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Songs Of The Week (January 26th, 2012)
Today we have a very special set of new levels:
Longtime FFR user zajac‘s label Low Pass Records is releasing their album, the LPR001 Compilation LP, today. What’s more, FFR has been granted blanket permission to use songs off his label in the game… and what better way to celebrate the release of a new album here on FFR than to step the songs!
The selection of files is on the easier end, so that everyone who wishes to can have the chance to smash some keys to the sexy bass on these tracks.
Big Dog by Myth Of Unity (TC_Halogen) – Hip-Hop / Very Difficult / 2:07
Break Your Neck by Myth Of Unity (who_cares973) – Dance / Difficult / 2:20
I Am Robot by Crimes! (hi19hi19) – Dance / Standard / 1:51
Off World Colony by Halo Nova & Sidedraft (who_cares973) – Dance / Challenging / 1:50
Reaper by Decibel Nation (hi19hi19) – Dance / For Beginners / 2:39
Tron From Hell by Milla (hi19hi19) – Dance / Tricky / 2:20
If these tracks have whetted your appetite, you’ll be interested to know this is only a sampling of the tunes found on the full 14-track LP. The artists featured on the full album include Evan Gamble Lewis (of Speaker Tweakerz), Keoki, Halo Nova, Sidedraft, Crimes!, Dr. Ozi, KLRGRM, Bodie, Decibel Nation, Myth Of Unity, Milla, Shwon, Spastik, Stereo Company, Weekend Collision, and Tha Twitchaz… you can head over to www.beatport.com to purchase the album and enjoy the whole lineup of artists bringing the amplitude to your subwoofers.
Additionally, you can follow Low Pass Records at www.facebook.com/LowPassRecords. Be sure to hit the like button while you’re there, to spread the word to all your friends.
Those who follow the FFR community closely might notice that Milla, artist of Tron From Hell, is actually well-known FFR user midnghtraver. Other artists on the LP also originated right here on FFR- if you’re looking to show off your own music, or get some tips from artists such as these, look no further than FFR’s Musician’s Jungle Gym forum.
But wait, that’s not it! LPR001 has come out today, but there’s more in store- LPR002 will be out February 9th, and LPR003 will be released on February 23rd. So get hyped for more good music to come!
Enjoy your arrow smashing!
~hi19hi19 and the FFR Staff
Happy Birthday Synthlight
That’s right! Our benefactor is most likely sitting at the office working his butt off, so lets celebrate his birthday for him! We aren’t going to do anything special, but you should all wish him a happy birthday regardless! Let that man know we still care~
(Here)
SPON-CON!?
1st Place: TheThong | 30,000 Credits & Chat Colour
~the #winning cake!~
2nd Place: ce1545 | 15,000 Credits & Chat Colour
~the runner up cake!~
Thanks for submitting!
musical_vampire, DarknessXoXLight, 00Razor00, Jake Ferguson, UserNameGoesHere
iironiic, sayuncle990, YOSHl, fenderg, WolfXhunter, rushyrulz
7,500 Credits
Originality Bonus: rushyrulz, Hateandhatred | 5,000 Credits
Non-Hand Drawn: IKevBot, One Winged Angel, SeraphinEveles | 1,000 Credits
Thank you for participating in Synthlight’s spontaneous birthday contest! Join us again~
Zageron & nois-or-e
Songs Of The Week (January 19th, 2012)
After the flurry of new songs over the Official Tournament and our holiday event with ThirdStyle, maybe you thought we had run out of files to add? Well, I’ve got news for you- FFR’s weekly song releases have resumed! We bring you the customary 4 new files this week, and as per usual, the veteran’s song is listed in blue. It will be made public in two weeks.
[January 19 Released Songs]
Warren by The Flashbulb (who_cares973) – Classic (Contemporary) / Tricky / 1:31
We Will Fly by F-777 (ichliebekase) – Dance 2 (Trance) / Challenging / 2:07
Wolf by Night, Human in Dreams by ThePlasmas (woker-X) – Rock (Gothic Rock) / Very Challenging / 2:03
Obscene Amount of Steam by SessileNomad (iironiic) – Secret [37,000 Credits] (Drum’n IDM) / For Masters Only / 2:54
That’s it for this update. Enjoy your arrow smashing!
~hi19hi19 and the FFR Staff
FFR T-Shirt Preorders
Some FFR users get excited at the thought of owning an FFR T-Shirt. Those of you who are tired of your pre-2009 shirts, fear not! Your wishes, hopes, and dreams of having something new to show off will all be satisfied. Multiplayer moderator and FFRtist (FFR artist, get it? Yeah, me neither.) darkshark has brought you guys a work he calls “Arrow Chaos”:
Now, I don’t know about you, but I’d sport that shirt anytime I had the chance. If you were one of the six users who managed to take out every single person in your path during the 6th Official FFR Tournament (alternatively: if your name is takumi000, fenderg, rayword45, YOSHl, Choofers, or DossarLX ODI), you’ll be receiving this shirt for free; the man who created these shirts will be contacting you about your prize. For the rest of you who can’t keysmash quite as well as these users, you guys have a chance to save a little bit of money by pre-ordering the shirt. Here are the advantages to pre-ordering this shirt:
$1.00 off discount on the shirt ($18.99 USD)
Free shipping
Free shipping insurance
Free tracking information
Your shirt arrives before anyone elses!
Pre-orders are now being taken for this smexy shirt, but hurry – shirts will be at this discounted rate for a week! Forget your bills, forget your food expenses, you can afford to spend $19 out of that precious looking 20 dollar bill to buy this new shirt. GET IT NOW.
darkshark would also like to point out that this will be a very limited run of shirts, and pre-ordering them is the only way to guarantee yourself a shirt. Once he is out of shirts there will not be a second batch of them!
Click here to go to the new FFR Shop!
- TC_Halogen, darkshark, and FFR Staff
Some news of this week
Due to concerns that FFR did not contain enough winning, the skill token known as OMGWTFT0k3N has been replaced with a song that contains more winning. It also contains… well, unlock the token yourself to see exactly why this unique file is clearly full of winning.
The token requirement remains the same: Get a score of 2 Perfects, 4 Goods, 6 Averages, 8 Misses, 10 Boos, and 12 max combo on Excite Bike.
Some of you may have noticed another new level that has been added recently. Put into the game to be the "Division 7" song for the six-division Official Tournament that just ended, *Whimper Wall* clocks in at a solid 99 on FFR’s 1-13 difficulty scale… yeah. The steps are absurdly overdone to say the least.
Note that points scored on this file do not count for your grand total, and furthermore it will probably not be staying public forever. "Enjoy" it while you can…
In a final bit of news, token number 40, which rewards "You Gotta B-E-E-R!", has been activated recently.
To unlock it, simply get positive scores on all four of the other beer themed songs stepped by bmah.
(BEER, BEER MY FRIEND, beer(party)tune, and BEER? FOR BATHING!!)
We hope you enjoy this winning update. Enjoy your arrow smashing!
~hi19hi19 and the FFR Staff
6th Official FFR Tournament: Results!
The tournament is over! After eight weeks, we finally have declared our champions in each division of the tournament.
All first place winners, send a message to who_cares973 about a prize from him:
The song can be any song of your choice – there are no restrictions as to what the song can be or the length of the song. I am able to cut the song at my own discretion if I feel that the song is too long for the file (e.g. the song is 12 minutes long and the interesting part is in the middle 2 minutes). If you know specifically what part of a song you want to be stepped, please let me know or else I will chose my own cut. The difficulty of the file can be suggested, but if the difficulty suggested doesn’t match the song, then it will be brought to your attention.
Also, all first place winners should take a look at Choofers’ thread, as he has promised to make you an “OP” (opening theme). Take a look at this thread for more details on this prize.
Onto the results!
Division 1:
takumi000 – 1st place
DAMAN4 – 2nd place
Escha – 3rd place
akidaki – 4th place
TheThong – 5th place
Our first place winner takumi000 came a long way in this tournament, trailing in comparison to the rest of the pack for the first four rounds of the tournament. Somewhere along the way, he caught his stride as a player. Practice had finally made perfect – or, perhaps he was able to run down a long streak of luck. In any case, his tournament performance in the last half was very strong, sitting at the top of the pack for the last half of the tournament. Escha put on a serious fight during the round 6 tiebreaker of Eclipse, beating our champion in the round. takumi000 traded blows with DAMAN4 on the final round, grappling for position, but finally sealed the deal, rightfully claiming his first place prize. Well deserved win, takumi000, congratulations!
Division 2:
fenderg – 1st place
reuben_tate – 2nd place
magicturbo – 3rd place
ghost- – 4th place
i will pwn u – 5th place
After reuben_tate’s not-quite-SDG run on Jeanie and Caroline, many people thought that he had it in the bag; the Official Tournament predictions thread showed that same trend. Aside from a minor hiccup on Sunless Daybreak, it seemed like he was going to run strong straight to the finish. The intermediate division proved something to be true: expect the unexpected. Both ghost- and i will pwn u were looking strong on their round 7 songs, when they were both trumped in the last hours of the tournament by our 1st and 3rd place finishers, fenderg and magicturbo. In the final round, reuben_tate came off to an early lead, and fenderg responded back. After a bit of trading off, fenderg managed to hold the D2 favorite off. Congratulations, fenderg!
Division 3:
rayword45 – 1st place
AD4M-V – 2nd place
jgano – 3rd place
supermoe1985 – 4th place
The_Toymaker – 5th place
Division 3 never seem to have a clear-cut favorite. supermoe1985 was a favorite by a few forum members – others have had TS regular The_Toymaker out in the front lines. Later down the line, AD4M-V was mentioned as a favorite with his constant comebacks and clinches in danger. No one seemed to believe in rayword45 and jgano, until the last three rounds, where it really counted. rayword exploded out of the gates on round 6, being the only person to snag a perfect score on the round and securing a position to the top 5. In the round of 5, rayword, AD4M-V, and jgano really turned up the heat and showed everyone what they were made of, pumping out lower-end single digit goods. The final round was one to keep an eye on though, as position continued to switch back and forth. None of the players started off well, posting scores lacking a full combo. jgano was the first to break through and full combo the song, with a halfway decent good count. AD4M-V pushed past jgano, forcing him to improve once more. After trading a few blows, it looked like AD4M-V was going to take down the tournament with a sub-25 good run. rayword45 then came out of the shadows, and stuck it right to AD4M-V, beating him by 3 goods to take the tournament down for good. Our Division 3 champion had this to say after achieving his winning run: “Just to tell you, reading will save your life. I skipped the gym to read my ELA book, so my mom left and I decided to give the song a non-serious run. Which turned serious.”
Division 4:
YOSHl – 1st place
yo man im awesome – 2nd place
DarknessXoXLight – 3rd place
sjoecool1991 v2 – 4th place
hi19hi19 – 5th place
The Expert division generated a ton of attention. With three very well known female players in the mix, a hi19hi19 who was getting ridiculously low single digit good runs on his own FGO file, CammyGoesRawr, a huge underdog, and a few others who felt like they were (initially) poorly placed, like YOSHl, who had this to say about his placement “lol D4…*stands no chance*”, D4 was one division that many people had their eyes on. Right at the start, hi19hi19 was subtly complained about in certain areas of the site due to the constant barrage of strong FMO and FGO scores. No action was taken on his placement, and the tournament progressed with our top 5 constantly trading position on many songs. Just when everyone thought DarknessXoXLight was down and out for the count, she’d come back and claw her way into safety, and through to the next round. sjoecool1991 v2 and yo man im awesome showed some great improvement in consistency through their tournament scores and/or level ranks as well. One competitor came out in a blaze of glory in this competition. YOSHl, who was a huge underdog, is the biggest proof that the official tournament can bring out the best out of a player. Racking up 2,069 plays over the course of the tournament, YOSHl fought on every round until he got the score that he needed to survive, or, in the case of the last three rounds, the score that he desired. But no one could have predicted the score that YOSHl pulled out at the last hour of the final round; if there were any way to seal the deal, this would be the way to do it. Congratulations, YOSHl – you truly, truly deserve it.
Division 5:
Choofers – 1st place
Stage: – 2nd place
MikeShinoda12345 – 3rd place
justin_ator – 4th place
Coolboyrulez0 – 5th place
Our new Master division (in the context of there being a sixth division) had a pretty rocky line-up, with the difficulties pushing up and down as the rounds went on. Stage: made an impressive appearance to those who weren’t aware of his presence by posting a Jamais Deux missflag (perfection with a miss…what a shame). His tournament presence was just as powerful, keeping a relatively strong composure throughout the entire competition by maintaining single digit good scores or better up until the final round. Seasoned StepMania player Choofers also had a very strong run through the tournament, managing the same feat as Stage: did, keeping his scores to a single digit good or better for the first seven rounds. Our third place finisher, MikeShinoda12345, was relatively quiet and unmentioned throughout the tournament, but he trudged through the tournament with very solid scores, including an impressive round 7 score that would push him into the safe spot along with Stage:, and put Choofers right above the line with justin_ator and Coolboyrulez0 fighting to improve. Come round 8, Choofers immediately exploded out of the gates with a tournament-winning 15 good run on one of the most technical For Gurus Only files to date. Check out some replay footage here, or, take a look at the run caught on video here. Great job Choofers!
Division 6:
DossarLX ODI – 1st place
samurai7694 – 2nd place
leonid – 3rd place
TC_Halogen – 4th place
Xayphon – 5th place
And last but not least, we get down to the Guru division. A sixth division was added this time around in an effort to accommodate for not only a wide skill gap, but also to account for the amount of skill this division had. In previous tournaments, a few level For Masters Only AAAs would drag you into the Masters division. This time, you had to be very near a For Gurus Only AAA (or physically own one to your name) to qualify for this division. The predictions of the winner this year were unanimous – some going as far as saying that they should hand him the prize simply for entering. While the predictions did pan out correctly, and DossarLX ODI did win the tournament, it is very worthwhile to mention the other players who did something notable. Our second place finisher, samurai7694, beat out TC_Halogen on a round 7 tiebreaker to put up a ridiculous fight on the lunacy known as Rave7, ending the round with a single good. Our third place finisher, leonid, after constantly mentioning that he would not make it deep into the tournament, managed to fight hard enough to secure a position in the finals. Our 4th place finisher, TC_Halogen, managed to hold a perfect score through the first six out of eight songs, and our 5th place finisher, Xayphon, managed to hold a perfect score through the first five rounds. Congratulations to DossarLX ODI for doing what we all expected, and a second set of congratulations to samurai7694 for putting on one of the greatest fights in FFR official tournament history – you definitely kept everyone on the edge of their seats, and no spectator can ask more of you than that.
Special thanks goes out to all of the simfile artists who made this tournament possible with their content! Without your help, this tournament wouldn’t have all new songs! Thank you guys so much!
- TC_Halogen, psychoangel691, FFR Staff
Want to discuss song difficulties?
A new year and a new subforum added to our vast library of reading/posting areas available here at FFR!!
We welcome to General Talk, the FFR Difficulty Subforum. A place dedicated to debating/deciding the difficulties of our many borderline files in-game. We would highly recommended viewing the Guidelines Sticky and other examples of acceptable posting before making any new threads, as they are checked by our moderation team before being made public for users to discuss.
If debating the actual fine lines between the existing difficulties is more your thing, there is also a place to make your suggestions to the thread for Difficulties of in game songs. These suggestions and votes will be collected and will hold weight in determining if songs get bumped up, down or remain at their current difficulty rating. So if you have an opinion, now is the best time to voice it!
Happy New Year, and have fun exploring our new subforum!!
~ nois-or-e & the FFR Forum Staff
FFR Official Tournament: Finals
This is it – the moment everyone has been waiting for. All of the competition, the struggle, and the hype, has lead up to this moment. Those of you who have made it to this round – you have the luxury of saying that you made it to the end. You’ll also be adding at least one support token to your name, as well as a profile badge with your placement on it. There’s a lot to be proud of.
However, the fate of two Guru division players has not yet been decided. A struggle on round 7 has ended with TC_Halogen and samurai7694 in a stalemate. Both ended the round with three goods. In just 24 hours, one of them will make their first FFR official tournament final round.
Division 6 – Round 7 3rd place Tiebreaker: do i smile?
TC_Halogen vs. samurai7694
Anyone who was in the top division of the Dragons Fury tournament will more than likely wince at the mention of this question. do i smile? by t+pazolite is fairly similar to other t+pazolite songs, with a very fast pace of 250 BPM. However, it pulls a fast one by taking gradually increasing the pace from 250 all the way up past the 2000 BPM mark. It takes a speed demon to stream past 275 BPM, but to hold 320 BPM 16ths constant into a wall of quarter notes that pushes past 30 notes per second is nothing short of an act of lunacy. Credit goes to _.Spitfire._ for this brutally high For Gurus Only File.
In addition to the Guru division tiebreaker, we also have to settle a 4th place tie in the Advanced division, between The_Toymaker and supermoe1985.
Division 3 – Round 7 4th/5th place Tiebreaker: Treasure Planet
The_Toymaker vs. supermoe1985
Initially planned to be used in Division 5 of the official tournament, Treasure Planet by Renard (as Adraen) is a fast paced, level 11 difficulty file by megamon88. Treasure Planet’s chart utilizes the song’s intensity to create a very fast and overall relentless chart that features very fast streams and broken jumpstreams, as well as some occasional hard-to-hit bursts. In addition to a typical megamon chart, triples have been added for the noticeably loud cymbal crashes.
For the rest of you guys – REMEMBER: All scores for this tournament are recorded automatically. See the tournament dashboard to see how you’re doing in comparison to your opponents!
Division 1: Throwing Fire
Our remaining contenders: takumi000, DAMAN4, Escha
The Beginner division has seen a really wide range of files at the start of this tournament. When this tournament began, you opened out the tournament with a Standard level file. At round 7, you were sitting in the Challenging difficulty. Did any of you expect to make it this far after not being able to get a perfect score on the first two rounds? Look at you now – you beat out all of the perfectionists with your constant increases in skill. And now, you three will fight it out one last time, on Throwing Fire by Ronald Jenkees. Throwing Fire is a 9 on FFR’s 13 point scale. Veteran simfile author who_cares973 brings a very technical file that tests rhythmic detail and accuracy in an attempt to follow free-form synth melodies, while following an active percussion line in the background. Round 7 may have been quite a bit faster in terms of speed, but this song pushes a ton of different patterns, including some quick bursts, and triples as well. Good luck!
Division 2: Fish Hell
Our remaining contenders: reuben_tate, magicturbo, fenderg
Wow! Talk about last minute clinching! Both fenderg and magicturbo secured their positions in the final round with less than two hours to go. Because of those last minute improvements, you both get to face off against each other and reuben_tate on Fish Hell, by OSTER Project. Fish Hell is a Very Challenging rated file by megamon88 that builds on the focus of multiple techniques from last round and adds even more. While this file focuses a bit more on jacks than last round did, it also adds more length, and heavier layering too. You’ll be facing a lot more jumps this time too, not to mention a bit higher of a step count.
Division 3: SOLROS
Our remaining contenders: AD4M-V, rayword45, jgano
And we’re down to three! Congratulations to our finalists for making it to the round of three. The only things that stand in the way of you being Division 3 champion are your opponents, and SOLROS. SOLROS, by Grand Thaw is a FMO difficulty level song charted by FFR R1 simfile judge, iironiic. In an effort to close out the tournament, SOLROS swoops in and tests every skill – tons of 24th bursting, quite a few bits of 24th note trilling, a ton of complex rhythms, runningmen, bits of stream, jacks, and more. If you’re looking for any sort of technique to give yourself an advantage against your opponent, I’m sorry to inform you that there simply isn’t one – it’s a technical masterpiece.
Division 4: Music (For Kirby)
Our remaining contenders: YOSHl, yo man im awesome, DarknessXoXLight
Last round had quite a bit of argument in terms of file difficulty, with people saying that Ziergdsx’s chart for Tsugihagi Construction simply wasn’t hard enough to be a For Gurus Only difficulty. This file more than makes up for that. Music [for anything that's a pink vacuum (or to be short, for Kirby)] by Yosk! is a For Gurus Only file by FFR’s one and only bmah. This file is a considerable spike from last round, featuring a massive stream section that’s equal to about the speed of Reality, as well as some dense and long-distance jumpstream, and climaxes with one huge potentially combo-breaking difficulty spike: a ton of 16th note jacks following a repeating piano. Not so easy anymore, huh?
Division 5: Scrap Syndrome
Our remaining contenders: Stage:, MikeShinoda12345, Choofers
We’re turning down the song speed quite a bit, but increasing pattern difficulty ten-fold (not really, but this file is still pretty rough). Scrap Syndrome marks the 5th appearance of Yuuyu in FFR (and in this tournament!), and this time, Yuuyu returns to the game with a vengeance. TC_Halogen turns up the heat with a brutal For Gurus Only File that requires speed, demands burst control, and requires stamina to survive. Running over 3 minutes with 2400 steps, this file carries an average near twelve and a half notes per second. To make matters worse, there are many bursts within the file that cannot be cheated. Conquer this file, and you’re worthy of D5 champion.
Division 6: Rave7
Our remaining contenders: DossarLX ODI, leonid, (round 7 tiebreaker winner)
And then, there’s the Guru division. After Husigi Usagi Milk Tei, surely things can’t get any tougher, can they? Wrong – they can. Rave7, by DEV/NULL is a clear demonstration of when a 12 point rating simply isn’t enough. Rave7 is FFR’s 5th FSO (For Stepmen Only, level 13) file, only sitting up with the ranks of Reluctantly Accepting Overexhaustion, Death Piano, Metro, and Vertex BETA vrofl. Opening with huge streams of 200 BPM 24th runs to bring the pain, Rave7 continues to assault you 200 BPM 16th runs mixed in with various 24th and 32nd bursts, without the runs letting easily. FFR hasn’t experienced a file like this in quite some time. Credit goes to hi19hi19 for bringing a file this insane to life.
Who’s going to wind up on top? We’ll find out in just one week. Stay tuned.
– TC_Halogen, psychoangel691, FFR Staff
Happy New Year, 2012!
Happy New Year everyone!
At the end of the last year, the Chrismas cross-event between Thirdstyle was done and FFR official tournament is going now, and we have another new song event for the new year today.
As well as the last year’s releases, we have some BEER songs today.
Here’s a list of today’s songs.. ALL of BEER songs are stepped by bmah, as always.
This year’s songs are relatively easier than the last year’s ones, overall.
beer(party)tune by valentia (bmah) – Hip-Hop (Hip-Hop) / Tricky / 1:29
BEER? FOR BATHING!! by LU (bmah) – Purchased (Drum’n Bass) / Challenging / 2:01
The price of BEER? FOR BATHING!! (credits) is the same with the number of this year.
We’ll have another song as a Token, so we’ll inform you in this article when it is added.
Enjoy your new year’s vacation!
*UPDATED* – sorry for the delay, now the token is officially added.
Get positive scores on all four BEER songs then check levelrank.php to get You Gotta B-E-E-R!.
~FFR Simfile Team
