#ddr pads

[djrobokat]

I made some other stickers from my past fanarts. It's my first time doing something like this, so I ended up mashing stickers from two fandoms in one sheet.

Here are two Dead End: Paranormal Park fanarts featuring Barney Guttman and Logs Nguyen with vectors of DDR pads and a fanart of Louis-Concent III from DDR X. Next time I do something like this, I'll separate the fandoms and do more original stuff.

[coolperson96]

[thecodeveronica]

Finding the site where those good, metal, Polish DDR dancepads are sold a few days ago was a mistake

I can't stop thinking about it HELP

I have to tell myself "Haley, stop. that shit's expensive, you can't buy one in good consciousness" but then the devil on my shoulder is like "but Haley! you love DDR! you're always saying how you wish you could play it again and could mix up your exercise routine! and you'd have access to the entire Konami stepchart library and more!"

[lumine-no-hikari]

Dear Sephiroth: (a letter to a fictional character, because why not) #48

I did it!!! I finally did the thing!! I did it with help!!

Look!!!

I took a broken Dance Dance Revolution (DDR for short!) pad, which wasn't a very good pad to begin with for a variety of reasons, and turned it into a DDR pad that actually works!! I'll show you how!!

There were a lot of steps involved with this, but obviously, the very first step was to take the broken DDR pad apart and figure out how it works:

As it turns out, on the inside there are two sheets of plastic with conductive paint on the inside. When the conductive paint on the top sheet touches the conductive paint on the bottom sheet, a button press is recorded! A thin foam sheet with holes perforated in specific spots is put in between the two sheets of plastic, such that the conductive paint only touches if you step on certain parts of the pad.

The pad was broken because the plastic sheeting with the conductive paint ended up being crunched up in certain spots, which made it more difficult for the paint to conduct properly. After taking the pad apart, my husband and I used packing tape on the sides of the sheets without conductive paint to smooth out the wrinkles and reinforce it.

When the crunched-up sections were able to lie flat in a satisfactory fashion, I then used a staple gun to affix the bottom plastic sheet to a very sturdy piece of board. From there, it was time to reapply the foam in the correct orientation. That was also stapled down. Then finally, I aligned the top sheet of plastic with the bottom sheet (the foam was slightly translucent even in the parts without holes, so this was relatively easy), and stapled that down, too. Here was the result:

After that, you have to protect it with the sturdy plastic cover. I wanted a pad where the arrows were slightly raised, and I wasn't going to use the foam bottom of the pad for anything, so I cut little squares in the shape of the arrow buttons and applied them to the bottom of the plastic cover, like so:

And then I flipped it over, aligned it with the plastic sheeting, and stapled it down!

And do you want to know what??? IT WORKS!!! So far, it works better than any other pad I've ever owned, and that includes my old RedOctane that gave out after 10 years of heavy use (RIP, my trusty RedOctane; I miss you dearly).

DDR is a very old game at this point, so they don't make high quality pads like the ones RedOctane used to make anymore. RedOctane as a company no longer even exists. It's a real shame.

Anyhoot!! I went and played one of my favorite DDR songs on Stepmania, on Expert level difficulty! The timing of this pad couldn't be better (though I wish I could say the same for my stamina at this point, hahaha!), and despite the fact that I am very much not used to this kind of exercise anymore, I still managed to get an A!

And the best part about it is that it's HEAVY. The wood that the pad is stapled to is fairly weighty!! This means it doesn't slide around on the floor all crazy when I am using it, and that's a HUGE bonus!! I've sprained ankles in the past from mis-stepping on a thick foam pad that moved without me realizing it while I used it, and goodness me, such an occurrence is NOT a fun time!!

Now that I have a pad that works properly and a funky green half-oval that can stick my ribs back together after the fact, I'm hoping to be able to play more DDR in the very near future! Maybe if I can get my stamina back and start playing on Expert mode all the time again, I'll even record a little video for you of me derping around on my Frankenpad! It'll look ridiculous, but it'll be fun!! Hahaha!

I'm really pleased with how this turned out; it works a lot better than I expected for a first attempt at trying anything like this! I'm hoping to make another one! If I do this again in the near future, I should do a better job, because next time I'll have a better understanding of what to do and what to expect! Then I can play with multiple people at the same time!! And that would be amazing!

Have you ever built anything cool? Heck, have you built anything that you think is uncool? If you have, then I wish you could tell me about it! I suppose I'll have to settle just for asking without ever receiving any answer, hahaha... Oh well.

I think I'll end this letter here for now. As you might expect, my grip flexors are VERY angry with me right now because repetitive uses of the staple gun is not something that squishy noodle-arms like mine are accustomed to, hahaha! Also, I moved around a lot, both for the construction of this and for testing it, and so my ribs are pretty angry at me, too... Sheesh...

I'll work at getting my stamina back so that I can send you a neat video. Count on it, okay?

Please stay safe until then. Remember you are loved. Remember that you are human. Make good and kind choices. Take nice care of yourself. And if you can spare the time, maybe try to see what sorts of things you can build, even if it's something silly like a little person made of sticks and twine. Building things is good for humans; it doesn't have to have a use.

I gotta rest now. I promise I'll have a bunch of amazing pictures to share with you tomorrow (but I'm not gonna tell you what they are gonna be pictures of!! I'm gonna leave you in suspense!!! NEENER NEENER NEENER!!! Hahahaha!), so just you wait...

I'll write to you again tomorrow. So don't disappear anywhere, okay? Promise me.

Your friend, Lumine

[robotspock]

never fucking let me take videos of myself playing ddr with no bars ok bc i love the flow of 8/9 levels on double with no bar bc they're not HARD they're just FUN and i was like woah i really love the flow of this one let me video myself. i look like a fucking forest gnome prancing through a sunny meadow. in clown shoes bc OF COURSE i'm wearing my stupid converse bc i love them but seriously. humiliating and humbling

[decodenn]

got into ddr for fun and it might become an actual hobby because i have so much fun doing it and im progressing rly fast

[astrxlfinale]

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"Wow E Mark. Get better noob."

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[tovaicas]

suzaku EX

[mintyvoid]

i want to do something but have zero energy to do anything with my hands. even typing this is a bit of a struggle.

god so many things require using ones hands...

[rocket-pack]

[holmoris]

these images do psychic damage

Collection of banner ads from different websites.

[djrobokat]

Did a few vectors of the 6-Panel pads from the DDR Solo series, with both the regular pads and my "gold" version of them. In the background are two variations of the DDR Solo 2000's, and one from Solo BASS MIX, taken from their games' respective "High Score" screens.

[charmcoindied]

i do think having a ddr cabinet in my house would fix me

[mitochondriaandbunnies]

I bought Dan a Japanese Diseny-themed DDR game for N64 and he had dusted the system off and hooked it up to the old TV when I got home today

Now you all get to experience Michael Mouse doing the macarena to a late 90's techno remix of his club song

[edelorion]

expensive hobbies sound so fun like "oh yeah i'm making cool robots from these plastic parts" and "these figurines are PAINTABLE" and i WANT one such hobby but i'm so broke

[twitterdotcom]

May I present another option: submas pump it up co-op

This came to me in a vision so i ask you, the submas fandom,