The Truth Hurts! -ziv 3rd style- [WEEK 1]

Rules are in here.

This week's victims are:

My starter questions, for all of you:

1) What's the single WORST thing you've ever eaten?

2) Have you ever been on TV/in a newspaper? What happen?

3) What's the worst song in Bemani history?

Aaaaand, GO!

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For everyone:

1) What's the craziest injury you've ever had?

2) What's the most frustrating experience you've had at school or work?

3) What's a really offensive or insensitive joke you wouldn't want your parents to know you find funny?

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For everyone:

When did you find out Kane and Undertaker weren't really siblings? I'm ashamed it took me this long.

For everyone:

1) Which bemani game took you the longest to get used to?

2) If you could have 1 CS exclusive crossed over into an arcade release of any game, what would it be? Only caveat is that the CS exclusive has to be from that series.

3) Any albums you think are ruined by just one song?

For everyone:

1) What got you into Bemani Games?

2} What Bemani series is your favorite (defunct series are fair game too)?

3} What's your favorite non-Bemani rhythm game?

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13 Questions, 13 Spikes, 13 Pains:

1. What's the single WORST thing you've ever eaten?
In recent memory, the pretzel sticks & queso from Dairy Queen made me fucking miserable. Overall, I once ate cereal with expired milk on accident. Tasted like pure cigarette ash and depression. I've probably had worse, but those memories are repressed for a reason.

2. Have you ever been on TV/in a newspaper? What happen?
That's 2 questions. I was in a local newspaper one time. They were covering a field trip my class was on, I think it was the 4th grade. I was in the image they used, taking off my life jacket. They misspelled my last name. Dirty commie bastards.

3. What's the worst song in BEMANI history?
As I'm really only familiar with stuff from DDR, I don't feel like I can accurately answer this question... I know I absolutely fucking despise 突撃！ガラスのニーソ姫！ and 恋はどう？モロ◎波動OK☆方程式!! (ironically, neither are from DDR), but that's mainly because I've never been a fan of the denpa scene. Arrabbiata will always be terrible to me, but I know a lot of people like that one. THE TWIST (Double Pump MIX) is fucking excruciatingly bad. この子の七つのお祝いに is ass cancer. Never cared much for L.A. RIDER from GUITAR FREAKS. Hey! from DDR UNIVERSE2 is gross. I hate the cut they used for カゲロウ in DDR, but the version of that song from Des-ROW's album is fucking amazing........................ IDK how to answer this one properly!! I like too much.

4. What's the craziest injury you've ever had?
When I used to work at Goodwill, I was testing out a Pogo stick on the smooth concrete floor of the backroom and smashed my face/head into the ground. No teeth or bones broken, but I'm fairly certain I gave myself a concussion and/or minor brain damage. I also once fucked up my knee in middle school. Slipped the bone out from under the kneecap or something. It's never grown in right since. Small bump under my kneecap too.

5. What's the most frustrating experience you've had at school or work?
To be honest, there were so many frustrating experiences at my last job on a day-to-day basis that I ended up losing count of them all and lump them together as one. Lots of sexual harassment getting swept under the rug, lots of management simply being inept at their job. Dealing with 1st shift's absolute incompetence was the worst - I'd never seen so many people being so terrible at the most basic of human function. The amount of times I'd have to clean up their mess for an extended period of time to the point where I'd get in trouble for not being able to do my job... surpassing the unfathomable. Never work in a warehouse, folks.

6. What's a really offensive or insensitive joke you wouldn't want your parents to know you find funny?
Fortunately for me, my mom and I have a very similar style of humor. If anything, she has a darker sense of humor than me. There's not much boundary crossing going on... mainly because there's basically no boundaries. My dad and I, we would've probably been the same way.

7. When did you find out Kane and Undertaker weren't really siblings?
Like, the people who portray the characters? Or the characters themselves? The characters themselves are blood related. That's simply canon. I think I've always been knew that the people portraying them weren't actually related, ever since I was a young boy. It took me a long time to realize that Mankind and Cactus Jack were the same person, though, and that's just embarrassing.

8. Which BEMANI game took you the longest to get used to?
Considering how I'm still not capable of reading IIDX, especially 7KEY, I'm gonna say IIDX. Recently, I've picked up the first few GuitarFreaks titles. Been trying to finagle that for a minute. Alt-strumming is basically impossible on PS1 hardware. Or maybe I just suck!

9. If you could have 1 CS exclusive crossed over into an arcade release of any game, what would it be?
I could be a prick and say route 80s, but since that's technically a IIDX 6th style track and it's still in the current game... I'd have to go with my gut and say either Anthema / oo39.com [DDR UNIVERSE 2] or Koibito / Togo Project feat. Sana [DDR UNIVERSE]. I'm not picking just one. You cannot make me.

10. Any albums you think are ruined by just one song?
Make Believe / Weezer could've been 12 tracks of Beverly Hills and I would've preferred it over getting We Are All On Drugs one single time. Fuck that song. I rarely skip songs when listening to albums, but that's one major exception. Also, Rubber Soul / The Beatles ends with If I Needed Someone; Run For Your Life does not exist and it never has.

11. What got you into BEMANI Games?
Shortly around the time of DDR ULTRAMIX's release, I was living at my uncle's place while my family transitioning into a new house. I stumbled into my cousin's room where him and my brothers were playing the aforementioned game. I was entranced by what was on the screen, although I couldn't possibly remember what song they were playing (my guess is either Look To The Sky (True Color Mix) or INFINITE PRAYER). My cousin being family, he of course didn't want me in his room. I protested, I needed to see more of this weird game. So, he gave me The Challenge. If I could pass MAX 300 on Heavy on 8x speed without failing, I could stay in the room! Of course, this was all done using the controller and not the actual pad. But I took on the challenge. And with all my might and force, I mashed my way through without failing and I acquired the D grade that changed my life. Never looked back. That was the day a boy became a fool.

12. What BEMANI series is your favorite?
I'll always be a DDR guy at heart! I love IIDX and pop'n and (recently) GF/dm, but DDR is where I started and is where I'll likely end. I also have an odd fascination with the likes of MAMBO A GOGO and KEYBOARDMANIA, if only for the novelty of games like that existing.

13. What's your favorite non-BEMANI rhythm game?
Easy: DJMAX. Especially RESPECT, pre V patch. The songs are so unique and catchy, the gameplay is so fucking fun on most playstyles (8B still terrifies me), and the community behind it are some of the nicest people I've met. I've always had a passing knowledge of the series, but it wasn't until about 2 years ago when I finally took the dive. Was worth the time, maybe worth the money. (I also enjoy me a bit of SUPERBEAT XONiC from time to time, and I recently picked up DEEMO which is fairly neat.)

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Might as well answer these questions already.
Here's an attempt at doing what Silverhawke did at the last TTH with drawing his answers.


I don't watch wrestling, so...

1) So far, Sound Voltex. I'm still relatively new to the game, and I can confidently go up to 11's. Anything beyond that is just chaos for me.

2) I'm torn on either the beat from Hottest Party 1 or Settin' the Scene from HP2. the beat has a difficult but fun chart, and it deserves to be played in a high speed modifier at the arcade releases, and I loved Settin' The Scene because of DanceEvolution ARCADE.

3) I don't really listen to albums that often. Sorry

1) From what I remember, it all started with a DDR 3rdMIX machine I saw at a mall in my hometown. My shy 5/6 year old self wasn't confident enough to walk up to that machine and actually play it, but eventually I got a soft mat and DDR 1st, 2nd, and BEST HITS on my PS1 at home and played on that a lot. Then I had a PS2 later on, found a DDR SuperNOVA, and then and there sparked my interest in DDR, and later Dance Maniax, then through this site, the whole BEMANI series.

2) DDR obviously, followed by jubeat and Dance Rush, and before it was removed, MUSECA. DanceEvolution ARCADE was my big favorite because I liked dancing, too bad those games are defunct and got taken out here in. I'm also a fan of Dance Maniax; too bad I only got to play the games once the craze was over and started disappearing.

3) So far, it's SUPERBEAT XONIC on my PS4. It's a fun game with fun tracks, but I just don't play it as much because of other games I (and my family) play.

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1. What's the single WORST thing you've ever eaten?
Man...this is tough. While its by no means nasty I cannot stomach anything from Checkers/Rallys. It goes straight through me so it is truly the WORST.

2. Have you ever been on TV/in a newspaper? What happen?

Several times actually. I was in a commercial for a local Air Conditioning company. I have been in several TV ads and news segments. I am a Community Director with The Salvation Army so Ive been involved in a lot of outreach. I also teach Zumba and other Group Fitness so I've been apart of a lot of fundraising efforts.

3. What's the worst song in BEMANI history?
I got so sick of hearing Graduation growing up in the arcade scene. While not a bad song It always seemed that people OVERPLAYED it in my arcade. I must have heard it at least 3 or 4 times every trip.

4. What's the craziest injury you've ever had?
I broke my leg ice skating... well actually getting off of the ice skating rink... HAHA

5. What's the most frustrating experience you've had at school or work?
It's work... you always have frustrations I manage a team of staff and my biggest pet peeves is when people from the community expect more than what I am able to give. Yes we are a non-profit, but I automatically give you the best I can. Be grateful for what people can help you with.

6. What's a really offensive or insensitive joke you wouldn't want your parents to know you find funny?
Meh... Never really had any instances where I didn't share anything with my parents. I was lucky.

7. When did you find out Kane and Undertaker weren't really siblings?
...Who? HAHA

8. Which BEMANI game took you the longest to get used to?
I still bomb at IIDX I cant even... yet im pretty good at DJ max..

9. If you could have 1 CS exclusive crossed over into an arcade release of any game, what would it be?
Hmmmm. Honestly none of them jump out at me. I know I have alot the other way around though.

10. Any albums you think are ruined by just one song?
I can't think of any.

11. What got you into BEMANI Games?
My dang brother! I was overweight as a teenager (300+ LBS) so I needed to workout. My brother bought me DDRMAX for Christmas one year. Hooked ever since.

12. What BEMANI series is your favorite?
DDR all the way.

13. What's your favorite non-BEMANI rhythm game?
DJMAX all the way. Been a fan from the beginning

Oh. I completely forgot about Quickman's questions
1) None that I know of.

2) Boy do I have a story to share. Back in college, I recalled being constantly frustrated whenever my classes had group activities and the groupings were done "by friends" (aka "the class groups themselves") and I happened to be singled out every time. Even among the people I was closest to because they happened to reach the group member limit by the time I was about to ask to join. It got to the point that I actually broke down crying because of how frequent it occurred. Looking at it now, I saw those moments as more of an opportunity to get along with people outside my social circle.

3) I'm not really one to say inappropriate things in front of my family, so I'm innocent on this one.

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Ooh, ooh, I thought of some questions! Just to keep things fresh here, for everyone:

1. What's the history of your username? When did you first come up with it and why?

2. What's your most memorable *celebrity encounter*? (Of anyone you would consider close enough to celebrity status)

3. Pokémon or Digimon?

4. What BEMANI song do you think fits best as your own personal theme song?

1. What's the history of your username? When did you first come up with it and why?

I love Final Fantasy so my brother made it as my email adress forever ago. It just stuck. If i could change it to ddrplaya4638 I would HAHA

2. What's your most memorable *celebrity encounter*? (Of anyone you would consider close enough to celebrity status)

I haven't met anyone really all that famous. I live under a rock

3. Pokémon or Digimon?

I grew up with both but I was definitely more into Pokémon.

4. What BEMANI song do you think fits best as your own personal theme song?
D2R. The opening line "Everyone dance with me, everyone" is pretty much my life. With being a Zumba instructor I always try and get everyone to dance.

I got a nerdy question, what TCG games (if any) do you play? (if you play any of them, do you play the game(s) of choice in tournaments (or use to before covid))

1. What's the history of your username? When did you first come up with it and why?
That's two questions. Angery.
The history of my username, which is Sigrev2 and not anything else (), is very simple. I was making a new Twitter account to replace my old one, and I needed a new name. Something I knew would stick with me for a minute. I was playing a lot of DDR UM4 at the time, and the name Sigrev2 had a certain kick to it I really liked. So, I adopted the name Sigrev2.

2. What's your most memorable *celebrity encounter*? (Of anyone you would consider close enough to celebrity status)
Uh... I had BT reply to one of my tweets a while back... Never really had any "celebrity encounter" that wasn't just some passing thing on Twitter...

3. Pokémon or Digimon?
I'm most familiar with Pokémon, but in Digimon monsters can evolve into guns. You can deduce from there.

4. What BEMANI song do you think fits best as your own personal theme song?

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1. When I discovered this site back in 2010, I was really into Pokemon Black at the time, so when I was thinking of a username, somehow, "black 4 ever" popped into my head.

2. The most distinct one I remember was in the mid-2000's. I actually had a local celebrity, Filipina singer Lani, drop by my house, for reasons I can't exactly remember. Something about a touch up for a show in my hometown? We didn't really interact much, being a shy 6/7-year old.

3. Pokemon since that's the one I've been exposed to the most.

4. I can't think of one particular BEMANI song that I sticks in my mind to be considered a "theme song".

I never played any TCG's. Not even Pokemon. I thought they felt a little complicated.

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Resident "fourth friend when the teacher asks you to get into groups of three", come join my club. We play music games and cry a lot.

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Extra for all of yous:

1 - Sub or dub?

2 - What's your normal bar order, if you have one?

3 - What's your Subway?

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@oni
1. probably durian
2. lmao
3. 突撃！ガラスのニーソ姫！

@quickman
1. i crushed my pinky while having my hand out in the middle of a skeeball lane like a clown, i was 6 at the time, but my pinky is obviously fine now uwu
2. studying hard for this class only to bomb on the test or class overall
3. potshots at republicans

@astro
1. who

@husk
1. jubeat
2. idk tbh too many to list but if i had to choose, probably kimochi or hit the ground
3. no bc i'd look like any weeaboo ddr players in the late 00s/early 2010s in the YT comments section of a ddr songlist video who think this ddr game sucks because it has one license that sucks and wonders why it doesn't have b4u for the umpteenth time so that makes the whole game suck and i don't want to look like those clowns

@cam
1. we played ddr (really, ITG ) at P.E. and so that started my love for ddr
2. ddr/reflec
3. ITG , PIU, Taiko, and maimai are up there for me too

@djverticai
1. bc my old insta username was something similar but it wasn't the exact same username bc someone already took it smh, so when i registered for ZIv, i took to opportunity to get that username, as for the username itself, bc im quirky and random uwu xd xd xd
2. ihdk if i have, i probably don't remember maybe, sorry lmao
3. anime wise, digimon, game-wise, pokemon but anime-wise, it's the opposite today tbh
4. idk what bemani song would be my theme song tbh

@matthew
1. i used to play yu-gi-oh once but otherwise who

@oni-extra
1. dub
2. im 12
3. honey oat, swiss cheese, i forgot the meat atm but it's something :shepface:, lettuce, tomato, cucumber

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1. Subs, because I'm not a loser.
2. I don't go to bars often enough to have an answer.
3. Meatball sub toasted with extra chee on an Italian Herbs & Cheese sub. Might get them to put their grilled chicken on and use the meatball sauce as a substitute if I'm feeling froggy.

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Y'all got about three hours from this point.

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