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20. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 7:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is more lame than the mod debate. This is the lamest thread ever! This has nothing to do with anything.

Mods, please lock this.
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21. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

matthew wrote:
This is more lame than the mod debate. This is the lamest thread ever! This has nothing to do with anything.

Mods, please lock this.

I wholeheartedly agree with this argument.

For the record, I tried. Why, I'm not quite sure. The thread was pointless from the beginning.
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22. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 11:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don’t think its right to label people into groups. How can you tell someone is Goth. Is it because they have cuts on their arms or is it because they have candles shaped like demons. Kids these day want to be different and feel like there being deeper then pop culture however if pop culture is moving into gothic style clothes then there just following. I’m not going to bash hot topic because they know how to make money off of people.

However I think some of the EGL stuff is sexy but I don’t want to see dominatrix at the arcade unless their hot. If I had a girlfriend who only DDR in EGL stuff that that would be great.
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23. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Labeling= not cool, dude disgust.gif
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24. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ryudori wrote:
Labeling= not cool, dude disgust.gif


I dont think this thread's going anywhere disturb.gif
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25. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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And no, I don't dress in Hot Topic apparel, but I did work there at one time for some extra cash, and the people I met are some of the nicest, most loyal friends I have.


True. I was on my way to a DDR machine and my friend stopped me and said, " Dude, those guys look like they wanna kill someone! Maybe we should come back later." I said, "What are you talking about?" Asked nicely if they were in line, they said no. Popped the tokens in, danced and the dudes cheered me on! Talked for about an hour, taught em to dance and so on. End of story, point is: You shouldnt label and judge by looks!

Actually i dont think this story was necessary, sorry about that.
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26. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just play it safe like me and pretend there is no such thing as goth. I mean, there are so many exceptions and false rules to being a goth, that it's just hard to keep track of what is and what isn't.

To me the term goth means nothing but a rock-n-roll/architecture style.
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27. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

figgy20000 wrote:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=goth

Maybe you should learn what a goth is before you accuse ANYONE of being one. Just because people dress in black or have piercings and such means absolutely nothing to the term. It means they have different dress apparell. It isn't funny at all- everyone has different tastes in music as well.

Whats wrong with you? Gay used to mean happy until people started using it to describe homosexuals. If you say "I'm gay!" today, people aren't going to think that you're having a good time, they're going to think that you like the same gender. Just because goth used to mean whatever it says in that dictionary doesn't mean that that is how its used today. Think before you post.
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28. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

matthew wrote:
This is more lame than the mod debate. This is the lamest thread ever! This has nothing to do with anything.

Mods, please lock this.


Quoted for truth. The thread was created for a stupid reason to begin with, and now it's a thread about labeling and profiling based on looks and whatever. No offense to the original poster or anything, but seriously, do a bit of reading before you decide to make a post on the Internet.
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29. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 5:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Doesn't this tells you how DDR is acting upon it's goal of world domination.
You have just witnessed my friend the DDR invasion of the Gothic culture.
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30. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seriously, hardly anyone in my area is a goth. Don't be racist and make judgements like that - it's just wrong.
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31. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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and they all want to work at Hot Topic because no legit business will higher them because of how they dress.

pwned.

the goths at my school aren't into ddr, only in anime. the srious ddr players dont really fit into one group... i guess it all depends on whats trendy at a given location.
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32. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Seriously, hardly anyone in my area is a goth. Don't be racist and make judgements like that - it's just wrong.


....wait a second, back up back up back up...how is that racist??

Anyway, to answer the OP's question, it doesn't. It's a videogame that appeals to the masses. I know of various people that play this stupid game, from Asians to the preps to the "goths"(because saying "people dressed in all black in an attempt to escape pop culture" gets tedious, and I find the term "mall-core" to be INCREDIBLY insulting, moreso than the term "bisexual") to the otaku dorks to the hardcore gamers and so forth.
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33. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Gothic people are funny cuz all they do is complain on there livejournals about how they hate the world or how there parents don't understand them. That and they all want to work at Hot Topic because no legit business will higher them because of how they dress. You know deep down inside a goth person theres an attention whore just crawling to get out.



HAHAHAHAH!!! OH MY GOD THATS HILARIOUS AND COMPLETELY RIGHT!?

Oh, first, EVERYONE but 2 guys out of 15 people at my arcade are goth. Anyway, i saw this one kid with HUGE pants from hot topic and a cape, he was like, younger then me. Wearing one of those "you need big stick to win big fight shirts" and had these metallic silver things that fell from his pants and swang around and hit the trick bar when he moved. I thought to myself,ARE HIS PARENTS BLIND!?
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34. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 8:08 pm    Post subject: Re: How Can DDR Possibly Be Gothic? Reply with quote

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I assume many of the people in these forums are gothic. Nobody get pist at me for labeling people...because I know I am. Alot of goths in my school play DDR and I always see kids at the arcade dressed in all black with piercings and painted fingernails playing DDR.

Now, how the Hell does this make sense? I realize that some goths are into anime because it can get kind of dark, but seeing these scary looking people with white skin and black clothes playing Love Love Sugar seems wrong to me.

It sounds hilariously wrong.

So question to all the goth DDR players out there, how does DDR fit into the category of "gothic things to do?"


You have some issues with the way you percieve people. You need to learn that people should NEVER be labeled so bluntly, and should instead be respected (and hopefully, admired) by their expression of their individuality.

People who think it's okay that a certain image of a person automatically means he/she should follow certain activities to be socially acceptable piss me off.

How about you instead look at the trends?

Normally, people with so-called "gothic tendancies" usually hang out at the mall, yes? I can say that I, and many other people, have seen it, so it can be agreeable. It's been said earlier that the general idea of dressing in only black (and such other things), for the majority of them, is to become independent from popular trends (This will be assumed true).

Now, as we all know, DDR is present at a majority of malls. It is also fairly underground in comparison to other "usual" activities...so put two and two together, and yes...you find many people who appear "that way", who also play DDR for this reason.

So when more people choose these lifestyles as a way to become independent from society standards, the more likely they will take up DDR, because it also isn't something you see the mass majority of people doing...in comparison to many other things.

They may not ALL have the same approach, but going by the majority rule...yeah, you see many "goths" playing DDR. Hilariously wrong? Far from it.

(Hopefully I went through all this without labelling)
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35. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 8:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Heh. riiight.gif

Guys and Gals, listen. Something very easy to understand and follow this way comes...

Dislike people because of how they act and how they treat people. Stop looking at the exterior and dig into the soul, if even a surface scratch, in order to understand people a little more. You don't have to like people, but give them just a little respect if even to simply ignore the masses. If you all just give a little respect until there is no reason to respect someone, this world would be a better place.

Personally? I think anyone who lives outside of the force-fed notions of how you should act,dress, & play is truly living.
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36. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 8:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My Gosh, you all... Don't act like Goth's are born goth and considered retarted and mutated. Jeez.

"DONT LABEL PEOPLE!!"-Think about what YOUR saying.

Their parents aren't buying them all black clothes and smoking pot, no one is MAKING THEM do it. WHen tehy put those clothes on and hongout with those people their labeling themselves. Let's hear a Goth's perspective on this, and if they don't like people to call them Goth. Maybe their trying to make a point when they put on those clothes? OR MAYBE THEY WERE BORN WITH STRECTHABLE BLACK CLOTHES AS SKIN!!! and its a whole nother "race" of person out there. And your "raciest" if you make fun of the fact that they hate life and "not" goth people.
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37. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 8:38 pm    Post subject: Re: How Can DDR Possibly Be Gothic? Reply with quote

altosven wrote:
I assume many of the people in these forums are gothic.


you don't know much about ddrfreak, do you?
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38. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 8:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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39. PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For the love of Naoki, someone please lock this thread! Everyone's just f'ing arguing!
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