Spontaneous.. Contest.. #232
You have missed it, dreamed about it, thought about it while giving your dog oscar a trim.
Yes it’s back and tonight it will require a camera.
Prepare.. 7pm Central (8pm eastern)
Cheers,
Synthlight + madness
*EDIT – 5:30PM UPDATE* – The contest is now 1 and 1/2 hours away. Please move your seats to the upright position and prepare for madness.
*EDIT – 6:00PM UPDATE* – The contest is now 1 hour away. Please put all trash in the trash bins.
2 new songs for this Sunday night
This time, we have 2 new unique songs, Ruins and Honolulu.
Both songs are essentially based on 12th or 24th notes (purple and pink arrows).
I think we didn’t have those kind of songs on FFR until now.
Ruins is a cool song by Yamajet, steps are by me. In my opinion this song is definitely one of his best songs, so I got permission from him and stepped. A fairly difficult file with many 120BPM 24th notes (the same speed as 180BPM 16th notes), especially trills and jumps at the end are tough. Difficulty rating of this song is 4.5/6 (Challenging).
Honolulu is a simple and hilarious song by Torley Wong, steps are by dAnceguy117, his first simfile for FFR. Mostly steps are 136BPM 12ths and overall a fun and intermediate file, still has some tricky parts with doubles and 24ths. We rated it as 3/6 (Tricky).
You can find both songs in Misc section.
Enjoy unique rhythms.
JX
Special Song Release: Celldweller’s Switchback FFR Edit
Independent Electronic-Rock artist Klayton of Celldweller has just prepared a special edit of his latest remix release for Flash Flash Revolution. “Switchback” (Klayton Revision) joins the existing FFR Celldweller songs “Stay WIth Me” (Unlikely) and “The Last Firstborn.” Celldweller’s music has already been introduced to tens of thousands of fans through FFR and now fans and newcomers alike can experience a brand new level while hearing new sounds from Celldweller.
This level will definitely be playable by just about anyone who wanders into FFR and would be a good song to move onto after you have graduated from songs like the Mario song or Trip to the Moon. But… For those of you looking for an insanely difficult challenge, we will be working up a V2 (only with Celldweller’s permission) and will be making one insane file (you have been warned).
I would like to thank Celldweller for making a special trip into the studio last week to hand edit this version of Switchback for FFR. It means a great deal to us that such an amazing artist can see the value in a game and community like FFR.
As a special thank you to the FFR community, Klayton has prepared a special sale of the Debut Celldweller album featuring “Stay WIth Me” (Unlikely) and “The Last Firstborn” for only $10 with Free Shipping. The sale is open to all FFR members and fans. Sale ends April 1, 2007. Please show your support to this amazing artist.
http://www.celldweller.com/2007/celldwellerffr.html
For more Celldweller info, music & merch visit:
http://www.celldweller.com/
http://www.myspace.com/celldweller
Before I forget, You can find the song in the Rock section. Enjoy! 
Cheers,
Synthlight
Song of the Week #1 – Air
Finally.. we have a Shiki‘s song on FFR, Air. It’s a really well-known song for those who play Stepmania, since a lot of people have stepped this song. FFR version of this song is stepped by Rebirth0, also very popular stepfile artist here. This is a full version so the length is 4:23 and has 1,940 total notes, steps are awesome and fairly tough with 178 BPM 16th streams and some bursts. Difficulty rate is 5/6 (Very Challenging), so it’s a really challenging song to Full Combo.
You can find this song in the 3rd page of Dance2 section.
Good luck.
JX
4x the fun on Tass’s day of birth
So, in honor of my birthday, I have added 4 new files for everyone. Why 4? Because 2007 marks the 4th time that I have shared my birthday with all of the fine folks on FFR. 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. My 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd birthdays. No link for 20th, as I really wasn’t posting on the forums then. And please do not bump the old topics… but feel free to read and enjoy them.
Onto the SONGS!
That is Fair is our first addition from Vospi, although expect a few more in the near future. It is of Very Difficult difficulty, having some 16th streams with 32nds mixed into it for fun. Great song all around and excellent steps by mass stepfile producer hi19hi19. It is located on page 1 of Dance2.
Aztec Templing is a remix by our very favorite DM Ashura. The original is by Hi-G. Quite unique in sound, and Very Challenging in difficulty, mostly because of the 205bpm 8th jumps that cause the jack bug to take effect. Oh well. This can also be found in Dance2, page 3. Stepfile by our other mass producer of awesomely quality files… Rebirth0.
Troglodytic Epica is our first song DJ Sane, who goes by Sane here at FFR. The song is Epic Trance, and has a larger than life sound that will keep you playing for all 4 minutes and 31 seconds. As with most of the files by dore, this one is not overly challenging, but the length alone makes it difficult. There is also one small jump-burst section that could prove a bit tricky. We rate it Difficult and you can find it on the last page of Dance.
Finally, we have {Blaze}, by highly popular cornandbeans. Stepped by Kit-, this file is a fun fix of jumps and stream. Fairly challenging, we rated it a high 4.5/6, or Challenging. If you enjoy the song {Rose}, you’ll love {Blaze}.
Thanks again to everyone here on this site. Without all of you guys, I wouldn’t be so motivated to do all the things that I do around here.
-Tass… little bit older, still working on getting wise.
Page Load Speed Increase
There should be a very significant increase in page loading speed for those of you who frequent places like the front page, site credits and especially the profiles. Sometimes the speed difference may be atleast 10X depending on how many avatars that page shows. Of course this not only helps people that use these pages but the site overall as the system load has dropped significantly as a result. Levels should load faster, forums refresh faster and a generally fresher feel to navigation.
Why is it faster? Because Mr. JasonKey found a way to change and greatly improve the loading and the lookup of the old profile code. Go send him a thank you on his profile or something.
Cheers,
Synthlight + Faster Site
2nd Official FFR Tournament: Round 2
Just a quick note for those in the tournament: Round 2 of the tournament started this past Sunday, and you have until this coming Sunday at 11 PM EST to submit a score.
You can find this round’s songs and matchups, as well as last round’s results, in this thread
in Brag Board.
Happy battling,
Shash
2 New Token Songs Released
So one of the most frequently asked questions concerning token is: “Can we have tokens that are related to Credits?”. The answer is yes. Today we present you with 2 new token songs to enjoy. If you can find them. They should be fairly easily figure out this time.
Don’t forget, it’s against the rules to post hints or their location on FFR itself. Failure to follow these rules results in a ban and all that other fun stuff.
Happy Hunting.
Cheers,
Synthlight + Blizzard conditions
Site Code Updates
You may notice a few oddities here and there tonight as we update some core components of the site. It shouldn’t be anything you notice but thought we would mention them just in case.
And now to make this news post a little more interesting… In the next 48 hours we will be adding atleast 2 more tokens to the site.
Cheers,
Synthlight
