Saturday, August 23, 2008

Dancin' Digger

I am no Ryota by a longshot, but I'm working my way up gradually. This one is on a Standard level (7 feet) but doesn't play as hard as the kid's DDR. I'm working on some way to show the steps along with it but in the meantime, you'll just have to be satisfied with the blur of my dark socks and bulbous bottom. The Octane mat still slides but not as much as the flimsy cheap ones.

My previous high grade on this song at this level was a "C".

Enjoy!




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Edit: HeY! I finally just figured out picture-in-picture with Movie Maker so now you can see an alternative view below! Egad, when I watch the actual arrows, I'm wondering how it was that I got as good of a score as I did.


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6 misses, 7 boos and 73 max combos. That means at my best, I hit 73 in a row before I either missed or boo'd a step.

I'll have to post a AA and a fail, just so you can see what those look like. I also have one with the dreaded bomb/lift steps which is a feature that significantly differs from DDR.

More to come!

12 comments:

for a different kind of girl said...

applause, applause!

Ready to submit that to any of the multitude of reality dancing programs on TV now? Hmmm?

Digger Jones said...

Wow! You got mad commenting skillz as this was up for all of 3 minutes!

Darlin' I am SO challenging you to show what you got! Perhaps the Jonas Brothers will see it. As for my reality TV debut...only if my dance partner has a kickass rack. Failing that, I'll settle for a guest shot on Micheal Buckly's Youtube show "What the Buck."

D.

Val said...

That's cool, I like the 2nd view where you can watch U hit Yr marks!
Go Digger Go!

Sailor said...

Cheers, as well as fadkog's applause. I'm so clumsy, that I'd be falling all over myself, long long before I got to 7.3 correct, let alone 73.

Heck, 1/2 hour on the elliptical today, for the first time in too long, and I'm dyin'-

So kudos and admiration to you

Therese in Heaven said...

That was priceless! :)

I really am totally impressed because I'm a terrible dancer. And my two year old thinks its awesome too, because he's sitting here next to me saying, "More dancing, please! More dancing!"

Rosie said...

Now that was an experience. Hope I do as well at my new Zumba class.

Tom Allen said...

Yay, Digger!

Vote for Pedro!

for a different kind of girl said...

If the Jonas Brothers show up, I'll be all kinds of faint! I'll have to hope to have danced prior to their performance!

Now, I don't know about putting myself on video, attempting not to kill myself to some Chris Brown song, but rest assured, were there DDR games featuring intricate dips, lifts and slides, I'd be practicing them right now for our debut!

Satan said...

Black socks!

FTN said...

Get down with your bad self!

I would just like to point out that it's even funnier without any audio. And the black socks do, indeed, make it twice as entertaining.

Digger Jones said...

I'm partial to the 2nd view, too, Val. My backside doesn't look nearly as big. Plus I can analyze my moves, which I can't do when I'm actually stepping.

It's taken well over a year to get here, Sailor. Maybe I can revive this aging sport/game. Our eliptical has been mostly unused.

Therese, I'm not a good dancer, either. This is like karaoke for dancing! But I'm glad you and the little tyke liked it.

I had to look up "Zumba", Rosie, as I hadn't heard of it. It's too un-nerdy for my taste, meaning it looks cool, sexy and hip.

I actually voted for Summer, Tom. sorry. However I'm not against Pedro as a write in for U.S. president. But I'd still probably vote for Summer. Gosh!

See my not to Therese, above, FADKOG. This is Karaoke for dance.

I think the black socks are going to have to be my trademark on these videos, Satan.

If you really want entertainment, FTN, watch it while playing Bad Moon Rising as the music. Mega-cool:

"Dont go around tonight,
Well, its bound to take your life,
Theres a bathroom on the right!"
D.

C-Marie said...

I'm celebrating what Satan said:

BLACK SOCKS!!!!

You go, D - You go!