Thursday, November 25, 2004

The A-Z of My Life: D

NEW LAYOUT!!

D is for DDR


In a way I could have had Bemani as a whole as B as I also enjoy a few other music games but DDR was a game that changed my life. It started when I checked out a game called Dancing Stage Euromix in Bowness, Lake District. I'd known about dancing games before that but EM1 was the game that kicked it off for me. After that I searched my homelands for machines but couldn't find any. I heard of a flash game known as Flash Flash Revolution. I hung around there for a while but left (it was crap). Then this year I discovered Stepmania. The DDR simulator became an obsession but after numerous problems with this unstable sim I changed to a sim I'd used before but given up as I couldn't find simfiles, Dance With Intensity. The effect was instant and after a few months I'd accumulated over 700 simfiles (not bad for a dialup connection). After my last computer crash I had to revert to Stepmania and the 200-odd files I had backed up. I'm now waiting for DWI3 when I'll continue to collect as the file-limit is being removed. DDR is in my blood now, it ain't going away anytime soon.

Links
http://www.flashflashrevolution.com (FFR)
http://www.stepmania.com (Stepmania)
http://dwi.ddruk.com (DWI)
http://www.bemanistyle.com (My bemani bible)
http://www.ddruk.com (My homeland's own DDR page)

As this is going to be my last post today I'd like to take this chance to wish all those celebrating it a happy thanksgiving. Peace y'all.

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