Straight to Round 4
EDIT: If you’re using Internet Explorer and having some trouble getting into multiplayer or getting scores recorded–it’s being worked on, please be patient 
Straight to Video, the MSI song that was accounced to be on FFR, has finally arrived! The steps are by Psychozerosk8er, it’s fairly long (3:44), and has a moderate difficulty level. Straight to Video can be found in the Rock section of FFR, and more information on MSI can be found in this news post.
Also (nice how these keep coinciding, eh), the fourth round of the FFR tournament has started–check this thread for details. The fourth round concludes the winners’ bracket for the Expert division, and will produce one finalist who will play the winner of the losers’ bracket.
Happy FFR’ing,
Metrivia: Trivia Games Abound
We are beta testing a new trivia game called Metrivia that we have been feverishing working on over the last couple of months.
So here we are, formally announcing it so you guys can know what we have been up to and know whats going on. Keep in mind, that Metrivia is a beta and this is only one part of whats coming. Also keep in mind, that we are actively working on it, so expect updates pretty regularly. Trivia packs are being added pretty regularly as well.
So in essence, yes, your laptop suggestions allowed us to get busy as it were and pop this little monster out. Come on by and let us know what you think. One last note, you can login with your FFR account too.
Your current FFR username and password will always be identical on Metrivia.com as both sites share a common user database. So feel free to login over there so you can start recording stats / level rankings for yourself.
More soon
FFR Pleebs and Codejockies
FFR Tournament Round 3 + Song of the Week
The third round of the tournament began two days ago–check this thread for which songs to play, matchups, and results from Round 2. If you’ve managed to make it to Round 3, don’t forget to submit by Wednesday, October 4th.
Also, the Song of the Week was released yesterday. This week’s song, Famouz, sets a record for being the shortest song ever added to FFR, at a mere 49 seconds in length–but with nearly 400 steps in that 49 seconds, it’s quite challenging, so don’t be fooled by the short length. The song is by Richee, an up and coming electro/rap artist who uses a unique blend of synthwork and sliced beats behind his lyrics to give his music a unique sound. He is currently attending college and working on his first album release. For more music by him, check out his official page at www.switchee.com. Famouz, stepped by Mead1, can be found in the Hip-Hop genre of FFR.
Changing Network Cards Today
We are in the process of switching to new network cards today on the server and you may experience some slowness on the site. That should be fixed within the next 3-4 hours.
Cheers,
Synthlight
FFR Radio Upgrade
Just wanted to inform you guys that FFR radio has been down for the past couple days due to uprading of services. It is now back up and running again. Yes, you are still able to DJ your own show on any of our available channels. For free? As always.
Cheers,
Synthlight + radio servers
Can’t Decide – Dell Laptops or Viao Laptops
As we spend all our time here at FFR with our heads down in the code and on Flash, its time we updated our development laptops. This time through, we think that laptops would be the best solution for some of our working habits (aka, never away from the pc). As you will guess, laptops allow us to go on vacation and drag our laptops to work on. (like we ever really go on vacation and ever actually stop working).
Keeping our work habits in mind and knowing what all we have been producing lately, we arrive at two different laptop manufacterers that will suit our needs. We evaluated Toshiba Laptops, and Gateway Laptops and yes, even IBM Thinkpads. However, based on some personal preferences, as well as specs, we narrowed down our choices to two laptop models each from Dell and Sony.
Here is what we are looking at so far: Read more… »
Tournament Round 2 and Song of the Week 2
The first round of the FFR R1 tournament is over, and Round 2 has begun! Check this thread to see the results and scores from Round 1, as well as the Round 2 songs and matchups for those who made it through the first round.
Also, this week will feature not one, but two new songs for FFR. The second song of the week will be Klung Kung 2004, which is already a Spin it Up song and will join the ranks of FFR songs tonight or tomorrow morning at the same time that Jelly Roll Blues is added.
Something besides “Cheers”,
Shashakiro
A Big Welcome to MSI
After tough negotiations, FFR has aquired permission to use the Mindless Self Indulgence song Straight to Video, off the album You’ll Rebel to Anything.
For those few who haven’t heard of MSI (and shame on you), Mindless Self Indulgence is a NYC based co-ed punk band whose name manifests itself during their incendiary live shows. MSI’s music is a hybrid of Atari driven electronics with a venomous splash of A.D.D Punk Rock. They are the breath of fresh air that is sure to offend your p.c. restrained, category demanding, humorless peers.
You can find out much much more about MSI at their Official Website or their MySpace Page.
And if you are interested in stepping Straight to Video, please contact Tasselfoot (AIM, @hotmail for MSN, @gmail, or via PM).
In other news, the Song of the Week will be out either later tonight or tomorrow morning. This week’s SotW goes back once again to the days of yore, thanks to B. R. Tubb and www.pdmusic.org. Jelly Roll Blues is a blues song from 1915 by Jelly Roll Morton. Quite a catchy song, we recommend you check out the full version of it on pdmusic’s blues page. For more information on early blues or Jelly Roll, FFR endorses Wikipedia.
Cheers,
Tasselfoot & the FFR Staff, Mindless Self Indulgence, Jelly Roll Morton, Wikipedia, and our friends on Mars
FFR Forum and Site Upgrade
The FFR forum was upgraded this morning to the latest version of forum software. Everything should be working as expected, if not, let us know.
Cheers,
Synthlight & Grubs
