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It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year! AGAIN!

For those who were around at this time last year, you’ll remember the 12 days of FFRmas event that we ran, with 1 new song a day for 12 days leading up to Christmas. Well, we’ve come a long way since then. I had to beg and scrap to get those 12 files finished on time. Now, we’ve got well over 100 songs waiting in queue to get into the game. Including widgets, around 600 songs have been added to FFR in the past 12 months. Insane, given there were only about 200 added in the first 4 years.

So today is December 14th, exactly 12 days before Christmas (including the 25th). Since we have so many songs to choose from, and since we did 1 a day last year… We decided to up the stakes a bit. This year, expect a random number of new songs each day (between 2 and 4). So 24 to 48 new files over 12 days. I can tell you that there are 28 different stepfile authors represented in this event and 32 different musical artists. Unbelievable! [Allsongs were selected randomly from the queue, using random.org, with a tiny amount of tweaking on days 11/12 to weed out repetition]
It’s a bit of a pain to place songs in the proper location, so all songs will be placed in Hip-Hop for the duration of the event. After it is over, I’ll move them to their permanent homes. Anyway… Enough of the history and nostalgia. Let’s get on with today’s songs!

Only 2 today, but they’re quality. Forsaken Neon is an extremely high-tempo techno song by Dimrain47 and stepped by Rebirth0. It is a whopping 230BPM, which poses all kinds of framer issues. There were 2 3-framers in the file, but I tweaked them to 4. A total of 29 4-framers in the finished file. It’s a 10 in difficulty. The other song today is Teh Tricky Techno, a short Popeye-esque techno song by old-school artist DJ RageVI and stepped by Xandertrax. Pretty catchy tune and amusing stepfile that I think is a 9. It has jumptrills and 24th rolls worked into some fun 16th stream patterns.

Enjoy, and look forward to another 11 days of awesome stepfiles and songs! Check the official thread for discussion
-Tass

Will You Marry Me Crystal?

(Below is a request from one member to another on FFR. I wish the both of you guys the best of luck. – Synthlight)

I met Crystal (Luckelizard) earlier this year, and I have to say, it was the single greatest moment of my life. I’m hoping for an even happier moment with her soon. She has blessed me with a family, and for the first time I feel like I truly belong somewhere and have found meaning in my life.

We have had a topsy turvy relationship that I feel has made us grow closer through hardship. I hope that together we can have a brighter future, and strive together to achieve our dreams. Crystal, I look forward to growing old with you, and seeing what our future holds for us together

Will you marry me?

Love,

Chris (Forlorn Radiance)

EDIT: She said yes (comment #8).  Congrats to both of you from all of us at FFR.

Post Turkey Day Super Excitement Token

Listen up you bloated turkey eating fools. At some point today there will be a new token released. Clues will follow. Leave no link unturned.

Cheers,

Synthlight

*EDIT* – Haven’t found anything yet? It’s not difficult, just go back like in the old days and visit an admin’s profile.

*EDIT by Tass* – Since most people have said Synth’s clue is too vague, I’ll provide you with my suggested hint: “Visit the ghost of tokens past.”  Hopefully between Synth’s clue and my hint, you’ll be able to piece it together. 

Dashboard Confessional is Onboard

As the realm of FFR artists expands, we are continually amazed by the bands that are stepping in and giving us permission for both the widgets and the game. To say the least, I was nearly knocked out of my chair when Dashboard Confessional was confirmed by their label Vagrant Records. Definitely a fantastic addition here. I will keep this short because I know you all know who Dashboard Confessional is. Enjoy the easy levels and fear not, difficult levels are right around the corner. I will post an update link when the widget goes live on the Dashboard myspace page.

Pickup the FFR Dashboard Confessional widget if you would enjoy showing off to your friends.

Cheers,

Synthlight + Secret Magical Elf Helpers

Angels & Airwaves Autographed Merchandise (FFR Contest/Giveaway)

In case you guys didn’t know (how could you not?) The Angels & Airwave’s album hit stores today. Because it was so well received at FFR and played so often, we were able to work with Tom and the rest of the band to provide 2 autographed posters and 2 autographed CDs to a few lucky fans. Did I mention the A&A widget has been played over a million times?

I can’t decide if this is a contest or a giveaway. Honestly, it’s one of those contests that are so easy that it is basically a giveaway. By easy I mean it only takes about 30 seconds to be eligible.

Here is how you do it: Simply click on the “share” button in the upper right hand corner of the widget in order to embed the widget on your myspace. You then need to leave a comment or PM on the Angels & Airwaves Myspace Page letting them know that you have added their widget. Easy right? Of course.

Within about 48 hours, a rep of the band will tell us who the winner is and we will announce them in a front page story here at FFR. They will ship the autographed merchandise directly to you.

So if you have ever been a fan of Tom Delonge (formerly of Blink 182) or if you think Angels & Airwaves kicks some major ass, here is your chance to get autographed merchandise. This contest is exclusive through FlashFlashRevolution.

Cheers,
Synthlight

*NOTE* You may have noticed 3 more Angels & Airwaves levels added to this widget as well – JasonKey

Game Recording & Playback

Last night I hinted at a new major feature that will be hitting FFR. We are still putting the final touches on the feature but I figured you guys deserved to know what we are up to.

As the title says, you will be able to record your games and play them back. As a matter of fact, you will be able to let anyone view a level you just played by simply linking them to it or letting them click on it within your profile.

How many games will you be able to record and save? Right now we are planning on unlimited. You won’t need to download anything or configure something special. You will simply be able to save your game after you are done and everything is stored in the database automatically.

We have to make absolutely sure that this feature works before we release it. So we are looking at 1 day.. maybe 2.. maybe 3 at most until we are able to wrap it up. It all depends on how the bug hunting goes between Xelius, myself and the rest of team (including subscribers).

Cheers,

Synthlight

Shop Much? We Just Made Your Life Easier

Today we released a fix for the shop within FFR that allows you to properly scroll through the songs and obtain any song you would like in whatever order pleases you. Just clear cache / refresh, load the game and then click on the “shop” button.

I know this fix has been a long time in the works but we have many projects and deals we are working on. Xelius was the guy who was able to pull this one off effectively. He always comes to the rescue when I get sucked away by business. Big thanks go out to him and his abilities.

Xelius also has altered our multiplayer backend to makes some speed improvements and gave it a bit of a tune up. His custom extensions continue to improve our lives here.

We are also working on profiles and the forum today (as we were yesterday). New features expected in both.

Cheers,

Synthlight, Xelius and many many others

Forums Being Upgraded

While we try and upgrade a few things on the site this morning, I invite the user Darkmindz to hit me up on AIM.

Cheers,

Synthlight

FFR Meets almost FFR Hair

JasonKey was strolling through the profiles late Friday night (ok, early Saturday morning) and wandered upon this fine example of DJ Swabber’s FFR Hair + FFR Shirt. Ok ok, You can argue that a majority is purple but you must award bonus points for the attempt at FFR blue. That is dedication if I have ever seen it.

It makes me wonder what would happen if we sent her a custom neon green or orange FFR shirt.

Big thanks goes out to DJ_Swabber for posting this image up in her profile.

If you think you have some front page worthy photos, use the contact us link at the bottom of the page to let us know. There is nothing quite as fun as showing off in front of 100,000+ people per day.

Synthlight, JasonKey and the madness of FFR