DDR Practice

[Xamoga]

Alright so im new to DDR, like 3 weeks. I bought supernova and it came with a pad. So i can beat basically every song on difficult except for 2 songs you unlock at the last planet in stellar master mode. I can beat about...5 songs on expert? Freckles, Rainbow Rainbow, and some others.

Im a smoker, so i know that'll affect me greatly, but what should i do to become better? What did you guys do (I dont have the option of ITG and stuff, or anything at an arcade, only at home)

Thanks

[Akkaraju]

As you move on in more difficult stuff, it's going to get harder to read. Try adding the 1.5x/2.0x mods to make the notecharts less dense to read. Lots of playing will help greatly. Maybe watch a bunch of videos and see how more advanced players do certain patterns that you might have trouble with and try to mimic them.

[Xamoga]

haha, my slowest pattern is..< ^ > ^ < dunno why, i jus suck at em.

[I AM THE PROPHECY.]

That would be a crossover sequence, which involves, in the most efficient form, swinging your left foot around to hit the right arrow and then swinging back to hit the left while using your right for both ups. It's possible to doublestep your way through those, and on all but the fastest songs I prefer to do it that way myself, but it's good to practice getting it down sooner than later.

Ultimately it's going to come down to a matter of time. Most people can get to around eight or nine in terms of difficulty in two months if they push themselves, but from there progress slows down a lot as they slowly improve their timing.

[dida]

have a warm up of about 5 songs, then play stuff that is just too difficult to pass. so if you can pass all 6s, play all 7s

[Xamoga]

hmmm alright. Im gunna try the crossover thing, the way where u cross ur left foot over...
and ill just keep practicing ... anyone here smoke that plays? wanna know how much it really affects you

[dida]

i used to and now i dont, so i can safely say that smokin makes you considerably less energetic. Foot rating wise, once you start playing the hard stuff (stepping into ITG territory), you'll get stuck at 10 or 11 (more on the 10 side) if you smoke, no matter how much you play or how fit you are otherwise.

[kreichjr]

Personally, I haven't noticed much of a difference because of smoking... before I started smoking I was around the 11-12 footers on ITG, with maybe Summer Speedy Mix as the 13 under my belt. A few months after I started smoking, I've passed everything on ITG, including Vertex^2 Expert, and some other added songs, like Holy Orders, One Winged Angel, Uber Rave, etc...

I'm sure if I didn't smoke, I would have a bit more energy to raise my scores on those songs.