LOL.

Please sue, Konami.

It's strange that so much was changed from pop'n.  I can't get over that the pop-kuns fall through the bottom.

I <3 Darwin.  Shades of grey is a wonderful song and his myspace page is full of good music.  I'm looking forward to seeing more of him in Bemani.  

Looks like a lot of cool info here.  I'l have to read it more later (work :/). 

I don't really have a cool nickname.  offblack was a screenname I chose for myself back in middle school, haha.

For DDR I put PERY as my name back when it was only 4 letters.  PERY is also my pop'n name.  On IIDX I go by DJ DIESEL though, partly because it sounds cool and partly because I like Diesel clothing.

Bemani.  IIDX is my favorite Bemani game in terms of music and it has very few licensed songs per mix.  Kors k, Ryu *, Sada, Sota, L.E.D, Munetica (not sure if he is licensed), Yoshitaka:  all great.

As long as the music fits DDR, that's all I look for.

^ True.  DDR needs more dance/trance.

This is awesome news.  Hopefully the east coast will get in on this Bemani action too (TGA please).

ubeat is a much better spelling for the US (for obvious reasons).

The blog is currently written by Hiro, a programmer at KOA (correct me if I'm wrong, Elliott).  He tends to write about things going on in his life, or things he is interested and relates it back to DDR in some shape or form.

Konami might be open to letting other people who have a hand in DDR write in the blog.  Would you be more interested if someone with a different role contributed to the blog?

Thanks for wishing me luck.  I've moved out to CT now.  I'm going to have to find a good arcade in the area.

Hey everyone, this is Perry (formerly AgoraPerry on these forums).  You may have noticed that my username has changed.  This is because I am no longer in relations with Konami.  I've got a new job now so my duties with this community have shifted over to my good friend, Elliott (AgoraElliott).  He will be forwarding all your opinions and thoughts to Konami from this point forward.  He will also be the best person to contact if you run into any issues.

I'll still be around the forums, just not in the same capacity as before.

Pre-rendered for me.  (Hoping for HHH in DDR)

I play with x1.5 or x2 on.  I also put on Note (or Solo if playing on Extreme).  I used to play with Boost a lot, but I haven't done that in a while.

I agree with Snapps that more note blast options would be cool.  I like big obnoxious explosions (there is a great IIDX Distorted note bomb that comes to mind).

Justice in DDR sounds pretty cool.

As I mentioned before...

I don't want to lock this thread because I don't like killing discussion, but this is turning in to an argument that is going nowhere.  Typing in caps, being sarcastic, and name-calling (I'm not just referring to you, moose) are unnecessary, so either post civilly and add something new to the discussion, or don't post.  If the discussion continues to be back and forth agruing with no progress then I will lock the thread.

Since the discussion has just become worse since that post I am locking this thread.  Emodan and moose, read this post.

Emodan, this is not the way to express your thoughts on someone's forum etiquette.  In the future, send me a PM instead of hi-jacking a thread.  Your attacks are totally unnecessary so consider this your first and last warning before a ban.

moose, Emodan is not the only user that I have seen become upset by your posting style.  Many of your posts are condescending, or in other ways tactless.  You have strong opinions, which is fine, but you should be more polite and accepting of others' opinions.  You always seem to involved with arguments on this site.

Sorry about not getting that poll up quickly.  It is available now.

Communication got my vote.

A new poll question is up.  It is "What network features do you want us to improve?", "Battle", "Co-op", or "Communication".  Think it over and let us know what you think!

I like the characters and Baby-lon is my favorite.  I don't need the characters but they certainly add to the experience and I would like to see them continue to play a part in DDR.

It is time for this poll to close.  Thanks again for your responses and if you missed out on this poll, feel free to post you opinion here.  A new poll will be up shortly!

Minor point here, but why is there always a 'select difficulty' screen before you get to the song wheel?  I can choose the difficulty when I get to the song wheel, so that just seems like extraneous button pushes.

I totally see what you are saying, reeny, but I can't tell you how many times I've played on Beginner because of this feature's removal.  It is so ingrained in me to select "Heavy Mode" on that difficulty screen that when I play SN or SN2 I often forget to change the difficulty off of Beginner.

One minor quibble I have with the interface is holding the button to select mods.  Many times I forget I want to put a mod on and let go, then immediately hit the button again, but it is too late.

I would like to see mixes themed, like IIDX and pop'n.  I like in those games how each mix looks totally different and has a couple songs to match the theme.  It's fun and adds some flavor to each iteration.

My favorite interface has been Extreme.