*First of all, this is not intended to start an argument about which play style is "correct", "legit", or whatever. I prefer playing no bar, I like the exercise better, it targets better muscle groups for me, and most of all I find it much more fun and challenging for myself and only myself. Especially based on my size. The title was also written half-jokingly, so with all that in mind...*
UPDATE: I AAA'ed this the following day (on shuffle) fairly easily when playing it earlier in my session - not dripping sweat yet, lol: • AAA Paranoia Evolution...
After completing the trap bar challenges for today, I went to play some casual rounds. That didn't last long, lol.
I really don't exaggerate when I say I may be one of the sweatiest people in the world. Literally everyone I've met who said "oh, I know (x) who sweats soooo much", once they see how much I can sweat, they crown me as the new sweatiest person they know. Luckily I don't sweat just sitting there (unless it's high 70's or higher degrees), but once the floodgates are open... it's BAD.
I don't even use deodorant - it makes me sweat more. Luckily, my east Asian genetics must have left out the stinky gene 😉. I'd have to not shower for at least a day, get really sweaty, and not change clothes for the stank to finally catch up. I can only admit to having done this during my junkie days... Anyway, in fact, even antiperspirant (otc OR prescription) paradoxically causes me to sweat EVEN MORE. Literally my pits will be soaked down to my waist within an hour. Anyway just wanted to mention that (and also brag about my blessed B.O.-lacking Korean genetics 😄).
SO.. why do I mention all that? Because I've mentioned in previous videos that I'm having problems with slipping on the pads. This was always an issue, even way back in the day. And in a lot of my videos, while I do a good job dealing with it or hiding the fact that I could slip any second (or actually am already slipping, but just a tiny bit, hard to see with the naked eye), a lot of times I actually am consciously shifting my playstyle / footing as my sweat keeps dripping onto the pad and my feet start sliding a bit.
Imagine just throwing a few drops of water on the pad every few seconds while you play, and you'll see that it quickly adds up and gets incredibly slippery. And yes, even if I wipe the pads down before each song, I'm still slipping. Usually within 30 seconds of the next song.
You can probably even see how quickly my shirt gets soaked, depending how light it is, throughout some of my videos. Once it's fully saturated with sweat, which doesn't take very long at all, it literally begins to drip off of me (that on top of whatever is already flying off my exposed skin / head).
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So here's the point: for someone as sweaty as me, this is legitimately an added challenge especially for a no bar player like me! Once I reach that breaking point, I'm now fighting against slippery pads as well. It can be frustrating, but also amusing as well. Since this has been happening more often in my uploads as of late, I figured I would upload this one for fun. Like I said, I've dealt with this for a long time so it may seem like I deal with it pretty well, but you can see me, right after the song ends, literally able to slide all over the pad. When I say I sweat a lot, I mean A LOT.
So anyway, I probably should start bringing an extra outfit down to the basement with me if I plan to play a longer session. As for playing with the trap bar, you'd think it would be more dangerous. But strangely, I haven't dealt with as much slippage during these challenges. My guess would be because of how much I try to conserve movement, plus my arms really can't move / swing around, and also because I can only do trap bar play for so long before I just get worn out and switch to regular no bar play.
So yeah, tl;dr I'm hella sweaty guy, and it legit gets in the way of DDR gameplay often. All my old arcade friends who've seen it in person understand exactly what I'm talking about, but since it's been nearly decades since those days, probably nobody really knows how bad my sweating is. So there ya go!
Please enjoy watching me lose yet another AAA in this video on Paranoia Evolution shuffle thanks to the rivers that flow out of my head.
05/10/2022 - very light general exercises today; currently getting over being sick! Regardless, I decided to attempt AAA'ing all the MAX2 exclusives (while holding the 50lb trap bar) starting today - and got all of them except one! (possible pad good 😠)