Dance Dance! Is this video real?
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Dance Dance! Is this video real?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...99753413853695
Is this real? Is it as impressive as it seems? I havent kids play much of it in person to be honest.
Is this real? Is it as impressive as it seems? I havent kids play much of it in person to be honest.
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I'm sure it's real, but...
1. Stepmania is a Dance Dance Revolution clone/simulator for the PC (and Xbox and others). Not only can people use songs and steps from the official games, but there is a subculture of people who create their own stepfiles with all sorts of songs. A lot of these mega-hard files are created by people who think the hardest ones are still too easy. So I have no doubt the song/steps part is real.
2. Being that we can't see the player, I doubt the person is actually using a dance mat for this. Most likely he is using the keyboard or a controller. Granted, it's still a tough feat but nowhere near as impossible as something like that would have been on a dance mat.
1. Stepmania is a Dance Dance Revolution clone/simulator for the PC (and Xbox and others). Not only can people use songs and steps from the official games, but there is a subculture of people who create their own stepfiles with all sorts of songs. A lot of these mega-hard files are created by people who think the hardest ones are still too easy. So I have no doubt the song/steps part is real.
2. Being that we can't see the player, I doubt the person is actually using a dance mat for this. Most likely he is using the keyboard or a controller. Granted, it's still a tough feat but nowhere near as impossible as something like that would have been on a dance mat.
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I've seen experiments that indicate that, with enough practice, people can memorize extremely long strands of inputs. If these things are requesting inputs in reasonable patterns, somebody playing on a keyboard or controller, with enough dedication, could do stuff like this with incredible precision.
Of course, it takes a lot less time to move your finger half an inch than it does to move your feet on one of those pads. If such a thing is possible, and I doubt it, I'm sure the person would probably invest their remarkable athletic prowess in a sport that earns more respect and accolades than DDR. It makes a lot of sense that the people who play on gamepads or keyboards find the hardest pre-packaged puzzles to be easy. They're designed to be danced.
Of course, it takes a lot less time to move your finger half an inch than it does to move your feet on one of those pads. If such a thing is possible, and I doubt it, I'm sure the person would probably invest their remarkable athletic prowess in a sport that earns more respect and accolades than DDR. It makes a lot of sense that the people who play on gamepads or keyboards find the hardest pre-packaged puzzles to be easy. They're designed to be danced.
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Originally Posted by Goldberg74
Back on track, it seems a bunch of people also want Dragonforce on Guitar Hero, but I think that'd kill most people as well and leave them with a crippled mess of a hand.
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If such a thing is possible, and I doubt it, I'm sure the person would probably invest their remarkable athletic prowess in a sport that earns more respect and accolades than DDR.
However I do think it's done on a keyboard or something, but it's still impressive.
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Mmm....I think it can be done...
Check out this video...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...07568330&q=ddr
I've always found the free-stylers more impressive than the people who can move their feet really quickly though.
Check out this video...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...07568330&q=ddr
I've always found the free-stylers more impressive than the people who can move their feet really quickly though.
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Originally Posted by hahn
Mmm....I think it can be done...
Check out this video...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...07568330&q=ddr
I've always found the free-stylers more impressive than the people who can move their feet really quickly though.
Check out this video...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...07568330&q=ddr
I've always found the free-stylers more impressive than the people who can move their feet really quickly though.
Does this mean he had somebody else assisting?
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If only he could of stuck the landing...
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