Animarathon 2008: FFR Strikes Back
Hee, hee. This convention picture never gets old. I’m breaking it out this time, though, because I’ve received our room reservation verification for this year’s Animarathon event. Those who were around last year may remember our presence at the event and this year we’ll be around once again for more anime-video game-cosplay-pizza mayhem that users will never forget.
Currently, details are pretty scarce as to who exactly will be present at the event and what we will be offering this time around, but keep checking back as details are made available. Thanks to a prompt notice this year, you have nearly three full months to prepare your Animarathon journey, so no excuses this time! Feel free to discuss the event at the official Animarathon convention thread in the FFR Forums and keep an eye on it in the next couple of months to see the details as they unfold.
BGSU Animarathon – Bowling Green, Ohio – Saturday, March 29
Word Games and some updates. Gimmie a Stickie!
Likely most of you have noticed in the profiles the Word Scramble. Additionally, you have likely seen that the behavior of the block for them has changed. We have another 2 word games coming online hopefully this week, after going through testing with the staff and FFR Subscribers of course 
Also, we have a new FAQ in testing with more info going into the FAQ than ever before. That old FAQ (current) has needed an update like forever ago. Nestlekwik is working his fingers off in the new one as well.
Finally, regarding the profile entertainment, I will send out 1 – 5.5×5.5 FFR Guy Sticker for the first 10 (ten) users that post a Random Thought in their profile that makes me giggle, and has a title of “FFR Stickers Make My Bumper Look Better“. Make sure its exactly that text or I won’t find it either!
I will comment and post the winners here. Winners to be announced at 11:30pm EST, so that gives you over an hour.
Anything good is accepted, just don’t spam it up senselessly .. and if I find a really good one, might send out a shirt to that user too. Profile styles that make my time even more interesting will always help too
Will post again as this goes forward.
Creative Genius Is In
A ton of interesting responses out there. Some even scary. However, the ones that gave me the biggest .. or oddest chuckle are as follows:
MystictheHedgehog (Simplicity made me laugh)
WolfXhunter (MWC Makes me laugh)
Cyanite (The single most bizarre McD Evah!)
bluguerrilla (For interesting honesty)
zajac (Mr Coke for the win)
Nyokou (Who doesn’t love halloween)
Jinxed_Phantom(I love dew)
Brian Inc (For the poet award)
MrMagic5239 (For his start of a self help group)
Drugstore Cowboy (For Video Skillz .. yessir! Made me laugh!)
Finally .. I find the image that is destined for avatars all across the internets!
EnR (Oh yes .. Tass Thong for the win!) Sticker and Shirt!
PM me names and addresses where I can mail these out and I will nag you later to get photos of where you put these stickers up We want to see the love!
Stickies are not just for the FFR Forum
The holidays were a little (LOT) over the top and a lot insane for the FFR Staff. With that in mind, and since we are mostly settling back in, I thought it would be a good time to have some fun. Hope you all know how to work on and configure your profiles 
Watch for another post tonight regarding some updates. Consider this your early hint of things to come.
Spin It Up Rolls Into 2008
While it’s tough times for the kwikster, who is getting all of his wisdom teeth pulled tomorrow, it’s party time for Spin It Up fans who get a triple taste of songs in advance. Since I’m not sure how Tuesday will go since I’ll be stuffed like a turkey with gauze, not only do you get Saturday’s spinfile and not only do you get the public announcement of a song that’s secretly been tucked in the game for almost a month, but at absolutely no charge, you’ll also receive Tuesday’s file of the day two days early!
First up is Smitty’s Downfall, a song that switches up tempos from a ballad of synth to piano intervals, by DrugstoreCowboy, which I snuck into the game in mid-December without telling anybody. The spinfile by MixMasterLar is located in difficulty level 5. Make sure you stop by DrugstoreCowboy’s site and give his works a listen so he can freak out even more about his hits and number of listeners.
Fresh off the tree are the songs Spicy Curry OC Remix by djpretzel and Geno’s Forest 8-Bit Rock by XBrav. Spicy Curry is a delicious spin off of Dhalsim’s stage theme from Street Fighter II, featuring a spin-filled difficulty level 4 file by MixMasterLar. Coolboyrulez0 nets his first solo addition to the game with a bit of a tricky level 5 file, which pays homage to Super Mario RPG’s action figure turned hero.
Spin It Up players will be pleased to know the multiplayer is once again functional, and those who haven’t been following the difficulty changes should visit the official Spin It Up forum. Until then, wish me luck and have fun spinning.
Word Scramble – New Profile Feature!
If you’ve seen some funny-looking letter combinations in your profile, it’s not because we’re horrible spellers, but rather, FFR profiles now feature Scramble, a simple, yet addictive game that requires players to decipher strings of letters into a word which matches the given clue.
Currently, 450 words and phrases are Scramble ready, ranging from easy to insane in difficulty, with more and more being added in every single day, so keep watch for updates to raise your score. Currently, Scramble keeps record of your personal lifetime score as well as a top 10 ranking located in the Scramble window, so rack your brain and shoot for the top 10!
Subscribers have had access to the game for about a week now and if anyone is having trouble loading the game now, some updates were made, so try clearing your cache and refreshing the page.
Above all, please have fun with the addition and if you experience problems or have suggestions for the game, let us know in the FFR suggestions forum.
From everyone at FlashFlashRevolution.com
Happy New Years
Hope your holidays went well and hope that 2008 treats you all as well as you deserve. We very much appreciate you support in 2007 and look forward to even better things in 2008!
JasonKey and all the rest
Nestlekwik 2007 Credit Finale
All the work has been done and now New Year’s Nestle is ready to throw around some credits! First up, as always, here are the sponsors for the contest: lightdarkness, le dwix, DarkProdigy, flipsta_lombax, Clipso, arrekusuof93, Sunako_Nakahara_Girl, gigahead, Ponygonpwns, deadpony, St_Samples, videogamedued123, erwilzei, Jinxed_Phantom, colt.45 and Roy Campbell.
Happy New Year as these users now have some serious credit bankroll to start off 2008:
Grand prize winners (90,000 credits each)
kjwkjw, crazydavea3, omgitznpv, darkjade67 and reiss101
Runner-up prize winners (75,000 credits each)
Mezo, St_Samples, et89, three17s and ac2539
Third-tier prize winners (60,000 credits each)
nkenta, Axe_Effect64, rollinholy, LLaMaSaUceYup and Maxruler
Fourth-tier prize winners (45,000 credits each)
dragon_head, Xx{Midnight}xX, razormage123, ty77le77r77 and 25thhour
Fifth-tier prize winners (30,000 credits each
Crazy_hyper, Bangcrashboom, DarkManticoreX2, buuman0 and Danrainbow6
Congratulations to all winners! I will begin transferring the credits as soon as I officially recognize midnight in 9 minutes. I will also be keeping tabs on the secondary contest going on as the night progresses. Please have a happy and safe New Year’s celebration and we’ll see you next year!
Spin It Up 2007 Final: Party Time!
Thanks to Internet issues, the final Spin It Up additions for the year are a day late, but with the final 2007 update, you’ll be happy to know that six new songs are in-game and ready to go!
With New Year’s on the horizon, most people will be joining up with others to celebrate the turning of the calendar, and for today’s update, our spinfile artists have united to produce six collaboration spinfiles:
The Wait is Over! by KungFuChicken – difficulty level 5 by Jugglin-Lar
Crimson Crescent by Xi – difficulty level 7 (located in 6 due to game issues) by Sulfer-bmah
Amefuri Konako by Nekomimi Mahoutsukai – difficulty level 8 (located in 6 due to game issues) by Lar vs. -kitsune-
Almost at the End (SiU Edit) by MixMasterLar – difficulty level 2 by MixMasterLar–kitsune-
Ievan Polkka by Otomania feat. Miku – difficulty level 5 by Zero-Lar
Airman Remix by 586rick – difficulty level 5 by SulferDragon-Coolboyrulez0
Through December alone, 38 new spinfiles have been introduced in-game, with a total of 76 songs added since September! We will be returning to our normal addition schedule beginning Saturday, Jan. 5, and we look forward to your continued support of Spin It Up.
Free Fat’s Sabobah Album Available Now!
Interested in a little free music after the holidays? Resident on-site music artist The Fat’s Sabobah has posted a treat in the forum in the form of a free album featuring nine full tracks. If you are interested in checking out The Fat’s Sabobah’s latest works, head over to the free album thread in the FFR forums and give it a download. While you’re at it, The Fat’s Sabobah encourages you to spread the music to all of your friends! Enjoy and be sure to check out The Fat’s Sabobah’s work which is featured in both Flash Flash Revolution and Spin It Up!
