In case most of you haven't realized it, I'm kind of a fatty. My life story is pretty much - I was a fat greasy little kid and young teenager, I discovered DDR, I got my weight to about 150, had sex, got lazy and yo-yo'd back to 235 pounds thanks to Papa John's and the Olive Garden.
I was at Great X-Scape yesterday and pulled off a mediocre 5 greats on Sexy Planet (Oni). However, since I'm a fatty and my stamina is shot to shit, I thought this might be brag-worthy to Chad. Our text conversation went something like this:
Me: 5 greats on that sexy planet remix. beat that faggot
Chad: Sexy planet oni 5 greats? On DDR?
Me: Yup
Chad: Oh man. That's crazy! Did you record it?
Me: Fuck you
Me: I doubt you could do better
Chad: You're the BEST
Me: I'm sorry for boasting
Chad's obsequious mannerisms inspired me to make a thread and call him out on his DDR aptitude. Hence, I'm proposing a weekly challenge that will not only provide necessary drama for this message board, but also motivate the two of us to get better and, in my case, shed some of that excess fat.
HOW THIS WORKS:
Someone (other than Chad or I to make things interesting) will pick one song, Nonstop, or Oni course that Chad and I will play and try to achieve our highest score.
Since Chad and I both have lives at this point, the timeframe to post our score for a song/Nonstop/Oni will be one week.
Scores will be reported on the honor system. However, if one of us achieves a fairly high score outside of our expected range (like a high AA on a 10 or something) be prepared to back it up with a picture. Assume that all AAAs will require a picture.
Chad and I have made a multitude of proposition bets over the year (I'm currently down $4 I believe) and the prize for the song of the week will be bragging rights and $1 on the prop bet tab.
For the time being, all 10s with the exception of Bag / Sakura are off limits. Once I'm within 15 pounds of Chad's weight then it will be anything goes.
Exorbitant 9s (Exotic Ethnic, Healing Vision Angelic, Orion.78 Civilization, Xepher) are off limits as well until I reach 200 pounds. All 8s and easy 9s are okay.
The two above rules are put in place because, honestly, it would not be fair nor interesting. Chad would obviously win by sheer stamina alone (aka the "I'm fat" rules).
Any Nonstop or Oni that contains any of the barred songs are also off limits.
The DDR mix we will use will be
I will update the first post in this thread throughout the challenge. The contest will continue until one of us concedes, until one of us clears the hardest Oni course (which will never happen), or until GXS closes down and I can't compete anymore.
Let's fucking do this!
SONG/NONSTOP/ONI OF THE WEEK:
DUE DATE: Who knows, whenever we get around to it!
CURRENT SCORE: 11 - 2 - 1 with Merk in the lead
MERK'S CURRENT WEIGHT: 235 (+1 from week 1)
PROP BET STATUS: FLUFFY IS UP $2 (no change from last week since Chad punk'd out)
PREVIOUS SCORES:
Week 1 - A (heavy) - Fluffy 10 , Merk 17
Week 2 - My Summer Love - Fluffy 5 , Merk 5
Week 3 - Gamelan de Couple - Merk 17 , Fluffy 43
Week 4 - Moon - Merk 2 , Fluffy 8
Week 5 - Ki-Se-Ki - Fluffy 14 , Merk 17
Week 6 - Seduction (not vocal mix) - Merk 25 , Fluffy N/A (did not compete)
Week 7/8 Jerk It Out - Merk 5 , Fluffy N/A (too busy having sex to compete)
Week 9 - Love^2 Sugar - Merk 5 , Ho 9
Week 10 - AM-3P - Merk 6, Ho 10
Week 11 - B2U Orchestra Groove (Heavy) - Merk 4 , Ho 10
MAX 300 B-B-B-BONUS ROUND - Dave101 35 , Merk 50
Week 12 - Dead End - Merk 30 , Ho 59
Week 13 - Holic - Merk 8 , Ho 22
Week 14 - Ecstasy (Midnight Blue Mix) - Merk 13, Ho 31
Week 15 - Still In My Heart ~Momo Mix~ - Ho 13, Merk/Zach 21
Week 16 - Cutie Chaser (Sexy dog mix) - Merk 8, Ho 12
Week 17 - DoLL (Heavy) - Merk 16, Ho 30
Week 18 - Silent Hill OR Silent Hill 3rd Christmas mix - Merk 5 (3rd Christmas), Ho 13 (3rd Christmas)
Week 19 - Healing Vision - Ho 24, Merk 33
Week 20 - Era - Merk 25, Ho 40
Week 21 - Wookie Wookie - Merk 8, Ho 28
Week 22 - 20, November - Merk 8, Ho 18
Week 23 - Paranoia KCET ~Clean Mix~ - Merk 8, Ho 35
Week 24 - (Candy* + Candy <3) / 2 - Merk 11 (16+6), Ho 27.5 (34+21)
Week 25/26 - Twinbee - Merk 11, Ho 14
Week 27 - Burning Heat! - Merk 60, Ho 113
Week 28 - V (challenge) - Merk 19, Ho 63
LONG ASS HIATUS LOLOLOLOLOL
Week 29 - Gorgeous 2012 - Ho 6, Merk 8
Week 30 - Polovatsian Dances & Chorus - Merk 4, Ho 15
Week 31 - Trip Machine (Luv Mix) - Merk 6, Ho 25 + 5 NC
Week 32 - 321 Stars - Merk 13, Ho 26 + 1 NC
Week 33 - Xepher - Merk 42, 82 greats + 18 NC
Week 34 - DanDanDo - Merk 27, Ho 49 + 3 NC
Week 35 - DaiKenKai - Merk 20, Ho 44 + 1 NC
Week 36 - A Stupid Barber - Ho 4, Merk 6
~~~DAWN OF THE DOUBLES ERA~~~
Week 37 - B2U OG (Challenge) - Merk 19 + 1 NC, Ho 50 + 5 NC
Week 38 - Kiss Me All Night Long - Merk 15, Ho 45 + 1 NC
Week 39 - Matsuri Nippon - Merk 12, Ho 45
Week 40 - Jane Jana - Merk 12, Ho 28 + 1 NC
Week 42 - Dead End - Merk 57 + 5 NCs, Ho 72
Week 43 - I'll Make Love To You - Ho "Not a lot of greats," Merk "A lot of greats" ** I guess this song is off-beat in Supernova!! **
Week 44 - HVAM - Ho "A lot of misses and non-perfects" Merk "Became way too fat and therefore is automatically worse"
Week 45 - Dazzlin' Darlin' (X2) - Ho 27 + 2 NC, Merk "TBD"
Week 45.5 - Dam Damriram - Ho 22, Merk "TBD"
Week 46 - More More More - Ho 39 + 4 NC, Merk "TBD"
~~~INSERT LONG ASS BREAK HERE~~~
[table][tr][td]Week[/td][td]Song[/td][td]Ho[/td][td]Merk[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]47[/td][td]Absolute[/td][td]585[/td][td]579[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]48[/td][td]AM-3P[/td][td]472[/td][td]475[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]49[/td][td]321STARS[/td][td]613[/td][td]604[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]50[/td][td]Dynamite Rave[/td][td]642[/td][td]631[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]51[/td][td]Do It Right (regular ass version)[/td][td]560[/td][td]547[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]52[/td][td]I Do I Do I Do[/td][td]530[/td][td]532[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]53[/td][td]La Copa De La Vida[/td][td]418[/td][td]416[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]54[/td][td]Drop The Bomb
Drop The Bomb -System S.F. Mix-
average[/td][td]590
546
568[/td][td]574
541
557.5[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]55[/td][td]Super Star[/td][td]516[/td][td]507[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]56[/td][td]LOVE♥SHINE[/td][td]716[/td][td]728[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]57[/td][td]On The Jazz[/td][td]630[/td][td]629[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]58[/td][td]Holic[/td][td]659[/td][td]657[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]59[/td][td]FANTASY (LOCKOUT)[/td][td]508[/td][td]504[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]60[/td][td]Hysteria 2001[/td][td]557[/td][td]560[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]61[/td][td]Electro Tuned[/td][td]598[/td][td]593[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]62[/td][td]Sana Molette Ne Ente[/td][td]516[/td][td]510[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]63[/td][td]My Summer Love[/td][td]485[/td][td]484[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]64[/td][td]Mr. Dabada[/td][td]472[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]65[/td][td]Put Your Faith In Me (Saturday Night Mix)[/td][td]352[/td][td]352[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]66[/td][td]HONEY♂PUNCH[/td][td]619[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]67[/td][td]Centerfold[/td][td]511[/td][td]512[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]68[/td][td]Da Capo[/td][td]446[/td][td]444[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]69[/td][td]Secret Rendezvous[/td][td]513[/td][td]506[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]70[/td][td]Gentle Stress (AMD Sensual/Sexual mix)[/td][td]571[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]71[/td][td]Dragon Blade[/td][td]712[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]72[/td][td]Rainbow Rainbow[/td][td]610[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]73[/td][td].59[/td][td]552[/td][td]551[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]74[/td][td]rain of sorrow[/td][td]603[/td][td]596[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]75[/td][td]Be in my paradise[/td][td]409[/td][td]405[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]76[/td][td]Colors (Heavy)[/td][td]653[/td][td]653[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]77[/td][td]Synchronized Love[/td][td]727[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]78[/td][td]Last Message[/td][td]642[/td][td]642[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]79[/td][td]Insertion[/td][td]605[/td][td]610[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]80[/td][td]1998[/td][td]620[/td][td]619[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]81[/td][td]Twilight Zone[/td][td]569[/td][td]565[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]82[/td][td]My Sweet Darlin'[/td][td]497[/td][td]487[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]83[/td][td]Silent Hill[/td][td]522[/td][td]520[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]84[/td][td]Hyper Offbeat[/td][td]556[/td][td]570[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]85[/td][td]Silent Hill 3rd Christmas[/td][td]553[/td][td]541[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]86[/td][td]Living in America[/td][td]653[/td][td]733[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]87[/td][td]Burnin' The Floor (Momo Mix)[/td][td]672[/td][td]670[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]88[/td][td]Kiss Kiss Kiss[/td][td]628[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]89[/td][td]www.blondegirl[/td][td]552[/td][td]552[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]90[/td][td]We Are The Champions[/td][td]456[/td][td]456[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]91[/td][td]Abyss[/td][td]602[/td][td]596[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]92[/td][td]Graduation[/td][td]493[/td][td]490[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]93[/td][td]i feel...[/td][td]553[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]94[/td][td]Saint Goes Marching[/td][td]542[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]95[/td][td]Irresistiblement[/td][td]567[/td][td]609[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]96[/td][td]Freckles[/td][td]701[/td][td]722[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]97[/td][td]I'm In the Mood for Dancing[/td][td]613[/td][td]624[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]98[/td][td]So Deep[/td][td]709[/td][td]716[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]99[/td][td]Don't Stop![/td][td]438[/td][td]437[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]100[/td][td]Jam Jam Reggae (AMD Swing Mix)[/td][td]432[/td][td]433[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]101[/td][td]SP-TRIP MACHINE ~JUNGLE MIX~[/td][td]479[/td][td]476[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]102[/td][td]LA BAMBA[/td][td]574[/td][td]577[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]103[/td][td]Daikenkai ~Heavy~[/td][td]750[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]104[/td][td]Candy <3[/td][td]571[/td][td]572[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]105[/td][td]Bu Dam[/td][td]559[/td][td]546[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]106[/td][td]beautiful 21C[/td][td]375[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]106[/td][td]Gagaai[/td][td]467[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]106[/td][td]Gimme Gimme[/td][td]513[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]106[/td][td]Gyoung Go[/td][td]454[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]106[/td][td]Hogism[/td][td]485[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]106[/td][td]Mask Time[/td][td]454[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]106[/td][td]Rose[/td][td]463[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]106[/td][td]Shock[/td][td]418[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]106[/td][td]Starian[/td][td]595[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]107[/td][td]Strictly Business (Standard)[/td][td]355[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]108[/td][td]Speed Over Beethoven[/td][td]626[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]109[/td][td]Ba Kkwo[/td][td]603[/td][td]601[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]110[/td][td]Byul[/td][td]379[/td][td]377[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]111[/td][td]Sung Suk[/td][td]345[/td][td]333[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]112[/td][td]Wa[/td][td]446[/td][td]443[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]113[/td][td]Face[/td][td]495[/td][td]484[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]114[/td][td]Right Now[/td][td]511[/td][td]511[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]115[/td][td]Radical Faith[/td][td]757[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]116[/td][td]Movin On[/td][td]539[/td][td]548[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]117[/td][td]Luv To Me (AMD Mix)[/td][td]617[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]118[/td][td]Make Your Move[/td][td]634[/td][td]641[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]119[/td][td]I believe in miracles[/td][td]495[/td][td]501[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]120[/td][td]Cafe[/td][td]456[/td][td]459[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]121[/td][td]Kick The Can[/td][td]619[/td][td]620[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]122[/td][td]Against All Odds[/td][td]658[/td][td]662[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]122[/td][td]My Generation[/td][td]534[/td][td]533[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]123[/td][td]Be Together[/td][td]479[/td][td]468[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]124[/td][td]Dancing All Alone[/td][td]456[/td][td]457[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]125[/td][td]The Twist[/td][td]581[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]126[/td][td]Tribal Dance[/td][td]641[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]127[/td][td]So Fabulous So Fierce[/td][td]498[/td][td][/td][/tr][/table]
~~~ DAWN OF THE MONMOTHA ERA ~~~
[table][tr][td]Week[/td][td]Song[/td][td]Ho[/td][td]Merk[/td][td]MonMotha[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]128[/td][td]Do You Remember Me?[/td][td]726[/td][td]772[/td][td]758[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]128[/td][td]True... (Trance Sunrise Mix)[/td][td]562[/td][td]575[/td][td]554[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]129[/td][td]Maximum Overdrive[/td][td]489[/td][td]490[/td][td]477[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]130[/td][td]Still In My Heart (MOMO MIX)[/td][td]677[/td][td]691[/td][td]692[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]131[/td][td]Living In America[/td][td]688[/td][td]728[/td][td]708[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]132[/td][td]Tsugaru (Single)[/td][td]671[/td][td]723[/td][td]694[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]133[/td][td]Synchronized Love[/td][td]733[/td][td][/td][td]732[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]134[/td][td]Kakumei[/td][td]636[/td][td][/td][td]658[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]135[/td][td]Ordinary World[/td][td]570[/td][td]570[/td][td]568[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]136[/td][td]In The Navy[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]620[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]137[/td][td]Jam Jam Reggae (DDR club ver)[/td][td]395[/td][td]388[/td][td]389[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]138[/td][td]Kind Lady[/td][td]473[/td][td]466[/td][td]450[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]139[/td][td]PARANOIA KCET ~clean mix~[/td][td]678[/td][td]691[/td][td]702[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]140[/td][td]Cartoon Heroes (Speedy Mix)[/td][td]569[/td][td][/td][td]655[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]141[/td][td]Senorita (Speedy Mix)[/td][td]619[/td][td]621[/td][td]614[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]142[/td][td]SP-TRIP MACHINE ~JUNGLE MIX~[/td][td]487[/td][td]484[/td][td]469[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]143[/td][td]20, November[/td][td]404[/td][td][/td][td]380[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]144[/td][td]Silent Hill (3rd christmas mix)[/td][td]548[/td][td][/td][td]547[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]145[/td][td]RANDOM ALL NONSTOP (Difficult)[/td][td]2515[/td][td][/td][td]2814[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]146[/td][td]Can't Stop Fallin' In Love (Speed Mix)[/td][td]847[/td][td][/td][td]855[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]147[/td][td]Irresistiblement[/td][td]571[/td][td][/td][td]599[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]148[/td][td]V -Heavy-[/td][td]657[/td][td][/td][td]655[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]149[/td][td]Brilliant 2U (K.O.G. G3 Mix) (Challenge)[/td][td]478[/td][td][/td][td]454[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]150[/td][td]AA[/td][td]664[/td][td][/td][td]684[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]151[/td][td]murmur twins[/td][td]558[/td][td][/td][td]574[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]152[/td][td]Monkey Punk[/td][td]541[/td][td][/td][td]531[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]153[/td][td]Love Is Orange (Expert)[/td][td]480[/td][td][/td][td]460[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]153[/td][td]Love Is Orange (Challenge)[/td][td]598[/td][td][/td][td]615[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]154[/td][td]Insertion ~Machine Gun Kelly Mix~[/td][td]603[/td][td][/td][td]595[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]155[/td][td]Polovtsian Dances and Chorus[/td][td]666[/td][td][/td][td]665[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]156[/td][td]LUV TO ME ~AMD MIX~[/td][td]677[/td][td][/td][td]674[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]157[/td][td]JET WORLD[/td][td]582[/td][td]575[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]158[/td][td]PARANOiA[/td][td]716[/td][td]724[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]159[/td][td]5.1.1[/td][td]339[/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]160[/td][td]Chikara[/td][td]677[/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]161[/td][td]Midnight Blaze[/td][td]629[/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]162[/td][td]Gentle Stress (AMD Sexual Mix)[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr][/table]