Home is Where the Heart Is.. NEW BETA .52 OUT!

Well.. It is about time damnit! (yelling at myself). We have released the .52 that was promised to you guys. This last week has thrown a bunch of curves at me and I have done my best to squeeze in time for this update. Do not forget to CLEAR YOUR CACHE and then RELOAD this website if you don’t see version .52

The changes are as follows:

New Score and Health meter bar to replace the old beta version from about 6 months ago. These graphics will continue to be developed in the comming months. Thanks to Bemaniruler for all his time and help with graphics he has worked on and is continuing to develop for further versions of FFR.

Version detection. FFR now will let you know if you are running a version that is out of date and will direct you on what to do to update. Most of the time this is a clear cache issue or simply downloading a new version from flashflashrevolution.com

Force wait until avatar data loads.. In the past there were instances when your avatar would show up as a small square dot in the game on occasion. This happened when the game was able to load quicker than the data from the database. It now waits until the data loads.. if it doesnt load within about 8 seconds it will proceed to play without the data.

Secrets…uhhh… Secret codes you enter.. not saying much more than that.

New song info display in the bottom right that now INCLUDES the stepfile makers as had previously been demanded by a few.

Please let me know if you run across any errors. I do my best to find the suckers but cannot catch everything. Hope you enjoy the new version! New downloadables to be wrapped up soon as well.

P.S. Don’t forget to visit FFRChat and say hello to everyone.

Cheers,

Synthlight

Chat rules

The new chat is here and gives us quite a few nice features as well. Be sure to thank Synth for putting up the new program.
Now that the chat features moderation options, it is time to go over its rules, essentially general netiquette which some have been lacking in the chat lately.

The following rules apply to the general lobby. Anything happening in private chats is exactly that – private. If you can not accept taking the responsibility for what someone might say to you in the private chats, do not accept invitations or invite people you do not know into your private chat.
Upon entering the chat, you agree to understanding the general rules and understand you can be kicked without warning (although most of us are nice and will give you a warning unless the infraction is annoying and/or intolerable), or in severe cases, banned from the site altogether.
You can be kicked for:
1) Flamming/threatening other members in chat. Keep it out of the main lobby. There is a difference between debating and arguing. If someone is flamming and there is a mod, present, don’t argue back as both members of the flamming/arguing/etc. are eligible to be kicked.
2) No spamming. Do not enter repeated blank spaces, emoticons or gibberish. Yes, the new emoticon graphics are cool, but people do not want to see them flash over and over and over again. If you feel you absolutely must see all of the emoticons, please create a private room to view them in.
Those were the two basic broken rules of netiquette in the previous chat rooms, so let’s please control the flamming and spamming.

Also, in regard to the game itself:
1) There are no secret songs in FFR. All of the bugs are being removed. Seriously. No for real. Honestly. They won’t be there within the next few betas, so do not talk about them on the chat (there are good reasons, and if you honestly still do not understand why, I guess you can ask me through PM or AIM), and also no mention of them on the forums.
2) Do not talk about hacking FFR in the chat. This will be a kick without warning and a possible banning from the site altogether.

More rules may be added in the future as needed, but as long as you stick to general netiquette, you will be just fine. The chat is there to have fun, meet new people and talk to other friends. Please follow the rules and make the chat for other people.

These rules will remain in the forums under the FFR GENERAL forum.

New Chat Module Released as Promised

As promised, the new chat module is up and running. There are quite a few new
features and if you have not had a chance to check it out yet today I suggest
that you drop in. Pretty fantastic stuff. You can click on any of the chat links
from the navigation or click

HERE to enter chat.

I am still working on those downloadable versions etc.. Will have them ready
ASAP.

LIVE BROADCAST TONIGHT!

Well.. The live broadcast has come and gone. Big thanks go out to DJ’s Sashcat and Spook Goblin for carrying us through most of the night. It has been an incredible few hours.
I know that a few of you missed the live show because of dialup. I may be able to convince Spook and Sash to give me an .mp3 version of what they mixed tonight live so that people can download it. I believe they recorded the stream but am not 100% sure.

In other news….

a portion of my house flooded tonight as some massive storms swept through the Chicago area. I am currently swapping out buckets and trying to keep some drywall intact.

It is also my son’s 2nd birthday today. He was more than happy to stay up about 16 hours straight today. lol

I am currently working on getting the new downloadables and online beta version ready tonight but it may be awhile. I am set back about 6 hours because of all the flooding etc. Do not fear, you will get your downloads ASAP or else you have the right to personally kick my ass.

Talk to you all soon! Thanks for all those who stopped by and listened in on the show. We had a good turnout.

Live Music & Other Goodies A Plenty!

First and foremost I would like to announce that for the first time on FFR we
are going to be streaming music to you live starting at 6pm PST (8pm CST) this
Thursday. DJ’s Sashcat and Spook Goblin from "For Great Justice!" will be
wreckin the decks live from Los Angeles with everything they got, from melodic
trance to goa, DnB and the Hard House. This will not merely be playing tunes but
a live show with live mixing/transfers.. Think it can’t be done? Wait and see..
In order to listen you will need to download
winamp (which is free) so that you can hear the shoutcast stream. This
stream will be broadband only and broadcast at 96kbit/s 44khz stereo for the
audio geek in you.. The address of the server will be given out a few hours
before broadcast time. Check back on thursday afternoon for details. Don’t
forget… 8pm CST on Thursday!!

We will also be releasing a new beta version of
FFR that will fix a few bugs as well as a special downloadable version with some
suprises hidden inside. I cannot give away the details on features
unfortunately. We should also have our brand spankin new chat program up by them
which will finally include some moderator control *JOY!* but will keep features
like webcam and audio chat. We are prepping our new hi-score section of the site
which will also be ready if we are lucky and have the time.

Hope to see you all on Thursday!

New Downloadable

For all of you who have been extremely patient there will be a new downloadable version of FFR with a few levels available sometime this week. The new downloadable will be brought up to the most current version of FFR. I will also update the old downloadables and bring them up to the most current version of FFR.

Depending on how much free time we have, we may also incorporate a new feature into the online version of FFR.

Keep yer’ eyes peeled. (oh how I wish i could talk about other secret stuff going on around here.)

Cheers,

Synthlight

Pictures Pictures Pictures

Well.. We finally decided to open a “user photo gallery” sparked by a certain thread on the forum. The gallery is open to all registered members. Just enter via the link on the left menu (FFR User Gallery) and created a nested album in the Users section. You can then upload photos for that album. Just remember.. Nothing offensive or nude is allowed in the photos. Not even a picture of Nestlekwik’s nipple.

Have fun!

Moderation Part 2

I just wanted to let everyone know that I have read all your private messages and have considered each person for the moderator positions in the forums. I have not responded because frankly, there were too many private messages! I did however go through the forums and looked at recent history of posts and how each person trreated people and the quality of their posts.

I will be contacting a few of you in the next few days to see if you are still up for the job.

Cheers,

Synthlight

Everything is ok in Moderation :)

Well.. Many months have passed since we originally started the forum on this site. As a matter of fact I would have to say that it has been about 6 months. In that time the forum has burst to life with 100′s of posts a day from all walks of life. We are now actively seeking additional moderators to keep specific sections of the forum under control.

Do you meet the criteria?

* Lots of time on your hands
* Post whoring annoys you
* You can be kind to newbie’s no matter how annoying
* You understand that certain things are secret and don’t exist
* You have experience moderating in the past
* Understanding of PhpBB forum software

If you are interested, PM Synthlight.