3rd Official Tournament!!! Sign-ups NOW OPEN!
Hey Guys! Everyone has been dying to know what the story is with the 3rd tournament. Well, it is now officially starting. Signups will run from right now until Sunday evening, September 2nd, at Midnight EST. If you want to sign up, post in this thread. To note… you MUST have at least 150 games played to be able to sign up, otherwise we won’t be able to properly judge which division you belong in. You also can not sign up with a multi-account.
If you are not familiar with your tournaments, there are 4 divisions: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert. You do NOT signup for a specific division. Just post in the thread saying that you want to sign up and we’ll do the work to properly place you in the division. It’s THAT simple. Sprite- will be running the day to day aspects of this tournament, taking over for Shashakiro. Any larger disputes will come to me for final decisions. Each round of the tournament will last 1 week, and each round will be Free For All. No more worrying about having to play the #1 seed in your division in the 1st week… if you’re good enough to advance compared to the masses, you will!
Prizes have yet to be set in stone, but I can guarantee cash prizes to the top finishers in each division (most likely top 2 or 3) as well as subscriptions to the top 3 or 4 finishers in each division. Beyond that, the top8 in each of the 4 divisions WILL get access to the coveted Token 18, vROFL. And, I will likely be able to get some CDs as prizes as well from some of our new band partnerships. T-shirts are also possible prizes. I’ll have the full list set in stone within the next week or two… but as you can see, there are some great prizes!
Any other questions, please ask them here or in the thread and Sprite or myself will answer them. There are also more detailed explanations on how the tournament will run and the rules in the thread.
-Tass & Sprite-
Widgets Gone Death Metal! A Black Rose Burial
A Black Rose Burial is Flash Flash Revolutions very first hardcore/grindcore band to receive a widget. From the Cali Bay area, this band has been making music for over seven years. Although they are unsigned, don’t let that fool you. This band will bring you one of the hardest acts your ears can handle.
Currently, the “A Black Rose Burial” FFR Widget is up on their myspace, with only two of their songs. In the near future, look for another song or two added to the widget.
ABRB songs are only available on their myspace right now, but will be released onto FFR over the next couple of weeks. Make sure to give these guys some serious love!
Scary Kids Scaring Kids New Album, IN STORES NOW!
Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you all know that Scary Kids Scaring Kids brand new album was released today! Everyone should go pick up the self titled CD at your nearest Target or Best Buy. Make sure to check out their myspace for a couple of their new songs. And dont forget to play “The World As We Know It” located in Rock.
Also, stay tuned for Scary Kids Scaring Kids very own personal widget to be released onto their myspace in the next couple of weeks including brand new tracks off the new album! You can play the current version of the Scary Kids Scaring Kids FFR Widget, although keep checking back as we will be updating their widget when its release on their myspace.
Your friendly pharmacy of Rock,
-DrugstoreCowboy
SGX Widget Live
If you don’t know who SGX is by now, you probably have been sleeping somewhere in a closet for the past 5 years. Besides being an incredibly talented musician, he was one of the first to allow the use of his music on FFR along with ForGreatJustice, Antinomie, Chuk & Gek and a handful of others back in 2002. As a matter of fact, you should take a listen to the menu music in FFR sometime. You might find something you recognize.
So as you have guessed, we have built up quite a collection of SGX levels over the past 5 years. You can find them all in one nice neat little package right here:
or here:
Make sure you write him a little note thanking him for the years of enjoyment. 
Cheers,
Synthlight
A little Song of the Week catchup
Public Songs of the Week:
Mute City Remix is a mix of the Mute City levels of the game F-Zero. I’ve always been a big fan of the futuristic racing game, so I’m glad to see that we now have a song in game from it, courtesy of our very own KgZ. The stepfile is a rated a 10, Very Challenging, for it’s 24th bursts at 170bpm (255bpm 16ths, for those keeping track). The stepfile is a collab between SulferDragon and Brilliant Dyanmite Neon. So, basically, a song by an awesome artist and a stepfile by 2 rising young stepfilers… you can’t lose. But, well, there is 1 small catch. It’s a secret song, so you need 45,000 credits to play it. Believe me, it IS worth it!
If for some reason you don’t have 45k credits, don’t feel too bad! We still have a song for you from Friday. Mocha Ocean is a cute little tune by Yamajet. The song is short and sweet, coming it at 79 seconds long. Stepfile is by MeaCulpa and is rated a 4, Easy. You can find it on page 1 of Misc.
Finally, Sunday’s SotW is bbblow by Onoken. It’s a really snazzy Tribal Euro piece stepped by Rebirth0. I don’t really have much else to say about it, so I’ll use this space as filler to discuss the lint in my belly button. Check out Onoken’s site as well. You can find bbblow on page 1 of Dance2, as it is rated a mid-8, Very Difficult.
There are also 2 subscriber songs in Funk for the next 3 weeks. One was added Saturday, one this morning. Neither are that hard.
More fun to come,
-Tass
New Widget! Melodic sounds of Daniel Strider!
Hey guys. Been a few days since a new news post. We’d like to inform you of our newest myspace embedded player for Daniel Strider. Daniel’s comments for all of you: “Well, I’ve been playing music about 5 years, but more seriously for the past 3. I taught myself to sing and [to play] guitar. Now I’m working on piano and drums. I record everything myself because I find it hard to rely on other musicians. I think the thing that inspires me most are certain people I’ve met while trying to find myself in the time I’ve been playing.”
Again, big thanks to Daniel for letting us use his works. Currently, the levels are only available on his myspace, although we will be releasing them on FFR over the next few weeks. If you like what you hear, you can download both tracks for free off of his myspace.
Special classical song release – Tambourin Chinois
I think I haven’t written up a news post for a long time. Yes, special release today because Tass felt like doing it.
This song was composed by Fritz Kreisler (1875 – 1962) around 1910. Fritz was a great violinist as well as a composer and author. Ingame music is by me using the computer MIDI format. It is a short version and it has constant BPM (160 BPM) with many 24ths, 32nds, and jumps. It’s kind of a tricky song, we rate it low 5/6 (Very Challenging), despite being less than 70 seconds long.
Have fun with a violin piece.
Where Did My Forumz Go??!!??1?
If you guys head over to the forums… you’ll notice that they look a wee bit different. We’ve done a bit of work to re-model them so they’re more efficient. We combined a bunch of forums together and removed a few others. So check it out, let us know how you think it looks and any further suggestions we could make. Overall, it should allow everyone to navigate the forums much faster.
Enjoy,
-Tass
Secrets & Lies are Like Infinite Blue Glass
I have no idea what that means, but I don’t really care. A bit late, but the most recently released skill token is Like Glass by DJ Karbon, of World of Dreams fame. It’s definitely a unique sounding song, classified as Breakbeats. The stepfile is by Ben Speirs. To unlock this song that sounds like glass, pass Seattle’s Finest (Hip-Hop) with 50 or less goods, 40 or less averages, 40 or less misses, and 60 or less boos.
Yesterday’s public SotW is Secrets & Lies by Rushjet1. Rushjet is known for making video game remixes as well as original scores that are 8-bit sounding. Secrets & Lies reminds me of Castlevania, but is an original piece, and as it is not from a VG, it is in Dance2 instead of Arcade. Also I guess a strong case could be made for it being in Misc. Oh well. This file marks the first for highly regarded simfile author DigitalS3r4ph, aka Tsuka. Hopefully we’ll see more work from him in the future. The file is a 9/12 for its 150bpm 16ths with jumps.
There is also a new subscriber SotW in funk if you haven’t seen it yet.
Finally, a personal thank you to Veritas’s Jamie and Will for the wonderful little thank you package they sent me containing chocolates, a few Veritas stickers, and the Veritas EP. Once again, check out their level 5 Black Skulls in Rock as well as checking out their myspace and website.
-Tass
