On the one hand, the videos of perfect combos while dancing backwards and blindfolded (etc.) don't impress me, because it's a simple matter of memorization. If I wanted to make a priority of memorizing the steps to a DDR song, I could. Whoop-de-doo. Too me, a large part of what makes it impressive is the display of reflexes, and if you've memorized the song, that's not a factor.
On the other hand, as someone who can juggle, I can tell you that this challenge would be very tricky because of the two completely different rhythms going on. You've got the dance steps going at one speed, and the pattern of the juggling going at another, slower speed. Basically, it's like advanced patting-your-head-while-rubbing-your-tummy. And that part of it, I'll admit, is rather impressive.
I know I'm analyzing this too much, but I find this interesting. He must have had to sit down and find a very specific song to do this on.
The given is that he was looking for either an 8 or a 9 for maximum stunnage factor.
However, first, in order to keep the pins in the same "plane", he had to find an 8 or 9 that didn't have a back or front side to side pattern in it anywhere. (This is my private name for say, a left-down-right-down-left or one of the other three patterns that force you to pivot in order to complete it well.)
Since that is one of the hardest combos to do, it probably made it really hard for him to find an appropriate song.
It also means that the rhythms in the song he chose (So Deep, if I'm correct) must be even more heinous than they normally are in an 8 or a 9. Which would also mean that the juxtaposition of the irregular rhythms in the song against the even pattern of juggling would be even more difficult to manage.
It looks super hard. Since I'm stunned that I'm able to DDR very well at all in the first place, and I cannot juggle at all (not even with two items) I have to say this is different enough from my own experience of life that it looks somewhat like magic to me.
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I can't decide if I'm impressed or not.
On the one hand, the videos of perfect combos while dancing backwards and blindfolded (etc.) don't impress me, because it's a simple matter of memorization. If I wanted to make a priority of memorizing the steps to a DDR song, I could. Whoop-de-doo. Too me, a large part of what makes it impressive is the display of reflexes, and if you've memorized the song, that's not a factor.
On the other hand, as someone who can juggle, I can tell you that this challenge would be very tricky because of the two completely different rhythms going on. You've got the dance steps going at one speed, and the pattern of the juggling going at another, slower speed. Basically, it's like advanced patting-your-head-while-rubbing-your-tummy. And that part of it, I'll admit, is rather impressive.
Maybe I'm analyzing this too much.
I know I'm analyzing this too much, but I find this interesting. He must have had to sit down and find a very specific song to do this on.
The given is that he was looking for either an 8 or a 9 for maximum stunnage factor.
However, first, in order to keep the pins in the same "plane", he had to find an 8 or 9 that didn't have a back or front side to side pattern in it anywhere. (This is my private name for say, a left-down-right-down-left or one of the other three patterns that force you to pivot in order to complete it well.)
Since that is one of the hardest combos to do, it probably made it really hard for him to find an appropriate song.
It also means that the rhythms in the song he chose (So Deep, if I'm correct) must be even more heinous than they normally are in an 8 or a 9. Which would also mean that the juxtaposition of the irregular rhythms in the song against the even pattern of juggling would be even more difficult to manage.
It looks super hard. Since I'm stunned that I'm able to DDR very well at all in the first place, and I cannot juggle at all (not even with two items) I have to say this is different enough from my own experience of life that it looks somewhat like magic to me.
I told you I was overanalyzing it.
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