lets get to know the FFR community~

[m0de]

my recent thread that interviewed d6 players got a bit of attention that sparked those outside of d6 to ask if i plan on doing interviews for other divisions/lesser known players. that gave me the idea to make a thread that everyone can participate in~ so, FFR, i present to you a list of questions that will help let everyone get to know everyone around the community!

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?

- What does a typical day for you consist of?

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?

i didnt want to make a huge list of questions, rather just basic questions so that answering them doesnt take forever. im really excited to hear from everyone, and i hope this thread helps everyone get to know everyone better :]

[m0de]

reserved just incase

[Poison-]

I'll do one of these instead of the D6 one

[XxMidigamixX]

I would be glad to do one :3

[marqolite]

I have the oddest and most ungrounded feeling this will be ignored, but the more you know, the easier it is to stalk everyone, I guess.

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?
Alex, 14, [redacted].

- What does a typical day for you consist of?
I generally wake up about three hours later than most other diurnal lifeforms in their right mind, drink some chai, read, write, study things, the usual [in no particular order.]

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
I'm rather into higher mathematics. I do some speedcubing, although I'm terrible enough to hardly break a minute more often than not. I hang around seedy internet forums. I write programs that even I hardly use. I have an involuntary love affair with synthpop.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
I haven't yet touched FFR, and don't plan to. I've been playing SM for about three months whenever I feel like it, which usually adds up to a couple of hours most days.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
SM5a2 ultralight, ASKL, C888 metal upscroll.

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
No, except for some form of controlled breathing during play that usually happens without my knowledge.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
Being able to actually read non-vibratory dumpfiles.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
Not to that skill level yet, imho.

[Poison-]

Oops, mine's gonna be a little more detailed than that

[Poison-]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?
My name is Nick. I'm 17 at the moment, turning 18 in just less than 2 weeks (July 8th). I'm from London, Ontario, Canada.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?
Now that school is finally over, my typical day starts when I wake up at 8:30. I make breakfast, and then watch sports highlights for about half an hour. I then go for a 5km jog. Once I get home, I'll have a shower, brush my teeth, and probably go on the computer for a bit. I really only play FFR while I'm on the computer. At about 10:30, I'll make myself some more food, not too big of a meal, just something to keep myself satisfied. I'll probably go back on the computer after that meal until about noon. At noon I workout for about an hour. After that my girlfriend (Kaylee-) will probably come over, and we'd hangout until around 10:00 pm. After she leaves, I'll either go to bed, or play more FFR for a little while.

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
I'm very active. I love running and working out. I used to play hockey, for about 10 years, but injuries lately have forced me to quit.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
I was first introduced to FFR by a friend back in 7th grade. I played super casually on and off for awhile, but after FFR came back from being down for almost a year, I started playing a lot, and found myself getting quite good quickly. I have been playing ever since (albeit I usually stop playing for almost a month quite frequently).

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
I use x2.0 speed mod, upscroll on the Velocity Engine. My key setup changes very often, as I like the feeling of new keys. Right now it is DF[]. I don't play Stepmania.

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
For my first game, I will usually play a really hard song (to me at least), like Death Piano, Winter Wind Etude, and La Campanella. I try to play those songs quite a bit, to improve on stamina and speed.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
I'm not sure if I'm really proud of any of my scores yet. I remember absolutely freaking out over a year ago when I got my first FMO AAA on The Divine Suicide of K. On the same day I also AAA'd Im Sick of Uprock. It took me months to AAA another FMO.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
Improving on my speed/left handed jacking is always something I aim at improving. AAA'ing a former FGO (now it would be 77+ to me) is something I'm trying to do right now. PA'ing harder songs isn't really all that possible for me at the moment.

[XxMidigamixX]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?

Jero (O:, name's Jesus Ortega, I recently turned 19 and I live in Miami, Fl~

- What does a typical day for you consist of?

Welp, my day is typically consists of mainly running errands for my mom, playing SM (and occasionally step some files out of boredom haha), babysitting my dog and other filler stuff to do to kill some time (like...troll some 12 year olds on MW3 on the PS3 haha)

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?

Hobbies, mainly writing short stories that I never bother to show to people (O:. As for instruments, the last time I used any instruments was the recorder back in elementary school haha. Though I should really get back on it ever since watching the Brock's Dub version of Star wars episode 4 :3

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?

I have been playing FFR and StepMania for six years and I usually play SM every day (although I am very rubbish still haha, but who knows, I might get better at SM & FFR eventually~)

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)

For FFR, I play on the Velocity engine, I use QW56, upscroll, Dark, Mirror, and speedmod is 2.25-2.3x, oh and I occasionally play on Dizzy. As for SM, I now play on SM 3.95 with the IIDX14 GOLD theme, Play on C925, Distant, Midare++, Dark, Mirror, Hidden, and Dizzy (yay for mods \o/)

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?

Not really, I don't warm up or else I get mindblocked easily on the easiest songs haha.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?

For FFR, I have to say that I have 4 notable achievements. My first one was after Roy's first Brutality Tournament (which I dropped out of haha) and I had sightread BF's Nitrix with my rubbish Logitech K120 keyboard. My second achievement was when I had managed to get my first 9 AAA'd with yet again my rubbish keyboard, though it was for Justin's New Years Tourney. Third notable achievement was when I finally got my first VC AAA'd with only Scavenger (being my only 9) AAA'd (so far I have about 4 VC's AAA'd atm; using the former 1-13scale). And lastly, I guess you can say that almost SDGing both 0 (Piano version) and Papyrus's Adventure with Dizzy on is rather a cool score to nab on. And that progressive increase in skill is caused by changing from a K120 to a slim keyboard haha. The only notable SM achievement I have achieved is almost AAAing Comment te dire adieu (Oni) on 1.1x rate, current best is 4g 1cb.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?

Well, aside from the usual "improve each and every moment," I just want to eventually have the capability of MAing files like Rain, GNR's OP, Kanon (Oni), and other files that I'm too lazy to list at the moment haha. As for FFR, not too sure, I might just stop playing FFR after the 7th official tourney, but maybe my main goal is to win D4 of this upcoming tourney since I got eliminated early in the tourney last year @___@

[psychoangel691]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?

Kayla, 27, Mount Arlington NJ.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?

I can't even really say that I have a typical day really. I always have different things to do haha. Like this weekend was crazy cause I had to run and rent a truck, then drive an hour to pick up an ITG dedicab. Then today we went and set it up in my mom's garage (we live in an apt so can't have it here.) But I guess I can say normal day would be getting up and getting Saphira changed, fed and whatnot, then I usually hop online and check the usual stuff (FFR, Facebook, ThirdStyle, email, etc) Then from there it really could be anything depending on what I have to get done that day.

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?

I kinda dabble in a little of everything. I've always been interested in so many things that I'm almost always trying something new. I've played several instruments but I never really mastered any. Like I can play well but not like omg pro. Instruments I can play are guitar, bass, drums, piano, and violin.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?

I have been playing FFR for about 7 and a half years. I didn't get very serious into it until 2009. Now I rarely play anymore, I'm typically busy with other things and I'm finally just not enjoying the competitive part of FFR anymore. I jump on maybe a few times a month and play.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)

FFR I play dfjk and I sometimes move my speedmod around. For the longest time it was 2.25x now I typically play 2.10x. But on occasion I end up bumping up again depending on how I'm reading that day. Oh, and I play upscroll.
SM I play c850 Overhead and the same keysetup dfjk

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?

I still have yet to find an efficient warmup for me. Usually I just have to play for a good half hour to an hour to get warm enough to really do well.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?

Haha I don't really feel like I have any notable achievements. So much of the community just skyrocketed to ridiculous levels that I feel like I can't even come close to keeping up anymore. I remember when I used to be competing against some of the people that are now AAAing FGOs.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?

At this point I've stopped going nuts with the game so no goals for me. Maybe I'll try to pull off getting oni before I completely quit.

[euphoriakisses]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?

My name is Lexy, sup? I'm 20 (almost) and I live in NS, Canada.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?

My days usually consists of work, eating, singing, listening to music, SM, DDR, exercise (Tae Kwon Do) and sleeping.

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?

Hobbies include graphic design, making music, travelling, spending time with friends, web design, video editing, video design, drawing, painting, TKD, Yoga, etc.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?

I've been playing FFR/SM for 5 years. I don't play nearly as much as what I used to. I'd say a maybe a dozen songs a week.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)

Speed: 1.90/Mode: Stepmania keys/Upscroll/Spread

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?

I crack my knuckles and shake my hands out a little. Oh and I drink coffee to be more alert.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?

Eh, none really. I've set small personal goals over the years and that is good enough for me.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
600 FCs and 300 AAAs and 50 Tier points. BUT that is definitely not going to happen for a while.

[Arntonach]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?

Hi, I'm Daniel. 21. Norfolk, VA, USA.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?

Wake up, go work out, go to work, work, come home, vIdEo GaMeS & sTePmAnIa, sleep.

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?

Magic, sort of...

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?

SM, a few years. FFR, a few months. Don't really play often.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)

3.9+ (for the fancy IIDX themes), ASL;, any approaite Xmod, unless I can't Xmod it, then C700, upscroll, note, BGbrightness 100%.

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?

Pick a song, pick a difficulty, play.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?

I actually got files into a simfile pack, including my first one. I'm so hapyy.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?

I'm choking myself with judge 6 until I can reliably AA 9 footers (on the NPS scale), otherwise, have fun.

[Xx{Midnight}xX]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?

My name's Austin Larson (I have a ton of nicknames on here so I won't list them all.) I live in Puyallup now. Most of the time I need no introduction because most people think of me as a hater, which to a degree is true. I feel as if being refereed to as 'judgmental" would probably be worlds more accurate. I'm stupidly honest on top of it.

I hate talking about myself.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?

It really depends on the day, but to be honest, most of my time is wasted doing video games, sorting things, reading threads, stepping, you get the point.

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?

I play Yugioh, Magic, and Vanguard. I also really like to sort things. I recently played a tournament in the area and placed in the top 4. We didn't finish it out, but I was one of the two undefeated players.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?

I've been on FFR for almost 7 years. It really depends on my mood now days.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)

I use the Velocity engine, SD OP keys, 2.0x speed mod on upscroll. I also play "Semipentanko" spread, which pretty much means you play Middle and Ring finger rather than the traditional Index / Middle. I originated on FFR as Semipent Index (playing with my middle fingers and not my index fingers.)

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?

I play what I want to then just random stuff. Now days I spend my time playing charts I've personally deemed as "garbage" as those are typically the charts I need the most improvement on. Mostly I don't want to play them all that often so I do it when I don't care as much. Make it easier to play them multiple times.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?

My only real achievement is getting Epilogue in game. I've taken a few tournaments but none that were official to be honest.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?

No. Doing this is kind of a waste. I play in tournaments and that's what kinda keeps me going. I'd like to get passed round two in the official for the first time, but my track record has left me pessimistic about being able to do so.

[Evascythe]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?

Name: Keith
Age: 22
Birthday: 28th October, 1989
City: Surrey
State: British Columbia
Country: Canada
^I'll be moving to Montréal, Québec, Canada at the end of August if all goes according to plan.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?
Work day; Wake up 5-10 minutes before work starts, throw on some shorts and a shirt, brush my teeth, walk to work. Work for 1.5-3 hours. 3.5 hour lunch break. Play some FFR. Go back to work from 5 until 8:30 or 9. Come home and check the Team Blaze chat, play LoL/FFR while eating some dinner. Go to sleep for 6-8 hours.
Sundays; Wake up around 4-6 pm because I am a lazy dude. Hop on the computer and check the Team Blaze chat, play some FFR/LoL, and eat some food.

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
Collecting Montréal Canadiens memorabilia

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
I've been on FFR since September 2003, haven't touched SM in over four years. I play FFR about an hour or two everyday.... most of it is me getting derpy goods/misses and restarting over and over again.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
Velocity, 23-= (spread), 1.75x, up scroll

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
Nope.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
~1,000 avaerage rank, 10 VD AAAs

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
I would like to get to 500 average rank eventually.
800 FCs
200 AAAs
a level 9 AAA
a level 10 AAA
a non-mashed level 11 FC

[T-Force]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?
Well if I have to. Aloha, I'm Trevor. I've been kicking for 20 years, and I haunt a city in British Columbia, Canada.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?
Browsing forums and internet even if it serves no purpose. I'm also on Skype a lot with friends and even some family. Work is tossed in there a few times as well. Maybe reading, and definitely music listening. All around your normal shut-in (and yet I'm an extrovert).

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
I collect a fair amount of things: hockey cards, Vancouver Canucks memorabilia, Star Wars novels and mem, and coins.
I was fiddling with a bass guitar for a bit, but don't have one anymore so the amount of music I play at the moment is zilch.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
As of today, 5 years, 6 months, 5 days. FFR came first and StepMania came along a year or so after. As for playing, it varies on my drive to actually play. I can go anywhere from 0 hours a week to maybe 20. Currently, we're pushing 10 or so.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
I played the Legacy engine for pretty much my entire arrow-mashing career. If I'm on my laptop, my set-up is r t [ ]; if the Mac, e r o p. 2.0x is the mod.
Recently, though, I've been trying out the R^2 engine where my speed mod sits at 2.4x. And upscroll's the only way to go for me.

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
Other than cracking knuckles, neck, and shaking wrists to loosen up, not really. I just give 'er.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
AAA'ing Lawn Wake IV
Getting Otaku Speedvibe [Oni] after achieving only 7 VC AAA's at the time.
Getting both a collab'd file and then a single file into FFR.
That, and having been around for this long without getting banned is pretty awesome, I think.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
My past goals were to break the top 1000, to become a subscriber, and to get a chart in-game.
My old account was at 665 at it's peak and currently sits at rank 1000; I'm a vet thanks to said account, but I'd be close anyway; as of 2 weeks ago, I got the orange name so all those are achieved.
Now, my goals really just consist of playing for fun; keeping it real and remembering why I like the game in the first place. As well, for the upcoming tournament, my two goals are to make it out of Round 3 (I've been eliminated there in borth tournies I've participated in), and to beat Midnight in our friendly rivalry. Nothing else really matters to me at this point.

[Cold Kitten]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?

Tiffany. 16. Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?

Lots of computer time, ice skating, reading, TV, friends, etc. Normal teenage stuff. :P

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?

Uh. Ice skating. xD Been doing it for 11 years. And I sing a little bit. I used to play the violin in elementary school. I'd like to get into that again. I'd also like to learn to play guitar and the piano as well.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?

Oh goodness. Almost 5 years of FFR and SM. Up until recently, I hadn't really played.. well, at all. For, like, 6 months. But I've been playing every day for the past couple weeks.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)

I use the R^2 engine. Current key setup is XC;', speedmod is 2.27, and upscroll.

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?

Uh. Basically. I play SM for about half an hour, generally songs that hard for me. And fast songs. Then I switch to FFR, play a few easy songs and then play whatever I was planning to for the day.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?

I've FC'd a few FMOs. With some very good scores, for me at least. That's about it.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?

Basically, to just get better. As long as I'm improving, I'm pretty happy with myself.

[igotrhythm]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?
Heyo! I'm Andrew, I turn 27 a week after today (well, 6 days, I guess, depending on your timezone), and I'm from metro Detroit! 'Murica, fuc yeah.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?
Nothing to write home about, mainly because I still live at home with my widowed mother, dad having died 2 years ago due to brain cancer. My time is split between chores, sleeping and internet, with school being lumped into the chores category.

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
I'm a casual chess player. By casual I mean that I've been stuck at roughly the same skill level for the past 9 years. I have about as much knowledge as one can glean from beginner-level books, but that's about it.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
Going on 7.77 years...no, really. XD Stepmania for considerably less. I was playing on the Resonance engine before I finally broke down and got SM sometime in 2008. I play pretty much every day.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
FFR: Legacy, ASKL, 2x, upscroll, though I've played on every engine this site has had to offer.
SM: SM5 alpha 1a, C800, distant, midi-note

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
None that I would consider out of the ordinary...neck rolls, knuckle cracking, etc. It is very important for me to play on a full stomach with trimmed fingernails, however.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
Aside from my Makiba AAA two months ago, probably me nailing Slaytronic last year after posting a number of SDG scores with random misses. Some people even took the time to notice me for Most Improved Player in the same year Pmonibuv came out of fuccen nowhere...warm fuzzy feeling. Getting rank 2 on Grind Me To Dust Heavy on R2 felt nice, but not as much as a rank 1 AAA on Rollercoaster Ride Standard. That yellow pullover I was wearing that day suddenly became my lucky sweater. ^_^

On SM, some stuff I've pulled off includes Dukamok's Holy Orders SDG FC, 20p AAA on Gamepro's Happy Angel v1, and Emerald Sword 3 greats with MA under 200 on an xmod. X3

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
Not having Oni is pretty much the only reason I keep coming back here, though getting top 8 and vROFL would be nice as well. One day...

[Choofers]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?
Sup ladies and gentlemen, classic trig(o: right here. Name's Michael, everyone calls me Choof due to my last name (and I mean everyone, the only people who don't call me Choof are the family I grew up with). 21 years old, I turn 22 in August. Currently in Vegas (again), NV.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?

A typical day last week would have consisted of me waking up around 11am, and rolling out of bed into my computer chair for a ton of gaming. A typical day this week (every week until September) will be working out, work, more working out, gaming, sleep.

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?

I drink a lot.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
For almost 7 years now. I play at least twice a week.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
I'm currently in between engines. On a computer that oesn't have a shit processor, I use sm5 ultralight, C900 overhead with orbular. On this laptop, it's 3.9, around C750 overhead orbular.

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?

Nope. I'll usually drink an energy drink though.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
RATO SDG, Himiko SDCB AA, Kyuin 3 cbs. I also won first place D5 in the sixth official tournament on FFR.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
Just keep getting better. A goal I have currently is Kyuin FC (iirc no one has FCed). Once I FC that, I'll probably go for BCMP 1-6 AA.

[xMUSICxMASTERx]

Well I'm boring but here we go.

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?
lol asl
Amy, 17 (almost 18), Ontario/Canada

- What does a typical day for you consist of?
Usually just sitting at the computer all day, like most of us. And video games.

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
I enjoy programming, I would like to do it as a career, specifially for video games. I also plan on collecting video games pretty soon, I have quite the collection already. I may not always be the most talkitive person IRL but I love group events like anime conventions and raves. I also enjoy watching anime, & love cosplaying. I used to take an interest in music and had a craving to produce it, but it seemed to have worn off.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
I have been on FFR for almost 3 years, and played a bit here and there. I used to play quite often, but not so much anymore. I might play again when I get a desktop because my laptop is shit. I loved stepmania when I first started playing it. I remember playing every morning two summers ago, and it definitely opened up a lot of musical interests to me, I started to love all of this music. The good old times when it felt good to get a high combo on easy songs :')

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
On FFR I can comfortably use anything between 2.2x to 2.4x, upscroll, qwop. I kind of want to start playing with one hand because my left hand is retarded and I might end up doing better with one hand. Stepmania same stuff, and I change the speed depending on the bpm of the song.

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
I usually like warming up on some charts that I really like, or a song that I really like. And sometimes hard songs that I can't even do, mashing helps me warm up. xD

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
Nope.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
To start playing again when I can~

[SSX]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?

Hey I'm Alan. I'm 19 and I live in Marin county near the North Bay in California.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?

School, then a few hours of tutoring work as a part time job. Then the rest is spent on playing video games and chilling with friends.

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?

I like to play tennis and go to the gym maybe 3-4 days a week. I don't play any instruments.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?

I actually have been playing FFR and StepMania for a long time but never really used my account (mostly the past 2 years), partially because I forgot about it. I discovered it after I dug up my SSX Tricky from my storage and realized I had an account named after my favorite game of all time.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)

I tried playing with the old style (arrows, normal 1.0 speed) but that was too hard after playing StepMania so now I'm using 1.85 speed, I still think it's too fast. I use ASKL.

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?

I just sit down and play.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?

I have no accomplishments.. haha.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?

Nope.

[Mike Weedmark]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?

Mike, London, Ontario, Canada.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?

Videogames, basketball, practicing guitar, cooking awesome stuff then eating it. Go to sleep at around 3-5am, wake up at around 9-12.

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?

I play guitar and I'm pretty good at it. I'm much, MUCH better at improvisation than ironing out really elaborate planned songs. Repertoire makes me bored. Other than that, basketball, sudoku. I feel like I should mention videogames even though I was told not to because I play them in more than the casual way most people outside FFR do. They're kinda my *thing*.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?

I made this account on FFR before it went down, so even though my member length is almost 3 years, my actual playing length is closer to 2. I have SM and load it up once in a while, but I only use it to break through plateaus on FFR. I don't give half a damn about SM on its own.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)

I can use any engine, but I mostly stick to legacy because I want to do things at the same level of challenge as players have been doing from the start. Velocity and R^2 could probably give me much better scores, but I just don't use them, except for Velo sometimes when I want to sort songs by length or AAA status. My settings are 2.0x EFLP downscroll.

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?

My warmup routine consists of sucking very badly at the first few songs I play and then shaking it off. FFR isn't a professional sport where you need to be in top form from the first second to the last. There's no reason not to warm up on it by playing it.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?

I suck at FGOs, but I seem to be good at AAAing annoying lower level songs that give some players much better than me problems. Stuff like Splash Beats, Kanon-Kanon, and others. I seem to be pretty good at slow one-hand trills. Most proud of is my Token Whore and Midnight Dragon AAA.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?

At least SDG a mid-FGO before I quit for good.