Good evening all, this is just going to be a quick update to let everyone know that we have not gone away. We are just sorting things out behind the scenes, to get things back on track again.

We hope to start bringing you more information shortly on our up and coming events, and also start looking at some changes that could be happening around here.

I know we have not been the most communicative bunch of people as of late, however we hope to move on from this and to spice things up a tiny bit more.

Thank you all for being so patient with us, and catch you on the flip side!

DDR:UK are back again at the London MCM Expo, held in the ExCeL Centre – London. This time the event is back, bigger than ever before, and linked up to Memorabilia which is happening next door. We are currently underway with setting up, so items in list are subject to change, however we can confirm the following items did make it through the City of London in an old rickty van!

• DDR:UK’s DanceDX (Arcade)
• Dance Dance Revolution Supernova 2 (Arcade)
• Melty Blood (Arcade)
• Rock Band 3 (XBOX360)
• Battle Stadium D.O.N (GameCube)
• Super Street Fighter IV (XBOX360)
• Singstar/Singstar Sing-along Disney (PS3)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
• Nintendo 3DS AR Card (Gotta be seen to understand!)

Also, see if you can spot Sonic on our stand, he can’t be missed (literally!)

As always we will have our webcam online, which can be seen here at our Event’s Webcam Page, additionally you can follow us on Twitter by following the link at the side, or clicking here @DDRUK, additionally you can follow us on Facebook.

We hope to see you there!

Hi all its almost that time of year again!

At the October expo this year we will once again be running an open tournament like last year, only this time we are giving you all enough notice about it to turn up rather than rushing it together on the last day!
It will be on the Saturday at around midday, you can register at any time Friday or Saturday just come looking for me (Kris) or ask any of the friendly members of staff and one of them will definitely be able to point you in the right direction!

The rule set will be similar to the one we used last year in that its on an equal ground for all beginner and expert players (In case you weren’t there, last year the top 3 were someone who played on difficult, someone who had never played on a machine before and one of the members of staff who were filling in to give us an even number. In that order) so everyone has a chance to win, and for the added incentive this year we have the championship trophy to play for as well as a number of minor prizes for entrants who make it past certain rounds!

More in-depth rules and details are available here:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123806304383385

Register your interest there and feel free to ask ANY questions about the tournament. Looking forward to hearing from you all and seeing you there!

Dancefreak/Kris!

I am sorry that this has gone up so late, however I am posting this in my last 15 minutes that I have within the hall before I kicked out! DDR:UK are proud to be a part of the Manchester MCM Expo which is currently being held in Manchester Centre.

We will be here on Saturday with all our usual DDR Machines, Arcade Equipment and Consoles.

Why not pop along and see what we are up to! If you are unable to make it, then you can always look at our webcam and see what we are doing!

For more information about the event, go to the main Manchester MCM Expo website.

Is it that time already? Cricky! It is, Time for another Rock Band Tournament! Our first Rock Band Tournament on Rock Band 3.
Just have a look out on the Saturday for the 4 strapping lads in blue shirts bearing the DDRUK Logo, hanging around a Rock Band setup if you want to enter.
Here is a quick shoot of the rules:
Traditional 4 person band’s only (Guitarist, Bassist, Vocalist and Drummer)
Play the seeding song which is decided on the day from this list:
Just like Heaven – The Cure
I wanna Be Sedated – The Ramones
Stop Me if you think you’ve heard this one before – The Smiths
Get Free – The Vines
Killing Loneliness – H.I.M
Heart of Glass – Blondie

Get into the Top 4 and stay there
Come back at 2 O’Clock to see if your band is through to the next round
Pick a song for your band, as the other 3 bands do the same, then play all 4 with the lowest scoring band being eliminated.
Pick another song, as the other 2 bands again do the same, lowest score gets elminated.
Final’s will be each band picking a song and playing the final setlist of 2, Highest score wins.

Need more details? Grab them after the break.

See more rules and details

The second of DDR:UK’s tournaments for the weekend, returns us back to our roots! The DDR:UK Dancing Stage Tournament! Kris has kindly offered to run and organise this, and this year we are running a few tests. The details are below:

We are running a free tournament for expert players at the MCM Expo on Saturday in an attempt to try out a new tournament layout. Registration starts at 11am and due to the new layout you can play the first set of songs straight away! So if you’re able to play on expert difficulty on Dance Dance Revolution why not step by and have a go just to see how far you can get? Come find Kris at the DDR:UK Stand for more details!

Finally, if you are interested in an open tournament using the ruleset from last October that works for people of every skill level, let Kris know on the stand and if there’s enough interest it will take place on sunday at the same time!

Enjoy

Good afternoon all!

Here are the details for the first of many tournaments running on the DDR:UK stand at the London MCM Expo this weekend!

Single elimination structure.
24 player cap.
£3 entry
1st place paid
No character lock
All characters open to use
XBox 360 Setup
Tournament start time 1pm-1.30pm – 4pm finals.
Bring your own controllers welcome!
All skill levels welcome
Finals to appear in staging area!

Keep an eye out for Gino on the stand, he will be the guy running the whole show! Please ensure you leave enough time to get to the event to enter into the tournament as late entries may not be accepted. Also when using your own controllers, please be kind to the staff members assisting DDR:UK. They are human just like you, and if they say something can’t be used, then please respect that. Note the BYOC part of this only applies to the SSFIV tournament at present.

It’s that time of year again and DDR:UK are once more attending MCM Expo, this time for three full days! This time around Expo will be open all of Friday as well as the usual weekend days and, of course, DDR:UK will be there all three days with our usual selection of games.

As always we’re coming jam packed with all your favourite games including,

Þ     Rockband

Þ     D.O.N

Þ     Singstar

Þ     Street fighter

Þ     Melty Blood and many more.

And as always we’ll be running the tombola all weekend where you can win some awesome prizes and have a chance to win the grand prize!

Throughout Saturday and Sunday a variety of tournaments will be running all over the stand (more details later) so don’t forget to come over and sign up for your chance to win!

We need you! Yes you, not you, the other you!

We are fast approaching the London MCM Expo in May 2011, and we are looking for Volunteers to help out during the event. We are not looking for any one, we are looking for people who will be willing to put up with the extra workload that this will put on you, and understand that you may not have as much fun as you think you will. – It probably does not sell the part, but I have to be honest up front.

I will update this list as time goes along, as we may need more people than this initial list, but I will ensure to update the usual areas to ensure people know I have made an update.

So here is what we are currently looking for!

Area 1: Someone to record and film what happens on the stand. We have a number of tournaments and side events going along at the May Expo, and it would be great if we can get someone in to film what is going on. We already have a small video camera, however any additional help here would be great. We would try and get these on the website during the show, and/or get them up after she show as full pieces. One thing we do lack is video proof of what is going on during the day!

Area 2: People to cosplay characters from the games that we have on, to get more people to play, and to pose for photographs and such. It sounds very cheesy, but it would make the stand more interesting, and get people taking photos of the stand! – I am being selfish, but I would like to see more photographs of our stand actually in use. If allowed, I may try and get some flyers printed as well.

Area 3: After event reports, we are looking for help with some write ups on how you feel the event went for yourself, this doesn’t just have to apply to Expo, but for other events as well. Trying to see if we can get some more details on the website.

Area 4: Assistance with obtaining games and arcade parts for the stand, looking for new things for us to try. Additionally help with repair and maintenance of some of the machines, to try and get more up and running.

I will probably post more areas as the time goes along, so watch this space!

Colin

Well it was bound to happen sooner or later, Someone has hooked up a Kinect to act as a keyboard input inorder to play Stepmania? How does it fare? Well, see for yourself in the video.

Well, It’s a start isn’t it? Gotta be thinking that Konami is already turning the cogs about something relating to Kinect (That isn’t Dance Evolution.)

Source: Kinect Hacks