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09-30-2008, 08:43 AM
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#166 | | //bemanistyle::[Regular]
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Originally Posted by LilRabbitToy  If we truly want to revive freestyle, we must not joke around or do stupid kind of things to make others laugh.
We gotta be serious, make whatever we are doing look cool, to attract a crowd to look at us--interest them to consider the game, next time they come across it.
Spinning, kneedrops, hand plants are nice and are, but that doesn't really do anything. Sure you may have fun, but it makes you look kinda weird unless you are incorporating actual dance to your routine.
Freestyling was big back then, because it looked cool, and it inspired others to want to freestyle. But then it just kinda died out cus we made it appear like a comedy sketch, which lead to people thinking we look stupid, and thus the age old statement "only gay people play DDR."
I doubt freestyling will return any time soon, but if we continue to focus solely on only PAing, then yep, DDR will just be all teching, and the only dance we will with know how to do is the "DDR dance", which requires you to move your feet: left, down, up, right. | Here Here
This I wholeheartedly agree (especially with the last paragraph which I bolded). 
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10-01-2008, 10:24 PM
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#167 | | There is that better?
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Does it really matter if some people are actually dancing? As long as people are having fun I dont see how it matters what their goals are.
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12-14-2008, 03:52 AM
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#168 | | //bemanistyle::[User]
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YouTube - Toon - Doubles Freestyle - EyeSpy (Heavy)
Eh...I try. I'm the only one here in Miami that freestyles (if you want to call it that)...I only do that for show (I do get a crowd lots of times). Old topic is old...//
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05-28-2009, 09:00 PM
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#170 | | //bemanistyle::[User]
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well freestyle is fading but i dont think its dead. its cool if you can do it right. but if youre doing it wrong you look like one of theose 3 year olds who likes to jump around on the pad and swing on the bar. lolz | |
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05-29-2009, 07:05 PM
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#171 | | KeYboArDcrAsHer SuperNOVA
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Actually, some DDR players here in the Philippines do wanted to implement the use of freestyle in tournaments but also with the combination of PA. Majority of the players that I usually see in the arcades do belong to play freestyle and not in PA. I think I'm the only one in the arcades that does using PA. But once I mastered PA, I'm going to use freestyle with PA combination. Yeah...
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06-03-2009, 11:29 AM
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#172 | | //bemanistyle::[Regular]
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Originally Posted by John Jorell Actually, some DDR players here in the Philippines do wanted to implement the use of freestyle in tournaments but also with the combination of PA. Majority of the players that I usually see in the arcades do belong to play freestyle and not in PA. I think I'm the only one in the arcades that does using PA. But once I mastered PA, I'm going to use freestyle with PA combination. Yeah... | OH I see.
In that case, your style would most likely be suited for 'improv' (improvisation = thinking of moves on-the-fly/ad-lib). That's quite good
In any case, I really need to try and make some freestyle stuff on my own (thankfullly in the case of DDRX, they brought the edit system back so I can put some custom charts of my own to use as freestyle/choreography)
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06-07-2009, 03:34 PM
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#173 | | 3rd easiest 42 ever rite
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Freestyling is gay. If you want to have style and "dance", then just learn how to actually dance instead of looking like a faggot trying to be cool on an arcade machine. | |
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06-07-2009, 04:01 PM
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#174 | | Doki! Doki! Doki!
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If you wanted to pretend to play drums, stop playing Drummania and buy yourself a set.
If you think you look cool playing Guitar Freaks/Hero, learn to play a real guitar. | |
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06-07-2009, 05:47 PM
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#175 | | g//ay for k//
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If you wanted to pretend to play drums, stop playing Drummania and buy yourself a set.
If you think you look cool playing Guitar Freaks/Hero, learn to play a real guitar.
| Bad analogy
A better analogy would be if you're trying to play shows in bars and clubs and shit using Rock Band you should probably just start a real band
That would be the freestyling equivalent
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06-07-2009, 11:40 PM
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#176 | | //bemanistyle::[Regular]
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Originally Posted by Brett Freestyling is gay. If you want to have style and "dance", then just learn how to actually dance instead of looking like a faggot trying to be cool on an arcade machine. | Damn, talk about being close-minded...........
Look dude, that may be your opinion but for the rest of us here, freestyle/choreography is a way to actually create more variety by having a playstyle that uses (or at least gets some of its aspects from) real dance moves. Of course it is not real dancing per se.........but hey, it actually gives more realism and brings it closer to what it really is:
A Dance Simulation Game (which is originally meant to simulate 'as close as possible' to real dancing)
The explanation may be iffy (yeah I can't explain things that well) but you get the drift....
Besides, without this kind of thing, then majority of people would thinking that DDR is a game where people just stomp arrows like what those tribal people do or something (referring to how this game only focuses on tech/PA and nothing else). They wanna see something else and henceforth some players wanted to go beyond or find some other aspect that is new that can't be found on just playing tech/PA alone..........
Besides, people have been doing this for quite on Pump it Up games..........so why not do it here as well (the original dance simulation video game)???
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06-08-2009, 03:37 AM
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#177 | | Ten Below Blazing
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Originally Posted by Blackraven | The second link was amazing. Its good to my thread get bumped. Its good to know there are still some real dancers out there. And to the idiot a few post back all I have to say is Grow up please.
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06-08-2009, 04:01 AM
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#178 | | //bemanistyle::[Member]
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That second video is pretty good. Never really see many clean strutters/poppers (wait, lemme re-emphasize, clean strutters/poppers) playing DDR, so this was nice to see.
Third video is AWESOME (kinda biased because they are locking, and I'm in a locking crew, haha)
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Also, my two cents about freestyle:
Saying you're strictly a freestyler on DDR kinda makes you closed minded, but then again so do people that say MAN DDR FREESTYLE IS GAY DANCE ON A REAL DANCE FLOOR. As long as you're having fun, let the haters hate, but don't think that the way you do it is absolute.
Coming from someone who is/was big in both worlds, the way I see it, I'd rather not restrict myself to a 4/8 Panel metal pad and bar and limited songs, when I can go somewhere (club/house/studio) and dance FREELY with other people and have WAY less restrictions, along with a bigger soundtrack. :>
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06-08-2009, 05:00 PM
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#179 | | 3rd easiest 42 ever rite
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Originally Posted by June.H If you wanted to pretend to play drums, stop playing Drummania and buy yourself a set.
If you think you look cool playing Guitar Freaks/Hero, learn to play a real guitar. |
I see what you're trying to say, but it doesn't apply. I've played guitar and drums, which are both really fun, but I don't play GF or DM becuase it's a "guitar/drum" simulation. I play them because they're video games, where instead of actually making music, I am trying to score attack. I do the same thing with dance games, I play the game. There's a reason freestyle is dead. People realized it's about as cool as throwing out dance moves while you're playing pac-man or street fighter.
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06-08-2009, 05:14 PM
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#180 | | neither funky nor fresh.
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Freestyle Pac-Man owns all. | |
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