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Dance Dance Revolution A (2016)

Duration: 3:09:40

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In this video, I interview Sammy, also known as "SFE Taz" in the early days of Dance Dance Revolution. Sammy was a DDR player in the early 2000s and was responsible for some big tournaments in the New York and New Jersey area.

We talk about how Sammy got into Dance Dance Revolution, playing at Sportsworld arcade in New Jersey and running tournaments there, putting together one of the biggest tournaments for DDR at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC in 2004 and 2005, and how Dance Dance Revolution has physical, mental and psychological effects.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:37 - Getting into DDR at Sportsworld
4:30 - New Jersey DDR
11:12 - 2002 Sportsworld Tournament
20:13 - 2003 Christmas of Fire Tournament
27:40 - Recap of 2002 Sportsworld Tourney
32:37 - Buying and Renting out DDR Machines
41:11 - Game On at Madison Square Garden 2004
44:00 - Leading Up to Digital Life 2004
45:36 - DDR@NYC Digital Life 2004
57:36 - Digital Life 2004 Finals
1:01:20 - Preparing for DDR@NYC 2005
1:03:55 - MTV
1:08:50 - Digital Life/Konami Contacts
1:12:00 DDR Home Pads vs Arcade Pads
1:16:44 - Playstation2 in an Arcade DDR Cabinet
1:18:50 - DDR@NYC Digital Life 2005
1:24:00 - Different Tournament Rulesets
1:39:20 - Ironman Digital Life 2005
1:45:50 - Freestyle at Digital Life 2005
1:48:30 - Side notes/Memories of Digital Life 2005
1:57:17 - Supernova and Digital Life in 2006/Personal Circumstances
2:11:15 - DDR and ITG Comparisons
2:18:27 - Getting Back into DDR and Lifestyle Changes
2:27:17 - Water Fasting and Health
2:32:13 - Opinions on DDR in 2023
2:41:35 - DDR Not Being Available at Home
2:48:55 - Thoughts on the Future in DDR
3:02:12 - How Outside Factors Affect Health
3:03:04 - "The Paradox of Choice"
3:06:08 - Sammy's Impact on DDR
3:07:56 - Outro

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Name: Chill Day
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