{Colossus}, Melonman, Hatten 2, Distant Land… Tass was too lazy to find an amusing title that worked all four of those together.
Yesterday we released Distant Land and Hatten Carnival! v2. Those songs are by Hoisin Sauce (aka, Toph.) and DJ Sharpnel, respectively. Hatten Carnival! v2 is an easier version of v1; no 24ths, many less jumps and 16ths. Many of you have said we don’t need a v2… and we probably didn’t NEED one, but I liked hi19‘s file for it so much that I felt we could have 2 versions. I just goofed and put the harder one in the game first. To unlock… pass v1 (Dance2) with 550+ perfects.
Distant Land pretty much sounds like the opening/ending of Digital Explosion’s Hardcore of the North… so it was only appropriate that we used HotN as the unlock song for it. Stepfile is by Brilliant Dynamite Neon. I rated it a 9 for its 16th streams and 24th bursts throughout the song. To unlock Distant Land, get 700+ combo on Hardcore of the North (Token) with 2 or less misses, 0 or 1 boos, 0 or 1 averages, and 20 or less goods.
Today’s 2 are {Colossus} by cornandbeans and Melonman’s OP by DJ_Ossa. The stepfile for Melonman’s OP is by hi19hi19, and is For Masters Only for its 200bpm 24ths and alternating 16th jumps, which give it 94 4-framers in only 1:50. To unlock, AAA or BlackFlag (1 good FC with 0 averages or boos) Jurs OP (Classic) 3 times in a row.
{Colossus} is another original by my main CnB. It clocks in at 3:37 and has sections of 8ths, 16th triplets, and sections of varying bpm 16th stream. because of these factors and length, I rate it a 9. To unlock, pass {Red Alert} (Misc) with 300+ combo and 450+ perfects. Stepfile by SulferDragon.
Enjoy… as tomorrow is the last day of Skill Token Month
-Tass
PS – Start the hype… August is NEW USER SKILL TOKEN MONTH!
Shipped out of Funk
Small update… moved a few songs out of funk. Speed Kitty to Dance, Nice Nice Noise to Misc and Hatten Carinval, Dokudenpa, and Prison Break into Dance2.
Dokudenpa will be available as the public SotW in about 6 hours. It’s located between dot death and {Rose}. The song is quite famous/popular in the SM world, thanks to a file by Skor about 3-4 years ago. It’s by Sharpnel, so it has that J-Core sound to it. But, instead of the well known constant stream, stepfile author Macgravel decided to change it up and be original. So don’t expect many streams in this file, just lots of triplets and jumps. Few 4-framers, as the bpm is 188. Low 10 footer, because of length and the 4-framers.
Also now available in Funk is today’s subscriber SotW… the long awaited FFR simfile debut of DigitalS3r4ph. The song is Secrets and Lies, a video game sounding original song by Rushjet1. Has that old Castlevania 8-Bit sound from the NES days.
And don’t forget about LoveHateHero’s Embedded Player. Check them out, now on tour!
Scary Kids Scaring Kids, hooked on FFR. Plus Skill Tokens 68 and 69!!
In other news, I went to Warped Tour yesterday (Friday). In case you dont know what Warped is, basically its a huge U.S. Tour of mostly rock/screamo/hardcore bands. Its one full day, per city, of nonstop music. Even if you’re not into this kind of music, i still recommend going next summer. Anyways, point of this? I recieved FFR shirts to personally deliver to Scary Kids Scaring Kids. So I met with them and got a few pictures with them. Expect more from SKSK and FFR in the near future! And check out The World As We Know It in the Rock genre.
Off like a prom dress to more concerts,
Skill token update….
Made in Innocent is a song by TaQ, and in this version is remixed by Onoken. Stepfile is by dore. It’s 120bpm, but is mostly 24th gallops, so it feels like 180bpm. I rated it a 9 overall; 0 4-framers, but 24ths always tend to throw me off a bit, like Ruins or Amefuri. To unlock, get 9 or less goods on each of these 3 songs (and Full Combo!): Below the Surface, Save Me, and Parachute. Gotta do them all in a row, in that order. And double check your profile’s last 10 games played after each game to make sure it recorded properly!
Kyuin is our 9th and 2nd to last song in the massive chain. It is a long J-Pop song by MOSAIC.WAV, and to me, sounds strikingly similar to Love Cheat! Stepfile is by hi19hi19… and to paraphrase his description of the song/file… it’s a very annoying 4 minute long song, but the file to it is quite good nonetheless. I rated it an easy 11, For Masters Only, because of its length and 153 4-framers. It will be a challenge to FC for most. Then again, it’ll be an even bigger challenge for most just to access it in the first place. Step one is to unlock Mou Uta Shika Kikoenai (forever abbreviated to Mou Uta). From there, you need to not only Full Combo it, but get 4 or less goods in the process.
Have Fun!
-Tass
LoveHateHero – FFR’s 2nd Embedded Player
Shortly after seeing Making April’s embedded FFR player was added to their page, LoveHateHero was quick to want one on their myspace as well. LoveHateHero is a melodic mix of hardcore, screamo and even some metal, signed to Ferret Music since late 2005. The band has had their trials of ups and downs, including major US tours and new band members. Earlier this year, the band released their most recent CD “White Lies”, which can be found just about everywhere.
LoveHateHero is now the second band to have an embbeded flash player on their myspace. Included on the player are Red Dress, Amity, and Goodbye My Love. Files were by Talisman and BEN.(SPEIRS) 7.5. Not on the player is a harder version of Red Dress, by MeaCulpa. These four songs will be released onto FFR in a few days.
-DrugstoreCowboy and Tasselfoot
Better Late Than Never, Right? #66 and #67, plus SotW’s
Real quick, as I’m tired and want to go to bed… these were all added hours and hours ago, if you checked the Skill Token page.
Cold Breath is a Shiki song, well known in the SM circles. Steps are by Rebirth and are full of 200bpm 8th jacks. 77 4-framers, mostly clumped together. Fun song though and quality steps. Low to mid 10 footer. Easy req, comparatively. Get 600+ combo on Mercury Lamp (Dance2) with 3 or less misses and 3 or less boos (yes, you must pass).
FFR Embeddable Widget hits Facebook
Fast update to the FFR Widget, user MalDON has helped us out by building a solid FFR based application up on Facebook. You can embed the FFR Widget Application by simply installing it and it will show up on your profile.
Hopefully we will see a build of SpinItUP! up there soon too, if things go well. Give us your feedback and look forward to some additional features made available as well with the widgets overall. Make sure to give MalDON props for his hard work!
Chips,
#64 and #65 – Stunt Flying & Prelude to Rites
Stunt Flying (Sanxion7 Mix) is a remix of a song that is apparently by a Dr. Flowershirts, but I can’t find any information about the original besides via Saxxonpike’s site. Cool song, overall. Many of you may know it from StepMania. File is by Silver_Brian. I rated it an 8 for its streams at 142bpm, but I’m thinking it might be a 7. To unlock, play another Saxxonpike song, Palindrome, and Full Combo it.
FFR Embeddable Version 1
I will make this quick and easy for everyone. Yesterday we announced the SpinItUP!2 Embeddable Widget. Everyone loved it but everyone kept asking “Where is the FFR Embeddable Widget?”.
Well I am glad to say that the FFR Embeddable Widget is also ready to deploy. The base version has 7 common and recognizable songs from FFR. In the near future we will also allow you to pick the song or songs that you want to display in the embeddable version. This will be a product that we continue to expand continously. You can find the embedded player code for myspace, facebook and your personal pages by visiting the FFR Embeddable Widget Page. Enjoy! More to be released very soon with this player!
We will also be promoting another new band for FFR embeddable version tomorrow night! Don’t miss it!
Enjoy,
-Tass and that Synthlight guy.
Sail AwaY To A Chinaman – #62 and #63
Chinaman is another completely unique song by Torley Wong, in a way that only Torley can do songwriting. Stepfile is by our resident unique music guy, pokelda. I rated it a 7 for its 1 unique roll section that is a bit difficult, probably a 6 for the rest of the file. Almost 3 minutes long too. Fairly easy req too, just get a 700+ combo on the song Prototypical, found in Misc.
Sail AwaY is an interesting story, as are so many of our simfiles. First, it’s by resident in-house musician Draigun. You can listen to his music here. What makes this interesting is that we’ve received more submissions on this song than any other. By a large margin. In one testing batch we had SEVEN submissions for this song… not to mention a few submissions for it in other batches. Basically, this means you will not find a better stepfile for this song, period. We’ve been through about 10 of them total, and this one rose to the top. It’s by hi19hi19 and it beat out files by Rebirth0, jimerax, macgravel, and more. To unlock this song, you need Full Combos on 3 fairly similar 8th note stream songs from 3+ years ago. FC Secret Zombie Room (Secret), Massive (Dance1), and Breaking the Common (Dance1) in a row to unlock Sail AwaY.
Enjoy,
-Tass and that Synthlight guy.
