A Beginner's Guide to the Dance Dance Phenomena

An anonymous reader writes "I just saw a rather interesting article over at LANParty.com about breaking into the world of Dance Dance Revolution. The article has a humourous story about going from DDR mocker to DDR fanatic thanks to a seven-year-old kid. Also, it has reviews of some home DDR equipment for those too timid to play in public. The article is written from a beginner's perspective, and has some good resources for newbies! If you've ever thought of hopping up and 'busting a move', be sure to check it out."

Comments

What the article doesn't mention ...

[slagdogg]

Is that DDR is also a great way to meet the neighbors that live below you ... :)

Re:What the article doesn't mention ...

[BigOTeeToe]

You're forgetting that most players live in their parents' basement...

I've done it.

[yzquxnet]

I've done it. I thought is was stupid. But, I guess you have to like that sort of thing. Generally speaking I don't move my feet around like that unless I'm falling down the stairs.

The best DDR review you'll ever read....

[Rahga]

It's usually at http://sardius.fefea.org/, but since the site is down, click my mirror of it here: http://www.rahga.com/fun/konamix/

For what it's worth, Michael Jackson is involved.... and trust me, it blows every other DDR review out of the water. :)

DDR PHASE II

[ArcSecond]

Around these parts (Vancouver, Canada), the only people that play DDR are asian kids. It looks like fun, in the way that Karaoke is fun. (Which in my dictionary, is "marginally".)

The next step is for DDR to infect the minds of white folks. I expect to see long rows of these machines bringing in the line-dancing crowd in the very near future.

/. reader -- dancers?

[deft]

from the slashdot readers that I know... top things they'd like to see added to a game:

10. golems
9. battle chariots
8. star cruisers
7. light sabers
6. dark elves
5. dancing girls
4. power axes
3. tanks
2. balistic missles
1. more cinematics of lara croft

things they wouldn't like:

10. calisthenics
9. exertion
8. breathing hard
7. movement
6. physicality
5. burning energy
4. working out
3. sweat
2. exercise
1. dancing

i see a critical flaw here.

Mocking--dancing?

[indiigo]

Nah, I think I'll stay on the mocking side of the fence. No amount of explaining or justifying is going to get me to budge from this lofty position.

DDR v RAMBUS

[guttentag]

Dude, Dance Dance Revolution is so much more fun than Radical Advanced Moronic Bouncing Up-and-down Skating!

ddr destroyed my relationship

[terminal96]

ddr destroyed my relationship :( girls are evil

A Guide to Dance Dancers

[Rayonic]

This topic wouldn't be complete without a link to this.

That is all.

Re:relax, this is a good thing...DDR may get you l

[Anonymous Coward]

Whats a "girls"?

I asked all my nerdy friends, but they didn't know either.

Is a girls some sort of 'next generation' gaming console?

Not everyone uses it for exercise

[guttentag]

I know there's someone out there who spent weeks writing a shell script that would "watch" the screen and return the appropriate feedback so he could play without having to get off his ass.

Come on, I know you're out there and I know you read Slashdot.

Re:Wake up, there are cheaper places to dance.

[Anonymous Coward]

You spent money on transportation to a club? I dance in my living room for free, and I don't even have to wear clothes.

I prefer this variant.

[CaptainCarrot]

Mosh Mosh Revolution!

Ever since that strip came out, I can't walk by a DDR machine without thinking about how much better it could be...

Re:I'm probably addicted.

[Tackhead]

> DDR introduced me to social situations. I mean, before DDR, I never really mingled with people at large social gatherings. But DDR has made me a much more social person, forcing you to either deal with people or play at home.

Me too. Before there was DDR, there was SDRAM. People laughed at me at LAN parties as they fragged my bog-slow-framerate azz. I couldn't deal with people with such a lame system.

So I bought an RDRAM system, and the people at LAN parties poured Bawlz into my power supply and shorted it out. Said I deserved it for supporting the lawyers at Rambus. So I got a new power supply, but I had to play from home. (and despite decent frame rates, with the lag on a 56k connection, everyone still fragged my azz.)

Then I got a DDR system in a kickass aluminum case! Wow! My framerates are up, and I'm no longer embarassed to show up at the LAN party! I can deal with people, and I don't have to play at home anymore! w00t! I 0wn!

(Not to mention the health benefits of being able to haul my watercooled rig with fishtank reservoir to the party. I did that once up ten flights of stairs, it hurt.)

Dance Simulators

[Nathdot]

Just a thought worth remembering:

DDR is just a dance SIMULATOR

Does as scoring a perfect mission in flight sim stealth bomber automatically qualify you for the USAF?
More to point, a high DDR score does not mean you are ready for the dance floor of your local club.

If it were anywhere near a close approximation to life it would at the very least tell you just what the fuck to do with your arms!

Re:relax, this is a good thing...DDR may get you l

[Xaoswolf]

I don't know if you can play naked DDR and have the same amount of fun as you would naked Twister.

Are you kidding, while naked twister has the high rubbing factor, naked DDR has a higher bounce factor.

The easy answer.

[Mulletproof]

"Cute asian gamer chicks" Am I a hormone on a string? Sure, but paying isn't without fringe benefits.