Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 2/4/2023
Welcome to the first song release of February! We’re starting this month slow and easy.
Voting for the 2022 FFR User Awards is still ongoing and will be until February 15th at 11:59 PM server time. Details can be found in the thread and the form for voting can be found here. Please take the time to vote if you haven’t already!
We have a new musician this week, so take the time to check out their work at their socials below!
Impasse
Musician: Pogo
Step Artist: Deamerai
Song Length: 2:20
Song Style: Deep House
Note Count: 209
Difficulty: 6
The Tide
Musician: Papa Khan
Step Artist: Rapta
Song Length: 1:15
Song Style: Future Riddim
Note Count: 336
Difficulty: 20
Papa Khan – Spotify | SoundCloud | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Gentle
Musician: Isaac Shepard
Step Artist: Skullbac
Song Length: 4:30
Song Style: Piano Solo
Note Count: 836
Difficulty: 22
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
2022 FFR User Awards – Voting
Hello again, everyone!
The 2022 FFR User Awards are open for voting! This is similar to the forum awards from years ago but changed to represent our community as a whole and not just within the forums. You can find the details and guidelines in this thread so make sure to read it carefully!
To vote, please fill out this form. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact XJ-9 or post within the thread.
Voting will be open until February 15th at 11:59 PM server time.
Enjoy!
- The Community Managers
Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 1/28/2023
Welcome to the last Songs of the Week Release for January 2023! We’ve got a lineup of DJ Sharpnel songs for today to end the month.
In case you missed it, The FFR Hall of Fame – Class of 2022 inductees were announced. You can read about the results here.
Final reminder that applications for the Events Team position are still open! You have until February 3rd at 11:59 PM server time to apply.
Policy In The Sky! [Oni]
Musician: DJ SHARPNEL
Step Artist: Wiosna
Song Length: 1:52
Song Style: J-Pop
Note Count: 1697
Difficulty: 83
World Sound v2
Musician: DJ Sharpnel
Step Artist: DarkZtar
Song Length: 4:11
Song Style: J-Core
Note Count: 3605
Difficulty: 83
Tactical Railroad
Musician: DJ Sharpnel
Step Artist: DarkZtar
Song Length: 4:27
Song Style: J-Core
Note Count: 4649
Difficulty: 95
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
Hall of Fame – Class of 2022 Inductees
Bursting onto the scene only a handful of years ago, he single-handedly took FFR’s bragboard over. Over the past handful of years, many of FFR’s top rated songs began to fall as an astounding 53 songs rated 100+ were AAA’d by him in the last 2 years – including the 3rd ever RATO AAA.
Multiple D8 podium finishes in Official Tournaments, the first player to hit 3000 AAAs, and forays into creating stepcharts, and difficulty consulting, there are not many more deserving than Matthia.
At time of induction:
1st place for Most AAA’s
Rank 2 for FFR Rank
Rank 2 for Average Rank
If FFR the game is the blood that keeps one alive, Hakulyte is the heart keeping it going. A dedicated player for over 17 years at the time of induction, Hakulyte has achieved stats that mirror the level of love and dedication put into FFR.
The first player to hit 100 billion grandtotal; the first to hit 200 billion – and achieved just after only the second to hit 100 billion; 2500 AAAs; participant in every single Official FFR Tournament; and a love for the game that continues today.
At time of induction:
Rank 1 for FFR Grandtotal
Most Games Played
15th place for Most AAA’s
Regardless of what era you were around for, there’re few names that have stuck around during that time. This is one of them. The growth can be measured through the years. The Oni unlock, and then the subsequent fights to AAA a Guru chart; the videos showcasing an unusual, yet infectious, sense of humour (and which spawned a trilogy of funny mashcore songs), and finally the barrier being broken and the floodgates crashing as the scores and AAAs continued to pile up.
Included with a small amount of time as a site moderator, and one stepfile accepted, OWA has also spent time difficulty consulting, and continues to improve.
At time of induction:
3rd place for Most AAA’s
Rank 4 for Average Rank
Rank 31 for FFR Rank
There are not many users who have their name on the identity of FFR more than this one. Only one other person, in fact, has their name in-game more often. At a staggering 196 stepcharts in-game at the time of induction, the one affectionately known as “Cornman” is also arguably the most identifiable.
Continually pushing the boundaries of charting, hi19hi19 has stepped the hardest charts in game multiple times over, and even the easiest. Covering practically every difficulty from 1 (Power) to 130, hi19 is everywhere, and has made his mark on FFR, and its users since 2006.
At time of induction:
196 stepcharts in-game (2nd all-time)
Hardest chart in game
Has had at least one step-chart released every year since 2006-2022
While more of a recent familiar face to many, gold stinger has been quietly behind the scenes for a longer period of time, and encapsulates many qualities worthy of the Hall of Fame. From a player perspective, he’s accomplished reaching Division 7, and over 2500 AAAs; as well, he has amassed a resumé of 35 stepcharts in-game, spent time on the Event Staff of FFR, as well as a member of the judge team, before transitioning over to Game Manager early in 2022, and helping re-face the identity of FFR’s staff.
At time of induction:
FFR Game Manager (2022)
Hosted the 15th Official FFR Tournament
FFR Staff member (2013-14, 2017-now)
Thanks to everyone for voting and a huge congrats to the inductees! You all deserve it!
- T-Force
Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 1/21/2023
Hello again and welcome to the third Songs of the Week release for January!
New Staff and More Applications
First off, we added two new Difficulty Consultants from the recent application period. Please welcome Elite Ninja and jacobvl39 to the staff team!
We’re also opening up applications for our Event Team! If feel like you could help us out with a steady amount of fun event ideas throughout the year, please take the time to apply by filling out this form! Applications for the Event Team position will be open until February 3rd at 11:59 PM server time. If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact justin.
Ongoing Events
Reminder that the voting period for the FFR Hall of Fame – Class of 2022 is still open! Please take the time to vote if you haven’t already. The voting period ends on January 26th at 11:59 PM server time.
Moderation
Rapta has created a new tool to assist with multiplayer moderation, making it simpler than ever before to be notified about and respond to various situations!
In the past, for moderation to occur in multiplayer, one of two things would have to happen – a user reports an issue, or a moderator is present during the occurrence of said issue. The tool can do things like catch someone trying to bypass the in-game obscene word filter, whether it’s in a room name or a message, and notify the moderation team so swifter action can be taken. It can also assist in dealing with ban evasion in various ways.
That’s it for the news! Have fun playing the new songs and listening to our new musician this time around!
U-knighted Servant
Musician: Potwi
Step Artist: Velocity & Gradiant
Song Length: 2:26
Song Style: Gothic Baroque
Note Count: 1461
Difficulty: 69
Potwi – Home | SoundCloud | Twitter
Parallologram
Musician: Blitz Lunar
Step Artist: Elite Ninja
Song Length: 1:08
Song Style: Chiptune
Note Count: 762
Difficulty: 71
CFD
Musician: cybermiso
Step Artist: ositzxz369
Song Length: 2:00
Song Style: Future Step
Note Count: 1365
Difficulty: 83
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
FFR Hall of Fame – Class of 2022 Voting
Another post to tell everyone that voting for the FFR Hall of Fame – Class of 2022 has begun!
For those that may have missed the initial post and thread, we brought back the FFR Hall of Fame and started it out with a nominations phase. Nominations were broken into two categories, Players and Contributors. After 31 unique nominations over a 10 day period, the 12 people with the highest number of nominations have now moved on to the voting phase!
The form for filling out your votes can be found here, and the thread for this phase can be found here. As always, please carefully read the instructions before placing your votes.
The voting phase will last until January 26th 11:59 PM server time. Good luck to the nominees!
-The Community Managers
R^3 1.4.6 Release
Hey, folks! Just a quick post with a small update on R^3.
R^3 version 1.4.6 has just been released and can be found on our download page. This update fixes an issue from 1.4.5 and adds in a new song flag that designates which songs you have played all the way through and have therefore passed. The change log has been posted below for your convenience.
Change Log:
R^3 (v1.4.6) [2023-01-15]
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@Psycast
- Remove image scaling smoothing due to side effects caused.
@mat100payette
- Add PASS flag.
- This will break filters that use song flags due to a reordering. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Special thanks to Velocity and xXOpkillerXx for their work on v.1.4.6!
It wasn’t mentioned in the previous post, so a special thanks to justin, sploder12, and Zageron for their work on v1.4.5!
Enjoy!
-The Community Managers
Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 1/14/2023
Welcome to the mid-January Songs of the Week release!
R^3 version 1.4.5 has been released! You can find the download and change log on our github page. (As well as our main download page when the info is added.)
Reminder that nominations for the FFR Hall of Fame – Class of 2022 are still open until January 16th at 11:59 PM server time! Additionally, applications for the Difficulty Consultant position will be closing today at 11:59 PM server time.
Sigatrev [Standard]
Musician: Cardboard Box
Step Artist: Psychotik
Song Length: 2:03
Song Style: 8-bit Space Requiem
Note Count: 902
Difficulty: 57
Fido Dido vs. Simon Mayo
Musician: Shitmat
Step Artist: ositzxz369
Song Length: 2:35
Song Style: Mixture
Note Count: 1551
Difficulty: 69
Public Enemy
Musician: Fire From The Gods
Step Artist: storn42
Song Length: 2:20
Song Style: Metalcore
Note Count: 1706
Difficulty: 74
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 1/7/2023
We’re back to Songs of the Week releases on Saturdays at 12 AM Server Time! This is the first one of the year after the New Years Release.
For those that remember our old Hall of Fame rewards, we’re bringing the event back in a different way…
The FFR Hall of Fame – Class of 2022 is now open for nominations!
The Hall of Fame this year will be broken up into multiple phases. The first phase will involve nominations, which can be done using this Google form. You will have to sign in to a Google account to use the form. (This is to help make sure the nominations are unique.) If you don’t have a Google account or do not wish to use one, you can PM T-Force directly with your nominations using the same format as the Google form. You can find the nomination rules listed at the top of the form and within the thread. Please read them carefully before placing your nominations!
After the nomination process there will be a voting process. The nomination process will last 10 days, ending January 16th at 11:59 PM server time. If you have any questions, feel free to message T-Force.
Quick reminder that applications for the Difficulty Consultant position are still open until January 14th 11:59 PM server time!
Bones
Musician: Make Them Suffer
Step Artist: storn42
Song Length: 3:00
Song Style: Death Metal
Note Count: 1,361
Difficulty: 64
SYNTHETICS (EXTENDED MIX)
Musician: Soba Yamamori
Step Artist: jh05013
Song Length: 3:16
Song Style: Cyber Acid Breaks
Note Count: 2298
Difficulty: 84
Soba Yamamori – SoundCloud | YouTube | Twitter
Digital Kecak No.5
Musician: DJ TECHNORCH
Step Artist: bmah
Song Length: 3:44
Song Style: Kecak Hardcore
Note Count: 2458
Difficulty: 91
DJ TECHNORCH – Home | Spotify | SoundCloud | Bandcamp | YouTube | Twitter
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
