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

Rules are in here.

This week's victims are:

My starter questions, for all of you, as they've ever been:

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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1. What made you lose passion for a thing you love?
2. What's the one thing everyone seems to like that you just don't understand?
3. Favourite "chart feature" in a rhythm game of your choice?

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Everytime I try to cook. I once had a really bad experience at a local restaurant with my family when I was 7-8 years old. I ate some sort of chicken dish, I don't remember what exactly it was, but I remember I absolutely hated it, which was very weird for everyone else, as I am usually not a picky eater. My family -- at that point -- could not quite understand my problem, so they just finished their food and then we drove home. Just a few hours later, every single one of us started getting heavy stomach aches & worse. According to my mom, the restaurant was closed down just a few weeks later.


Nope, never.


While there are a lot of songs I hate to listen to, most of the time I can understand why other people might like it. Unfortunately, I can just not understand at all why someone would like to listen to Mythomane. It just sounds like the song wants me to get a goddamn headache.

Honorable mentions include 晴天Bon Voyage, Funny shuffle, MODERN GIRL.


I was very big into watching competitive smash (primarily Melee) from late 2013-2018, when the scene really blew up. Following the release of Smash Ultimate (which is a VERY good game, don't get me wrong) and the direction the community was taking(in more than one way), I somewhat slowly lost interest for a while, then came back for a bit when it looked like Melee was becoming actually exciting to watch again, then COVID obviously brought everything to a standstill. When COVID is over (or Netplay gets bigger) I might start watching again, staying up until 6am just to watch a goddamn tournament. Sometimes I wish I lived in NA.


Halloween. Never liked it, never understood why it's a thing, I don't know. I don't really like "spooky" things FWIW. x)


I like shock arrows a lot, I just wish they were used more often / in a more creative manner.

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I'll ask my questions first so that they don't get lost in my answers later...

1. When it becomes possible to venture out to an arcade and play dem riddim games again, what would be your first song to pick on any of them?

2. What is the most recent thing you've done that you can say you're proud of?

3. What is a topic people can talk about that would have you think "How can they speak so openly about that?"
(For example, among some of my friends, I can talk to them about how not well-thought-out the plots in porn can be. Like, come on, Becky, you almost choked and drowned in that pool. Now you want to almost choke because of this guy who saved you but is suddenly naked and... not wet? How? He's a stick, you's a thick, I see no spinach can.

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1) I'm not really sure. Up there is black licorice, though - can't fucking STAND it.

2) Not in any major capacity that I think of, although I'm sure I'm probably in the background of a BBC news segment filmed in town at some point.

3) The song that immediately comes to mind is Be In My Paradise. I know it has its fans, but I think it's completely abysmal.


1) Not having any decent access to DDR cabs caused me to pretty much lose interest in the series.

2) Sheesh, how much time have you got? I'll go with a relatively safe answer and say "turn-based JRPGs". That style of gameplay is just so fucking snore-inducing to me.

3) Hands/quads/bracket stomps/whatever you want to call them.


1) I'd want to play Exchange Place on IIDX.

2) Lowering my regular alcohol consumption. Mostly.

3) It's hard to say. I'm more open to talk about things than most people are. I guess I can't understand how people can be so openly racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic/bigoted and just not see the issue with it. Not only does it piss me off but it's like... "how can you just say some of the shit you do and not feel a tinge of embarassment?"

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Bonus pokings:

1) If you're in a band, what instrument would you play?

2) What's the greatest pizza topping?

3) You're on Mastermind. What's your specialist subject?

4 (just for Quickman)) What's your opinion of NXT UK's British Rounds matches?

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I'd play rough percussionythm on IIDX. That song is awesome.


Finally started going to therapy & feeling better about many things in my past, without going too deep into detail


many "serious" topics. IDK, especially regarding politics most of the time I feel like I am just not knowledgeable enough to add anything to any discussion. Also talking about serious topics on the internet (or rather, social media) in general is just looking like a bad idea more and more as time goes on.


I have no musical skills/experience whatsoever so I just pick the most coolest-looking instrument, the drums


my answer is cheese. I like to keep it simple -- double cheese & peperoni :p


I'd pick "video games" but that might be too broad :x

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Is it weird to say "myself" here? I feel like sometimes I want to get on with the things I want to do in life (being a teacher), yet somehow any interest/energy/desire I build up over the day resets to zero the next day. I'm not sure why that is.

Rick and Morty. It's likely a great series, but I just don't get it. I fear I'm getting old...

I don't know if it's a "feature" per se, but I like when charts make references to other songs/games. Examples are 女々しくて in DDR replicating the MV and ピコラセテ in Groove Coaster having the BG reference its chart from CROSS X BEATS.

Chitlins. Can't do it, no matter how good the hot sauce. Lima Beans are a close second.

Yes. I was on local TV because I was a band geek member in high school. After our performance at the Band Spectacular, some of us would be pulled aside to be interviewed. I was lucky twice. Still bitter about it not being three times (and on my Senior year, no less!) because my band teacher had pre-selected who would be interviewed despite the interviewers picking me.

Does one exist? I don't think there's a worst, but I know I truly don't care for Tracers (4-Beat Remix). One of the only times I can think of where I was absolutely underwhelmed.

Like in band, I play Alto Sax. I'll need some time to practice, though!

Pepperoni. Yes, I'm basic.

A game show I didn't know about? Sacrilege!
Guess I should pick what I would teach: Math.
Give me theorems, bitch!

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1) I was in a band once. So, what I did there. I played drums and provided backup vocals. The main vocalist was a giant dick, though. Boy, college sucked.

2) Okay, so my favourite pizza would be cheese, pepperoni, salami and sweetcorn. I think cheese is the objective best single topping though, because it's the only topping I can think of where a pizza feels straight-up incomplete without it

3) I'll be a bit more in-depth than just "video games" and say "1980s to 2000s arcade games".

4) I've never been a fan of "rounds" in matches, regardless of the caveats. But I do like that it's rounds with 2-out-of-3 falls. I also like that Joseph Connors and Kenny Williams are in the Heretige Cup.

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Alright, it's time to rip off the band aid.

1. The worst thing probably have ever eaten is my attempt at making crockpot buffalo wings. The wings were so undercooked that the bones were still bleeding.

2. I've actually been in the news twice. The first time was when I was 2, as there was a picture of me playing in the water in just a swimsuit while the Ironmen (triathlon participants) were wearing wetsuits in the local newspaper. The second time was when I was 10. My local news station was running a story on the winter's unusually low amount of snow, where I was the only one wanting more snow.

3. This is a hard question since a lot of the ones that I can think of as bad are in the category of "so bad it's good". I'd probably show my age by saying that my least favorite song in Bemani History is Justin Bieber's "Baby ft. Ludacris".

4. I once was obsessed with watching Yandere Simulator gameplay. That all changed once I found out about Yandev's skeletons.

5. It seems like a lot of people really love avocado, which I don't really understand since I think it tastes like mayo but solid on its own.

6. I love trying to cram as many drum rolls as I can in Taiko no Tatsujin.

7. I would like to play the Pop Team Epic Remix on a IIDX Lightning cab.

8. My latest thing that I'm proud of is the fact that I'm working with college sophomores as a college freshman to create an animatic.

9. One thing I really understand that people can say so openly is that they believe in some wackjob conspiracy theory that their Uncle Bob- shared- with -them- so- it -must- be -true (think Qanon, Antivaxxers, or Chemtrails. Not trying to be too political).

10. I've been in a choir, so I'd probably want to sing in a band.

11. Pepperoni is a classic for a reason, it's one of the best toppings.

12. My specialist subject would be Rhythm games ( bet you didn't see that coming /s).

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One of these days I'll be on time with this I swear to God.

ANYWAY, LIGHTS OUT.

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