24 Hours of Radio!

Thats right… starting tonight and going until Sunday, the radio will be on for a total of 24 hours.

Tonight
10-12 – DJ Ascent (Eyespewgreekfire) will be mixing a live set. You can talk to him via AIM, as he won’t be in mIRC. He also won’t be talking during his set.

Tomorrow (Thurs)
6-9 – Dace K (Satsui) will be on, playing some happening beats.
9-1 – Tasselfoot will be back taking requests and singing terribly.

Friday
8-10 – DjShox comes back on air. Don’t miss his return to Radio FFR.
10-12 – Aperson has a set of IDM lined up that will blow everyone away.

Saturday
8-10 – DjRidder makes his Radio FFR debut. He’s always a funny guy, so make sure to tune in.
10-12 – lightdarkness is coming back and doing an alternative set, once again joined by Tasselfoot

Sunday
8-10 – DancingManic3 has some good old fashioned rock for everyone.
10-2 – Tasselfoot will continue the rock from DM late into the night. Both of us will take requests.

Join us all week in #ffrradio on IRC. Don’t have IRC? Get IRC! Go to www.mirc.com to get the client, then connect to the server irc.othersideirc.net (after picking a nickname, type “/server irc.othersideirc.net” into the main command bar) then join #ffrradio (two f’s, two r’s.)

To listen: Links are on the lefthand side, or http://www.ffrradio.com:8000/listen.pls

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FFR Radio Keeps on Rolling!

Yet another weekend has come, and that means a new song, and more FFR Radio!

Tonight, I (LD) will be playing starting at 9PM EDT. I will be playing nothing but your requests!

For requests, i’ve set up an automated system. Visit this site and you can make a request. The best part is, you can even send me songs to play on the radio if you don’t think I have it! Send an attachment (mp3s only) to FFR.Radio.Requests@gmail.com, and i’ll review it and probably put it on the air!

I’ll be doing this until 10:30pmt. Of course i’ll be in #ffrradio on IRC. Don’t have IRC? Get IRC! Go to www.mirc.com to get the client, then connect to the server irc.othersideirc.net (after picking a nickname, type “/server irc.othersideirc.net” into the main command bar) then join #ffrradio (two f’s, two r’s.) IRC radio chat is a great way to get involved with the community, and i’m sure other FFR radio personalities will be there.

Saturday

6 pm- 8pm EDT: DJ Ascent Mixing a live set of Psychedelic Trance, DJ Ascent will kick the night off with a high energy bang. He will not be in the IRC chatroom, becuase it caused problems during his last set, but you can contact him on AIM. (sn:eyespewgreekfire)

8pm-10pm EDT: Snapps will be DJing. His show will be an all Bond show. No he is not talking about James Bond. He is talking about the four girl strings group. Haylie Ecker (Violin), Eos Chater (Violin), Tania Davis (Viola), and Gay-Yee Westerhoff (Chello) will be pulling some of the best string songs in this generation of classical music.

10 pm – ??am EDT: Don’t miss out on Tasselfoot’s interesting set. He will be playing 20 very well known songs and also their Richard Cheese cover. Mr. Cheese is an excellent musician whose covers will leave all of you speechless. After those 20 songs, He will be taking requests until he is blue in the face (read: until you want him to stop (read: 3:30-4am)). He looks forward to all of you tuning in to this Cheese-packed show, starting at 10PM on Saturday night (and of course… NO ANIME)

Wicked Weekend of FFR Radio!

Hello everyone! As you know, FFR Radio is alive and kicking again, and we’ve got a grand total of 4 shows coming up this weekend for your aural pleasure. (Ignore any homonyms in the previous sentence, please.)

Friday Night:
7:00 – 10:00 PM: FFR’s favorite rock DJ, Tasselfoot, returns to the microphone, for another set of rock, metal, and other genres of music that prominently feature loud guitars and banging drums. Tasselfoot once again guarantees NO ANIME.
10:00 PM: Chardish‘s celebrated radio show brings forward FFR Radio’s most eclectic selection of music. This show will continue for at least two-three hours, but will likely drag on into the wee hours of the morning, when Chardish can take no more and at last surrenders to sleep. Cohost lightdarkness will be joining for color commentary and witty conversation. (And, of course, frank appraisal of Chardish’s taste in television.)

Saturday Night:
8:00pm – 10:00 PM: FFR’s original deckwrecka, DJ Spook Goblin, will be spinning a live set of psychedelic trance, and possibly a short Drum ‘n Bass set as well! Tune in and listen to The Justice throw it down.
10:00 PM – midnight (and maybe later!): Newcomer DJ Ascent offers his talents as a DJ to FFR Radio, mixing another live set of psychedelic trance. The show has no definite end point but will continue for at least two hours. Eyespew will take requests on AIM (SN: eyespewgreekfire) assuming they blend well into the set (no Dragostea Din Tei, people.)

And, of course, [all times and music eastern].

To listen, click the FFR Radio Winamp (Hi) link on the left side of this page. This link may not work until the shows start.

Want a cool place (in the internet sense) to hang out and talk during the show? Get IRC! Go to www.mirc.com to get the client, then connect to the server irc.othersideirc.net (after picking a nickname, type “/server irc.othersideirc.net” into the main command bar) then join #ffrradio (two f’s, two r’s.) IRC radio chat is a great way to get involved with the community – the past few IRC chats have been unforgettably fun times.

Tasselfoot, LD, Spook, Eyespew, and I will all be present in the IRC chat room during our respective shows. It’s a great way to contact us.

See you all tomorrow, and Saturday! These are not going to be shows to miss.

Oh, and new FFR song tomorrow, too. Look forward to it!

Your pal,
-Chardish

Rock Radio Comes To FFR

Saturday at 9:00 PM EST, I’ll be hosting my first radio show on FFR! It will be mostly rock with some punk, metal, and random assorted goodness. After midnight, I’ll start taking your requests too!

I’m really excited to be able to broadcast out to all of you. My playlist is already coming together nicely. The set will be much different than what you’re used to on FFR Radio. Expect little techno, little video game music, and NO ANIME. For those who would like to chat it up with me about the show, you know how to get in touch with me.

To listen, just click the FFR Radio Winamp link on the left side of the page.

For talk during the show, get IRC! Go to www.mirc.com to get the client, then connect to the server irc.othersideirc.net (after picking a nickname, type “/server irc.othersideirc.net” into the main command bar) then join #ffrradio (two f’s, two r’s.) Yes, I copied this straight from Chardish, ’cause he’s just that cool. If you want to request songs, you must be in this chat.

Ok guys, I’ll be seeing all of you in a few days!

Much Love,
-Tass

FFR Realtime Multiplayer Status

As of this writing, FFR multiplayer is about to surpass 140,000 plays in about 2 weeks. We have fixed numerous bugs in the game but we still have many features to implement so that we can finish our goals in FFR Realtime Multiplayer.

There are currently 2 major bugs which I won’t discuss but which shall be fixed in the next couple of days. Those of you who play often know what these bugs are. I guess you could call them exploits.

The next new feature will be alternate playfields and then the coveted matchmaking system will be finished. There will be a system ranking/level number for the matchmaking system. This means that you will have 3 possible rankings on FFR. 1) overall ranking 2) public multiplayer ranking 3) matchmaking multiplayer ranking.

Any questions? Suggestions? We are all ears as we put features into the game.

Cheers,

Synthlight

Hear New FFR Music Before It’s In The Game!

NOTE: SONG OF THE WEEK WILL BE RELEASED LIVE ON THE RADIO!

Friday the 13th FFR RADIO SHOW!

Hello everyone,

I (Chardish) and lightdarkness are the two guys responsible for putting new songs in FFR every week. We love our jobs, and because of this we’ve got months worth of music already planned out to go in the game.

But what fun is it keeping all these secrets to ourselves? We want to share this music with you now! So we’ve decided to do a radio show on FFR Radio tonight, Friday The 13th, to not only get back on the FFR Radio airwaves but also play over a half hour worth of new FFR music from new and returning FFR artists.

But that’s not all we’ve got planned…I (Chardish) will be playing plenty of great music I’ve discovered in the months since I last did a radio show. It should be a fantastic night, and you’re not going to want to miss it. I will be taking requests!

To listen, just click the FFR Radio Winamp link on the left side of the page. We’ll kick things off @ 10:30 Eastern.

For talk during the show, get IRC! Go to www.mirc.com to get the client, then connect to the server irc.othersideirc.net (after picking a nickname, type “/server irc.othersideirc.net” into the main command bar) then join #ffrradio (two f’s, two r’s.) We look forward to chatting with you during the show, taking requests, and hearing feedback – your opinions about the music will help us determine the order in which we release the songs.

So, where are you going to be at 10:30 PM Eastern tonight? Why, in front of your computer, of course, listening to Chardish and lightdarkness on FFR Radio!

Cheers,
-Chardish

Help Us Help You

We are trying to figure out why a few of you behind firewalls etc. cannot connect to the multiplayer even though it is running across port 80. We have a few ideas why this may happen but would like to troublshoot this further.

If you cannot connect to multiplayer, please respond to this news post and let us know as much of your configuration as possible. Please don’t bother responding if you just say “I can’t connect”. A response like that will not help anyone troubleshoot the issue. Helpful things would include location (work, school, home), your firewall configuration, type of firewall. Are you connecting via proxy? What speed and type of connection are you running?

We will be adjusting settings today and multiplayer may be restarted a few times during these restarts. I will keep everyone updated here.

Cheers,

Synthlight

*EDIT SYNTHLIGHT* – Also, if you could test your connectivity here and report if you have success with all those tests and still cannot get into multiplayer

http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16466

*EDIT SYNTHLIGHT* – Clear your cache and refresh FFR. I am testing with port 8080 this morning for Multiplayer. If anyone has good/bad experiences, please post.

Ready… Set…. Almost..

So lets roll back time a few days here.. It was Saturday evening and being the geekoids that we are, we were projecting the total pageviews for the night.. You see, we were hoping that we were going to bust 1 milllllllllllion page views for the day. We had just recently surpassed 900,000 because of multiplayer and knew it was only a matter of time.
So the clock kept ticking and it was getting closer.. and closer.. 900,000…. 920,000… We had decided at this point if we reached 1 million that we would release 2 new songs to FFR that night as a kind of celebration for hitting that milestone. And then it started to get late and traffic started dropping off (1am central).. 930,000… 940,000.. Finally we ended up hitting 950,787 page views for the day and never quite made it..

Or so we thought.

Today I was going over some server optimization stuff and realized in my weblogs that we had surpassed the 1 million mark! I had forgotten about all the people that access parts of this site in ways that they shouldn’t (illegal linking). And because of those ingrates, we were able to reach our goal: 1,001,50 page views in a 24 hour period.

Hats off to all the bastards that like to call our work their own. To the illegal linkers and the places that surround FFR with advertising on their crappy sites so that they can make a buck off of something that we poured our heart and souls into. Something that we provide for free everyday. Without them, we wouldn’t have made it to 1 million page views in a single 24 hour timespan. (no, I’m not bitter about it)

In celebration of all the people that support FFR, that play the game day after day and to the people that have stuck around for the ride during the last 3 years, we are going to release 2 levels as kind of a mini-thankyou. Both files were stepped by Aperson and FFR sync’d by LD & Aperson.

SnowFlakes by Prophecy (Misc Section) and FFR Evolution by DJ Destruction (Secret Section)

Enjoy!

Cheers,

Synthlight

Multiplayer is Rolling

I have released an update to FFR Realtime Multiplayer today. This update should offer some speedup on slower CPU’s and it also takes care of anyone who tries to quit mid game.

These are the changes.

If you opponent quits mid game, it automatically makes their score 0 and declares you the winner. If they quit in the menu selection or after a score has been recorded, it just lets them exit peacefully.

Tic-Tac-Toe has been removed for now. It turns out that the routines for Tic-Tac-Toe have been causing some slowdown in the processing of the game

Cleaned up some routines and elminated some continous loops that were wasting CPU

Added prelimnary graphics for playfield switching

Cheers,

Synthlight

*Today we will hit 60,000+ multiplayer games played since last week!!”*

***LD EDIT***
Today, we add our next Song of the week, Halogen by Marc Horizon. This is the second song added this week, wednesday we added a bonus track for may in the purchased section. It is a remake or a version 2 of the song Rondo Alla Turca. You can purchase it for 1500 credits.