Does FFR enhance DDR skills?

[FFFZombii]

I'm really bored, and started to wonder if playing FFR constantly increases the person's ability to play DDR (not physically).

I'll tell you what I mean. I like DDR and FFR, and I'm a lot better at FFR. But I noticed on songs that have a lot of jumps and streams of arrows, as I keep playing them, and then try a hard song on DDR, the arrow patterns become easier to "read" and so do the jumps.

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[Maid]

Re: Does FFR enhance DDR skills?

You answered your own question.

[FFFZombii]

Re: Does FFR enhance DDR skills?

Gee, I did didn't I?

[vvav]

Re: Does FFR enhance DDR skills?

it might make you a little better at ddr, but in general practicing ddr would help a lot more than practicing ffr.

[super kid]

Re: Does FFR enhance DDR skills?

It hasn't helped me I played ddr for the first time in three months and I did pretty crappy.

[Shashakiro]

Re: Does FFR enhance DDR skills?

I started DDR after I was already one of the top FFR players.

I started on Standard and was on Heavy within a week.

So I'd guess that it probably helps you as far as starting out in DDR goes.

[eurostud4]

Re: Does FFR enhance DDR skills?

Same goes for me, Shash, except that I took a reaaallly long break of about two years after I started playing FFR. I started playing again, and it's piss easy to read the notes.

The only problem I have is that I miss the actual arrows on the pad when I try to step on them, and that I've not yet mastered crossovers.

[PinoySkillz]

Re: Does FFR enhance DDR skills?

IMO I don't think it does even though I started DDR first...
Back when I could only do Difficult-Very Difficult on FFR I was doing 8 footers on DDR. Now I can do Masters-Gurus on FFR but I can still only do 8 footers on DDR.

So if it does help, it's not by much. But on the flipside, I think DDR helped me get the hang of FFR quicker. Kind of the opposite of Shashakiro I guess hehe

[Kekiz]

Re: Does FFR enhance DDR skills?

No it does not.

[FFFZombii]

Re: Does FFR enhance DDR skills?

I started playing DDR when I was about 9 or 10, and sucked, and then I started playing FFR in 2005. I'm now pretty good at FFR, but I can also play Heavy on DDR. Overall though I think FFR only helps you read the arrows better. Especially songs like CIA Rave, Force of Light, and other songs like those.

[darkshark]

Re: Does FFR enhance DDR skills?

I find that once you're able to read a certain arrow speed, like say, 160bpm 16th notes, then your DDR skill is only limited to your physical performance, because you can already read it, it's just that maybe you can't quite move fast enough.

[Angel Shiyue]

Re: Does FFR enhance DDR skills?

I'm good at DDR but not so much at FFR. I guess it depends on what you start out on if it helps you or not.

[Nyokou]

Re: Does FFR enhance DDR skills?

I started playing DDR when I was about 9 or 10, and sucked, and then I started playing FFR in 2005. I'm now pretty good at FFR, but I can also play Heavy on DDR. Overall though I think FFR only helps you read the arrows better. Especially songs like CIA Rave, Force of Light, and other songs like those.

Yes, yes, yes. I was the same way.
I used to play DDR like.. maybe twice or something in a year..
from.. 2000 to 2004.
Then I remember I joined FFR April 2005, and I got addicted.
I wasn't pretty good and stuff, but yeah..
In August of that same year, I started playing DDR..
And I was like "HOMG, WTF?"
Last time I had played, I didn't know what the hell I was doing.
It took me about 2 or 3 weeks though to go from playing light to heavy.

[Silver Metallic]

Re: Does FFR enhance DDR skills?

It's frustrating when you can perfectly read every note but can't actually step on the corresponding arrow. It's like I should be good, but I'm not.

[Psycho45]

Re: Does FFR enhance DDR skills?

It will depend on how much of an FFR and DDR moron/freak you are for the game.