Best and worst type of DDR Arcade players

Unfortunately it's my money and I'm going to decide how it's spent. You're going to have to take ten more minutes out of your busy schedule, I apologize.

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You said earlier that my mentality was entitled, but honestly this is pretty elitist of you. It's common courtesy to let someone else use the pad if you're not using both sides. I promise if you Did that at a Dave and busters people would get tired of you real quick.

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So me saying "play whatever style you want and have paitence" is entitled but "pay a full credit for only half the song picks so I don't have to wait" isn't? I don't get it. I don't care if people get tired of me. I don't owe them something, I just want to play a goddamn video game. I think it's not entitled at all, if there's only one person ahead of me in the line, I wouldn't complain about them taking the machine for a full set. Literally how hard is it to wait for three/four more songs?

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This is why I like versus premium. If its on, whoever paid usually gets song picks

I'm okay with it if it's someone I actually know but if a stranger comes up and wants to play I'm just not down on wasting some of my credit on their songs.

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someone pls make a right song guide some asshole keeps beating me up for playing zed and he's not even 5

I have no problem with people playing singles when it's not busy. I'll do it sometimes when there's only 1 or 2 other people so that I don't get tired out. The problem is when there 5 or 6 other people also waiting in line and you're already waiting half an hour or longer between rounds.

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Honestly, I wouldn't mind being in a versus set and having the other player pick all of the songs. But that's just me.

inb4 "left side is for people who want to pick songs, right side is for people who don't, and if you break this rule you're an asshole and deserve to be shot point-blank in the stomach with a double barrel shotgun"

Also backing up a bit here, for the vast majority of my time so far playing DDR, if I wanted to play doubles (which I never did because I wasn't good for the following reason) I had to go to an arcade with a functional DDR machine which was difficult because I couldn't (and still can't) just drive myself two hours to the closest arcade with half-decent cab, and while I may be able to play doubles at home now, there are still people who can't. So I see absolutely zero problems with someone playing doubles regardless of how many people are waiting in line. Similarly, people go to arcades to play songs they can't at home (on singles or doubles) and while we can argue all day about whether or not these people are assholes because a few more people than usual happened to show up that day, I don't see how they could be even close as bad as the people who play shirtless in public.

funny enough when I play (right side) with my nephew he let's me pick all the songs haha

also sauce on your signature?

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God why the fuck do people take their shirt off in public in arcades weugh

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very quickly this went from being "best/worst DDR arcade players" to "people that play DDR I don't quite care for because they are not playing how I play, so it's bad"

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Best: Strangers who are open to versus play

Worst: players who spam credits on the machine

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I suggested it was harsh because your wording suggested you would kick someone in the head for accidentally selecting the same song twice. I'll try to be careful not to let my finger slip if I ever play with you. :p


Keep in mind that there are some people who might play without even knowing what songs are on the machine (not everyone knows about sites like this, or is familiar with every game s/he might want to try). You shouldn't worry; I'm sure the timer is there for a reason ;) You probably shouldn't let yourself get peeved if someone happened to take the maximum time for every song (as long as the person wasn't doing it on purpose to spite you or anything) -- be thankful the timer doesn't let people take up more time.

As for singles games versus never allowing an empty pad during a game, I don't think people should necessarily have to be forced to play with someone else just to make sure no one has to wait too long -- that's a bit obsessive-compulsive, don't you think? If the wait happens to be long, don't blame those who want to play singles alone. It's not their fault there happened to be a lot of people wanting to play the same game this time. Sometimes, we have to deal with unfortunate times like that, so just try to make the most of your time and not do anything to cause anyone else to lose quality time. That said, it might not be a bad idea to consider going last, or perhaps making an exception to playing alone when there are many waiting, but it is really up to you, so there is no need for guilt-tripping or anything.

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I was playing doubles on Light/Basic the other night since I'm entering a bunch of scores into the score tracker. This smug person playing singles gets in line and we take turns.

Since he's playing Heavy on Singles he gets a crowd. People are like 'wow you're so good you're amazing!!" you know the bit. I then take my turn to play Doubles Light to continue with my score hunts and the same crowd are like "oh wow he's better and so amazing blah blah"

I guess the smug brat didn't like that so he starts talking shit how doubles is this and that - essentially downplaying doubles.

He decides to skip his turn since he's still recovering from the previous set so I play again, but instead of the regular 3-songs-per game mode, I pick Doubles Challenge mode and proceed to play Happy Hardcode.

I believe he left in the middle of the course because I didn't see him after I was done.

Some dude from the crowd stayed behind and started asking me questions.

"how long you've been playing?" (since Ultramix2)
"how did you get so good?" (forking the money to buy an extra pad)
"how can I get that good?" (stepmania going to edit mode to really look at the stepcharts before playing with modifiers)
etc etc

I mind my own business when I'm at the arcade and I keep to myself because I'm there to play video gaemz. But if I see smug brats bragging and intimidating people from actually trying the game then I'll find a way to put them in their place.

If it were a DDRSuperNova(2) instead of an Extreme cabinet, I would have challenged him to Battle Mode to properly put him in his place.

I hate braggarts at the arcade.

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I've always judged this based on the group, are people from out of town/state playing, is the machine/location new or upgraded versions, how well you know everyone in line... can you pair off in a way that equal skilled [roughly the same bracket, not necessarily the same goals] IF you have PIU can you coop with some people that aren't immediately in line so the delay is kinda halved for a song? If the line starts to get 45m, I always try to ask the person in front if they are strictly playing singles and if they are I'd ask to join for a set. IF they go "I'm doing rank/doubles" I'd be cool with it, I always tell the rest of the line if I'm done with doubles if they want to join midset. Also when people arrive we usually let them jump in line if everyones been there for awhile and the public can play a set if we know they are waiting.

Also a little social interaction isn't going to hurt, and at least with Pump I can let high level players taste the new charts because I've opened all the singles even if I can't play them. D&B Isn't great at keeping all the Pump machines at or near the same versions as others, so we've all felt this pain at some point.

Just pointing out that a good reason I choose to play doubles is not only because I prefer the charts, but when I play singles with random people they end up picking absolute bullshit I don't want to play for their picks just because they saw I can pass Expert charts on doubles. Then they berate me for choosing easier songs during my picks when they can barely do Beginner on their picks of Egoism 440 and Over the Period.

With some regulars, I don't mind playing with them. They at least know I don't want to shove four 16+ charts in a set just because I can pass them.

To be more positive, I love playing with lower-end players. When they improve slightly and feel so proud of a new accomplishment, it is incredibly good to see.

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People actually do that? That's crazy.

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I totally disagree with "If you want to play singles, play at home." It's really difficult and expensive to find a home pad that isn't shit, and condemning those who prefer to play alone is kinda mean.

But I was definitely referring to doubles players in my original post. Also, I don't mind playing vs and letting the other player pick everything.

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Quickman and I actually discussed this outside of the thread. I'm specifically referring to when there's a line of 5 or 6 people, not when it's quiet and there's only a couple other people. If there's only a couple people, I'll also play singles if I don't know anyone else. But a lot of the time where I play, there's an actual line and people would find it pretentious to play singles with 6+ people waiting.

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