I first encountered Dance Dance Revolution around 2005 when I recieved DDR Extreme for PS2 as a gift. I stopped playing around 2007 when I began my obsession with Guitar Hero 3. I rediscovered DDR again in 2022 when my friend sold me a PS2 and threw in a DDR mat. Around that time I also stumbled upon CHRS4LIFE's DDR videos, previously having only known him as a Guitar Hero player, and this is what made me want to get back into it.
I started with In The Groove charts on Stepmania with a soft pad. Then I eventually mounted the soft pad to plywood, and began to spend time on PS2 DDR games. Sometime in the summer of 2022 I felt I was outgrowing my soft pad and bought myself an LTEK. At the time, there was no adapter for PS2 for the LTEK, so I shifted my focus back to Stepmania, this time the Simply Love version.
In the summer of 2024 I finally got a PS2 adapter for my LTEK and I have been focusing on PS2 games ever since. I enjoy the DDR console experience the most, in terms of at-home play. I don't often go to the arcade, but my favorite DDR experience overall is on older cabs such as 5th mix and Supernova
