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0. PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:25 pm    Post subject: BeFor Could Be You! Reply with quote

In what could mean even more Bemani games in the future, Konami is currently seeking contestants for a spot in BeForU and a solo artist.

Thanks to gamesarefun.com for the information and Cutriss for the link.
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1. PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

www.gamesarefun.com wrote:
Konami is in search of two folks who would like to be featured in upcoming Bemani titles... Bemani Idols, if you will.

Beginning on April 1st (provided it's not an April Fool's joke), Konami will begin accepting applications for two positions: the first is as a member of the group BeForU (remember that song Dive that was featured in several DDRs? That group), while the other is as a solo artist.

If you think you can cut the mustard, check out the application page by clicking here. The competition is apparently open to all comers, but only females will be considered for the spot in BeForU.

The applications won't be accepted until April 1st, so if you're interested, bookmark that application page and check back later. Good luck to all!
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2. PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

haha wtf? I am calling April fools joke on this one.
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3. PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:04 pm    Post subject: ? Reply with quote

thats the dumbest thing i've ever heard. like they'll actually pick up someone as a bemani artist whos an amateur.
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4. PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those crazy Japanese.

I just CANNOT imagine ANYONE American on BeForYou. This is like a bastardized version of American Idol, only in Japan and for females only, to get onto an already existing singing group that Konami pimps out to the highest bidder.

This really, really sounds like bullshit, but I'm willing to believe it, come the day AFTER April 1st.
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5. PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

oh well, im gonna enter!

Im not female...
I dont speak japanese...
Im not the best singer...

But, I will win.
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6. PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nothing could be more better than last years jooke of konami buying ddrfreak
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7. PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

unreal14014 wrote:
nothing could be more better than last years jooke of konami buying ddrfreak



No, the better one was where dj 8-ball (Cesar) was said to have been killed in a car accident. Like...half of ddrfreak went nuts about it, while the other half totally saw thru it and called bullshit.


edit: now that I think about it, WAS it 8-ball that was said to have died or was it someone else?
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8. PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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This is like a bastardized version of American Idol, only in Japan and for females only, to get onto an already existing singing group that Konami pimps out to the highest bidder.


hlep hlep wat # do i coll 2 vote 4 ayumi

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9. PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i wonder if for the solo artist you have to make up a song or if you can audition with something, because i've had alot of experience singing BIMP during tourneys (we have random happenings in the northwest at tourneys..heh)
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10. PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think it would be pretty cool if Konami used songs by other JPOP/JRock stars, like Hamasaki Ayumi, Morning Musume, BoA, etc.

Too bad the only problem is that it's Licenced material frown.gif
Oh well.
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11. PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:53 am    Post subject: Real Reply with quote

No, its real. I read the announcement last week. Shiyuna left the group on the 17th and Konami is going to have her replacement audition exactly two weeks later.

Shiyuna is the one who never got any solos, ever. Maybe she felt left out, compared to Riyu and Noria?
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12. PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 6:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

[The Perverted] Lain wrote:

edit: now that I think about it, WAS it 8-ball that was said to have died or was it someone else?

It was 8-ball. I believed it.
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13. PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NOD wrote:
I think it would be pretty cool if Konami used songs by other JPOP/JRock stars, like Hamasaki Ayumi, Morning Musume, BoA, etc.

Too bad the only problem is that it's Licenced material frown.gif
Oh well.


They've gotten a few of my favorite artists in some of the previous mixes, though they tend to repackage it with a new artist name. Yaida Hitomi's "My Sweet Darlin'" was repackage to be by Wildside? Then again Yaiko doesn't really do much in the way of dance music...

Licenses, the good, the bad...but hopefully we'll get straight ports of songs if anything, ie, the Korean mix.
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14. PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 8:16 am    Post subject: Re: Real Reply with quote

Catastrophe wrote:
No, its real. I read the announcement last week. Shiyuna left the group on the 17th and Konami is going to have her replacement audition exactly two weeks later.

Shiyuna is the one who never got any solos, ever. Maybe she felt left out, compared to Riyu and Noria?


didn't get solos? now i probably don't know if this is true or not, and someone might have looked this up on the global bbs a while ago, but wasn't shiyuna the mystery girl behind EK who sung Tears?

as for all of this. it sounds real, but yet why would they start this on april 1st? maybe it is, maybe it isn't. let's just wait and see.
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15. PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think Noria was the vocalist for Tears, or so one of my friends told me.

The auditions look interesting, (not like I know enough Japanese to ever audition) but it would seem really odd to have American girls in BeForU, it would seem kind of weird.
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16. PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hey people,

how are you? me, i'm doing okay, just playing max 2 on the ps2. aww, that's too bad that one of the members left because she might either feel left out or maybe she wanted to do her own thing. what would happen if they wanted her back or do a reunion show? i was reading the posts about an audition for the new member of beforu and i thought to myself, "why" you know? what would happen if that member would end up taking the show, having riyu and yuma feel like second stars or something? my personal opinion, they could still be 3 members in BeForU and still be famous in japan. for instance one vo1ce and destiny's child one vo1ce used to have 5 members. aimee left the group to finish up school and now one vo1ce is a 4 member group still kickin it. destiny's child was a four member group but 2 members left and actually had auditions to be part of them. but then there were 3 w/ 1 new person and they were as good. beyonce is now a solo artist/actress, kelly rowland is a solo artist/actress. i dont know what michelle ???? is doing now but the groups could be still called the original names and be as famous. but really, my personal opinion, if they are hella good, no need for an audition for the new beforu member.

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17. PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 12:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

they should get sana to E10.gif
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Hell yea, Sana would kick buttocks in that group! E4.gif biggrin.gif
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19. PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sana is too good for BeForU.

Maybe she just sucked and they didnt wanna give her solos.
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