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A famous
DDR Player who has renounced DDR but
gone on to play other Bemani games such as Pop'n Music and Beatmania.Recently he has begun playing Initial D and spends about $40 a week.
His Japanese name is
Ben Aibi.He is not a total loser,
because he is a cool guy at West Forsyth High School and
is critically acclaimed there.
The Early Years
Revised by
Walker Vincoli I dont know much about his early years so I cant
vouch for this section.
Ben was raised by a hobo in a log cabin.At least that
is what he claims.In his later years he
has gone to summer enrichment and claims to have stuffed an entire
Chick-Fil-A sandwich into his mouth.This
is not a claim, it is truth, Ben's mouth has found many whole
slices of pizza and other foodage.He is
a MASTER of the ramen noodle using various sauces to complete 17
cent delicacies that not only give you tons of energy but satiate
the taste buds.Francisco, another cool
guy (pales in comparison to Ben), gave him a Native American
ceramic thing for holding his ketchup and mayonnaise for when he
goes on his fast food outings.These fast
food outings have varied from state to state with one "fun"
incident regarding Burger King's green ketchup ad campaign circa
1999-2000.While on a fun filled trip to
Williamsburg, VA, his group stopped to eat lunch at a Burger King,
little did they know hillarity was going to ensue.Vu Phan, a good friend despite his Nader loving liberal
roots, made an odd move after Ben consumed the vast majority of the
chicken products they had to offer at this particular
BK.Vu proceeded to, erm, reconnect the
tomato with its home in the soil- by throwing up his green
ketchuped burger and fries.While Ben ran
to get his dad to help Vu feel better, the rest of the group
guarded the chemical green blob from passerby's and the occasional
wandering cat.This is just ONE of the
classic tales to be documented on this
article!!
Bemani
Whenever Ben steps onto the
DDR pad at the local
Winston-Salem Shopping Mall,
crowds stop to watch him step on the arrows.Although his "technical" prowess is elite, the true
substance comes from his charisma and the zen of like-ability that
he emits while playing.As he wipes the
hair from his eyes and takes a long swig of gatorade, women tear up
and press their faces to the glass (despite the fact that people
say he cant make out I HAVE NO PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THAT) He
has also grown to excel at Beatmania with fast fingers (could he
start a beatmania imspired club to increase typing as well as his
DDR club?), and has begun to slowly translate Pop'n Music because
he can read katakana,
the Japanese language script
used for foreign loanwords or for emphasis.
Bens video game
prowess doesnt mean hes a "pale kid" who spends his time punching
keys with bleary eyes.Ben is a smart guy
and doesnt let his hobbies interfere with his goals in
life.For those of you who scoff that
video game players are complete and total losers, may I reiterate
that Ben will not be cooking your fries anytime soon and that he is
taking extremely advanced high school courses, not cheesey fake
academia.
The recent addition of Japanese to the local foreign
language program has opened up new doors for those of us here
looking to expand our cultural insight into the pacific
islands.With many very cool guys taking
that class (alas I wouldve but (Ben and I were in the same advanced
(!!!) program last year (8th) I am taking AP World History
instead.The prep course for this, Ben
made straight A's in, and it was hard) Ben isn't just some
misraised kiddo with too much free time and a penchant for anything
electronic.But I digress...
One of
the funny tales of Ben's DDR playing experience comes back to the
crappy Disney world machine, conveniently located in MGM Grand
Amusement park.Ben stepped up to the
machine wearing 5 "Jesus" name tags, mt2 (long long long) shorts
and sunglasses and proceeded to break it down, stylizing everything
and creating a crowd that included Buzz freakin
Lightyear.Come on, its cooler than
saving the universe, and thats pretty darned cool.Ben's DDR talent created a fire hazard and he stepped
off the pad, bearing the safety of the children in
mind.
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