h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

But you can`t really say that they are not dancing, as dancing has basically been set steps for ages. It`s just in the last 50 or so years you`ve had much of the other kind.

'Teenwolf' was the first one that popped into my head - classic movies such as that

You could still wave your arms around whilst doing the footsteps to DDR. Which is what I don't like about line dancing - too regimented.

And the arm movements would probably end up in sync on the dance floor... and you've got yourself an 80s revival!

But DDR isn't a rehearsed set of moves! You just pound the pads with your feet depending on where the arrow points when it scrolls to the top of the screen! The moves don't match the beat, and the steps aren't choreographed in any way. You could theoretically get down on your knees and pound the pad with your hands to match the moves.

I don't want to deny anyone who enjoys playing, as it is kind of fun to watch someone who's good at it, but I just don't think of it as dancing.

Oh, and if I were to discuss atraction to a certain ethnicity, I have a thing for middle-eastern women (and fair-skinned redheads). But that relates to earlier in this thread and isn't relevant anyhow.

Ah no, it's always good to have a secondary conversation

Theoretically, yes, you could get down and bash it with your fist, but you're _meant_ to use your feet. DDR is rehearsed according to the machine. Unless it's a random set of moves for the songs, then you'll learn particular moves to one song... and then bring it to the dance floor... scary thing is, you may find yourself doing it without even thinking

As Xan was saying, most dancing is set 'steps'


Kim Basinger and Michelle Pfeiffer types ideally please, swooned at Heather Graham first time I saw her Tall, blonde, interesting eyes

Speaking of dancing, Heather Graham is someone I`d like to do the horizontal mambo with

Are you getting "horizontal heroin" and "the mattress mambo" mixed up there?

Hmm, I wonder if my little Asian girl can do that.

This DDR thing confuses me are you able to put your own CD into the PS or is it set music? If it is set music what type of music is it - Clubbing, Old Time, Salsa, Line Dancing?
Does it work on a PS1 or just on PS2?
Does it project you on the screen like the fighting mat?

for all the questions I just need to know all the details before I spend my hard earned cash.

Thanx
CHeEky

Ah, DDR. That takes me back. My friends were all obsessed with it at one point, to the extent that, when 5 of them moved in together, they chose the house partly on the basis of how springy the lounge floor was.
In my experience, the better people get at DDR, the less it looks like dancing.

Just Bob, are you bored by any chance?

A bit. The conversations I'm looking at weren't moving very fast, and I can't think of anythign new, so I thought I'd go back as far as I have unread posts, and bring up some of them.
Incidentally, I have definitely not read some of these posts it reckons I've read. This thread came up as "2 unread posts" but was over a page, and I'm sure I would have commented if I'd seen it.