I started playing DDR at the end of January of 2005 and since then have met a lot of great people who I am more than grateful for to have as my friends today. I've played with what I deem "Unbelievably awesome" players since the beginning, so I believe that they have helped me a lot. I am not ashamed to say that I have a really, really, really.....really long way to go before I am any good, but hopefully someday I can compete for real. :P