DDR Memories... - Page 2

ddr_f4n · 02-2-2011, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ddrxero64

xD Even the flea markets know Extreme 2 was one of the worst mixes! (it's all opinion though)

Pshaw, Extreme2 had a sick setlist what are you talking about? :V

Anyways, off with opinions, I started BACK when I was in Grade 6 or 7, with DDR Extreme arcade. Oh god that was so fun, I skipped Beginner and went straight into Light since after watching people play it I knew how to play. After that I got Ultramix 2 for the Xbox and just went on from there.

I remember LOVING the song B4U. Well...the light chart at least.

ddrxero64 · 02-2-2011, 04:08 PM

Well, Extreme is definitely my favorite mix, hands down. There a couple I'd pull from Extreme 2 (cartoon heroes, captain jack grandale, etc.) but my love for ddr stops at extreme.

Gray Fox · 02-2-2011, 04:34 PM

Solution: Get Japanese version of Extreme for ps2, scrap both US Extreme games.

Also I agree that anything after 8th mix is bleh overall. Although I do like some original songs they have, I just cant say the same for their stepcharts.

**~Zeta~** · 02-3-2011, 05:55 PM

Oops, forgot to clear up which extreme I was talking about. The arcade Extreme was tight as can be because it was a summary of the previous games and extreme. The home version of Extreme sucked.

I remember the first song I ever played lmfao: Have You Ever Been Mellow from the first DDR. God why did I pick that song?

**badman7772** · 02-3-2011, 06:09 PM

I remember sucking really bad at DDR when I was like 16 (Light). Around the time I first started playing FFR, I used to go to my local arcade every weekend and waste a good $20 to play some DDR. Man. I met so many people just by playing on the damn machine. I even met my first date doing it.

The terrible news is the arcade's now closed down. I have no place to play DDR anymore. I hate the soft pads since they move too much. I think there's an ITG machine like an hour away or so from me, but I have NO way to get there.

**BethanyBangs** · 02-3-2011, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by badman7772

I remember sucking really bad at DDR when I was like 16 (Light). Around the time I first started playing FFR, I used to go to my local arcade every weekend and waste a good $20 to play some DDR. Man. I met so many people just by playing on the damn machine. I even met my first date doing it.

The terrible news is the arcade's now closed down. I have no place to play DDR anymore. I hate the soft pads since they move too much. I think there's an ITG machine like an hour away or so from me, but I have NO way to get there.

Get a metal pad

I got mines for $174 on ebay. Not bad, compared to cobalts that are like $600.

karatesab · 02-14-2011, 03:48 PM

Aw man. I was like, 10 when I started playing. I had always wanted to try it, but didn't until one of my friends dragged me on to play DDR Extreme. We played I Do I Do I Do, Butterfly, and one other song that I don't remember. I was so terrible. I couldn't even get through Light mode without failing and making my friend save me. But slowly I started to get better, and played every weekend at the mall. Now I can play Heavy, and some Expert songs; but our mall no longer has DDR; it switched to In The Groove.

I like it for the length of the songs, but I miss reminiscing with all of the great DDR songs. :P

ddr_f4n · 02-14-2011, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by karatesab

Aw man. I was like, 10 when I started playing. I had always wanted to try it, but didn't until one of my friends dragged me on to play DDR Extreme. We played I Do I Do I Do, Butterfly, and one other song that I don't remember. I was so terrible. I couldn't even get through Light mode without failing and making my friend save me. But slowly I started to get better, and played every weekend at the mall. Now I can play Heavy, and some Expert songs; but our mall no longer has DDR; it switched to In The Groove.

I like it for the length of the songs, but I miss reminiscing with all of the great DDR songs. :P

ITG has better charts in more ways and now you can put in custom songs (and the DDR stepcharts if you know where to look >.>)

**BethanyBangs** · 02-14-2011, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ddr_f4n

ITG has better charts in more ways and now you can put in custom songs (and the DDR stepcharts if you know where to look >.>)

Hardcore of the north. ;3

vro · 02-14-2011, 07:39 PM

I agree(as anyone would) that ITG has better stepcharts, and its custom/hacking stuff you can do with it is fantastic, but sometimes I miss the old DDR machines. Not because they are necesarilly better, but for the fun nostalgia.

ddr_f4n · 02-14-2011, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by vro

I agree(as anyone would) that ITG has better stepcharts, and its custom/hacking stuff you can do with it is fantastic, but sometimes I miss the old DDR machines. Not because they are necesarilly better, but for the fun nostalgia.

DDR Extreme all the way man...Extreme all the way...

Duplica · 02-15-2011, 09:17 AM

DDRMAX was what got me started. Still a great game.

**3lijah** · 04-3-2011, 01:45 AM

I started late as hell. whenever Supernova first came out, that's when I started to play. I remember playing Xepher a lot lol. Actually, I started playing ffr/stepmania around the same time. So about 5 years, then? Wow, I suck at this game lol.

**bmah** · 04-3-2011, 02:29 AM

I started probably back in the early 2000s, maybe 2001 or 2002. Before then, I was aware of DDR but didn't really care about it. First DDR machine I saw was Max2. But the first one I actually played was Extreme, shortly after it was officially released. I was playing it at the annual fairgrounds, where an arcade under a tent was set up. I really loved it for some reason.

I can't remember the first song I played, but probably one of my earliest ones was Telephone Operator on standard. I remember a kid was impressed with me playing that song lol. "The telephone operator ha ha, ha ha, ha ha, ha ha, ha..."

I had a good start compared to others, but other people quickly surpassed me in skill. I actually didn't peak that far - the best stuff I could do was AA Xenon on heavy, or FC So Deep on heavy. I didn't even get many AAs, mainly because almost all of the machines I've played were stomped the hell out - one or more of the arrow pads were desensitized.

Because of that, I had a better time playing at home, except I missed the bar. So I learned some balance while playing at home. My first home version was Konamix for the PS, which had some pretty early songs that you don't hear anymore, such as patsenner, On the jazz, and Ska a go go. I eventually bought the japanese version of Max2, then the US versions of Max2 and Extreme (I torrented the rest lol).

I have to say that my interest in DDR dwindled around the time Supernova came out.

**dragonmegaXX** · 04-3-2011, 09:29 AM

About 7 years ago I played at my friends house randomly when i didnt even know DDR existed...
Then I stole... er.... borrowed extreme 2 version and played it with a controller until I could AA PSMO everytime, thinking I was a badass.

Then I found out the arcade <1 mile from my house had an arcade version of extreme 2, so I proceeded to play that on light for a week, bouncing as much as possible thinking it was healthy o.o...

Then like a year later i saw a couple play and HOLD DOWN THE MIDDLE BUTTON... and I flipped out when I saw an options menu and from that day I played on heavy, and Im still trying to get better... pluto relinquished on expert almost beat ._.

vro · 04-3-2011, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by dragonmegaXX

HOLD DOWN THE MIDDLE BUTTON...

lol

who_cares973 · 04-3-2011, 03:15 PM

i started playing ddr with extreme 2

**customstuff** · 04-3-2011, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by who_cares973

i started playing ddr with extreme 2

Extreme 2 was the best one anyway

Edit: I started by playing at an arcade in Edmonton on a vacation like 6 years ago (failing beginner, ahaha) but I enjoyed it. I got DDR Extreme 2 (I think, could be wrong) and a pad for christmas that year and played it nonstop. I managed to be able to FC Heavy songs within a month of getting it and I played it for like a year before I decided to search for an online version because I thought it would be cool. I googled something like "Online DDR Game" and FFR came up... played it and loved it. I played it for half a year or so before actually making an account. FFR eventually got me into StepMania too

GideonB · 04-12-2011, 10:32 AM

I played it a few times back when I was in primary school in the summer as they had an after school club with euromix on ps1 set up, but the time I really got into it was when I found out about Trocadero (and the amount of brilliant *ahem* machines they have there). Most of the time I stick to pump but I started DDR on doubles at troc, then bought 2 softpads, and all 3 EU PS1 games that were DDR (EuroMix, Disney Mix and Party Edition). Man do I miss speedmods when I'm playing at home :v

**sakura080789** · 04-12-2011, 12:34 PM

ah DDR memories: well i was 13 or 14 i don't remember but i was in high school and my friends got a chance to set up there DDR pads and Max 2 well of course i knew what DDR was but at that point i thought it was the dumbest thing ever and i was like i would never play it. but my friend who i was sitting with who owned the same game he told come over and play it so after school i played my first ever game of DDR on beginner and i remember the first song D2R by Naoki i thought it was hard so i kept playing and playing and playing untill i became addicted to the arrows rofl. so about 4 months past and i was already playing on standard so i found out they had a machine in our only arcade so me and a couple people went up there and played against others and we got killed since they played heavy so i played alot more often then i remember my first heavy pass was Destiny also a Naoki song

. but then a few weeks later at the arcade someone noticed me playing and asked if i had ever heard of FFR and told me to join but i had no internet access at home and my school had the site blocked to there went that idea. but one day at my arcade they had replaced the DDR program in out machine to Stepmania so now we had all the mixes and the itg mixes as well and creator files on one machine and thats what inspired me to dl SM and start making charts. thats my story

now as for favorite mixes i personally like Max2 not just because it was the first one i played it is the song selection which is great alot of good real dance songs are on it. but i like almost every mix except after Supernova it started to focus too much into the mainstream but Max,Max2,Extreme,Extreme2,Supernova had great songs

Max (Favorite Song): would have to be Dark Black Forest such a fun chart
Max2 (Favorite Song): i would say So Deep really fun heavy chart still need to AAA i have flaged it.
Extreme (Favorite Song): it is A only because i love the beginning being so slow and fun
Extreme2 (Favorite Song: lol even i think this is self explained Sakura XD (even though thats not what my name is from)
Supernova (Favorite Song) : Fascination ~Eternal Love Mix~ i love how dark and hardcore the song sounds

now here i am 21 and still an arrow addict

02-2-2011, 04:08 PM	#22
ddrxero64 FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: MA, United States Posts: 789	Re: DDR Memories... Well, Extreme is definitely my favorite mix, hands down. There a couple I'd pull from Extreme 2 (cartoon heroes, captain jack grandale, etc.) but my love for ddr stops at extreme.

02-2-2011, 04:34 PM	#23
Gray Fox FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 563	Re: DDR Memories... Solution: Get Japanese version of Extreme for ps2, scrap both US Extreme games. Also I agree that anything after 8th mix is bleh overall. Although I do like some original songs they have, I just cant say the same for their stepcharts. __________________

02-3-2011, 05:55 PM	#24
~Zeta~ Flag Master Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: South Pole Age: 31 Posts: 2,156	Re: DDR Memories... Oops, forgot to clear up which extreme I was talking about. The arcade Extreme was tight as can be because it was a summary of the previous games and extreme. The home version of Extreme sucked. I remember the first song I ever played lmfao: Have You Ever Been Mellow from the first DDR. God why did I pick that song? __________________

02-3-2011, 06:09 PM	#25
badman7772 It happens for a reason. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North Carolina Age: 34 Posts: 5,622	Re: DDR Memories... I remember sucking really bad at DDR when I was like 16 (Light). Around the time I first started playing FFR, I used to go to my local arcade every weekend and waste a good $20 to play some DDR. Man. I met so many people just by playing on the damn machine. I even met my first date doing it. The terrible news is the arcade's now closed down. I have no place to play DDR anymore. I hate the soft pads since they move too much. I think there's an ITG machine like an hour away or so from me, but I have NO way to get there. __________________ like, giggity or something?

02-14-2011, 03:48 PM	#27
karatesab FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: In my dorm room. Age: 33 Posts: 14	Re: DDR Memories... Aw man. I was like, 10 when I started playing. I had always wanted to try it, but didn't until one of my friends dragged me on to play DDR Extreme. We played I Do I Do I Do, Butterfly, and one other song that I don't remember. I was so terrible. I couldn't even get through Light mode without failing and making my friend save me. But slowly I started to get better, and played every weekend at the mall. Now I can play Heavy, and some Expert songs; but our mall no longer has DDR; it switched to In The Groove. I like it for the length of the songs, but I miss reminiscing with all of the great DDR songs. :P __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

02-14-2011, 07:39 PM	#30
vro FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 378	Re: DDR Memories... I agree(as anyone would) that ITG has better stepcharts, and its custom/hacking stuff you can do with it is fantastic, but sometimes I miss the old DDR machines. Not because they are necesarilly better, but for the fun nostalgia. __________________

02-15-2011, 09:17 AM	#32
Duplica FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Canada Age: 30 Posts: 205	Re: DDR Memories... DDRMAX was what got me started. Still a great game.

04-3-2011, 01:45 AM	#33
3lijah This ma coo coo face Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 33 Posts: 885	Re: DDR Memories... I started late as hell. whenever Supernova first came out, that's when I started to play. I remember playing Xepher a lot lol. Actually, I started playing ffr/stepmania around the same time. So about 5 years, then? Wow, I suck at this game lol. __________________ BEST AAAs: Fluttershy (Monster Mix), S.E.B. in B.E.D., EHHS, Dreadnought [Heavy], .357 Magnum, Destination of the Heart, Oops, Boot, Puzzle, Colorful Course, BLACKFLAGS: Spaceman, A FLOWER GARDEN, Paraclete, Just Why, Pussy Pump, Future Destination BEST SDGs: Casino fire Kotomi-chan(7-0-0-1), Shitsubou Choco(7-0-0-0) Adventures of Lolo(7-0-0-3), Louder!! Louder!!!! Louder!!!!!!(3-0-0-1), Great Battleship(3-0-0-0), Shatterscape (Bexarametric Remix)(5-0-0-1)

04-3-2011, 02:29 AM	#34
bmah shots FIRED Global Moderator, User Support, Judge Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Edmonton, AB Age: 35 Posts: 8,448	Re: DDR Memories... I started probably back in the early 2000s, maybe 2001 or 2002. Before then, I was aware of DDR but didn't really care about it. First DDR machine I saw was Max2. But the first one I actually played was Extreme, shortly after it was officially released. I was playing it at the annual fairgrounds, where an arcade under a tent was set up. I really loved it for some reason. I can't remember the first song I played, but probably one of my earliest ones was Telephone Operator on standard. I remember a kid was impressed with me playing that song lol. "The telephone operator ha ha, ha ha, ha ha, ha ha, ha..." I had a good start compared to others, but other people quickly surpassed me in skill. I actually didn't peak that far - the best stuff I could do was AA Xenon on heavy, or FC So Deep on heavy. I didn't even get many AAs, mainly because almost all of the machines I've played were stomped the hell out - one or more of the arrow pads were desensitized. Because of that, I had a better time playing at home, except I missed the bar. So I learned some balance while playing at home. My first home version was Konamix for the PS, which had some pretty early songs that you don't hear anymore, such as patsenner, On the jazz, and Ska a go go. I eventually bought the japanese version of Max2, then the US versions of Max2 and Extreme (I torrented the rest lol). I have to say that my interest in DDR dwindled around the time Supernova came out.

04-3-2011, 09:29 AM	#35
dragonmegaXX ITG playing fur Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 3,660	Re: DDR Memories... About 7 years ago I played at my friends house randomly when i didnt even know DDR existed... Then I stole... er.... borrowed extreme 2 version and played it with a controller until I could AA PSMO everytime, thinking I was a badass. Then I found out the arcade <1 mile from my house had an arcade version of extreme 2, so I proceeded to play that on light for a week, bouncing as much as possible thinking it was healthy o.o... Then like a year later i saw a couple play and HOLD DOWN THE MIDDLE BUTTON... and I flipped out when I saw an options menu and from that day I played on heavy, and Im still trying to get better... pluto relinquished on expert almost beat ._. __________________

04-3-2011, 03:15 PM	#37
who_cares973 FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: :U Age: 35 Posts: 15,407	Re: DDR Memories... i started playing ddr with extreme 2 __________________

04-12-2011, 10:32 AM	#39
GideonB FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 22	Re: DDR Memories... I played it a few times back when I was in primary school in the summer as they had an after school club with euromix on ps1 set up, but the time I really got into it was when I found out about Trocadero (and the amount of brilliant ahem machines they have there). Most of the time I stick to pump but I started DDR on doubles at troc, then bought 2 softpads, and all 3 EU PS1 games that were DDR (EuroMix, Disney Mix and Party Edition). Man do I miss speedmods when I'm playing at home :v

04-12-2011, 12:34 PM	#40
sakura080789 Rapture Universe Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 34 Posts: 1,749	Re: DDR Memories... ah DDR memories: well i was 13 or 14 i don't remember but i was in high school and my friends got a chance to set up there DDR pads and Max 2 well of course i knew what DDR was but at that point i thought it was the dumbest thing ever and i was like i would never play it. but my friend who i was sitting with who owned the same game he told come over and play it so after school i played my first ever game of DDR on beginner and i remember the first song D2R by Naoki i thought it was hard so i kept playing and playing and playing untill i became addicted to the arrows rofl. so about 4 months past and i was already playing on standard so i found out they had a machine in our only arcade so me and a couple people went up there and played against others and we got killed since they played heavy so i played alot more often then i remember my first heavy pass was Destiny also a Naoki song . but then a few weeks later at the arcade someone noticed me playing and asked if i had ever heard of FFR and told me to join but i had no internet access at home and my school had the site blocked to there went that idea. but one day at my arcade they had replaced the DDR program in out machine to Stepmania so now we had all the mixes and the itg mixes as well and creator files on one machine and thats what inspired me to dl SM and start making charts. thats my story now as for favorite mixes i personally like Max2 not just because it was the first one i played it is the song selection which is great alot of good real dance songs are on it. but i like almost every mix except after Supernova it started to focus too much into the mainstream but Max,Max2,Extreme,Extreme2,Supernova had great songs Max (Favorite Song): would have to be Dark Black Forest such a fun chart Max2 (Favorite Song): i would say So Deep really fun heavy chart still need to AAA i have flaged it. Extreme (Favorite Song): it is A only because i love the beginning being so slow and fun Extreme2 (Favorite Song: lol even i think this is self explained Sakura XD (even though thats not what my name is from) Supernova (Favorite Song) : Fascination ~Eternal Love Mix~ i love how dark and hardcore the song sounds now here i am 21 and still an arrow addict __________________ Last edited by sakura080789; 04-12-2011 at 12:43 PM..

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