DDR player getting started with ItG? Read here!

Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:50 pm Post subject:

That's cause it's at 1337 BPM. Expert is more fun, it doesn't have the rolls.

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PARANOiA -Respect- · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:53 pm Post subject:

my name is Terence. heres a true story.One day Terence was playing FFR when he saw Delirium. He reconized the artist. "OMG ITS TEH SMILEY!!!1 HES IN IN TEH GWOOVE!" so then he played Delirium. He liked it. So he wenyt upstairs and said "MOMZ I NEED IN TEH GWOOVE!!!1" "WHAT IZ DAT?" Mom asked "ITS IKE DEE DEE ARRRR" "O! OK!" so they went to the mall and bought In The Groove. Later Terenec was playing "I WUV IN TEH GWOOVE" Terence said. and he played it for about a month. Then he had a taste that couldn't be settled with In The Groove "I NEED MAH ERA (NON STALLING MIX)!!!!1" So he put in ddr max. and he got a D. "OMG WTF I IS TEH SUCKS NOW!" he went from a B to a D.

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DJX · Trick Member Joined: 30 Jun 2003 Location: CA

So I'm a long time DDR player that wants to get into ITG. I read the opening post here, and found some good stuff, but I'm looking for some specific suggestions. I can play anything in DDR comfortably except LoM and PSMH/O, and that's mostly because I'm only now getting back into the game after a hiatus of a few months. I can AA just about anything under 9, A or better on any 9s except So Deep, CH, Orion Civ. Where should I be starting on ITG (there is an ITG 2 at an arcade not to far away)? How do the foot ratings compare (are 8s on ITG approximately equivalent to 8s on DDR, and so on)? What are some songs that, as someone who really likes the music in DDR, I might like in ITG?
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Wermo · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Location: Hamilton ON

I've only played ITG2 three times. I'm a 6-7 footer in DDR and usually have a hard time with 6 & 7s at the AC because the pads are usually really crappy.

It appears to me that at least in the range of 4-7 the stream or voltage of a song in DDR is higher than in ITG. For example, R&P light is a 4 and has almost no breaks in the entire song, has a good number of jumps and is quite fun. In ITG2, the songs I've tried (all of 9 of them) the same range I chose had steps that were generally more spaced out. Granted I didn't pick any weird mods but neither do I in DDR.

I really like the addition of mines -- there was one song I did that had 10 mines on Medium and passed in with a B+ so not great but not bad considering it was the first play of that song. I only wish the machine had its volume increased because I could barely hear any of them.

Now I think I'm gonna get ITG at home!

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claw · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:17 pm Post subject:

Unless I missed it, this FAQ doesn't say how much better the pads are on ITG dedicated cabinets! There isn't any bolts that your foot could get caught on when moving it over, the panels don't go in so your foot never gets caught in them, and the arrows are super sensitive! I can do July expert on an ITG cabinet but I know that I wouldn't be able to do it on a DDR cabinet.

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Rancidfish · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:59 am Post subject:

You forgot Remember December (h). That one is fast, but just 1/8th note runs and gallops. It was my friend's second nine... on DDR or ITG. (His first was on DDR... I don't remember what.)
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MiiChan · Trick Member Joined: 02 May 2005 Location: Tallahassee, FL

What about a Pump It Up player getting started in ITG? ^^ Granted, I've played it on my crappy soft pad a little bit, and played a bit on stepmania, but I've never truly played the game. I should be getting my flux in the mail this Wed, so any idea's where someone who can pass XTreme (crazy 14) should start with ITG? From the what I've played using step mania (instead of the crappy softpad). Charlene on Expert looks passable, if it wasn't for the mines. Have problems with that even using stepmania (on the keyboard).

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Rancidfish · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:22 pm Post subject:

Well, that depends. Have you played 4-panel dance games with your feet before? If no, get started on really easy stuff and work your way up. Other than that...

...well, comparisons aren't that direct. Pump's step-style is very different than DDR's. Don't start with something that looks passable, start with something that looks EASY, and work your way up as quickly as you feel comfortable.
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MiiChan · Trick Member Joined: 02 May 2005 Location: Tallahassee, FL

Thanks for the suggestion. I got my flux today, and got to play a few sets. I did a ultra easy song, Pink Dinosaur (yes, I know DDR, but I wanted something stupid and easy to be my first song.

) and got 58.2%. Looked at the pad closely, loosened up the screws, and tried Land of the Rising Sun on hard, and got 75.6%.

; Yeah, four panels is very different vs 10 panel (I play nightmare 80% of the time with Pump, but I really can't afford two fluxes

; ). Tried a lot of the other ITG songs: Torn, Xaxu, Charlene, and others on easier mods...I'm starting to get the hang of it. .I'll keep it up with these easy songs till I can start getting 90%+ on them.

trayball2k · Trick Member Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Location: Bronx, New York

The stuff everyone says is cool but emm, Wouldn't our softpads get destroyed by playing just Delirium on Hard? The only solution to this would lie in metal, screws, bolts and that sort of thing. Bit pricy don't ya think?
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Rancidfish · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:35 pm Post subject:

Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:06 pm Post subject:

Delirium on hard is a 9, kthnx.

Anyways, I've played 11s on my pad too, but then again it is an RO Ignition v3. ;D It's still great nonetheless, as I take good care of my pads.
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Rancidfish · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:11 pm Post subject:

Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:30 pm Post subject:

I always remembered that it was a 9. =/
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Hands make a long-time DDR player born again.

First time playing for real was a couple of days ago, and I already have so much <3 for ROM-eo & Juli8 Ex.
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red shoe paul · Vivid Member Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Location: Location:

also, to be cool roxor just made a myspace account, add them!

http://www.myspace.com/roxorgames

this will help you alot in switching frmo DDR to ITG

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