lets get to know the FFR community~

[I like it]

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

HI MY NAME IS IAN MY AGE IS A SECRET AND I LIVE IN INDIANA

- What does a typical day for you consist of?

WAKE UP, POOP, go to work, COME HOME, POOP, and do random stuff till i sleep

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

SEEING HOW MANY GIRLFRIENDS I CAN HAVE AT A SINGLE TIME (ask ultimega he is a pro at this)

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

nearly 6 years now lol, if im bored ill play a ton, other times ill go weeks without playing at all

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

2x, as;', velo, up, and uhhhhh sm idr exactly but i think its c700 or something near that its probably faster idr

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

craCK DA KNUCKLES A LOT, also shake my hands if i feel like it

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

idk

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

do good in d5 this tourney, aaa an fgo soon

[iironiic]

Woop.

- 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 Wilson and I am 21 years old. I am residing near Albany, New York. I am currently an undergraduate student pursuing graduate study in math. I am commonly known for my disgusting admiration of math on this site.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?

My day usually consists of me playing games like FFR and Crossfire, studying math on my free time, hanging out with friends, and working at a Chinese restaurant as a cashier.

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

I would considering singing an instrument and I do this out of my enjoyment. I also play violin for about 8 years and self taught piano, but as impressive as this sounds, I am actually still an amateur. Besides playing instruments, I enjoy playing sports especially racket sports like tennis, badminton, etc., solving Sudoku puzzles, and writing lyrics and poems.

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

As of now, I have been playing FFR actively for three years, but I don't see myself playing this game very often nowadays. In a week back in the days when I was active, we're talking about 2-3 hours each day (~21-22 hours a week). Nowadays I spend 30 minutes to an hour per week.

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

Legacy, as75, 1.9x, downscroll.

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

FFR has always been a game for me, so my warmups usually consist of playing easy songs for fun. After being more alert, I tackle the harder songs.

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

Notably, obtaining my first FGO AAA last summer (Ketsarku Mozgalom) was the moment when I started to realize that hard work really pays off. From this moment on, I've realized that it's not necessarily the individual scores that reflect my achievements, but rather the combination of all of my scores. Looking back at what I was able to do, it was enlightening to see how much I can improve from the very moment when I couldn't FC an 8.

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

Honestly, I have achieved most of the goals I have planned. To say the least, I am very satisfied with the outcome of my hard work. I suppose the only goal I have left is to quit FFR now that I have other goals to focus on in life. (We have many stories where people who quit FFR would normally come back at some point)

[AlexDest]

Kind of wanting to go more in-depth/change up a bit on my reviews. So here it goes.

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 Alexander Sides, 17 years old (turning 18 in February) and currently residing in North Carolina, U.S.A. Going into my senior year of high school, a bit of an honors student, classes that are being planned on taken are Honors Physics, Honors/AP Calculus, Honors English IV, AP Statistics, Geography, French I and II. About 95% of the time, you'll see me as a relaxed and chill person, I'm not all for ranting or arguing with people. If you come and meet up with me, you'd probably be able to tell that I'm very secluded and shy.

What does a typical day for you consist of?
- Wake up, eat, work out, computer, sleep. Rinse and repeat. I really need to get out of the house. :/

Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
- Usually would be in the mood for drawing or writing a poem, or doing any strategy puzzles and such.

How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
- I've been playing Stepmania for 5 years now and FFR for 4 years. Currently, I play 1 to 3 hours a day, mostly right now I'm stepping a song/finishing WIPs. I'm very close to taking a break at the moment.

Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
- For Stepmania, speed mod is at C775 (might increase it soon) and keys are WE[] and WERP[] for solo. For FFR, everything from SM applies except for speed of course, which I use 2.1x. Other settings for FFR, I use the Stepmania noteskin and keep combo hidden.

Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
- I just play something rather easy for me that would get me warmed up, mainly streams or jump/handstreams.

What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
- I've achieved quite a lot of Stepmania achievements. Not to be a braggart, but according to Staiain's World Records page on his wiki I have 93 world records (should be a lot more but no one has updated the list in forever). For FFR, only getting to average rank 1 was the only achievement for me.

Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
- Just getting more quads on Stepmania overall and trying to AAA certain files on FFR I should have gotten quite a while ago.

[Im Vince]

- 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 Vincent, I am 19 years old and I live in Quebec, Canada. Just like iironiic I am currently studying in math, in order to become a college teacher.

-What does a typical day for you consist of?
**Starting from midnight**
Work, get back home, computer, sleep, wake up, spend time with my girlfriend or friends, get ready to go to work.

-Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
I do not play any instruments. I prefer sports over music, especially hockey and tennis. I also enjoy watching most sports.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
I've been playing for 5 years or so, but I didn't play any during the downtime, and I have stopped playing twice for a long time, both times after getting FGO AAAs (lol). Might get back in the game for the official. I currently don't play much though.

-Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
My speedmod is 2.1x, I use keys zx.é (zx./ :P), I play either on velocity engine (delta noteskin) or R² (FFR orbular noteskin), I ALWAYS play with dark on and upscroll.

-Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
When I was still playing (this winter), I use to warm my hands up on top of the fireplace. I would then go play some FGOs and would be good to go for a good night.

-What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
My AAA on Nomima Nuda Tenemus (whatever NNT stands for) is by far my best achievement. Took everyone by surprise in the scores thread too.

-Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
Not anymore, but I might have some next winter (lol).

[Zekramcross]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?
Hi, my name is Richie and I'm 18. I recently graduated from high school and going to college for a degree in Cyber Defense. I live in Michigan, USA. That's the state where it's warm one day and cold as hell the next.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?
I usually wake up at around 9AM - 11AM. I make some breakfast and I go on the computer to see what's up. I usually watch anime or watch vocaloid concerts. I would run errands for my parents or go outside if it's nice out.

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
I used to play the Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, and the Baritone in high school. I also fix computers for people from time to time.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
I've been playing FFR for about 4 years now (3 of those years being inactive on the forums.). I play usually 4/7 days of the week.

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
No I do not. If I do then easy songs will become nightmares to AAA.


- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
Well, I made a team with Reuben_tate and revived a movement that died with the crash. I hosted 3 successful tournaments. I finally have 800+ FCs (Now if I can only get that many AAAs.).



- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
I don't really set goals. I just play to have fun.

[raskanally]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?
Hello peoples. My name would be Christopher, and I am currently 23 and will be 24 in August. I live about 1/2 east of Albany, New york in a town called Petersburg.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?
I get woken up at about 6am when my newphew decides he needs to go to the bathroom and he runs on his heels so he basically is the household alarm system. I procrastinate untill around 7am then get up and aquire my first cup of coffee. . After my sister comes down I talk to her for a bit and see what the days agenda looks like, and go from there. I check the FFR forums from my ipod touch regularly throughout the day and job hunt in the spare time. I currently dont have a job because of some stupid mistakes that i am in the process of fixing. :/

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
I used to play the trumpet in highschool, and i had an electric guitar untill my friend-at-the-time sold it for drug money :/

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
Ive been playing for over 5 years, and i try to play at least an hour a day so i dont lose a lot of skill.

-Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
R^2, qwop, 2.5x, downscroll

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
I stretch my wrists and fingers, and always play "Banned Forever" as one of my first ~5 songs. Thats about it.


- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
Becoming D4, and my 1000FC's, and 500 AAA's were cool.


- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
I would say dropping my average rank down under 100.

[Winrar]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?
I'm Andy, just turned 20, and I live in Toronto, Ontario Canada. I go to college for HVAC (Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning) and I'm a licenced Gas 3 Technician.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?
When I'm off work and it's early in the day I'll play sm for a couple hours with some qts over skype. I also go rollerblading from time to time. When it gets later on in the day I'll probably play League or go out to parties. (and regret the pictures the next day)

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
Rollerblading is defs one. I like playing shinny in the winter.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
Been playing ffr since '06 and i've been on and off for a while. Ever since the site came back from being offline I've been going strong. I play sm everyday for at least 2 hours, haven't been as motivated.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
I use velo engine, my speedmod is 1.875 upscroll, and I use xc,.
c700 for sm

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
Playing solo is usually the best way to warm up so I've used that for a while or I'll start with some files in Disbalance 3 to warm up my speed. On ffr I'd start with 10s and then ease into FMOs when my fingers feel warmed up.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
On FFR I AAAd 8 VCs one of which was Creative Happy and have about 5 FMO sdgs

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
My goal is to AA Quadrasphinx on 1.2 and to FC Kasta Sten (zag)
Oni couldn't hurt

[Reincarnate]

First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?
You all know me as MrRubix -- 25 years old, residing in Manhattan (NYC), NY. I graduated from uni a couple years ago.

What does a typical day for you consist of?
I work, so the daily routine is fairly... routine. I either come home after work, or strike out into the city to enjoy all it has to offer.

Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
I'm a major foodie and enjoy sampling just about every restaurant that I can. My girlfriend and I have even flown out to visit famous restaurants all over the nation. Outside of that, I'm a huge nerd who enjoys programming/math type subjects (I have 100% on Project Euler, which is something maybe only 10 people around the globe -- at any given time -- have) even though I am a total idiot. I also love puzzles and art, despite neglecting those hobbies for some time now. Work pretty much consumes a fair chunk of my time nowadays.

How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
I don't play any more, but I'm an old-schooler. I started playing DDR in the late 90's and then hopped onto DWI in late 2000/early 2001, which was over a decade ago. I was in middle school at the time. I honestly miss that era because the community was a different beast compared to today's (these was a lot less drama). People were still discovering new limits and possibilities with the game, and it was awesome to watch the entire industry evolve. When I used to play, I probably put in more hours than I'd care to admit, let alone calculate.

Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
I've used DFJK/QSLP setups, mainly. For FFR, I used speedmod 1.75x all the time. In Stepmania, usually mid-700 CMod or so, although it really depended on the song.

Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
Not really.

What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
I had Average Rank 1.0 on several occasions. I was also the first to AAA a song with 0-framers (Chrono Trigger) and figure out how they work, the first to pass Vertex Beta vROFL, the first to AAA an FGO on the site, and the first to AAA many difficult songs. Sprite and I also collaborated together and gave rise to offline engines.

Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
Don't play anymore, so nope!

[chocobothief12]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?
Tony/26/Boston MA

- What does a typical day for you consist of?
Waking up, eating(or not eating) freshening up, plopping right back down on my bed and jumping into skype, FFR, or Kongregate for pretty much the rest of the day. (so dull xD)

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
I would love to learn to play piano someday, but currently the only thing I like to do is write short stories of varying settings and backgrounds.


- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week? I've been playing somewhere around 6-7 years almost, but have only been competitive for around 2. If I am up for it, I will usually play for a handful of hours before taking a break to do something else.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
Legacy engine VBIO with 1.875 speed upscroll.

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
Not really. I just play until I stop sucking. Then I actually try for scores

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
Nearly AAAing a few FGOs that I thought a few years ago was something i would never be able to do. For SM I'd say it was AAAing Emerald Sword and actually having decent MA at the same time.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
My FFR goals would probably be:
AAAing a minimum of 50 total FMOs and at least 1 FGO
Unlocking the Here We Go token
breaking 550 TP by the end of the year
Haven't played SM much really so no goals to set for .

[noname219]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?
Philippe, I'm 21, from Sept-Iles, Quebec. Will move to Quebec City mid-august.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?
Waking up late, I rarely take breakfast because I wake up late, going to work, work, work, eat, work, work, get back home, eat, relax, doing stuff on computer, drink, eat more because, sleeping at 2AM.

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
I play drums. Never took any lessons because lessons are boring and a waste of time.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
Began playing FFR 5 years ago. Stopped for nearly 2 years, and got back here in December 2011 to improve my skills.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
Downscroll 1.6 QWOP. Played downscroll at first because I was playing Guitar Hero before so that was more natural for me.

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
None at all.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
1. First song I ever played was a FC on Straight to Video.
2. AAA Famouz after exactly 100 tries to get Otaku Speedvibe.
3. Whoring for hours to get vRofl.
4. Getting Freedom Dive from hi19's tournament.
5. First FMO AAA.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
I'd like to reach D6.

[Hateandhatred]

- First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?
Lmao good luck with learning my first name, even my best friends don't know it. I even often wear random nametags at work. Personnal story with them. I'm starting to use "Sven" here with a growing number of people, so maybe you want to use that name. =)

I currently live in Quebec City, in the nation of Quebec, notCanada.jpg. Yes I speak French, and my English on here sucks ass.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?
Studying, eating, working, and all free time into video games, running, reading, playing music, checking emails, facebook and msn, and being on these forums.

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
I love to run. I've slacked a bit lately, but I still love it. I also play a few instruments, the main one being guitar, which I've played for... Almost 6 years.

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

I've been in touch with rythm games for a while (back to 2006 with Frets on Fire, and April 2008 with FFR), but I consider having started to play seriously in Spring 2009 with that flash game called "Guitar Geek" (4keys, downscroll), then moved around some flash games and downloaded Stepmania at the very end of that same year, which I've played until joining FFR in February 2011.

I slacked on how much I play since I've gotten so ****ing busy lately. I play like 2 hours of SM/FFR each a week right now. But I played a lot much this winter.

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

I play spread and Downscroll, exclusively with the Legacy engine on low quality. Speedmod varies lots between 2x and 2.25x, as keys do, depending on what keyboard I use.

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

Nope... But I'll often whore Do I Smile?, Reality, Necropotence and One Minute Waltz to warm up properly.

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

Not yet. Pretty soon I'll get that Jackhammer Madness FC and that Reincarnation (challenge) pass with only one hand, but other than that... I can constantly vibrate through Death Piano and Crowdpleaser's megatrills with the FC, which is not bad I guess.

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

A load. See them on my profile, even though some are still missing.

[i heart candy]

- 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 Asher and I'm currently 21 years old. I'm from Texas, but right now I'm living in Oklahoma City because that's where I'm stationed - I'm part of the United States Air Force.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?
If I do not wake up at some absurd time in the morning to go running, my normal day consist of me waking up around 6:30 AM and slowly getting myself ready for work. I'm definitely not a morning person at all, but I like to pretend I am. I usually stay at work for at least 7 hours and then make my way back home into my bed for a nap. (usually 30 minutes max) After that, I usually am playing SM, photoshopping, or even playing FFR.

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
I would definitely say basketball, and photoshopping are my real hobbies. I started photoshopping about 5 months ago...mostly got my inspiration from artist like WxH, Darknesslight, condoct, etc.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
I actually would say I started SM in 2003. I was a index player, and only played stupid shit from bemanistyle.com. (stupid as in files that were off sync or made by amature step artist). I later on discovered FFR in 2004, but I really didn't play it much at all. In the beginning, SM/FFR really was just a game I played when I was bored since my main focus was Counterstrike and Maplestory at the time. Now that those games have gone to shits, I pretty much play this because of nostalgia haha.

As in terms of how much I play SM/FFR, probably way too much. If I don't have work, I could play Stepmania/FFR up to 6 hours a day. There has been times I've literally played over 40 hours a week. If I don't get that type of free time, I usually just play 3 hours a day.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
I used to have a very wide spread, but now I'm using dfkl.
I use R^2 and my speed mod is 2.375.

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
Not really. I like to play a few of my favorite songs from the Red Fraction pack, and then I start SM training.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
I'm happy with all my accomplishments but I would say none of them are really notable because I haven't reach my ultimate goal just yet. Most of my inspiration from players like OWA, Zyphoror, Eze, Staiain, Razor, and Dossar.
Not only are they great players, they are good friends as well.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
I would love to be a top D6 player. Right now I'm D5 haha.

[00Razor00]

Originally Posted by I like it

WAKE UP, POOP, go to work, COME HOME, POOP, and do random stuff till i sleep

lmfao

[.Gazelle.]

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

I'm Sam, 15 and im from Lowell, Massachusetts

- What does a typical day for you consist of?

league skype room, ffr, sm and reading

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

I love to read, used to collect transformers and i do some papercraft ex. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Uo2EG1_so

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

I've been playing FFR for about 3 years, and stepmania about a year.

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

I use the legacy engine, SDKL, 1.875/1.95, downscroll

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

i usually start with FGO level files and work my way down.

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

My best scores would have to be my 1.0.1.0 on 0 (piano version) and my 2 clean on 300

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

I want to have oni, and i'd really like to place in this years official

[Sarahate]

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 Katie. I am actually 20 years old (the forum age is wrong because I like to make myself a year younger LOL) and I am currently a pharmacy student over at TSU. I live in Katy, Texas (located in the USA) however I wish I was living in Canada because the food over there is much healthier and that the people there (compared to the US) much more respectful and well-mannered.

What does a typical day for you consist of?

Mon/Wed/Fri: Wake up at 5am to go for a 15 minute walk to the gym and do squats, deadlifts, pullups, dips and pushups. Then I go home, shower, groom, and cook egg whites with fish with a bunch of random veggies. From there, it is usually random activities from 9am-12pm like watching anime, browse internet, tackle Byron etc. From 12pm-3pm, I am usually over at the library making sure that my studies are in check (since summer tends to do that to most people). After library, I go back home and fix myself some chicken breast, more fish and more streamed veggies. After lunch, I am usually lazy for the whole entire day and do unproductive stuff like play a shitload of video/computer games, watch more anime/hentai, and just chill with my friends. I head to bed no later then 12am! (Okay...except Fridays LOL)

Tues/Thurs: Wake up at around 7am to eat, shower and get ready for work. I work from 8am-2pm then I head home and fix up lunch and then I am lazy again until 12am!

Saturday: I usually wake up at a random time depending on what I did last night. I go shower, cook my buddies breakfast and then chill with them for about an hour or so. After that, we usually go our separate ways and meet up back home at around 6-7pm. What I usually do is spent time with Byron at the mall/arcade/movies/family/whatever and then we usually head back home earlier then anyone else. While we wait for them, we are usually doing our own things until they get back. Once they are here, WE HAVE A NERD/GEEK PARTY and we invite the usual people over to our house to just chill, drink, play video/computer games, do whatever and have a great time. (I never drink though because I'm no fun :<). This usually lasts until like fuccen 3-4am LMAO xD

Sunday: Me and Byron goes to church while the others over at the house cleans up the place. Usually by the time we are home, the house is spotless with our friends just chillin' over at the couch watching TV or whatever. Sunday is basically our resting/chillin' day. We don't do shit on sunday other then stay home and be bums for the whole day :3

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

I love to play basketball and volleyball. I also love running, swimming, dancing, boxing, drawing and trying out new things. I can only play the piano perfectly. I actually play it for my church :3

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

I started Stepmania at around late 2007 and played it for about 2 1/2 years. As for FFR, I signed up for it at around mid 2007 and played a few games but them forgot about it until 3 years later xD

So I guess you can say that I have been playing FFR for about a year :3

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

FFR: I am not really use what official speedmod that I use since I change it a lot depending on which file I play. From looking at my old screenshots, I used from 1.75x to 1.95x with both the legacy and velocity engine. I use upscroll and ZXCV :3

Stepmania: I use C800 distant with midare++ using ZXCV. I play upscroll.

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

I use a stress ball for both hands for about a few minutes and then play jacky FMO+ files until my hands are ready :3

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

If I remember correctly...

FFR:
Grocery Escape Plan AAA
bmv.578 AAA
Piano Etude (Demon Fire) AAA
Big Blue AAA
Setsujou! Hyakka Ryouran AAA

Sightread Thrash AAA
Sightread Black Key Elude AAA
Sightread BB Evolution MP AAA

Stepmania:
Planet Karma AAA (99 Perfects)

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

FFR: AAA a FGO D:
SM: Nothing. I did everything that I have wanted to do :3

EDIT: This was fun to type up XD

[t-rogdor]

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

i'm Morgan. I'm 17 and live in Mississippi (Jackson during summers, Columbus during everything else). There's really not much to do here, so I entertain myself with the internet.
I'll more than likely be entering a Chinese Fluency program within the next year, where I learn the Chinese language over the course of 5 years, spending an entire year of my college life taking classes and internships over in China.
I also have a 33 on the ACT, which is pretty cool.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?

volunteer work, finding new music to listen to, drinking a lot, experimenting with cocktails, taking care of my 3 younger sisters, thinking up jokes, tinkering will cellphones and cooking

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

i like to write and study/find music. on the writing front, i used to do lots of poetry but kinda grew out of that, so i stick to a weird pseudo-surreal internet comedy style these days. made a bit of a name for myself on the internet scene. at some point in my life i hope to do full-on standup. working on that though.

with music, I typically spend my days browsing soundcloud accounts and various music blogs, within (specifically) EDM, Sludge Metal and experimental beat music trying to find what's next and what to show people.

other things- i like tinkering with technology, especially android phones and the like. few things more satisfying than toying around with something and being successful

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

since late 2006, usually play anywhere around 20 times a week because the game helps me relax.

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

FFR: i don't really play but when i do, velocity, askl, 2.1, up,

SM: 3.95, askl, c850 or so, upscroll, distant view, Midare++ or Orbular depending on my mood

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

vibrate on any surface you can whenever you get bored throughout the day even if you're not gonna play stepmania any time soon. play without distractions. nothing much else

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

AAAAed WC's clipo file, Vatstep DSP FC, Death Piano Oni pass, single digit greats on Kommi's Saddest RMX file, Crowdpleaser FC

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

not really lmao, it's just a game. i like to have stepping goals but even then i end up just drinking and stepping minedumps

[justin_ator]

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

ASL ASL ASL ASL
I'm 19, living in Colorado Springs, CO with the fires~
If you don't know my name, then....lol gg

- What does a typical day for you consist of?
Day I work - Get up, shower, eat, leave for work, get home and shower, get on comp, go to bed
Day I don't work - Get up whenever, shower, do things I need to get done, hang out with people, or get on computer, etc

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
I don't play instruments, but I do have a few hobbies. I collect stuff, some more seriously than others. I have card collections, a stamp collection, and a currency collection. The currency collection and my Pokemon card collection are actually pretty large. I'm addicted to music, dunno if you could call that a hobby though since I can't really produce music well at all. Other than that it's just mostly vgames and friends that take up the rest of my free time.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
I play some sort of rhythm game (ts, ffr, sm) usually at least once a day (playing, not one song a day) unless I work a retarded long shift at work and don't feel like playing when I get home. Been on FFR for over 5 years, always have loved it.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
I use the Legacy engine, and just recently switched from qw86 to qw89 for my key setup.
Here's some interesting info: I play upscroll, downscroll, and diagonal scroll.
Upscroll: 2.0-2.1 speedmod
Downscroll: 1.75 speedmod (SDG'd CIA rave, but typically I'm not real great)
Diagonal Scroll: 1.2 speedmod (best AAA is Anubis, have FC'd a few VC's pretty cleanly now)

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
Not really, I just kinda start playing and see how things go. Sometimes I will start off on songs that test my stamina just to get my hands moving and adrenaline flowing, but otherwise not really.

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
Kidney Stone 2-0-0-2 (lolwut)
Eclipse (Solar) 13-#-#-#
grind2 11-1-2-3
Adventures of Lolo - AAA
and a few other former FGO scores that were just awesome.

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
Not really, I mean I'd like to just get good enough to AAA most FGO's, but lolnotimeormotivation.
I kinda just go with it and my usual goal is: improve scores

[U.N. Owen]

First off could you introduce yourself? let everyone know your first name, age, and the city/state/country that you live in?
Trevor. Lincoln, Nebraska. Turn 21 in August and dreading it. I don't drink and yet my siblings both want to take me barhopping and get me smashed. Not really my idea of a fun birthday.

What does a typical day for you consist of?
Well I'm still going to uni during the summer, so I generally wake up around 8am, go to class from 9am-12:30pm, then smash arrows, watch anime, post on forums, and browse tumblr until I decide to go to bed. The forums I post on are here, GameSpot, and The Daily Happening (a small offshoot community comprised of some of us from GameSpot. It's also where the 'tdhcrwe' in my user title comes from.)

Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
Used to be active back in high school, but not so much anymore. I'm studying cognitive psychology, so I often end up on Wikipedia reading about how various areas of the brain affect how we perceive the world around us. Also have been learning German for the past year or so.
Ultimate goals (in relation to hobbies/instruments): Become fluent in German, Danish, and Swedish. Pick up piano again. Learn to draw something other than stick figures. Producing music (even if just for my own enjoyment) would be pretty sweet too.

How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
A little over 6 years. Actual time spent destroying my keyboard is right around an hour a day.

Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
FFR: Velocity engine - everything except Accuracy and Total hidden, WE[] (spread), 2.0x, upscroll, original FFR noteskin
SM: 3.95 with a modified version of the Shalim theme, same key setup, C750, upscroll & overhead, light-note noteskin

Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
I actually tend to start off light and work my way up. Will often play a few songs in the 60-65 range.
For SM, I usually play Game Time from Nuclear Blast 4 on 1.2 and then again on 1.3. Maybe throw in Delirium Heavy on 1.6 for good measure.

What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
FFR: Getting my first two fmo AAAs on Christmas day 2010 was pretty sweet.
SM: Quadding Sewer Surfin (my only quad) and AAAing TOML.

Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
FFR: AAA a former fgo. Getting my avrank down to under 50. Currently, I'm just trying to FC an 85+.
SM: Really don't have any. Though lately I've been having the urge to pick up the art of stepping.

[CammyGoesRawr]

Bandwagon~ ^_^

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

Name's cameron, I'm 19 and currently living in North Wales, Pennsylvania. Not much to say about where I live except its boring and its one of those sex 'n' drugs towns.

What does a typical day for you consist of?

Basically I'll wake up at 7:30 about 5-6 days a weeks, then drive 5 minutes to the gas station i work at. I'll spend 8-10 hours running the registers, lottery machines, stocking shelves / coolers, fixing gas pumps, handling deliveries, stupid shit. Then i'll come home at 6:15, depending on the day i'll go to my dojo and teach martial arts classes from 6-9. I rarely have time for any sort of computer / TV, especially FFR or SM nowadays. It's a shame. D":

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

I'm usually in my room doing something related to music (listening, playing, or writing) or texting as many as 20 people at once, "shooting the shit". I play guitar, bass, drums, flute, violin, and vocals. I also am currently in my 6th year of learning German. Ultimate goals regarding these is to be able to play classical piano pieces such as Chopin's Minute Waltz, La Campanella, and Carl Phillippe Emmanuel Bach's "Solfeggietto" at 250 bpm 16th notes. Currently my fastest played speed of this is at 220 bpm 16th notes.

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

I've been playing FFR for just under a year, and stepmania for about 3 years. In a week, i used to play around 100 hours, now i play about 5 hours a week at best.

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

FFR: R^2 engine, 12-90 spread at 2.27x, upscroll with accuracy on.
SM: XI Distortion them, 12-90 spread (123-890 for solo style) . C610 or x2.5 depending on the song, upscroll with distant receptors and metal noteskin.

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

FFR: I'll usually warm up with Dev/null files and high difficulty classical files, especially La Camp and Grand Galop Chromatique. I'll do lots of knuckle cracking and wrist contortions too.

SM: I just play solo to warm up.

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

FFR: Getting my first VC AAA on Szamar Madar after 3 months of starting, getting Colorful Course AAA'd for the 6th Official as my first FMO AAA. Getting an SDG on Sparkle Downer felt very nice for me too, as well as nailling a RunnyMorning blackflag and various other solid FMO scores.

SM: None to date, I'm a scrub at SM.

Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
yes
FFR: Oni, Top 8 in the 7th official (if i get placed in D4) , FC'ing an 85+ , Getting a clean score on Frictional Nevada (lol) and too many others.
SM: AAA'in Max 300 Glitch Mix, FC'ing Xepher, FC'ing Shotgun Surgery.

[Cavernio]

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

Veronica, 29, Fredericton New Brunswick Canada.

- What does a typical day for you consist of?

Wake up 5am, lie in bed for 3 hours, wake up bf, make him lunch. In no particular order: play whatever game I'm into, (YPP atm) check forums, browse internet for health info until I get too tired then sit around resting, do a minimal amount of housework without it being disgusting, go shopping for supper. Make supper, eat and watch tv, then hang out with bf playing games, reading, watching shows, excersising, talking, etc.

- Video games aside, do you have any hobbies? play any instruments?
Not many. I like games of all types. My piano collects more dust than I play. I was in the best local choir that exists this past term, (still not good enough though...). I am not working on my follow up novel to my first unread, unedited one, although I do really want to finish it.
When I'm working I have 0 hobbies, no energy for them, except for drinking. But I can't drink anymore *sigh*, 1 drink gives me a near instand headache since being gluten free.

- How long have you been playing FFR/stepmania, and how often do you play in a week?
2003? Maybe once a week these days.

- Could you let everyone know what settings you use for FFR/stepmania? (engine, keys, speed mod, up/downscroll ect.)
Since getting laptop I use E for left and V for down. Perfect spacing for my left hand.

- Do you have any warmup routines, or have any silly/odd way of warming up before you play?
no

- What are some of your notable FFR/SM achievements you have accomplished that you are most proud of?
nothing or I forget

- Do you have any personal FFR/SM goals you have set for yourself?
no