Beginner Old People (approx. 35 and up)

cpurola · Trick Member Joined: 23 Apr 2004

Hi all,
I'd just like to welcome you to the fun and healthy experience that is ITG.
All the experts tell us to exercise, exercise, exercise, but the conventional equipment, classes, and routines are so booorrrrinng.

Stepping on the arrows is a blast, and if you do it often, say, every other day or so you will get better and better. ie. faster and faster

You might even be able to take on some of the younger folk one day. (that is my personal goal)

Word of caution: Just like any physical activity, start slow. Remember how you felt the day after your first day back gardening, golfing, swimming, spring or fall cleaning. If you were lucky you were stiff, unlucky and you couldn't move to get out of bed in the morning.

Don't pay any attention to those young squirts who tell you it only took them three months to start playing expert mode.
We have a different schedule and their's don't apply.

Personally, I have been jumping on the arrows for approx. two years and have just started having some success with songs harder than easy mode.
I don't care if I never reach expert, I'm having fun and I see improvement in my skills every time I do it.

Oh, by the way, this is also a great chance to exercise with your kids! Or challenge them to beat you, and see what happens. My daughter isn't quite as nuts about ITG as I am, but we are pretty even when we go to the arcade. Yep, I go to the arcade. My motto is: If I'm payin', than I'm playin'. That was my first goal, to be good enough to not embarrass my kids when I play with them. It worked! I may only play on easy, but it's fun seeing that S+ or star come up on the screen saying 'you done good!'.

Come on, lets chat, compare scores, talk about our aches and pains, and how much better we would be if only we were 10 years younger.

CindyP

liveandletlive · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Location: TripleH State

Wow tell me about stepping on arrows LOL. It took a few games to get the arrows to match my feet. I also am glad that i have a wall there when the arrows get a little faster then i am used to or quite have the stamina for yet.

any way thanks for opening this here thread

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liveandletlive · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Location: TripleH State

Wow cool I do wish you luck although i dont think you will need it. It seems once those that arnt sure what it is has a leader or teacher to give them the first steps they get addicted right away.

OK so it took me about two months trying it a couple times and thinking i was to old and then i made up my mind to do it and since then it is non stop.

LOL get this my CF finally made it in the mail buttttttttttttttttttttt it spent all day friday saturday and seems sunday only going from one side of salt lake to the other uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggggggggggg i aint in salt lake folks i want my pad LOL

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cpurola · Trick Member Joined: 23 Apr 2004

You're going to love your new CF. Did you get the arcade mod. with it?
I got the clear panels because I kept getting lost and occasionally falling off the dang thing!LOL
Glad it's only an inch thick, couldn't fall to far or hurt myself too bad.

Just got back from the YMCA. They had me fill out a comment card and I offered to teach a class of adults DDR.
It was just coincidence but she said her daughter goes to the middle school my daughter goes to. Her daughter also loves DDR and comes to the after school intramurals I hold there. So, maybe that will help get my 'foot in the door'. Can't hurt.

I took my ITG software along to demonstrate that I know what I'm doing, but they don't have any equipment after all. The stuff they used for our district wide activity afternoon they said they rented.

I wonder who rents out Ignition pads, consoles and game software?
CindyP

liveandletlive · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Location: TripleH State

I found a lot of places do now weird isnt it? I think i would just as soon own mine though cause then i know its condition. But for something like that rentals might be better. Ask them who they rented it from and then that can open another door for you if you get real involved in teaching.

I never thought to order the arcade mod wonder if i can still order it? Thats if it ever gets out of Salt Lake LOL

If i didnt have to drive for ever just to get to where they have this kind of stuff i would check things out here although i am not as good as you yet. I still have like seven songs(ITG) i cant do on easy 2.5 and them dang blue 1/8 notes are still surprising me i am getting better at them though
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cpurola · Trick Member Joined: 23 Apr 2004

liveandletlive · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Location: TripleH State

I think i would at least wait till its a slow blizzard ROTFLMAO

And everyone in the world will know when it gets here i will prob wind up arrested for bellowing and hollaring its here its here. You know public disturbance hahahahahahah

Why is it you buy something to have some space and then all the sudden its invaded like that? I find it irritating when that happens. The landlord rented out the front part of his horse trailer(for those that dont know some have living space in the front of them) and he parked it so close to my camper there is not i dont think a foot between them. I said something and he refused to park it in an approiate spot.

I need to work on them blue notes a lot there is one that has a lot with nothing inbetween so i do that one a lot but when ya have to twinkle toe through them fast sometimes ya get mad and say i am gonna do this i aint letting no inanimate object get the best of me.
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cpurola · Trick Member Joined: 23 Apr 2004

I've been challenging myself lately by saying, "if I get an s or better, I have to try the next harder level."

Most of the time it's pretty comical, 'cause they're too many arrows in too small a space. And I get a dozen steps into it before I start laughing and give up.

But you know, I don't get off the pad, and if I see a pattern I recognize I'll do it. Even tho I fail miserably at the end.

Got a DDR/ITG intramural at school in a couple hours, so I've got to pack up all my stuff and haul it over there.
And my daughter is home sick, so she can't help me this time.... I know, I'll get the other kids to help.

Ya, well, she's not THAT sick, if ya know what I mean. Not feeling well at school, and a miraculous recovery as we pull into the driveway....
ya, feel like I've been played.

Not the first time, won't be the last.

CindyP

liveandletlive · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Location: TripleH State

ya, feel like I've been played.

Not the first time, won't be the last.

Been there with my son a few times. He now knows that if he isnt sick then he better get his butt to school. He pulled a coule so far with his dad this year but dads on to him LOL.

Did i mention my CF actually got out of Salt Lake and made it so far as far as Hutchison Texas WAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOO thats a lot closer then Salt Lake LOL
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DemonHybrid · Trick Member Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Location: Matamoras, PA

I don't know what it is, but I personally find this thread extremely hilarious

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liveandletlive · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Location: TripleH State

well un ya see when ya get to be an older kid ya cant always keep with them younger ones

soooooooooo we kinda have a thread where we can talk about stumbling around making boo boo's and work on getting better and better.

We can support each other and will accept any constructive critisim that younger ones can give us.

also i kinda got tired of people putting others down (if it was constructive i wouldnt mind)
btw i heard Pump up the volume on a cover girl lip stick commercial
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cpurola · Trick Member Joined: 23 Apr 2004

liveandletlive · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Location: TripleH State

We have a life span ROTFLMAO gee i guess i need to get a life again to find out what my span is.

btw The top arrow on my ignition pad decided to have an attitude today thank god my other one should be here tomorrow
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cpurola · Trick Member Joined: 23 Apr 2004

AustinPowers97 · Basic Member Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Location: Kansas

Yeah, they are heavy, i had to take 2 of them up 20 stairs to get them to my ddr room. Not fun, but order the arcade mods for the pads, they help you stay in place and not fall off

liveandletlive · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Location: TripleH State

I kinda like my toes

The little toe on my right foot is already pretty sad I went through spell where i kept hitting it on something it would be just about healed and i would smush it again. and no toes no dance me vewy vewy unhappy camper.

Yeah i think the dude might even set in the door for me. I can carry fifty pounds of dogfood fairly easy,so it shouldnt be that bad. I will see which gets here first hubby or CF

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I talked to my son and he agreed with you about the mod kit since i want to go to an arcade someday and play ITG2.

any way i love this site
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liveandletlive · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Location: TripleH State

hehehehehe I remember one time when i managed the arcade that it needed fixed and so I thought there was no one around(mind you I had never been on one before) and tried to follow them arrows and i almost landed in the monitor hahahahaha. Then the mechanic just opened it up and tested it that way and low and behold there were some other employess snickering at me.
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cpurola · Trick Member Joined: 23 Apr 2004

liveandletlive · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Location: TripleH State

Since i got screwed on my job (by dad who owns it) once i walked out i never walked back in there but there will be a day when i walk back in and at this point even i could outdo just about all of them that work there.

I had a cousin who was watching some kids one day and thought eh it aint that hard so he tried it and realised it taint all that easy.

When i open my own arcade (gotta get all the legal muck) I am gonna find out what the kids what like the ddr games and itg and try to have several for them so if one is busy they can use another one etc. I believe in customer satisfaction as long as its reasonable
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