Status of 3rd Style

I just wanted to fill everyone in on the status of FFR 3rd style. We originally planned to have 3rd style finished by late April but have now realized that this project is much larger than anticipated. Believe me, there is nobody who would rather have 3rd style release more than myself. I absoluately cannot wait to get it out the door (soon!).

While I cannot give you a solid release date or time right now, I can say that I am working on it 3-4 hours per day at minimum. I will keep working hard on this project and get it out the door ASAP. Even if people were to volunteer and help with the actionscript, it would be difficult to get them up and running on the code.

While FFR 3rd style is being handled nearly 100% by me (LD for php support), we have 2 new music game projects starting up and would like to have finished before the end of the year. We are looking for high level actionscript coders & interface designers to donate their time to the projects. In specific, one of the projects involves physics. If you are interested or know anyone who would be interested, please PM me here or in the forum. Because of my involvement with 3rd style, we will need people who are self motivated and care to see the project through to completion.

3rd Style is on it’s way.

Cheers,

Synthlight

Spontaneous #7

Is it back? It migt be.. Check in often, play FFR often. More details soon.

Cheers,

Synthlight

Will this contest begin tonight? Will it be Spontaneous? Will it happen tomorrow?

Cobalt Flux

I wanted to quickly mention that Cobalt Flux is now an official sponsor of FFR. Cobalt Flux not only promotes FFR but also makes it possible for us to continue development of new features and activities on FFR. We are honored that they believe in our project and we look forward to a future relationship with them.

If you get a chance, please support Cobalt Flux. In addition to supporting FFR and making possible events like our “Spontaneous Contests”, they also make the best damn dance pads around.

CLICK here to visit the Cobalt Flux website

OMG… SPONTANEOUS #6?? Yes, you know you love it.

I am still thinking about tonights contest.. Something completely different. Suggestions are welcome but I cannot promise I will use them. I like to be somewhat Spontaneous with these contests..

9pm Central Time tonight (omg roflcopters, Synth fixed the server time) is when the contest will start.

See you then

Cheers,

Synthlight

** 10 minutes until the contest!!**
** Writing up Contest instructions.. 1 minute**

Finally! Synth posts the contest!
Ok, tonights contest is going to be easy for everyone to participate in. Here is how it goes!

1. Find a site that links to FFR
2. Respond to this news post with that URL.
3. The URL you posted just became your entry. Nobody can take it.
4. I will track referrers so I can see what percentage of traffic is arriving from each site.
5. URL with most inbound traffic by MIDNIGHT wins. (we check IP’s, users who click the links multiple times will be disqualified.. no joke).

Fair? YES! Everyone can participate, go find those links and claim them! This might even help FFR out a little bit.

Good luck! Check in the morning for results or after midnight if you are up that late!

I told you it would be different!

GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALMOST FORGOT TO MENTION.. $25 PRIZE! AS ALWAYS! 1 Entry per person!! ENTRIES STOP AT MIDNIGHT CST

WE HAVE A WINNER!!! jesilynne won with her entry!

Spontaneous #5

Everyone ready? Getting Geared up for contest #5?.. It’s about to happen in 20 minutes (9pm Central)

Prepare…

CONTEST STARTS NOW!!!

Pick up your mouses, your pencils, your crayons.. The contest tonight will accept entries for the next 30 minutes!!! Here is how it will work.

1. I have this friend, CHam1ll1on who plays Halo2 on Xbox live. You are to use your imagination in drawing a picture of him at Mcdonalds eating chicken nuggets. You can use any format you like. Ms Paint, Photoshop, pencils, paint or whatever. You just need to make your picture and send us a link in this news article responses.

2. I will then take all the entries print them out.

3. I will present them to my cat

4. Whichever my cat walks on first…. WINS!!!

No skill involved but skill is welcome! Be creative! Only 1 entry per person!

Winner wins $25! Simple? Yes! That is the nature of these contests!

GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DRAW!!!!!

Cheers,

Synthlight

**CONTEST CLOSED!!!*** GIVE ME 30 MINUTES TO PRINT ALL IMAGES
**Still printing.. Patience**
**Images are printed, now for the cat part… Stay tuned***

WE HAVE A WINNER!!

Much like Tupac or Biggie, HobobotheClown scripted out his fate with the words “I WIN” attached to his entry. At 10:02PM My cat’s front left paw touched down on what appears to be a Fat Ninja at McDonalds although it is most likely supposed to be a Halo2 guy. Congrats to Hobo for winning the #5 Spontaneous contest. I will never have another contest where I print images out again! That was alot of work considering I am the one paying! HA!

Thanks to everyone who participating. I promise something completely different and completely new tomorrow night! Seriously! Hobo, PM me with paypal address!

Bored? Need Some Mental Help? Psychopath Has Arrived

We know that many of you already are familiar with and play Psychopath on a regular basis. That is exactly the reason FFR has chosen to take Psychopath under it’s wing. We ourselves love this game and would love to help the game develop & grow.

Psychopath is a puzzle game in which the user must guide a spinning sprite towards one of any number of fixed goals on a square grid, using the arrow keys. Each level contains a different arrangement of blocks that must be navigated around in order to reach the destination. While it is hard to imagine, believe me when I say that Psychopath is very addicting.

You will find the game available on the left side navigation under “other games” or by clicking HERE

FFR aquiring Psychopath in no way affects our game development at FFR. Psychopath is maintained by Danny Miller at K2XL with server support and minor development from FFR.

Enjoy

Cheers

Synthlight

**DON’T FORGET!!! SPONTANEOUS CONTEST TONIGHT AT 9PM CENTRAL!!.. DA BOMB!!**

Contest? Spontaneous?

Late night contest tonight. 10pm Central time.. That is 8pm pacific and 11pm eastern.. Get those cameras ready. This is going to be a quick one when it happens.

Of course there will be a prize. Don’t forget to msg everyone and let them know.

Cheers,

**CONTEST STARTS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!***

Ok, here is the deal. You are to whip out that fancy digital camera of yours and take a picture of..

of…

A moth.. Any moth you can find! But there is 1 requirement. You must have a piece of paper somewhere in the picture that says “I MOTH FFR”. You must be able to make out the moth in the photo. Convincing enough to know that it is a moth and not a spitball or something.

GO!!!! FIND THAT MOTH! It’s worth $25!!.. Post a link to the image here in the news article or in the forum. First one to do it wins. If there is no entry in 1 hour, contest closes.

Go!!! Try turning on some lights on your porch.. Look outside your windows.. check your garages.
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**CONTEST OVER! WE HAVE A WINNER! Wow, that was quick. Mr. ESqeek was able to find a moth, draw up a sign and photograph it in a matter of minutes. Amazing work. Send me your paypal details via PM and I will pay promptly. Congrats on winning the 4th Spontaneous FFR Contest.

Feeling Spontaneous?

*7:41pm CST* 20 minutes until the start of the contest!.. Put away your digital cameras for tonights contest! You won’t need them!

*CONTEST STARTS IN 3 MINUTES!!! PREPARE YOURSELVES!!*

*CONTEST STARTS!*

Here it is.. First person to descramble the following phrase will get $25 via paypal. Use whatever method gives you the quickest results! Do whatever you need to win! If there is no winner within 1 hour, the contest will close without winner.

The Phrase: W tuoct hode on tin eits Kilislw

Good luck!

* I can sense people scrambling to descamble *

*If I was not disqualified because I knew the answer, I would like to win this contest*

*CONTEST OVER!*

Madpear is the winner!.. “I would like to win this contest” Congrats Madpear on the 3rd Spontaneous FFR Contest! PM me with your Paypal Address for a prompt $25 payment!

See you all tomorrow night with your digital cameras.

Cheers,

Synthlight

Brand New Video Files Section for FFR

Tonight we are releasing a brand new section of FFR that aims to please the entire dance / music genre players. The FFR Vidfiles section (Upload your Videos!). You will recognize the interface as it is very similiar to the Simfiles section. We will be allowing video uploads up to 50mb each in this section while at the same time giving anyone the ability to download these files. Please make sure you describe and mark your files directly when uploading. Videos can be of anything from Stepmania to Pump it Up. If you don’t see an option for your game, let us know!

Also don’t forget that large uploads may take awhile! If you have problems uploading, let us know! The plus to this is that the download speeds will be high for these videos coming from FFR. That should be quite the incentive.

Click HERE to enter the VidFiles section.

Enjoy! I can’t wait to see what people send up.

Cheers,

Synthlight