ATEI 2008 - Aftermath February 1, 2008
Posted by Kyle Ward in : General, News, Pump It Up Pro , 1 comment so farI’m pleased to say that the ATEI 2008 show went very well this year. Thanks goes out to all the UK players and locals I met. London is incredible place!
Here are some highlights & pictures from the trip:
Players + Crowd building at ATEI 2008 - I was told this was the largest crowd for any dancing game they’ve ever seen)
What’s wrong with this picture? I was almost killed by the London traffic. Be sure to look LEFT when crossing the road in the UK 
It’s never bad to start off the show day with a 100%!
The “Pump It Up Family” together in sequence!
DDRUK Staff. You guys rock, thanks for coming by!
I’ve posted more pictures via my myspace page. If you’d like to see more of my pictures from the ATEI 08 show, but sure to CHECK IT OUT HERE.
I look forward to helping bring Pump It Up Pro to the UK through United Distribution Corp. UDC remains strong and fully committed to helping push Pump Pro support throughout the UK with Andamiro. Thanks goes out to the players of the UK, thank you for coming to ATEI and meeting us!
~K
Pump it up Pro @ ATEI 2008 Expo January 15, 2008
Posted by Kyle Ward in : General, News, Pump It Up Pro , 1 comment so far
I’m happy to announce that Pump It Up Pro will be present at this years ATEI Expo show in London, UK. I will be attending the show, giving demos, and talking to local players.
I look forward to meeting all of the UK Pump players and helping bring PIU Pro to the UK!
22-24 January 2008
Tuesday
10.00 - 18.00
Wednesday
10.00 - 18.00
Thursday
10.00 - 16.00
EARLS COURT 1
LONDON
Disconnected - (Disaster Remix) January 14, 2008
Posted by Kyle Ward in : ITG, Music , 7commentsYes, It’s once again time to enjoy another great Disconnected remix from the community.
Be sure to check out the new “Disaster Remix” in a hardcore style.
You can find it posted here!
http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?PID=1069772&t=3722
Thanks goes out to Joseph Degarmo for his high quality work on this one.
Enjoy!
ITG European Championships 2008 & SCI Recordings Performance January 11, 2008
Posted by Kyle Ward in : Events, General, ITG, Music, News , 21comments| March 14, 2008 | ||
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The ITG spirit continues to live on throughout our European friends. It is with great honor that I share the announcement of the 2008 Machine Dance European Championship in The Netherlands. Do you think you have what it takes to be the next ITG Champion? Please checkout the latest information from www.positivegaming.com
Tournaments will feature ITG2 Arcade and ITG Multiplayer.
When:
March 14th, 2008
March 15th, 2008
March 16th, 2008
Location: (close to Amsterdam)
Silverstone Partycentre
Weerenweg 21-23 1161 AE
Zwanenburg, The Netherlands
(site) www.silverstone.nl
Prizes:
1st place - EUR 1000
2nd place - EUR 750
3rd place - EUR 500
4th place - EUR 300
5th place - EUR 150
In addition to all of this:
Chris Foy and I will be attending the event and helping organize tournament activities. Yes, it’s that time once again!
John Mendenhall and I (SCI Recordings) will be performing live at the event. Don’t miss the show!
This event should be very satisfying for anyone still involved with ITG.
We all look forward to seeing who will bring home the title!
(Please note that this tournament is for European countries only!)
ITG PC spotted in Japan! (on a DDRSN2 cabinet) January 7, 2008
Posted by Kyle Ward in : ITG, News , 13commentsThis was brought to my attention a few days ago. I figured I’d share it here with all the ITG players.
(This video was later removed)
EDIT - I’ve been asked to remove this sensitive video. Sorry for the confusion…
Machine Dance Communities? December 18, 2007
Posted by Kyle Ward in : General, ITG, News, Pump It Up Pro , 35comments
After posting a comment on a forum, I thought I might bring up a much larger issue among the machine dance community.
I encourage everyone, whether you are active in 4 panel, 5 panel, Roxor, Konami or Andamiro dance game titles: Please look this over and consider giving your thoughts or opinions? Try do so without any bias towards what you do appreciate
“Communities” seem to be very different from the machine dance communities 5-8 years ago. We now live in a time where people feel the need to over analyze materials and/or recreate with possible hurtful intentions. Maybe ego related? Why now when this wasn’t as much the case then?
For example - When something new is known or released (youtube) you immediately are presented with opinions whether you want them or not. While this isn’t wrong, it seems to start off negative quickly. Much more then it use to in the past years.
While this is common today, it’s just hard to see these differences effect everyone today. The communities seemed to be different in good ways many years ago. What creates this need for such verbal emotion today?
Has it become harder for somebody to accept something for what it is rather then how they think it should be? Does a person feel the need to makes others agree with their opinions more now than previously? Maybe the internet has created this “safe-bubble” for people to be more vocal then before?
Why are people often different in person from the opinions they post about on forums?
As the future progresses for”Machine Dance” videogame titles, everyones involvement in their community key and very important. Please take just a moment to comment on your memories and/or involvement that brought you to enjoy these games and this concept for what they are. As a community, let us all come together share the potential future together!
What do you want to see change? What did you like that attracted you originally? Where do you hope that these games can take us all in the future?
Thanks!
~K
(your comments can help make a difference)
Kyle Ward Youtube’n It Up! December 10, 2007
Posted by Kyle Ward in : General, Pump It Up Pro, Video , 9comments
Ladies and gentleman, it’s now time for me to officially use that obligatory “You Tube” account I signed up for ages ago. Why haven’t I done this sooner? Who knows…
Chris Foy and I decided to record some righteous, and totally bodacious videos over at Big Al’s this weekend. We captured a few of our Pump It Up Pro games, and decided to waste some of youtube’s bandwidth with them! Additionally, We ran into some other local Pump Pro players. The players have really started to expand in the Vancouver/Portland area. Check out some of the crowd shots from Big Al’s that night.
Pump It Up PRO - Journey Progressive Course 99.07% (S)
Check out more videos from our play session HERE
Disconnected - (Demolition Remix) November 29, 2007
Posted by Kyle Ward in : Music , 7commentsAre you ready for another Disconnected remix? Here is one that is a bit different!
Check out Sawtooth’s Disconnected (Demolition mashup mix), located HERE
Mp3
ITG mentioned in a DDR review! November 29, 2007
Posted by Kyle Ward in : ITG, News , 13comments 
Much to my surprise, ITG coninues to make news after the lawsuit presented by Konami Entertainment.
Here is a recent review that discusses the replay value of Konami’s latest DDR release, Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party. Have a look at the (worthplaying.com) article review HERE
~ K
Happy Thanksgiving ‘07 November 22, 2007
Posted by Kyle Ward in : Life, News , 10comments
I’d like to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. Be sure to get out there and have some with your families!
John and I have been hard at work on the New SCI Recordings website. We will soon have a formal announcement, and would like to invite you to head on over and check it out. What would you like to see more of? Be sure to drop us a line!
Space Case Industry is committed to providing great dance music, across the universe!
The New SCI Recordings store is up and running, you can now purchase 320kbps MP3’s directly from our store via paypal for $1.25. This includes many of the “previews” you’ve seen here on the Jukebox. Yes, you can now purchase final mixes direct from the source!
Pump It Up continues to do well! the IAPPA 2007 show created a lot of buzz for both Pump It Up Pro and Pump It Up NX2. A future Pump title is now being considered and much news to come. It appears machine dance continues to be strong!
Congratulations goes out to NX2’s release video from Andamiro Korea!
(Please note the game is not currently shipping. It will be available within the next month)
Happy Turkey Day from the Pacific Northwest!
~Kyle
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