Z-I-V Workout Challenge

Remember to record your first attempt at the 20-song course, to compare your time and scores in a week's time!

Unfortunately I lack DLC but I may see what I can do to make a similar course with the same foot ratings. I know the point is to push your stamina and all. I'll post what replacement I come up with and still record my progress/results.

I could not get it to play courses in Workout mode, but here's my score today in nonstop mode with no bar. I was surprised at what I got, I thought I'd do worse.

Oooff... just made my first attempt at the 20-song course. Got to Tsugaru and pooped out right after the gallops turned into triplets.

Tough course, but I'll get there. Pic incoming.

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You set the bar really high for the rest of us.

I'm going to give it a try in a minute. Pray for my soul ^^;



Don't play in Workout Mode.

It's a Nonstop Course, play it normally ^^;

You did pretty good. I know I probably would have had more greats than that.

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Look at those Almosts!



I got tired about 6 songs in, and spent the rest of the course praying that I hadn't put Breakdown at the end of it. I think I can comfortably play this course every day for a month, but the fact that's actually only half of the course is terrifying.

Protip : Do some quick stretching exercises in the little gaps you get between the first 3-4 songs, and don't just stand around waiting for the next song, do some stretching or walk around the room for a few seconds, to stop your body from cooling down.

Going to give this a shot in a few minutes, but i have a soft pad so my scoring (and floor) may be slightly off than what i could REALLY do if i had a hard mat :/

Oh well, let me see how far i can go with this 20 song course for this week (btw i'm still pretty sick, but i'll push onward and hope that it either goes away as i'm exercising or if it intensifies i'll stop and just let you guys know how much far i got in.)

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Doing this tomorrow. I seem to have misplaced my mat...

EDIT: Shit, never did the new sign-ups. *facepalm*

Format being used for the challenge (PS2/SM) : SM
What is your “main” dancing game? (DDR/Pump/ITG) : DDR
How many hours of do you normally play a week? About 6 hours
Soft Mat or Hard Mat? : Soft
Do you normally Bracket when you play? : No
Do you play with a bar? : Only at arcades
How many of the 40 songs do you expect to pass after 4 weeks? All of it.

So I tried the first course for the first time today. God if only I was tracking my PFC's, I guess all the times i went to play X2 AC really helped my timing.

All of the misses were pad and one or two of the greats were as well. I guess its a good thing I'm deciding to get some CF's; hopefully by the end of the month. I might give this course another try, so i can improve a bit.

Aaaaaand i hate my soft pads >: (

Although, i will admit, i was getting very winded when i was in AFRONOVA (see what happens when you stop playing DDR for a long time?), but my soft pads were just not cutting it for me, i'll still be on this, but i doubt my pads will let me "pass" the song.

No pic because, guess what? PADS LIKE TO PRESS BUTTONS ON THEMSELVES

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Well I was playing on my pad earlier and didn't have too many issues.
I can play the songs easily. Just not for a long session.

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40 Songs in 4 courses with each course being 20 songs long?
No appropriate warmup or cooldown (last song was Twilight Zone, first song was a 7-footer, I typically begin on a 4 or 5).

I didn't install the songs since I already have all of these in my StepMania collection most with BGChanges and with perfect sync rather than those minor but annoying sync issues present #BPMS:0.000=138.020; ?

Played the first course tonight and realized I need to warmup a bit before I try these courses next time (at 33 I guess I need to start slow because I goofed alot in the beginning). Then toward the middle I had a 2,000+ combo going although some of these songs threw me off since it's been FOREVER since I played them. The last song I did was #19 so I have ONE song that isn't title'd the same way that I need to fix.

I'll give it another shot tomorrow.

Is anyone doing these courses on doubles mode? I'm willing to give it a shot although doubles is 3x harder for me, I think I can manage all of these songs on doubles (unsure about doing it w/o a break though).

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>40 Songs in 4 courses with each course being 20 songs long?
first course is 20, second tacks on five songs to that course, third tacks on another five to that, and last adds another ten. technnically, it's all one course.

I'm surprised my down arrow didn't give me any trouble. I guess I shouldn't jinx it though.

I could try it, but I'll probably mess up. Plus, my other mat is a lot more recessed because I still need to mod it.

Ah, that makes sense, I didn't pay attention.

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I did pretty good up until the last 3 songs, then I kinda screwed up Twilight Zone. I won't be able to try it again this week, so this is my score for the week

You have to upload it somewhere like Imageshack...

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I did pretty good up until the last 3 songs, then I kinda screwed up Twilight Zone. I won't be able to try it again this week, so this is my score for the week

Here are my results for Week #1!



Argh. It was frustrating because my computer kept on freezing during the songs, which resulted in the crapton of NC's. Hopefully I can fix this before next week!