Dance Dance Revolution
 

Depending on the song, I go anywhere between basic and heavy, although I usually play on Standard. Most songs on heavy are just @_____@

Oh wow. I found a video of my freestyle routine from 2002. XD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NK1cGAvmd4#t=66m41s

(You can also see me competing in the singles tournament at 39:18 but I wasn't playing well that day and got knocked out of the ladder in my first round.)

Which one is you? :O

The shorter one in the white shirt (though I'm only short by comparison, I'm 5'9"). The taller one was my best friend at the time, but I've kinda lost contact with him in the decade-plus since then.

I don't look much like that anymore. Still 5'9", still dark hair, but I'm not nearly so scrawny and pale and I wear a different style of glasses now. And a beard does a good job of making me look less nerdy.

haha well you're both way better than I ever was at that game XD

I'd get winded trying to play anything harder than light more!

That actually WAS on Light there.

When I was in the peak of skill and fitness, I took first place in a tournament by clearing Legend of Max on Heavy (a 10-footer) for the first time after I was already exhausted. My back hurt for a couple weeks after that because I was putting all of my weight on my arms on the backbar in order to move my feet faster.

oh I tried that once! It made me want to throw up though xDD

My signature song is MAX300 Double Heavy. Yes, double. I used to be a HUGE doubles player.

i like light and standard songs sped up to 2X but that was back when i /could/ play XD i can't bend my back much anymore so that'd not go so well anymore

Yeah, I usually play at 1.5x-2x. It puts more spacing between the arrows so it's easier to read the rhythms, and it makes it easier to pinpoint when the arrows are hitting the targets. Unfortunately, it also means the arrows are on the screen for less time, so it stops being useful on faster songs. Fortunately, the faster BPM provides most of the benefits on its own. Unfortunately, tempo shifts suck.

At my best, I could do Heavy.
Haven't played in a long time, and the last time I did it was pretty bad, haha.

I have a small collection of DDR games at my house, and haven't played in an arcade in a while since they don't exist anymore. I think the hardest one I tried to play was supernova. And got as far as the Black planet before giving up. I need to get a rug before I start playing again. Where I live now the hard floors hurt my feet.