Comments on: dance dance revolution

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:14:05 +0000

That makes sense. I wondered if my strategy was being inspired by the way I learnt to play Go (hanging around much stronger players and reducing handicap stones), or the way programmers are expected to become competent when given new projects (immerse yourself in the code until it starts to make sense); but if you’re following the steady route then I’m sure I’m over-simplifying. ;-)

- C.

By: David Carlton

David Carlton — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 04:18:52 +0000

I’m going through the all the songs on light mode, myself. (Where success means an A grade; I did get a AA on one song just to prove that I could do it, but I doubt I’ll try for that more generally.) Though some of the ones at the end are really tough; I’m experimenting now with going through some of the songs I’ve unlocked instead of the ones that are available from the start, and I may also experiment more with the earlier songs on medium difficulty.

I doubt I’ll adopt your strategy of a single song on multiple levels, though: hearing the same song several times in a row is already not my favorite thing to do. I should try it once or twice, though, just to see how the same song feels on different levels.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:28:38 +0000

I’ve had the same two problems. :) We ended up buying an anti-slip mat for under the DDR pad; one of these:1

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=105122

I found it interesting how my fiance’s style of play differs from mine — I’d pick a track (Break Down, IIRC) and keep practising it until I could turn the speed up (this was in Medium mode) and pass it, whereas she went steadily through all the Light mode songs and then started on the Medium ones. Different degrees of obsessiveness, I suppose. :)

- C.