wtf soft pad sucks or I do

**Shashakiro** · 01-10-2008, 11:59 PM

Okay, seriously, what the ****.

I can AA 10's on a hard pad and I get B's on 4's on this soft one.

Like one in ten times the up arrow just doesn't work even when I'm obviously stepping right on it. Sometimes lifting my foot OFF an arrow will make it register.

Wtf? Are all soft pads this bad or am I doing something very wrong somehow?

**richyrich55** · 01-11-2008, 01:04 AM

lol shash sucks at something

**Redorigami** · 01-11-2008, 01:05 AM

I think you just suck. Ohi Shash haven't seen you in a while. Ok back on subject. I have never used a hard pad but the soft pads work fine on 10's and such for me.

**ELRayford** · 01-11-2008, 01:08 AM

After playing on a hard pad then going to a soft pad my PA is horrible. Ditch the soft pad, I have owned one decent soft pad. It had a half an inch foam mat that you inserted into the pad and it zipped up. All the rest sucked.

**Adamaja456** · 01-11-2008, 08:21 AM

i have a soft pad and its lame. move around whenever im playing so i end up not hitting notes at the end. they should only invent hard pads

[TeRa] · 01-11-2008, 08:47 AM

Don't play at home, but if you are going to just play at home, keep in mind, the timing windows are crazy different from arcade, and fairly bigger. Get a medal pad, I recommenced a cobalt flux, and if you use bar, just put a chair or something behind you.

http://www.cobaltflux.com/

I haven't played a home version game aside from my Asian ddr extreme, (which has real timing windows, only the american games have different windows) in like 4-5 years, but it's good for practice until you start getting good, and want to submit score's. I only play itg now, and my friend made groove stats. www.groovestats.com and for ddr, www.ddrecall.com

Both have a section for home version scores, and for arcade scores. For itg though, if you use a flash drive in the arcade, you can straight upload your scores rather than have to enter then manually and remember everything. groovestats is getting a pump section soon I believe, if they didn't add it yet, being itg got killed by konami, everyone switched to pump pro, which has itg artist's and steppers now.

I would send you my cobalt flux, I won it from a tournament, and rarely used it, but it's broken. I suppose if you want though, I still could send you it, and possibly you could fix and it and keep it, I never really had a reason to take of the arrows and fix it, hell, it might work now for all i know lol. It's just taking up space right now.

It's not broken to there point where it doesn't work at all, but the sensors are a little screwed up. I only used it like, 4 times. I would send it for free, being I don't plan on using, and most likely just throwing it out soon.

**rsr2** · 01-11-2008, 11:48 AM

Its the pad

**dore** · 01-11-2008, 02:37 PM

Duct tape the soft pad onto a hard surface (like a piece of plywood or something if you have carpet, otherwise just use a hardwood/tile floor). It should work better, for cheaper than a CF (although I do recommend a CF if you're willing to drop $350 on DDR).

You also have to realize that the center panel(/circle) is much larger than no a hard pad, so you have to step out a little further otherwise you'll miss the sensor entirely. I played once at school where they had a DDR setup with two soft pads, and I got 400-3-0-10 or something like that on a 7, because of missing the sensors.

**Shashakiro** · 01-11-2008, 03:03 PM

I'm not paying money for a home version, I only have this one because my mom got it for me. I have access to multiple hard pads at college and don't have any need to invest in one.

The timing window doesn't bother me, I just wanted to know why I can stomp loud and clear on the center of the up arrow at the right time and have it miss. Obviously I'm not planning to AA 10's on here, but being able to PASS 8's would actually make the game fun, which it's not as is.

Quote:

It's not broken to there point where it doesn't work at all, but the sensors are a little screwed up. I only used it like, 4 times. I would send it for free, being I don't plan on using, and most likely just throwing it out soon.

If you're serious, PM me. I'm used to finnicky hard pads.

thechild · 01-11-2008, 03:18 PM

I have one of those 1-inch thick pads, which actually are great! The problem is I play ITG (on my comp) but for it to work on the comp, I had to use some program to hotkey all the arrows. Then I had to key all the arrows as A B X and Y (XBox pad) because the arrows themselves didn't handle triples. So now if I hit A B X or Y on the pad, it hits one of the arrows. That's a problem when I'm playing Delirium expert because I hit A B X or Y on accident which makes it so I can't hit the arrow the the letter hit. I hope you understand what I just said.

*mysticdarkness* · 03-31-2008, 05:22 PM

Yeah my soft pads kinda suck, but I have carpet. I'll try the duct tape on plywood plan :P

theusedmemories · 04-7-2008, 10:03 PM

yeah soft pads do suck quite bad. i have the one that is included with the games that sounds like a trash bag when you step on it....not good

Blue June · 04-18-2008, 12:11 PM

yesterday i got the game DDR Extreme and i have a soft pad from game stop in the mall. it was below 100 dollars but it seems to do o.k. when it comes to the game play. i never thought of the plywood under my pad. i play on carpet in the living room. now i have to go get a piece to duct tape too. ;D

xXDarkFlareonXx · 04-18-2008, 01:19 PM

I just make a hard pad out of an soft pad I have. I gots 3 soft pads, 1 from buying 1st mix, the other 2 from buying sepratly. The soft pad dont suck that much, but it get ripped easily and I cant do CHAOS on basic T_T

Corbin Wells · 04-24-2008, 06:59 PM

I dont get why Cobalt have no bar option with their pads.

**Gundam-Dude** · 04-24-2008, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corbin Wells

I dont get why Cobalt have no bar option with their pads.

Simply because there are some people out there that believe playing DDR/ITG/PIU while holding the bar is considered "cheating", though their logic makes no ****ing sense whatsoever.

And yes, Mesh pads absolutely fail at life. Go to an arcade or buy yourself a metal one.

ReVengeLover · 04-28-2008, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gundam-Dude

Simply because there are some people out there that believe playing DDR/ITG/PIU while holding the bar is considered "cheating", though their logic makes no ****ing sense whatsoever.

And yes, Mesh pads absolutely fail at life. Go to an arcade or buy yourself a metal one.

Saying that holding the bar during a game is "cheating" is just a way for others to feel better for the fact that they don't need the bar. I don't say anything to anyone while they play because I do both, I go barless when I'm good at the song and when It comes to songs like any of the max or paranoia (the 200bpm+ ones) i'll "barhug".

01-11-2008, 01:08 AM	#4
ELRayford Custom User Title Join Date: May 2004 Age: 39 Posts: 1,546	Re: wtf soft pad sucks or I do After playing on a hard pad then going to a soft pad my PA is horrible. Ditch the soft pad, I have owned one decent soft pad. It had a half an inch foam mat that you inserted into the pad and it zipped up. All the rest sucked.

01-11-2008, 08:21 AM	#5
Adamaja456 Absurd Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 31 Billion Club, WA Age: 33 Posts: 6,433	Re: wtf soft pad sucks or I do i have a soft pad and its lame. move around whenever im playing so i end up not hitting notes at the end. they should only invent hard pads __________________ 582 Tier Points(Tier 3) 602 AAAs(517+23+62) People who bought me subscriptions/tokens: DrugstoreCowboy(1 month) ELRayford(3 months) ~GJampa(3 months) Jerry DB(3 months) 4th place in Gamewhore Competition(3 months) Phynx(FGJ album and Dendrite V2) dragon890x(1 year) Slide(1 year)

01-11-2008, 08:47 AM	#6
[TeRa] FFR Player Join Date: May 2007 Age: 33 Posts: 9,922	Re: wtf soft pad sucks or I do Don't play at home, but if you are going to just play at home, keep in mind, the timing windows are crazy different from arcade, and fairly bigger. Get a medal pad, I recommenced a cobalt flux, and if you use bar, just put a chair or something behind you. http://www.cobaltflux.com/ I haven't played a home version game aside from my Asian ddr extreme, (which has real timing windows, only the american games have different windows) in like 4-5 years, but it's good for practice until you start getting good, and want to submit score's. I only play itg now, and my friend made groove stats. www.groovestats.com and for ddr, www.ddrecall.com Both have a section for home version scores, and for arcade scores. For itg though, if you use a flash drive in the arcade, you can straight upload your scores rather than have to enter then manually and remember everything. groovestats is getting a pump section soon I believe, if they didn't add it yet, being itg got killed by konami, everyone switched to pump pro, which has itg artist's and steppers now. I would send you my cobalt flux, I won it from a tournament, and rarely used it, but it's broken. I suppose if you want though, I still could send you it, and possibly you could fix and it and keep it, I never really had a reason to take of the arrows and fix it, hell, it might work now for all i know lol. It's just taking up space right now. It's not broken to there point where it doesn't work at all, but the sensors are a little screwed up. I only used it like, 4 times. I would send it for free, being I don't plan on using, and most likely just throwing it out soon. Last edited by [TeRa]; 01-11-2008 at 08:55 AM..

01-11-2008, 02:37 PM	#8
dore caveman pornstar Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ridin on a unicorn Age: 33 Posts: 6,317	Re: wtf soft pad sucks or I do Duct tape the soft pad onto a hard surface (like a piece of plywood or something if you have carpet, otherwise just use a hardwood/tile floor). It should work better, for cheaper than a CF (although I do recommend a CF if you're willing to drop $350 on DDR). You also have to realize that the center panel(/circle) is much larger than no a hard pad, so you have to step out a little further otherwise you'll miss the sensor entirely. I played once at school where they had a DDR setup with two soft pads, and I got 400-3-0-10 or something like that on a 7, because of missing the sensors. __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IREnpHco9mw

01-11-2008, 03:18 PM	#10
thechild FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Hmmmmmmmmmm Style: Spread Posts: 1,642	Re: wtf soft pad sucks or I do I have one of those 1-inch thick pads, which actually are great! The problem is I play ITG (on my comp) but for it to work on the comp, I had to use some program to hotkey all the arrows. Then I had to key all the arrows as A B X and Y (XBox pad) because the arrows themselves didn't handle triples. So now if I hit A B X or Y on the pad, it hits one of the arrows. That's a problem when I'm playing Delirium expert because I hit A B X or Y on accident which makes it so I can't hit the arrow the the letter hit. I hope you understand what I just said.

03-31-2008, 05:22 PM	#11
mysticdarkness FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 52	Re: wtf soft pad sucks or I do Yeah my soft pads kinda suck, but I have carpet. I'll try the duct tape on plywood plan :P

04-7-2008, 10:03 PM	#12
theusedmemories FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 4	Re: wtf soft pad sucks or I do yeah soft pads do suck quite bad. i have the one that is included with the games that sounds like a trash bag when you step on it....not good

04-18-2008, 12:11 PM	#13
Blue June FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: on my ass. Age: 31 Posts: 35	Re: wtf soft pad sucks or I do yesterday i got the game DDR Extreme and i have a soft pad from game stop in the mall. it was below 100 dollars but it seems to do o.k. when it comes to the game play. i never thought of the plywood under my pad. i play on carpet in the living room. now i have to go get a piece to duct tape too. ;D

04-18-2008, 01:19 PM	#14
xXDarkFlareonXx FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hawaii Age: 29 Posts: 20	Re: wtf soft pad sucks or I do I just make a hard pad out of an soft pad I have. I gots 3 soft pads, 1 from buying 1st mix, the other 2 from buying sepratly. The soft pad dont suck that much, but it get ripped easily and I cant do CHAOS on basic T_T __________________

04-24-2008, 06:59 PM	#15
Corbin Wells FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 153	Re: wtf soft pad sucks or I do I dont get why Cobalt have no bar option with their pads. __________________ The minute you forget to think about tomorrow, you lose everything. download my sims now =3: http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...h=Corbin+Wells FFR Furry, NYC

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