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Apoc
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20.  Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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| The Wise Fool wrote: | Man, this thread depresses me. I feel like I missed out on the prime of DDR.  |
Me too!! ::cries::
You guys... Foyboy and Ottis... You're legendary, you know that? It's pretty incredible that you were a part of such a rich video gaming history. You grew up with the series. Your influences helped reshape DDR and you've evolved as rapidly as the series. It's still a video game, but playing all these new versions with stale remixes and uninteresting revisions of old themes now seems quaint and empty. You guys were at the forefront when it was all new and unique and primal and untethered and raw. I wish I had been there to see it, or experience it, or appreciate it. It seems like there's no fun in the game anymore, at some levels. What's so enjoyable about muddling through Fascination Maxx Oni?
DDR has been conquered by PA fiends. Go to ddrecall.com and go to the ranking page. You have to go through 50 people to get below a total percentage of 99.9% or lower on EVERY SONG IN DDR. There's 350 people who have SDG'd PARANOiA Rebirth Heavy today. There's no wild west feel to DDR anymore. Worse, once that's gone, it never really comes back.
Now I'm all sad.
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Mr. Wendell
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| 21. Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Ottis wrote: | One day at GW, an older woman asked me if I was any good at DDR. She said that she was an Anesthesiologist from Northern California and made many trips to Palm Springs. Through her connections she heard about a tournament and gave me the details. I wasn't sure about it because it wasn't going to be held at GW. Basically, I had no idea what the competition was. It was held at Southern Hills Golf Land (SHGL). I got two pad misses on Brilliant 2 U Trick. The tournament was based on score so a Miss meant you were out. I told the "officials" what had happened but I wasn't taken seriously. Later they did stop playing on that side because of it.
I only ran into that woman once more after that. She gave me $200 to use on playing the game. She said that she would just waste it gambling. I canât remember her name. I think she bought a DDR machine and invited the Nor Cal bunch over to play for free. Any of you up there know who Iâm talking about? |
I don't know her full name, but to many of the old schoolers, she's simply known as Dr. Janey. I remember going to Dr. Janey's apartment in Emeryville in 2000, when she bought a 4th Mix machine and put it in her bedroom. Probably the true northern California DDR OG's will know her full name.
Man, Ottis, I look at all those names in the listing, and I see many of those folks from northern California, or those from southern California that come up and visit on special occasions. Some don't play anymore, others have moved onto other hobbies like Yu-Gi-Oh and poker or started to play music simulation games other than DDR, and others are actually working for Konami or other game companies now.
I remember when you and Samantha came to Northern California for the "infamous" 2nd DDR tournament at Milpitas Golfland (MGL II). It was definitely a time of serious competition for the Perfect Attack.
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When MGL II came, it was obvious that qualifying would have to change, as Ottis got full perfects on Bumblebee on Basic, and Samantha got 1 great on it as well. I actually entered Perfect Attack this tournament and got 1 great on Do Me. My friend, Hattori Hanzo, snagged the top qualifying spot by full perfecting Flashdance, and that was a major highlight for him. After all the battles happened, in the end, Ferrari! took the victory over EnoOn (who used Paranoia KCET as his song of choice). Oki took me out in the second round. It's funny that I still remember some of the specifics of this.
If you want a historical significance for this tournament, I would have to say that this marked the beginning of the change in format for technical tournaments. Like Ottis said, 2000 was more about score, and only during TournOrochi in Feb. 2001, was when the move to "Most Perfects" began the norm. By the beginning of 2002, it was when Basic/Light stopped being used for qualifying, and it was when Maniac/Expert/Heavy began to be the standard for Perfect Attack tournaments.
Also, in 2003, northern California was highly adamant about no-bar use for technical and freestyle tournaments until GPF Lith from Seattle won at the Bemani By The Bay (B3) tournament in May of that year.
This thread makes me think about some of the best technical DDR players in northern California for each year. Here are some notables:
2000: Orochi, Pakwan Kenobi
2001: Azn Innovation (Mike Ngo), Orochi, Reo-Naoki (Ver2), Ferrari
2002: Tigger Eugenie, Oki, Ri, chubs
2003-2004: Tigger Eugenie, Kay0ss
2005-2006: Kay0ss, toady007
If I had to credit certain technical players for the advancement of the game, I'd have to give props to Mike Ngo for qualifying for one tournament, back when basic was accepted, by getting only 3 greats on Synchronized Love on Maniac. Also, I have to note "The Great Upset" in Fremont, CA in December 2001, when all the so-called best technical players got decimated by unknown-at-the-time-players Tigger Eugenie and Kay0ss.
I've seen some great matchups. Some of the classic battles were Tigger Eugenie vs. JSB at Cyber-Beat-Nation in Feb. 2003, Tigger Eugenie vs. GPF Lith at B3, and March Madness 2002 in Sunnyvale, CA.
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I have a lot more stories I could tell...I can go forever.
Name a DDR tournament in northern California, and most of those tournaments, I was probably there, and I could tell you a few stories about those times.
But I'll be back on this thread to talk about what really should be talked about: DDR FREESTYLE. 
Damn, I should be a DDR historian.
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