How do you refer to DDR's levels and ratings?

[Brennan47]

What do you call the different difficulty levels?
beginner
light/basic
standard/difficult/trick/another
heavy/ssr/maniac/expert
oni/challenge/s maniac

How do you refer to foot ratings?
foot: "It's a 6 foot song."
footer:"It's a 7 footer."
level: "It's a level 8."
the number itself: "It's a 9."
something else?


I say: beginner, light, standard, heavy, challenge/oni.
I usually only say the number for ratings: "It's a 10."

[mageman17]

DDR 1st to 3rd Mix had names for them,
1 is Simple
2 is Moderate
3 is Ordinary
4 is Superior
5 is Marvelous
6 is Genuine
7 is Paramount
8 is Exorbitant
9 is Catastrophic (appeared in DDR 2nd Mix Club Version until DDR 3rd Mix)
10 and glowing 10's have no names since this debuted
on ddrmax

EDIT: When we still play ddr on a psx, we used to say "You need 6 feet to play PARANOiA on basic,"
"Dub-I-Dub on maniac can only be played by someone who has 8 feet."

We thought it was the number of feet themselves, not the fact that 'more feet' = 'harder song.'"

[Neon Kel]

back in the day (a few years ago) alot of people figured that if 10's had a name they would be called "Apocalyptic"


but yeah light, standard, heavy for me

[tsugaru7reveng]

I call them "<insert number here> footers".

I call the difficulties just about anything Konami has given, except Trick or Another.

EDIT: Wasn't Apocalyptic used in one of the Ultramixes? (as a mission thingy of some sort?)

[Chewphoria]

BEGINNER
BASIC
DIFFICULT
EXPERT
CHALLENGE
EDIT

1 footer
2 feet
3 feet
4 feet
5 feet
6 feet
7 feet
8 feet
9 feet
10 feet
Flashing 10 footer.

[ranatalus]

beginner/light/standard/heavy/oni
numbers themselves, occasionally i call 9s "catas"

that's it

[Ben Speirs]

10s ARE Apocalyptic. If I remember correctly Universe had level 10 missions called that.

[KyahRyorin]

Seeing as I got into DDR right after EXTREME was released...

Beginner
Light
Standard
Heavy
Challenge
"X footer"

[Slackbot]

Beginner - Light - Standard - Heavy - Challenge

X-footer, or if it's clear from the context that I'm talking about ratings, just the number. "Arrabbiata Heavy is a 9-footer? there's no way that's easier than Sakura Heavy, which is a 10."

[Snapps]

Beginner Light Standard Heavy

Sometimes i'll call Standard Difficult.

[Spork!]

Beginner
Light
Standard
Heavy
Oni

X-footer, or it's an X

I still think Beginner was a bad idea for DDR. Most people who play beginner get the mentaility that they can't get better, which causes them to quit. I never see ANYONE get past beginner, and those that do are so damaged by being a 'beginner" that they quit soon after. People got a lot better faster when they didn't have it.

[OrangeRight]

Beginner
Light
Standard
Heavy
Oni

I just call them 9s and 10s nowadays.

[Ashura96]

Originally Posted by tsugaru7reveng

EDIT: Wasn't Apocalyptic used in one of the Ultramixes? (as a mission thingy of some sort?)

YES!
Pure proof that Konami actually listen in to fans and their thoughts.

As for me I just go with whatever the most current games are using...sooo:

Beginner/Basic/Difficult/Expert/Challenge

And when referring to ratings I just use numbers.

[Hiro Konobu]

As for me:

3rd Mix/5thMix: Basic/Trick/Maniac

Max/Extreme: Beginner, Light, Standard, Heavy, Challenge/Oni, the version of diffuculty(sp?) I go by whenever I play still, when I don't go by numbers.

[Dragma]

Light/Standard/Heavy

and I call it just by the numbers.