAA's" according to SN2 hahaha
Why didn't they keep it so AAA's required no greats. I don't get it.


Also, Disco is right. I walk everywhere because I have no car, but my calves are not bricks. I started running 2 weeks ago every Saturday I'd do a 3k, slowly I'll push it to a 5k, so in about 2 months of doing this consistently, my calves will be BEAST!!!!!!!

« Last Edit: February 20, 2010, 12:58:59 AM by Keby »
 
manyminimoos
Read February 20, 2010, 01:07:29 AM #1614

Walking and running don't give you beast calves.  

I do however know what will, from personal experience: climbing.  

I used to climb one mountain a weekend (nothing too challenging, maybe gaining 2 or 3000feet on each hike), and my calves became ridic.  Do stadiums at husky stadium for an hour or something once or twice a week.  Then you will definitely have some huge calves.

edit: and god dammit i just said walking = exercise != training
 
discovolante
Read February 20, 2010, 01:24:55 AM #1615

ok James

what part of "training" is not "strenous exercise"? and vice versa? this seems like a silly argument to me.
also, no, I come from LA, the drivingest (or more importantly, least walkingest) town in the universe, I just assumed it was the exception to the rule.

ALSO









u mad?
 
Keby
Read February 20, 2010, 01:25:37 AM #1616

There's a rock wall at husky stadium?!?!?!?!?!?!

How much is it to use? or is it free? can you rent equipment? or do you have to bring your own?

You just got me super hyped up!
 
manyminimoos
Read February 20, 2010, 01:58:57 AM #1617

Yeah if you put strenuous in front of it (FIRST TIME THE WORD CAME UP DING DING DING dont change the statements).  It's more of a nuance thing.   I contend that if you ask a bunch of random people if they exercise, that of the people who say yes, most of them are going to be like "I jog every now and then" or something like that, not pumping iron or whatever.  Stay in shape and improve strength and stamina are two different (not exclusive) things.

kev> there's probably a rock wall in the gym but I meant just climbing up and down the stairs (the stadium).   There's about 120 rows of seats so I bet it's at least 100' up.  The gym is like $7 per use for non students. 
 
discovolante
Read February 20, 2010, 09:21:43 AM #1618

Wait, what was that sound I just heard now?

I never said it wasn't exercise, I just said if you're playing nothing but easy shit you're probably not going to see any significant improvement, or at least less than you would by doing more strenuous cardio

I can't tell if it was me being right or you not being able to associate cardio with exercise :X
 
Keby
Read February 20, 2010, 01:29:33 PM #1619

James is the stadium just open for that when there is no games going on? I don't know since I never am usually up there. But hell if your allowed to just go run in there, I'm totally gonna start doing that.
 
ancsik
Read February 20, 2010, 04:34:37 PM #1620

The half hour walking concept is being applied incorrectly here (and in general, honestly) .  The recommendation is that plus good eating habits to help you recover from poor habits or to maintain a proper baseline of health.  Just walking a little each day is definitely more exercise than a lot of people get in this country, but for that to really make huge health improvements without also adjusting what you eat... you need to have started in pretty abysmal condition.

In early 2003 I managed to go from 200 to 165 in about 4 months without changing my diet.  Here's what it took:
- 1st period Highschool Weight Training class M-F
- Joining track as a runner (practice was afternoons M-F)
- League bowling Saturday mornings
- 2-3 hours of DDR daily (I was playing standard at the beginning, mostly heavy by the end).

My doctor had told me severe obesity was guaranteed based on my height/weight chart over the years when I was 5'9" and 200 lbs.  A year later I was 170 (I had just started my last growth spurt which consisted of no height gain, but much broader shoulders, so the 5 lbs. were bone and muscle, thankfully), and he asked me what I had been doing, because patients NEVER correct their weight so quickly (if at all) after he tells them to, especially teens.

When a doctor has someone who would really benefit from losing 40 or 50 pounds, telling them that they need to exercise that much isn't going to work.  Telling them to try light exercise plus diet change isn't going to work.  The 30 minutes light exercise is really meant as a springboard into better exercise plans or into diet change (one or the other usually voluntarily follows the small gains made by light daily exercise), so that doctors don't have to tell people to do something that sounds insurmountable.  If it weren't for the financial investment, going to the gym and lifting weights seems to give some of the best initial results for people needing to lose weight, since they burn the fat that slows them down while getting stronger so the remaining fat is less of a burden, which just makes life feel better overall.

Actually, given how busy I am right now with work, if I had to lose that weight again, I would give up pretty quickly because I just don't have enough time to commit to that much exercise, and often I don't have enough time to buy and prepare healthier meals.

« Last Edit: February 20, 2010, 04:37:12 PM by ancsik »
 
manyminimoos
Read February 20, 2010, 04:52:00 PM #1621

I never said it wasn't exercise, I just said if you're playing nothing but easy shit you're probably not going to see any significant improvement, or at least less than you would by doing more strenuous cardio.

My statement was that "nothing but easy shit" is exercise.  Your quote above CLEARLY differentiates "nothing but easy shit" from "more strenuous cardio."  You make them mutually exclusive.  (and you even say that the easy stuff can lead to improvement!)

Don't get into a logic argument with me.  I'm right quite often.

tony> interesting

« Last Edit: February 20, 2010, 05:11:41 PM by manyminimoos »
 
Laura
Read February 20, 2010, 05:00:08 PM #1622

Play easy shit with heavy leg and arm weights. Now both of you are right. How about those dance game accomplishments?

Edit: I should probably make it clear that I was being sarcastic. Tongue

« Last Edit: February 20, 2010, 05:01:53 PM by Laura »
 
discovolante
Read February 20, 2010, 09:41:34 PM #1623

James, I still think you don't even understand what I was referring to but let's just drop it. I don't think we're arguing the same topic at this point.

Laura: that's a good way to die hahaha

and I'm playing today so there will be scores here today I swear.
 
Gerrak
Read February 21, 2010, 01:51:57 AM #1624

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Just give me two weeks and I'll break my ReaF score. That song is not that hard once you can move your feet that fast.

This chart is offsync also. Not to mention a god awful song -.- I need to try to break that score also I havent played it in so long, my best is like 2% less and I'm in a bit better shape for it now.


On the lines of exercise, what it comes down to for DDR is whether or not youre raising your heart rate doing it. Any method of play can do this or really any difficulty depending on how you play and how in shape you actually are. I probably get comparably as much exercise now bar raping 12s in good heel-toe form than I once did doing 9s no bar on Extreme when I was more of a fatty. And freestyling > all for exercise, I can get winded freestyling a 7 or 8 if it's groovy enough Wink
 
Laura
Read February 21, 2010, 02:53:29 AM #1625

discovalante: Yeah, that is a good way to die. I definitely have small (2 lb I think?) leg weights that I'll play 7s and 8s with, though, and that feels pretty good, in an "I'm going to hate myself tomorrow" way. Cheesy
 
 
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