None of us played DDR seriously outside of a few mats at home, mind you, we were just being dumb and wanted a goof. We were like 16 at the time, just got our cars, so the idea of going somewhere on our own to hang out was fresh and new. There was a putt putt golf with an arcade that was mainly dead that we'd go goof at. One friday night, we showed up and decided to act like we were hot shit at DDR to challenge the group of kids who were always there.
I was the one who got to act like I was hot shit, my friends were my "entourage" and hype men. I walked in with a cape and a cane, then we all stood by the DDR machine watching some kids absolutely blow it away. We'd talk loudly like "Impressive for someone so young! Maybe one day you can challenge a pro" and my "hype men" kept going around starting random conversations next to groups of people or the workers at putt putt about how I was some 10 time international champion.
Eventually the kids playing DDR noticed and were like "you're some sort of pro? Wanna face off?" So my hype men did their thing and started calling for bets amongst themselves, and generally acting fools. Turns out, the entire place came to watch, even the people behind the counter making pizzas haha.
I told them to pick their toughest song, and they picked some impossible song I'm sure. They chose the top speed, top difficulty, and I chose "8x" speed... and the easiest difficulty. Surprisingly, easy and 8x actually made the game way, way tougher, as the dance symbols no longer had any sort of flow or rhythm and were more like single notes zooming by every few moments randomly. I think I hit maybe 1 note the entire time.
After it was done, my hype men acted like i had obliterated them, and pulled out a crown and put it on my head. Then we left while someone played "We are the champions" on a boom box, haha.
Probably a you-had-to-be-there moment but one of my favorite memories from being a kid. My friends and I still crack up about that story, how dumb we were. The kids who were playing DDR were good sports about it all and laughed and took it in stride.
anyone else got some dumb stories about goofy things you did as a kid playing games?
I was the one who got to act like I was hot shit, my friends were my "entourage" and hype men. I walked in with a cape and a cane, then we all stood by the DDR machine watching some kids absolutely blow it away. We'd talk loudly like "Impressive for someone so young! Maybe one day you can challenge a pro" and my "hype men" kept going around starting random conversations next to groups of people or the workers at putt putt about how I was some 10 time international champion.
Eventually the kids playing DDR noticed and were like "you're some sort of pro? Wanna face off?" So my hype men did their thing and started calling for bets amongst themselves, and generally acting fools. Turns out, the entire place came to watch, even the people behind the counter making pizzas haha.
I told them to pick their toughest song, and they picked some impossible song I'm sure. They chose the top speed, top difficulty, and I chose "8x" speed... and the easiest difficulty. Surprisingly, easy and 8x actually made the game way, way tougher, as the dance symbols no longer had any sort of flow or rhythm and were more like single notes zooming by every few moments randomly. I think I hit maybe 1 note the entire time.
After it was done, my hype men acted like i had obliterated them, and pulled out a crown and put it on my head. Then we left while someone played "We are the champions" on a boom box, haha.
Probably a you-had-to-be-there moment but one of my favorite memories from being a kid. My friends and I still crack up about that story, how dumb we were. The kids who were playing DDR were good sports about it all and laughed and took it in stride.
anyone else got some dumb stories about goofy things you did as a kid playing games?
