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busy busy busy.

Ok DDR update. Yep, I’m still at it. No, I don’t have DDR Extreme back yet, but DDR Max2 is awesome.

As for SL, I’m excitedly awaiting the delivery of a shiny new island.

Yes, I DID get some in yesterday, but only about 15 minutes worth. Had done lots of other stuff, and my feet were still recovering from Fridays fun.
Will probably go for about the same today, maybe longer, because I’m going for a walk with family. Depends on how tired I am when I get back. Likely I’ll only do 15 minutes, but we’ll see.

A LOT of DDR today. However, no scores to update, because I exchanged DDR Extreme for DDR MAX2 with a friend (for a while)

So, I have all new songs, and so on.
So far I have an A or an AA on 15 of the first 16 songs I did on beginner. Seems it’s easier so far, but I’m still sorting through the game.

Looks like I”m going to have to start reporting calories burned.

Well hell, I have made up for yesterday! woo! Go me!
Yesterday I was offbeat somehow, and it sucked

Today, I had my ass in a groove baby.

AA on There You’ll Be (beginner)
AA on Pink Rose (light)
AA on Only You (standard) <– I know have AA on beginner, light, and Standard, and a *mumbles*D*/mumble* on Heavy
AA on On The Jazz (beginner)
AA on Never Ending Story (light)

at this point I got my first AA on overall score for the overall rating for 4 stages.

A on Kids In America (light)
AA on Keep On Movin’ (beginner)
AA on Do Me (light)
A on Go West (light) <— I sooo hate that song
C on Pink Rose (standard)

AA on Trip Machine (beginner)
A on Simply Being Loved (light)
A on Mobo (light)
C on Diving (standard)

And!!!!
(cue Also Spracth Zarathrustra)
A on Drop Out (beginner) FINALLY!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOO!

ok, I know,the vets are think I’m being retarded. but so what. To me it’s huge.

This now means that “The Legend of Max” is the only track on the entire game that I have left to get an A on at the beginner level.

In related news, I got to order my Cobalt Flux today! yayayaya

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Managed to leave my rhythm lying around somewhere, that or my dance pad is really getting bad, which I suspect may be more likely.

Anyway.

AA on Wonderland (beginner)
AA on Scortching Moon (beginner)
AA on Planet Rock (beginner)
AA on Jet World (light)
AA on Don’t Clock Me (beginner) <— this song is retarded. wtf is it even used in the game?
A on .59 (light)
AA on Stupid Barber (beginner)
B on Higher (standard)
C on Highs of you (standard)
AA on Pink Rose (beginner)
B on Scortching Moon (light)

I won’t list the ones I got E’s on at the standard level, but I tried a few others.
Got a high score, but still stuck at B, on Drop Out.

I can’t wait until I can get a Cobalt Flux pad. I’m tired of missing steps and then finding out the reason why is that the damned pad has drifted.

AA on Frozen Ray (beginner)
D on JaneJana (standard)
AA on Like a Slut *cough* I mean “Virgin” (beginner)
A on Peace Out (standard) <-- has corners, augh!
A on Theme from Enter the Dragon (light)
A on There You'll Be (light)
B on Wonderland (light)
and
E on Music (Standard) info from Bemani style Step charts: 138bpm, Difficulty:6, spacing:1x
This track on standard has corners and 8th notes. Have I mentioned that I hate corners?

Overall I went for about an hour and 45 minutes today, but wasn’t all that accurate. I had a number of beginner level songs that I should have gotten A’s on that I was hitting B’s. Bleh, it happens.

aaand, my update for today.

A on Drop the Bomb (light)
A on Frozen Ray (light)
A on Maximizer (light) full combo
A on Miracle (light)
A on B4U (light)
A on Believe (light)
A on Can’t Stop Falling in Love (light)
AA on Drop the Bomb (beginner)
A on Tsugaru (light) on first try at that level
AA on V (beginner)
A on V (light)
B on Waiting for Tonight (light)
A on You’re not here (light)
B on Your Rain (light)

Not much else to do but move more towards the “light” level on songs.

All in all it was an alright day. I tried multiple times to get an AA on Maximizer, and had at least twice where I had Full Combo in AA range, but had one “boo” or one “good”.

My pad is really starting to piss me off. I’ve noticed that the back arrow is most often where I miss a step. Experimentally I put a piece of cardboard under just that arrow (cut the cardboard to size). My number of “Perfects” for the back arrow skyrocketed. :/

Time for a shift in focus. I’ll still post the occasional thoughts and rants about Second Life and Linden Lab, but I’m also going to log my achievements in relation to playing Dance Dance Revolution.

Why? Because I’m to lazy to start a new blog, and I have a number of friends in-world who want to know about it.

I’ve had a “diaper dance pad”* for a year or so now, and have played occasionally, but 2 weeks ago I decided it was time to start a daily routine for the purpose of exercise.
So with the exception of one day last week, I’ve done about an hour to 2 hours or so every day.
Don’t know what Dance Dance Revolution (a.k.a. DDR) is? Click HERE for the Wikipedia information about the game.

I may go as far as posting videos on YouTube.com when it comes time to prove I’ve accomplished certain scores (but that will be a loooong time from now).

I have set a simple goal for myself. Get an A grade on all songs on the game I have (DDR Extreme), excluding the “challenge” songs.
This seemed atainable, until I unlocked the song Legend of Max. So far my best on that is an “E” (the lowest score you can get).
Right now though Legend of Max and Drop Out are the only two songs left that I don’t have at least an A grade on at the beginner level (22 of which are AA’s).
So, I’ve been moving up into the Light, as well as a few, very few, Standard level attempts.
And today was a good day.

AA on 321Stars (beginner)
A on “A” (light)
AA on B4U (beginner)
AA on Bad Routine (beginner)
B on Can’t Stop Falling in Love (light)
B on Drop the Bomb (light)
AA on Firefly (light) <--- this was the first time at this difficulty level too.
A on I'm for real (light)
A on Keep On Moving (light)
AA on Higher (beginner)
AA on Kick the Can (Light)
A on La Senorita (light)
AA on Love Love Sugar (beginner)
and....
My proudest moment thus far in my DDR Journey
Full Combo A on Maximizer (beginner)
Maximizer is the best track on the whole game in my opinion, but I'm also a HH junkie.

*Diaper Dance Pad - This is the name I’ve given to the cheap-o pads that people generally start out with, that come in the box with the game (which is how I got mine).
Mine in particular is startting to piss me off. As I get more and more into the Light and Standard levels, mine is starting to drift across the carpet severely. In one case, I missed Full Barring the song Jet World on Light, and I could swear that it’s not sensing correctly sometimes. Admittedly, that is one that I tend to mash sometimes.
No matter, I will attempt to keep using it until I can buy a Cobalt Flux.

Updates after this probably won’t be as lengthy.
With the exception of Drop Out, Legend of Max, and the “Challenge only” songs, if the song is not on the list above I have an A on the beginner level.

I’ll try to spice up the posts with pictures when I can. Usually I’m not to interested in taking snapshots with my camera when I’m sweating like mad.

For now, here’s a YouTube.com link to a video of someone that is a diety compared to my skill level at DDR (using a Cobalt Flux pad):