Do You Hold the Back-Bar?

[rue]

For some reason, if I don't hold the back-bar, I can't read the arrows right! xD I don't know why! xD I only tend to hold it with my right hand, though, and my left sort of hangs around my waist area. :p

[ukotaku]

If Im playing DDR on 12 steps or higher - Yes I Have to use bar.

Playing Pump - I Have to use bar all time lol.

[Adziu]

If Im playing DDR on 12 steps or higher - Yes I Have to use bar.

That's...what used to be around 7 or 8 feet before DDRX, right?

[ukotaku]

If Im playing DDR on 12 steps or higher - Yes I Have to use bar.

That's...what used to be around 7 or 8 feet before DDRX, right?

Yep, the highest difficulty on DDRX is around 18 so I guess 10 steps = 18 steps on DDRX

[Adziu]

In that case, yeah, I'd say about 12 steps is the threshold where I really can't move my feet fast enough AND keep my weight properly distributed, so have to lean back!

That said, I've taken to only holding on with one hand lately.

[DarkHeart63]

I've only recently started to let go of the back bar, and I've quite quickly adapted to doing it without (after several years of holding it pretty much any time I played). The only times I hold it now are when I'm either doing a really fast/hard song (like Max 300) or if I lost my footing a bit, just to regain balance. Because of this, I always have my lanky arms kind of drooped at my sides, and they tend to swing around an awful lot. It's kind of annoying.

[The Blue Man]

To bar or not to Bar? Not to Bar in my case.
Being a doubles person who can do all but 1 standard song on all DDR machines (Fastest song ever. Its faster than Max 300 (Which I can do just.)) Difficult songs just getting started on being all recreational has slowed me learning a bit. But I can do 6/7 feet difficult depending on speed.
Some songs on double though are kamikaze songs as you do have to travel a fair way in a short amount of time. Mind you I have a . sense of balance but these have been able hone it for me. So not using a bar has been good.

[Toadsanime]

As I've been used to playing on Expert for a little while now, I've started learning to not use the bar, though still need it for some heavy songs at the moment.