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Dance Dance Revolution World Endurance Record Broken
Thanks to GamesAreFun for the news that 17 year-old Drew Gamble has broken the Dance Dance Revolution world endurance record by continuously playing the rhythm-action arcade game for 37½ hours. According to the story: "Initially started as a joint effort with his 16 year-old friend Chris Machado at the Space Balls Arcade in the Bend River Mall [in Oregon], Gamble danced on a Dance Dance Revolution Extreme machine for twenty hours after Machado was disqualified." A report at the Bend Bugle gives more detail, as it appears that "...around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, 17½ hours into the effort, Machado unfortunately was talked by some in the crowd to try a faster-tempo song, and couldn't keep his... feet hitting the right lit arrows in sequence." Fortunately, "Gamble soldiered on by himself, sticking to the slower-tempo songs, for the slow and steady win the race."
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17 year-old Drew Gamble has broken the world "I am possibly the most pathetic human in the world" endurance record by continuously playing the rhythm-action arcade game for 371/2 hours.
Though maybe he's in training to do some weekend raving once he gets to college. Playing 37 hours of DDR while taking crystal meth and surrounded by strobe lights...now you're playing with power.
El riesgo vive siempre!
Forget the accomplishment, it's amazing that he "endured" actually playing DDR that long!
You're right, I wouldn't steal a car. But if it were possible, I sure as hell would download one!
What else is there to do in Bend, Oregon??
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51 beats/sec is considered low these days? Wow, I really gotta get my heart looked at.
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Well, wait, I guess there isn't any other news. No wonder we actually found the time to run this story.
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...someone us geeks can look down on, I mean yeesh, here I thought some OS development was an utter waste of time...
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At their 9 a.m. break, the teens said they were pretty much numb from the waist down, she added.
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Oh really?....Say, you wouldn't have two tens for a five, would ya?
Here's a video of part of this guys marathon run....
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