Progress Reports and Accomplishments

"So pucker up and kiss the butt of this lyricist.." I too miss Wonderland. I'm still pissed at our local mall for upgrading their 3rd Mix. I really miss freaking people out by playing Oh Nick Please Not So Quick. I'd have to drive an hour away if I ever wanted to do that again.

Kel, I did combo Rebirth, and used Aaron in Japan's DDR Calculator to see if I pulled of an AA, and if fact, I did :). Rebirth's combo is 433, and I got 52 greats, so that would leave 381 perfects which together equal a 93.99% perfect percentage. And we all know that 93% perfects equals an AA, so I just barely pulled it off within a few greats. Talk about luck!

Kel - AA on R&P extra stage? Awesome. I am working on reading reverse, but it still kills me on the faster songs. And I always play on x1 except for a few songs, so the extra stage always crushes me. Not that I earn it that often... ;)

I went to an arcade Friday night, an arcade that would be the site of a tournament the next day. I have never seen so many good players together. I saw a guy AAA *SO DEEP*. Almost everyone there was SDG'ing every song. I felt like a loser. :)

Anyone remember Step Step Revolution for 2nd / 3rd mix combo? Ahh, the memories. Wonderland, my FAVORITE on SSR either singles or doubles. Talk about fun. ^_^

If EVER there was another DDR mix, Wonderland DEFINITELY needs to make a return.

Sad day for me last Thursday. DDR was taken out of Tilt. That means - no tournament, no regulars, a lot of PISSED off people. Oh well.

I was going to ask you to be a judge Kel, but that doesn't matter now, lol.

Going to start playing at Cal Poly alongside Kel if he shows up like he says that he might. Going to make this a Tuesday / Thursday thing.

Any suggestions for songs to try on doubles?

Why would they take out the DDR machine? Do people actually go to arcades for any other reason anymore? (Seriously. Has any arcade game attracted such crowds since Street Fighter II?)

Street Fighter 2? Hyper? Championship? Giant Attack...

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*** Edited 3/30/2004 1:23:22 PM UTC by MiLLeNNiUMRiDeR***

I remember getting schooled in Mortal Kombat II by 15-year-old Asian kids at the local Putt-Putt. Those jerks would use Liu Kang every time and not even try to do the fatalities. Losers. :)

Haha! Damn fighter games! At Cal Poly we have a slew of fighters...and people are all over them...>_< well, at least we DDRers don't have to wait long in line...

Wow! You BARELY squeaked by on Rebirth, AB! But congrats to ya! :)

Den...if i could AAA So Deep...man...that would be just "whoa".

I'll be in the games room this morning Niko, from 9 to 9:45 since i have a class at 10. Being a judge would be pretty tight. I think we're supposed to have a DDR tournament at cal poly in the fall. I might enter, but then again i might be a judge...depends on my skill level when the tourney comes up.

EDIT: Give me Mortal Kombat 3, and i'll start KILLIN' peeps with Kabal =D *** Edited 3/30/2004 3:31:33 PM UTC by Kel*** *** Edited 3/31/2004 5:57:36 PM UTC by Kel***

My off the cuff calculation is:

(good X 12) + (great x 6) < perfect == AA

I've never AA'd with a boo of miss, so.....

It's not exact, but it's close enough.

(I think it's actually good x 13.3, great x 6.2)

I haven't re-calculated this with freezes..... *** Edited 3/30/2004 9:22:12 PM UTC by ApolloAndy***

God forbid the accomplishments thread fell into page 2 land!

Anyways, with that disaster averted, at our weekly gaming hang-out at my friends house, one of our friends brought DDRMAX2 (why didn't he do that before?) and I tried So Deep on heavy. I failed it pretty good, but I attribute that to the soft pads, since I'm more of the Arcade DDRer.

Over the weekend I dropped by the arcade and tried So Deep on Heavy again... I got further but still failed, I'm guessing a measure or two before the music "changes".

My updated list of passed 9 footers:

1.Twilight Zone:D
2.Tsugaru:B
3.Rain of Sorrow:D
4.I Feel:C(that song is major craptastic)
5.Breakdown:D
6.Burning heat:D
7.Paranoia KCET:C(on my first try, EASY song)

I really haven't had time to work on any of the songs yet, because I've been unlocking them all on Max2. I've only got three more unlocks to go, and I believe those would be Xenon, Kakumei, and Endless mode.

Man, I really need to figure out crossovers.

Spin the Disc is a great way to work on your crossovers (and it's one of my favorite songs). Also, once you get decent at them, Rhythm and Police has a ton in all sorts of crazy configurations, so I recommend that for "advanced" crossover practice.

Boom Boom Dollar k.o.g. mix from one of the mixes also has some pretty basic crossovers (or crossunders, I can't remember which) which are pretty easy to spot coming up, so they can help build confidence and literacy.

Exotic Ethnic is also another good song to test your crossover (and crossunder =D) skills. It's a little easier if not on the same level than R&P, it's just 20 b's.p.m. faster.

Kel knows I disagree with him on that point! Exotic Ethnic kills my stamina like no other song - unless I play it right at the beginning of a session, I can't finish it. But R&P is pretty easy as far as I'm concerned. :)

I spent a few hours at the arcade today and passed the following 9-footers, most of which I'd never played before:

A Oni, Dynamite Rave Oni, Luv to Me Disco Mix, Do Me, Furuhata's Theme (the last two on 4th Mix Plus).

Also came *very* close to passing Paranoia Survivor - within 5 seconds of the end. :(

Hey people. I'm new here (well, in the forums anyway) and i've become DDR crazy. I just purchased Ultramix about 2 months ago and i'm transitioning from standard to heavy. So i'll definately be talking about DDR a lot.

Sorry if this post doesn't really fit in, lol.

Welcome, Devin! You should fit in nicely here. ^^

I got an AAA on Burning Heat!!!

Light. Oh well. The game still wanted to call me a dancin' master. ;)

So with Marvelous steps being higher than Perfect steps, it's possible to get AAAA's right? (possible but improbable)

Yeah. My understanding was all Marvs. = AAAA. Otherwise you just get the measly AAA (which I have yet to get, even on a light song).

Impossible. Even with all Marvelouses, you still get an AAA.

There was a Photoshopped AAAA on the Aaron in Japan site (linked at the top of this page) that a lot of people believed, but now the site admits it was a hoax. The photo's still up there.

Maybe it's just a stepmania thing then, but i was almost certain that on some version of the game, there was some way to get a AAAA.