I've been playing DDR since 2001. I used to be heavily into it, but I grew out of it over the years and started playing other things (like parapara paradise, then beatmania, then pop'n music...)
I still say I'm on MANIAC level. it is not heavy... it is maniac. >_>; my heart still lies with 4th and 5th mix because that was what I grew up on. I still can't get used to hold arrows and speed mods because they just don't seem right to me. I've never been able to get used to the newer versions, like MAX and up, so I eventually lost interest and stopped playing. >P