Have you ever noticed that people who are really good at dancing, or have had dance experience in the past are not as good as Dance Dance Revolution as you might think? My roommate danced her entire life until she came out here for school. When I got DDR as a Christmas gift freshman year I was excited to bring it back and set it up in our dorm. Not only is it fun, but it got my fat butt moving. It was a win-win. But I was a little nervous to compete against my roommate. I thought for sure with all the competitions and productions she had been in for dance she would kick my ass. Boy was I wrong. She kept getting confused and wasn’t able to stay on the mat as well as I was. I won practically every single time. It was great. I understand when you think about it DDR isn’t really dancing, but hey, it’s fun.
I noticed that this same kind of thing relates to Rock Band or Guitar Hero. I have friends who play instruments in bands (guitar, drum, bass). They hate Rock Band. They find it so much more different than the actual instrument they can’t get acclimated. But just like DDR, I am pretty good at it. Since I have no background experience, I have nothing else to compare it to. So I get used to playing the game pretty quickly.
Even if I can’t play the drums perfectly on an easy level, I just listen to the song. Which I think is something most people (who play an instrument or not) don’t always do. They get too wrapped up in trying to figure out which fingers go over which button. They forget to do something that could help them even more-like listen to the beat. I have tried many times to tell them this, but they won’t hear it. Which I guess is fine with me, because I’ll beat them every time.
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