You'll Know You're Addicted To Bemani

[kssael_XG]

1. Your Winamp/iTunes as well as you Last FM/Imeem playlists are OST's from most Bemani games.
2. Your arcade money is mostly spent on Bemani related games (including ITG even though it's by RoXoR).
3. You can easily tell what BPM is the song played as well as its tempo shifts.
4. You have a DDR/ITG team.
5. You have a GF&DM group that loves to arcade spam.
6. You have a band covering GF&DM songs.
7. You love to cover GF&DM songs as well as adding guitar parts in DDR/IIDX songs too!
8. You see arrows or notes all the time when you're bored.
9. You see arrows or notes in a multiple choice answer sheet during your exams.
10. You see arrows or notes on the tiles of the floor you're walking or standing.
11. You would go to some designated malls with the Bemani machine you prefer playing most.
12. You compare Mutsuhiko Izumi, Kozo Nakamura, Jin Senbonmatsu, and 96 to Yngwie Malmsteen, Alexi Laiho, John Petrucci or Michael Romeo.
13. You prefer Eurobeat, J-Happy Hardcore or Rave over generic techno, trance or house.
14. You are dying to see most DJ's from DDR/IIDX playing live rather than Tiesto, Kaskade or Armin Van Buuren.
15. You started building your stamina like hell.
16. You started creating hi-quality keyboard simfiles which are good for pad play.
17. You include Asaki in your Visual Kei favorites.
18. You also include BeForU and TЁЯRA in your J-Pop list.
19. You also started listening to J-music after playing Bemani related games if you're still new to the genre.
20. You would watch The Gitado Live rather than going to Wacken, Tuska, or Download Festival.

I'm not sure if there's a similar thread to this but please share your ideas.

[Only One Jops]

You prefer listening to the 3 beatnation albums instead of the music that can be heard on radio(?)

[Blackraven]

Originally Posted by storyoftheyear

2. Your arcade money is mostly spent on Bemani related games (including ITG even though it's by RoXoR).
11. You would go to some designated malls with the Bemani machine you prefer playing most.
15. You started building your stamina like hell.
19. You also started listening to J-music after playing Bemani related games if you're still new to the genre.
I'm not sure if there's a similar thread to this but please share your ideas.

These four points above indeed apply to me

[zonic505]

When the majority of your MP3 player is Bemani songs. & I have 369 songs & still going to add more. I'm betting almost over half (hell, maybe even 3/4) are Bemani songs.

I'd love to go to one of those live events (like Gitado Live). & the only reason I'd learn to play the guitar or drums is so I could actually play GF/DM songs on a real guitar/drum & post them on YouTube.

[Alonso]

Man, I'm addicted to bemani but none of these apply to me.

[unknown1412]

Originally Posted by storyoftheyear

2. Your arcade money is mostly spent on Bemani related games (including ITG even though it's by RoXoR).
8. You see arrows or notes all the time when you're bored.
11. You would go to some designated malls with the Bemani machine you prefer playing most.
12. You compare Mutsuhiko Izumi, Kozo Nakamura, Jin Senbonmatsu, and 96 to Yngwie Malmsteen, Alexi Laiho, John Petrucci or Michael Romeo.
14. You are dying to see most DJ's from DDR/IIDX playing live rather than Tiesto, Kaskade or Armin Van Buuren.
17. You include Asaki in your Visual Kei favorites.
18. You also include BeForU and TЁЯRA in your J-Pop list.
19. You also started listening to J-music after playing Bemani related games if you're still new to the genre.
20. You would watch The Gitado Live rather than going to Wacken, Tuska, or Download Festival.

Those things apply to my addiction to BEMANI.

[MUSCLES]

Originally Posted by storyoftheyear

14. You are dying to see most DJ's from DDR/IIDX playing live rather than Tiesto, Kaskade or Armin Van Buuren.

So all people with any taste in music are addicted to BEMANI?

I KID I KID

21a. DTX
21b. You bought to cover GFDM songs and post them on YouTube.

[Blackraven]

Originally Posted by PICASIO PICASIO

21a. DTX

oh I got that

21a. Only buys a Yamaha DTXpress III drumset (or newer) not to play real drums.....but to run DTX and play DM at home

Originally Posted by Alonso

Man, I'm addicted to bemani but none of these apply to me.

That's an interesting thought.

So what made YOU addicted to BEMANI then?

[M4j3s7ic12]

Hmm, I am pretty addicted to Bemani, or IIDX at least, but I think that comparing anyone to pretty much the four finest guitar players in the world is a little stretch. I could never replace Bodom on my walkman with j-pop, that would be awful...

I did always wonder what a death metal track on IIDX would be like...

[Blackraven]

Originally Posted by M4j3s7ic12

I did always wonder what a death metal track on IIDX would be like...

Hmm.........

Well I may not be able to give a definite answer to that.

Though if I were to give some examples, here are the songs that would suit your query (or at least some part of it):

-Rage Against Usual
-Fake Time
-Double Thrash

Atm, I can't think of other examples.

Though I hope this gives you some kind of idea (at least) on this issue.

Hehe hope that helped (even just a bit)

[TATSH]

Originally Posted by storyoftheyear

1. Your Winamp/iTunes as well as you Last FM/Imeem playlists are OST's from most Bemani games.
2. Your arcade money is mostly spent on Bemani related games
3. You can easily tell what BPM is the song played as well as its tempo shifts.
8. You see arrows or notes all the time when you're bored.
10. You see arrows or notes on the tiles of the floor you're walking or standing.
12. You compare Mutsuhiko Izumi, Kozo Nakamura, Jin Senbonmatsu, and 96 to Yngwie Malmsteen, Alexi Laiho, John Petrucci or Michael Romeo.
14. You are dying to see most DJ's from DDR/IIDX playing live rather than Tiesto, Kaskade or Armin Van Buuren.

You prefer listening to the 3 beatnation albums instead of the music that can be heard on radio

I guess i'm a Bemani Addicted

[zonic505]

You use Sexy Planet for your "making out" music.

[Only One Jops]

Originally Posted by zonic505

You use Sexy Planet for your "making out" music.

Hahahahaha and eventually, after making out, it will lead to ***

You consider FELM as a love song... lol(it's just me anyway)

[Blackraven]

Originally Posted by zonic505

You use Sexy Planet for your "making out" music.

Yuck

Even during 4th Mix, I never even wanted to bother with that song at all

Though I get the humor in that post heh

[t7r]

You'll know you're addicted to Bemani if:
1. You set up playlists in your iPod according to a group of boss songs. (eg. Cardinal Gate, Military Splash)
2. You have at least 30 songs from a certain Bemani game in your iPod.
3. You imagine the Suzaku sound in almost every song.
4. You do the Anisakis/ MENDES snare beats while listening to some songs.
5. You sing while playing. (I don't do that)
6. You are able to copy Riyu's squeaky voice. (I can hardly do that)
7. You can copy Asaki's singing voice (I can do that)
8. You feel like worshipping Bemani artists because of their awesome stuff. (lol Asaki )
9. You have all of a certain Bemani artists's songs (again, lol Asaki)
10. You think sonic-coll. is Naoki.