It’s Time for a Spontaneous Contest
That’s right, damn straight. Tonight starting at 8pm Central time (9pm eastern, 6pm Pacific) we will start the contest up. As usual, I have no idea what I am going to do for the contest until about 5 minutes before it starts. I can tell you though that it will involve a camera. So get them charged!
I will append the contest info and rules in this news story.
Cheers,
Synthlight
*Contest is officially over. Our winner is Flypie’s Cheeto. I had nothing to do with the judging. If there was a second place in this contest, it would have been Whorli. Flypie Contact me as soon as you read this. 
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Song of the Weekly Update :)
Ok, a couple of quick things to cover here. I will get all fancy on you and number them.
1) Song of the week will be going up tonight. It’s location, a secret. I will fill in the details as they become available
2) 2 days ago we successfully moved over to the new 1Gbit net connection. This allows us nearly 10 times the bandwidth. As a result you should notice all aspects of FFR loading quicker. Especially when it comes to levels in FFR, SpinItUP and Resonance. Previously we were running on a 100mbit Up/Down. Our IP changed, so if you know anyone having problems trying to access the site (as silly as it sounds) have them reboot their computer.
3) We have added a beta version of realtime chat for each personal profile. By visiting your profile, you activate the chat automatically and anyone visiting your profile will be in your chat as well. This effectively creates 970,000+ chat rooms on FFR. Currently there are no moderator functions but we are planning them for the future.
4) Rickz0rz is nearly finished with his complete rewrite of the Resonance scripts. Once done they will bring incredible compatibility in a variety of situations. Upon completion, we will reconvert all 5000 files again so that it will pick up some that it had not converted in the past. Don’t worry, the high scores will not be erased. After those script rewrites, it will just be a matter of BPM changes that we are waiting for and we should have 100% compatibility. Thank you for the 200+ uploads a week you are giving us in the simfiles section. Remember to keep uploading those simfiles even if they have BPM changes. At some point here we will support them and those sims will be activated. Even if you cannot play them online, you can still download them.
5) Hey! We now have 10x the bandwidth! Give me some suggestions on how to use it! What do you want to see?
6) Our Staff Credits page is nearly complete, it should be released in the next few days. Tasslefoot is working hard to ensure as much data as possible is correct before release.
7) We are working on some cutting edge caching strategies for the site that should hopefully make browsing and accessing data even quicker than it already is.
Wow.. I think that about covers it for now. There has been alot going on this week behind the scenes at FFR.
Again, please send us your suggestions and thanks for being a part of FFR.
Cheers,
Synthlight + Vaio laptop
Possible Maint. Today
We are moving over to a new 1Gbit line today. As a result, our IP will change. You may notice some downtime until everything propagates. I will keep everyone updated.
Cheers,
Synthlight
*EDIT* – Server is switched. The IP has changed. Some will not be able to reconnect to the site until they restart their computer or their ISP propagates. Spread the word.
*EDIT* – Multiplayer is back up and running strong.
FFR Small Bugfix
It was about time we found a workaround to this annoying little bug. Previously whenever you would leaving multiplayer by refreshing the browser, FFR would default you to Multiplayer play format and it would not allow you to open any genres. This is now fixed and tested. If it doesn’t work for you, clear cache. It work on both my normal workstations and my vaio laptop running I.E. 7.
Cheers,
Synthlight
Song(s) of the Week!
This week’s first FFR Song of the Week is called Hungarian Dance #5, by Brahms. It’s a famous upbeat classical piece from the mid 1800′s that’s been featured in movies, TV, cartoons, and commercials for years–you’ve probably heard it before. Difficulty is moderate, and it should be fun for players of all skill levels, from the relative newbies to the veterans.
And yeah, this is not a senseless wall of rising arrows like EHHS was, don’t worry Hungarian Dance #5 can be found in the Classical genre of FFR (the game).
Psychopath 2 Beta is Now Public.
If you played the Marcomedia-award winning flash game Psychopath, you’ll have some fun with Psychopath 2.
Are you a musician? Do you write, develop, or produce music for a living or in your spare time?
Want your music to be in a game that will be played millions of times?
If you are a musician and want your music in the game when it is released, check out the Psychopath 2 In-Game Music Contest:
Check out the details of the competitions (including judges, deadlines, and guidelines) here: http://www.k2xl.com/games/psychopath2/contest.
I look forward to seeing your created levels and hearing your submissions!
-Danny
Spontaneous Contest #34,353: GO!
Ok, here is the deal. Tonight’s contest requires no special equipment, no camera, no microphone, no moths and no twinkies. Tonight will require only that you spare a little brain power.
Goal: Explain How I Create the Phrase Below in Detail
“The revolution there is no coming out eye and comes out and is not the eye”
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Spontaneous Contest #34,353
Put on your thinking caps. Why? WHY? Because Spontaneous Contest is back to whoop that.. well. I better not get too excited.
Spontaneous Contest is coming back tonight and will be as spontaneous as ever! The contest will be opening up at 8:00pm Central Standard Time and will be open for exactly 1 hour or until someone wins the contest.
Tonights prize: $25 deposited immediately to your paypal account upon winning.
Contest Start Time: 8:00pm Central Standard Time (9pm eastern)
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High Scores for FFR Resonance!
If you ever wanted a chance at having a beating the great Shashakiro to the #1 spot on a high score list, now is your chance. As promised, while you have been busy just checking out the levels and playing them for fun, the backend scripts have been busy recording your stats. Not just your score but marvelous, perfects, max combos etc.. everything down the life meter. Each difficulty level of every song has a seperate high score list and you can now see these scores when you view the details of any sim.
For instance, check out simid #4029 : Theme Of Z-Fire Read more… »
