Multiplayer Service Update
Today we are in the process of updating our multiplayer service and as a result it will be down for a few hours. We estimate our time of completion to be somewhere this afternoon. We are awaiting a new version of our software license.
Cheers,
Synthlight
*Edit, leaving now at 2pm Central on a train to the data center. We will be installing some new drives this afternoon*
FFR Tournament is over!
After eight long weeks of tournament play, the Official 2006 FFR R1 Tournament is finally over. After many tough matches, the winners from each division are:
Expert ($100):
Bahamut-X
Advanced ($80):
Akorn
Beginner ($70):
HansSky
Congratulations to all three of you for victory–PM me with your PayPal address to get your prize money.
Expect another tournament at some point in the coming months…and next time, I promise that signups will last for more than 12 hours. 
NOTE:
Also, you might have noticed some minor changes to a few songs in the game recently — some maintenance is being done on some of the songs to improve their sync, and fix noteskin glitches. Nothing fundamental about the songs will change though, don’t worry.
Happy FFR’ing,
Song of the Week: Sensorium
Well, it’s Monday, which means it’s time for another Song of the Week! This week we give you Sensorium, by MerKa. Stepped by Jimerax, it’s a relatively slow song (under 140 BPM), but makes up for this with plenty of 16th stream and jumpstream, so it’s still a challenge. Sensorium can be found on the first page of Dance.
Happy FFR’ing,
Server Updates
Tonight we are changing a few scripts and game elements in order to accomodate the recent increase in activity on the site. You may notice the game taken offline in small chunks lasting a few minutes. Please be patient while we make these updates as they will allow the site to run smoother and allow us to activate new features in the near future…
Cheers,
Synthlight + Hardware Wranglers
Minor Resonance Update and FFR Top 1000 Players
Two tidbits of news today. First off, in case any of you missed it we added a 20 Most Recently Uploaded Sims button within Resonance. That allows you Resonance fans to play the most recently uploaded playable sims. Give it a shot and send feedback if you have thoughts.
Secondly, and by popular demand, I did a little ol’ update to the Top 100 FFR Players page .. and created the FFR Top 1000 Players. Yessiree. Now if you didn’t see your name up there in that there old list of 100, I bet at least 1000 of ye can find yer names in this new list.
Additionally, to make sure everyone gets a looksee, I present you with the Top 10 as of today too.
| 1 | scottish | 2003-05-10 20:02:34 | 12,898,577,165 |
| 2 | Shashakiro | 2005-08-14 05:58:05 | 11,944,544,170 |
| 3 | zprime128 | 2005-08-21 22:22:55 | 11,191,691,330 |
| 4 | XXXsmittyXXX | 2005-07-12 10:11:47 | 10,392,220,610 |
| 5 | Tayfun | 2004-12-10 20:32:32 | 8,145,212,595 |
| 6 | Doug31 | 2004-04-26 11:00:46 | 7,582,929,825 |
| 7 | DJRiDDeR | 2003-09-19 17:27:40 | 7,481,799,455 |
| 8 | drummerlsu | 2004-04-27 14:11:16 | 6,712,761,105 |
| 9 | jimerax | 2003-10-04 21:38:53 | 6,634,918,735 |
| 10 | stlunatic0124 | 2003-10-08 05:40:07 | 6,596,824,000 |
Song of the Week Players Matched Up
As many of you may know, the FFR players have been playing this week’s Song of the Week – 20031023 hard and heavy. As a result, many of the competitors are now tied for the top spot of high score. The current Top 10 for 20031023 tells the tale as it were:
1 – dAnceguy117 – 1734450
2 – Shashakiro – 1734450
3 – Bahamut-X – 1734450
4 – scottish – 1734450
5 – Dynam0 – 1734175
6 – Lokfable – 1733900
7 – Loyal2Death – 1733900
8 – Exag0n – 1733625
9 – argo15 – 1733625
10 – Breach – 1733625
Often times it may seem that we focus in on only a few of our top players. However, n3v3rl4nd pointed out that it would be a good idea if we make an effort to mention other top players at FFR and put their names up in lights.
We generally do our best to listen to your suggestions. Always feel free to comment and give us feedback. We will do our best to make sure that your ideas are taken into consideration for future enhancements.
As promised,
Jason Key and the Advil Junkies
Song of the Week – 20031023 By DJ Sharpnel
As was mentioned, Shash & I (Tass) now have access to quickly upload new Songs of the Week. After a minor glitch this morning, we present you another excellent song from the collection of DJ Sharpnel (NSFW warning). 20031023 is upbeat and will prove to be a challenge to most players, although it is by far the easiest Sharpnel song on FFR. Stepped by Rebirth0, it is extremely fun and accurate to the song. You can find 20031023 on page 1 of Dance.
Note: Feel free to discuss in the forum as well – SotW – 20031023. (jk)
Have fun and happy finger dancing!
Cheers,
SpinItUP! Hello? Remember Me? Help is on the Way!
Quite a few tools were written this week that allow our level admins (Shashakiro & Tass) to modify and or add levels. This means these admins no longer have to sit around and wait for me and my lengthy conversion process to finish up over the course of a few days. Instead they can convert, compile and insert rather quickly all by themselves.
One of these tools is a level inserter for SpinItUP. The result of our testing is a new level for SpinItUP and hopefully numerous new levels from Shashakiro once he catches wind about this.
The new song in SpinItUP is 8-bit Eighties Mario Remix by Starla PeaceCraft. Known as one of the easier levels on FFR, again it is one of the easiest on SpinItUP.
Hahah! I already have a 97%+ score! Enjoy
Any questions, thoughts or brags hit the SpinItUP Forum.
Cheers,
Synthlight
FFR Song of the Week
This week we finally introduce something new for the arcade genre. Yes… A Tetris Remix song. We figured it was time we pay respect to the great Alexey Pazhitnov and what he has done for video games. KGZ created the remix from scratch and away went Dore on the steps. This is a fairly simple level for moderate players (difficulty 8).
Enjoy!
Cheers,
Synthlight
