Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 4/22/2022
Welcome to the first post-Easter Song Release and Weekly Update! Just a couple updates today regarding our batches and StepCon 2022.
March/April 2022 and Ooga-Booga Special Batch will be closing on May 1st, so you have a little over a week left to submit. Reminder that the Ooga-Booga Special Batch has unique judgement rules behind it and can be a quick way to get a file accepted. You can find the details on it in this thread.
StepCon 2022 has finished with its first voting phase and the 1st – 3rd place winners for each class will be announced soon! Next is the Final StepOff phase where the 1st place winners from the previous classes will be put together into one class to step a new song. This stepping period will last two weeks and will be followed by a week long voting period.
An important note is that the 1st place winners from last week’s voting period will have this next week to apply any fixes to their files if needed. Next Friday for our SoTW we will be releasing these files into the main FFR engine!
Edit: Here are the winners for the first stepping phase of StepCon 2022! (Details can be found here.)
Class A (I’m The Boss)
1st – M0nkeyz
2nd – Matthia
3rd – samurai7694
Class B (BUBBLES)
1st – Psychotik
2nd – Elite Ninja
3rd – jacobvl39
Class C (Koneko’s Cafe)
1st – Gradiant
2nd – storn42
3rd – WirryWoo
Class D (If You Can’t Hang)
1st – DarkZtar
2nd – Pizza69
3rd – jh05013
Class E (Passing You By)
1st – trumaestro
2nd – RenegadeLucien
3rd – woker-X
The 2 veteran files we have for you today are:
PhonDrome! [Heavy]
Musician: Micelle
Step Artist: VisD
Song Length: 2:16
Difficulty: 88
toromi hearts 2
Musician: goreshit
Step Artist: Skayles
Song Length: 2:30
Difficulty: 97
And for Non-Veteran players, these songs have went public:
Grief and Malice
Musician: Helblinde
Step Artist: Shadow_God_10 & XelNya
Song Length: 4:04
Difficulty: 88
Szycag
Musician: Venetian Snares
Step Artist: mi40
Song Length: 6:11
Difficulty: 91
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 4/15/2022
Welcome to the Song Release and Weekly Update for April before Easter! We’ve got some Venetian Snares this time around for you.
Only one thing to mention this week and that’s regarding StepCon 2022. The stepping period has concluded and we’re on to the public voting period! Make sure to check out the thread for more details. Main thing to remember is that anyone can vote, so please take the time to do so. Good luck to those that submitted!
The 2 veteran files we have for you today are:
Grief & Malice
Musician: Helblinde
Step Artist: Shadow_God_10 & XelNya
Song Length: 4:03
Difficulty: 88
Szycag
Musician: Venetian Snares
Step Artist: mi40
Song Length: 6:10
Difficulty: 92
And for Non-Veteran players, these songs have went public:
Cybernaut 2 Opening Theme
Musician: Roy Berardo
Step Artist: gold stinger
Song Length: 1:26
Difficulty: 65
wholeheartedly
Musician: siqlo
Step Artist: WirryWoo
Song Length: 2:21
Difficulty: 68
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 4/8/2022
Welcome to another Weekly Song Release in April! We hope you enjoyed the April Fools release. This Friday we’ll mainly be going into the specifics of some files that went through some changes over the last week, with a few reminders on some site features/events going on. We also have two new artists going in game!
Events
StepCon 2022 is almost through week one of two for the first stepping portion! For those that are participating, today is the last day that you can swap classes if you so choose. Remember that this can only be done once for both participants.
Season 3 began last Friday, so you should see a new badge on your profile to reflect the division you finished in for season 2. (Only if you filled out your seasonal top 50!)
Difficulty Consultants
With a new season starting, there were a ton of songs with adjusted difficulties. Some of these were the result of the ongoing project of converting files from frame-based timing to ms timing. You can find a detailed list on difficulty changes here. Normally we’d list everything out in this post for your convenience, but there were over 40 files changed this time!
Regarding ms timing changes, you can find the information on which files have been converted by checking out the spreadsheet here.
The 2 veteran files we have for you today are:
Cybernaut 2 Opening Theme
Musician: Roy Berardo
Step Artist: gold stinger
Song Length: 1:25
Difficulty: 66
Taken from Roy Berardo’s website:
“Since the start, Berardo has always had a love for music and a creative mind. When his parents brought home an upright piano when Berardo was at the age of three, Berardo would spend hours sitting and playing. A few years later, he started piano lessons focused in classical and later in jazz. Whenever young Berardo sat at the piano, he would get distracted from what’s on the page by his own thoughts and improvisations. Starting from the first sounds on his old upright and continuing to today, Berardo has always had a desire to tell great stories through his art. He has always worked to innovate and deliver music that stands out and drives in emotion.
Roy Berardo is an award-winning composer who works on countless projects including animations, video games, films, and interactive experiences.”
Stay updated at the following:
Spotify | SoundCloud | Bandcamp | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram
wholeheartedly
Musician: siqlo
Step Artist: WirryWoo
Song Length: 2:17
Difficulty: 69
From siqlo’s Spotify description:
“Japanese [Rhythm Game Music / Hi-Tech Full On / Others] Producer. I like complex sounds, so a lot of what I make is like that.”
Straight to the point! Check them out below:
Website | SoundCloud | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
April Fools, SotW and Weekly Update 4/01/2022
Hey everyone, Welcome to the April Fools takeover of FFR’s Front Page! There’s plenty happening today and for the week ahead of us. So bunker down, set your keybinds (or not), and let’s get this under way.
StepCon 2022 has begun, and the competition is underway! Participants over the next two weeks will be pouring their blood, sweat and tears into making some of the very best step-content out there. If you didn’t sign-up, no worries! There will be a Public Judging week Starting on April 15th to decide which versions of the competition’s songs will go in-game. Consider checking the thread for more info!
Season 2 has ended, and Season 3 has begun! Congratulation to those that made it to the top, there should be some shiny new badges for the second season showing up on profiles shortly-ish? Nowaday’s fine of a day as ever to try climbing to the top of the new seasonal rankings! Furthermore, there will be some difficulty changes due to contested difficulties on pre-existing songs, so be prepared for Global Rankings to change a little bit.
For the ‘Poyo’s‘ out there, I’ve got a slapping brand new Kirby song for ya, and also some old dusty songs that no one have ever touched in like, a bajillion years. Can you believe that these old farts actually keep old content around? I think people should get a chance to take these bad boys for a spin. The Kirby music will stay, but you have until the next Songs of the Week before we come repo the rest of these songs back into the SimfileDB Vault, forever.
Re:THE MEDLEY OF KIRBY SSDX
Musician: hapi
Step Artist: gold stinger
Song Length: 28:05
Difficulty: 100
Speedcore 300
Musician: Gunsynth
Step Artist: Xx{Midnight}xX
Song Length: 2:12
Difficulty: 0
gigadelic
Musician: teranoid feat. MC Natsack
Step Artist: Reach
Song Length: 2:04
Difficulty: 0
gigadelic (Camellia’s “THE TERA” Remix) [10^12 Long ver.]
Musician: Camellia
Step Artist: gold stinger
Song Length: 5:31
Difficulty: 0
*Whimper Wall*
Musician: Rez
Step Artist: Velocity
Song Length: 1:06
Difficulty: 0
Technically, these two songs from last week become public as well:
You Don’t Know
Musician: Aaron Spectre
Step Artist: VisD
Song Length: 2:59
Difficulty: 87
Tribe Attacker v2
Musician: Canblaster
Step Artist: mi40
Song Length: 1:46
Difficulty: 88
Also on a final note, all 100+ Difficulty files and most 90-99 files are getting re-uploaded to include ms-timing. D7/D8 players, rejoice!
Hope everyone enjoys the all-new content this week!
-gold stinger, the April Fools Team, and this picture of a cat.
Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 3/25/2022
Welcome to the last Song Release and Weekly Update for March! This week there’s just some quick event reminders as we approach the end of March.
StepCon 2022 sign-ups will be closing next Thursday. Please consider signing up if you haven’t already!
Season 2 will be ending next Thursday, so get your top 50 scores in while you can!
The 2 veteran files we have for you today are:
You Don’t Know
Musician: Aaron Spectre
Step Artist: VisD
Song Length: 2:59
Difficulty: 87
Tribe Attacker v2
Musician: Canblaster
Step Artist: mi40
Song Length: 1:46
Difficulty: 88
And for Non-Veteran players, these songs have went public:
Enlighten Me
Musician: Masterplan
Step Artist: storn42
Song Length: 1:19
Difficulty: 43
Define
Musician: Pogo
Step Artist: M0nkeyz
Song Length: 0:38
Difficulty: 51
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 3/18/2022
Welcome to another Song Release and Weekly Update for March!
Only one thing to talk about this week and that’s StepCon 2022! This official event is a contest focused on creating FFR files for public viewing/judging, with the winners having their files put in FFR. Top three prizes also include event tokens, credits, and unique profile badges. We encourage everyone to participate regardless of stepping experience. Even if you don’t win a prize, it’s a great opportunity to get plenty of feedback!
Please read the rules of this event carefully and if you are interested in signing up, you can do so here. StepCon 2022 signups will close on Thursday, March 31st at 11:59 PM CST (server time). The event itself will begin on April 1st.
The 2 veteran files we have for you today are:
Enlighten Me
Musician: Masterplan
Step Artist: storn42
Song Length: 1:19
Difficulty: 43
Define
Musician: Pogo
Step Artist: M0nkeyz
Song Length: 0:38
Difficulty: 51
And for Non-Veteran players, these songs have went public:
Satin City
Musician: kgb525
Step Artist: M0nkeyz
Song Length: 2:13
Difficulty: 67
Chapter VIII (Pacifier)
Musician: Sufferer
Step Artist: Skayles
Song Length: 3:35
Difficulty: 77
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 3/11/2022
Welcome to another Song Release and Weekly Update for March! We have two new artists to talk about this week and a ridiculous AAA milestone as well!
Earlier this year a bounty was placed on getting the 1st AAA on Death Piano, with all progress tracked in the Death Piano AAA Bounty thread. This week the bounty was completed by jakads, with his winnings totaling at a whopping $1261.69! Huge congrats to jakads and a special thanks to those that contributed towards the bounty prize! You can find the YouTube video on the AAA below:
jakads Death Piano AAA
For those that are interested in the history of Death Piano and the score progression that led up to the AAA, you can check it all out in the recently created thread: Death Piano: A History of the chart and the current AAA.
The 2 veteran files we have for you today are:
Satin City
Musician: kgb525
Step Artist: M0nkeyz
Song Length: 2:13
Difficulty: 67
Excerpt from kgb525′s website:
“Karl Brueggemann is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and instructor based in Minneapolis, MN. His unbreakable connection to strong groove and memorable melody is present in everything he does. Whether it’s composing or performing, his music is rhythmic, exciting and imaginative.
Karl is now very active in the twin cities music scene, leading the funk-fusion band Karl B & the Soul Surgeons. He also composes original music for video games along with his brother Will, under the moniker Super Marcato Bros. They also host a podcast, which brings to light the legitimacy of game music as an art form. They have been featured panelists at MAGFest and Gamer’s Rhapsody.”
You can follow kgb525 at their Spotify, YouTube, Twitter, and Battle of the Bits.
Chapter VIII (Pacifier)
Musician: Sufferer
Step Artist: Skayles
Song Length: 3:35
Difficulty: 77
Excerpt from Sufferer’s Spotify page:
“Comprised of members from A Lot Like Birds, Hail The Sun, and I The Mighty, Sufferer is a “heavy” band, but only as heavy as the subject material; the band’s self-titled release details a day in the life of a Sufferer, from his panic immediately upon waking to the moment his brain finally shuts off at the end of his day. To help guide the narrative, three vocalists (portraying the Subject, his Anxiety, and his Depression) are heard screaming over each other, arguing for control, and at other times singing through moments of helpless soliloquy.”
You can follow Sufferer at their Bandcamp, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook.
And for Non-Veteran players, these songs have went public:
Thornmail
Musician: Pentakill
Step Artist: storn42
Song Length: 3:42
Difficulty: 74
Kababies
Musician: Infected Mushroom
Step Artist: Psychotik
Song Length: 4:36
Difficulty: 80
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 3/4/2022
Welcome to the first Song Release and Weekly Update for March! There’s a unique batch to start off the month and we have a new (virtual) band joining us in FFR this week! Going forward we will be providing a brief description on all new artists to FFR as we see their work arrive.
Judges
The March/April 2022 batch is now open, and we also have the Ooga-Booga Special Batch. It’s a batch that will have an expedited review process at the expense of detailed notes. All of the details on this batch can be found in the Ooga-Booga Special Batch Discussion Thread. Both batches are open until May 1st.
There has been a small change to the judgment process regarding files marked as Fixes Required, as well as files with a two or more point rating difference between two judges while one rating is a rejection . Please refer to this post for the complete information on the change.
The 2 veteran files we have for you today are:
Thornmail
Musician: Pentakill
Step Artist: storn42
Song Length: 3:42
Difficulty: 74
Formed in 2014, Pentakill is a virtual heavy metal band with its roots in the MOBA game League of Legends, created by Riot Games. With its music composed by the music team within Riot Games, it currently consists of seven characters from the League of Legends universe but has featured cameos by musicians such as Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe), Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails), and Noora Louhimo (Battle Beast). With millions of listeners and events such as an interactive virtual concert, Pentakill brings about a huge following that we hope will find as much enjoyment playing to their music within FFR. Enjoy!
Kababies
Musician: Infected Mushroom
Step Artist: Psychotik
Song Length: 4:36
Difficulty: 80
And for Non-Veteran players, these songs have went public:
Like The Angel
Musician: Rise Against
Step Artist: storn42
Song Length: 2:41
Difficulty: 56
Entrance
Musician: ICE
Step Artist: XelNya
Song Length: 1:49
Difficulty: 71
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 2/25/2022
Welcome to the last Song Release and Weekly Update for February!
Development
If you’re a simfile artist, you may have noticed that collab files now show under the Stepped Songs section of your profile. Give your thanks to Velocity when you get the chance!
Judges
Final reminder that the Jan/Feb and Event Tokens batches will be closing on March 1st!
The 2 veteran files we have for you today are:
Like The Angel
Musician: Rise Against
Step Artist: storn42
Song Length: 2:41
Difficulty: 56
Entrance
Musician: ICE
Step Artist: XelNya
Song Length: 1:49
Difficulty: 71
Update: The file for Like The Angel has been replaced since the previous version was slightly outdated. The new version has a different note count so this means that those that obtained scores on the old version will have to do so again on the new version. We’re sorry for the mix-up!
And for Non-Veteran players, these songs have went public:
Bashing His Head
Musician: Venetian Snares
Step Artist: ositzxz369
Song Length: 2:03
Difficulty: 92
Ideal Ratio 4-1-2.5 (Viticz Remix)
Musician: Viticz feat. Script
Step Artist: Wiosna
Song Length: 3:03
Difficulty: 93
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
