Love thread: Tsugaru

NOTE: This thread was born of my extreme boredom. Feel free to use it to describe your own favorite song.

So, I think Tsugaru heavy has probably the most fun step chart in the game. It's separated into some pretty distinct parts:

Part 1: The pause. Only song I know of that has a pause or stop before the arrows even start.
Part 2: Two-step. The steps begin with focus on two arrows at a time, and lots of "two-in-a-row" steps..... think the beginning of Luv to Me heavy.
Part 3: Loooong freeze.
Part 4: Easy gallops.
Part 5: Hard gallops. Does any other song of this speed have 32nd notes? These are so much fun to do. Almost like a jump that's a little off.
Part 6: Cross-overs. This section became much easier since I learned how to center one foot on the up or down arrow and cross from left to right to left with the other foot. If you're double-stepping, this section is very hard.
Part 7: This is where it all comes together. It tests all the other skills you learned during the song, with gallops quickly switching to eighth-notes, cross-overs and jumps.
Part 8: Slowing down... the song winds down to about 90bpm with some fun freezes.

Not to mention, Tsugaru is one of a handful of songs that are just about as fun in standard as in heavy. It still has a lot of gallops, and the slow freeze at the end requires a cross-over a la Afronova.

w00t!!1
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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.

Den, you punk, I showed up at the Palace yesterday at 5, and you were nowhere to be found. You sux0r! /sarcasm

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SRM 2003-Look for the guy with my name on his chest

Hmm, I think you're the punk, 'cause I was at the Palace from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. yesterday! And except for one 2-minute bathroom break, I was at the DDR machine the whole time....

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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.


Did you turn black or become a fat little kid? If not, I didn't see ya. No worries-I'm free pretty much all next week.
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SRM 2003-Look for the guy with my name on his chest
No, but I was taking turns playing with a black kid and a little fat kid. Must've been in the bathroom... sheesh, you must not have hung around for more than 30 seconds...

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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.

Okaaaay, and to get back on topic....

My favorite step pattern has to be probably either Exotic Ethnic (which i had just recently beat), Paranoia Survivor (which i have yet to beat, but i have the step chart) or um, let's see...Trip Machine Survivor.

Ok Exotic Ethnic:

...plain and simple...if you don't like crossovers or can't double step at 190 bpm...please...spare yourself the agony and don't try this song, because crossovers are all you're gonna get from beginning to end. lol There's no two ways about it. It's just long crossover streams and a few simple freezes in the middle (which also require you to crossover, heh go figure) Yup, great stuff (since i love crossovers)
Fun Factor: 9

Paranoia Survivor:

Fast, fast, fast...with lots of starts and stops off the 8th note. I love the 3 slowdowns within the first half of the song. You never know when they'll happen, then when you think u have time to catch your breath, the song says "I don't think so!" and gets right back up to 270 bpm. Stay on your toes or you'll get smoked...
Fun Factor: N/A (i haven't beaten it yet =P)

Trip Machine:

Another nice pattern. There isn't much stream in this song, but many starts and stops (more than Para Survivor). There's a few sudden gallops in the song which is pretty cool as well.
Fun Factor: 8


Expect more from me as this thread goes along.
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Rolla coasta lova, and a DDR maniac

My Nieces play CowGirl Heavy because they like the Gallops. I used to like the gallops in Conga Feeling Maniac Single but other than that, Im not a galloping fan.

As for crossovers, still working on that skill.

I play Double Single Standard at the moment and like crossovers, gallops and slides for singles, there are some steps especially needed to play double.

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If Lifes a Rollercoaster, I want a Flawless

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