DDR Disappoint

The other day I went to Sun River to play DDR. I find myself there about once a week playing on the Dance Dance Revolution Supernova machine listening to Golden Sky, V and Dynamite Rave for one to two hours. This week I was interrupted. Erin and I were playing and this huge group of high school kids walked in. They gathered just behind us and began to talk. I could feel how restless they were but our play still had three songs. I knew they wanted to steal the pads and beat the beat so after our credit was up, I offed them a chance to play. One young man took it gratefully and the rest of the crowd gathered around to watch him. More kids came out from nowhere and I began to believe that he could very well be Cokeboy a.k.a. the high score holder for most of the songs on the machine. I sat with sweaty palms waiting to be impressed.
This ratty looking kid with van's from Kohl's tied too tight and a ponytail hanging down his back mounted the machine and began searching for a song. He came to one and stopped. I noticed he was still only on difficult. He pressed play and the crowd started to murmur loudly.
"Oh Hell Yeah!"
"Show us what you got"
"Blow me away" (That was said by a girl who was not watching the screen. She may have been talking about something else.

The song began and so did the sloppy footwork. My dreams were crushed. This was some punk kid that had friends. I should have known that if he were really good he would be limited to a small posse, not an entourage. I waited for him to finish embarrassing himself. All the people that were there to watch him lost interest. He finished the song and left the dance pads which Erin and I immediately took back. We played a few more rounds and the kids did not leave. They sat around and made noise in the Sun River arcade.
The whole experience made me reflect on disappointment and judgement. What if the kid had recently recovered from surgery or Chemo? Who knows? As long as he had fun and his group felt like they were helping out then great for them. I hope they are happy now and that is the real point of DDR, right? Unless you play no expert.
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