Archive for June 2nd, 2009
Where am I? Well… now I know!
Hey everyone! LD here… For some time now the usermap hasn’t been working. For those of you who don’t know, the usermap is a tool to see what FFR users are around you! Well, I had a few minutes this afternoon and decided to muddle around in the code and see what was up!
Tass gave me an hour to fix the usermap… Well, it took about 8 seconds, so I give you the functional User Map once again!
In the words of Tass, Praise can be directed towards me, complaints to Tass…Â Keep your eyes peeled to the main page and our Twitter account throughout the week for more updates!
-LD
Note on Yahoo! Email Accounts
We’ve been having issues with Yahoo email accounts recently… nothing we send (email verifications, password resets, etc) has been going through to Yahoo; not even into Spam. We’re working on fixing this, but I figured I’d let everyone know that if you’re having a problem and have Yahoo, this is why.
Achievement Token #2 – Under 1000 Ave Rank
Apparently some haters in the new Achievement Token thread didn’t think we’d do one of these based on average rank. I’m not really sure why… but that’s why they’re haters, I guess.
Anyway, this has been in store since we came up with all of these initial reqs for achievement tokens. Just like with yesterday’s, if you meet the req (either now or in the future)… just go to your levelrank page to gain access to the song. You’ll find it on Page 3 of Token.
Happy Rainbow is an uptempo and happy (duh) song by OSTER Project and is stepped by bmah. To meet the req, get an average rank under 1000 and then check your levelrank.
For those wondering, there are 4177 users with 1 billion or more GTS. There are currently 343 users with an average rank under 1000. So this is a decent bit harder to get!
-Tass
PS – LD wants me to mention something dealing with the Level Stats page… something about it now showing perf/good/av/miss, etc.
4th Official Tournament – Round 3 Almost Over!
Apparently many of you are/were waiting for this news post about the tournament… well… we tend to stop making news posts around this time, because it has turned into a routine. Each round from now until the end will end at 11:59pm EST on Thursday and the new round will begin shortly thereafter (unless otherwise noted).
So, let this be your final front page story about this tournament… Round 3 ends in a little under 48 hours from now, and there will be no more news stories about it. Sprite- will continue to send out PM reminders for a few more rounds, but those will eventually stop as well. You MUST keep checking the FFR Events forum for the stickies on the new tournament rounds.
-Tass
MeTrivia. Hmmmmm..
If you have not seen our MeTrivia game in the past, you should definitely check it out. We have been pondering the possibility of integrating MeTrivia tightly with the profile system to the point where each profile could have a specific set of trivia questions that the profile user enters in. There would then be leaderboard for each seperate profile with the ability to then reflect those stats back on your very own profile.
Thoughts?
Play awhile Here -> http://www.metrivia.com/MetriviaTheGame.php and let me know what you think.
You can play as a guest if you want.
Cheers,
Synthlight
Five Finger Death Punch – A Widget That Will Slap You In The Face!
Five Finger Death Punch are a five piece metal band consisting of previous U.P.O. guitarist, Zoltan Bathory, former W.A.S.P. guitarist, Darrell Roberts, studio Metal drummer, Jeremy Spencer, and previous MOTOGRATER vocalist, Ivan Moody. They released their first album, The Way of the Fist, in 2006 featuring the hit single, “The Bleeding,” which landed in the Top 40 rock radio charts holding its position since its release.
Since then, they have toured with the likes of Korn, Hellyeah, Flyleaf, Trivium, and Atreyu. This spring they will be kicking it into high gear supporting Disturbed on several tour dates, playing a number of festivals, and headlining their own shows as well. They will also be featured in this summer’s Rockstar Energy Mayhem Tour featuring Slipknot and Disturbed. For the latest news and tour dates, head over to Five Finger Death Punch at Myspace.
Make sure to check them out both on myspace and on their Five Finger Death Punch FFR Widget.
-Tass
More new subscriber features!
Xelius is hard at work, as always, to bring to life everyone’s ideas. The newest feature on the subscriber version of the game is merely a letter… but it is so much more. In the upper left hand corner, next to the Quality Q is a Song Selection S. If you click on the S, it will bring up a giant scrollable list of all songs in FFR… each one playable via a single click. Currently, the songs are listed in reverse order by reverse genre (hardest songs in Misc first, easiest songs in Dance last). This will be resolved tomorrow, but we couldn’t wait to get this feature live for everyone to test out.
And for everyone else, we understand you’re getting jealous. Do not fear! Many of these feature will become public in the very near future.
-Tass
Word Scramble – New Profile Feature!
If you’ve seen some funny-looking letter combinations in your profile, it’s not because we’re horrible spellers, but rather, FFR profiles now feature Scramble, a simple, yet addictive game that requires players to decipher strings of letters into a word which matches the given clue.
Currently, 450 words and phrases are Scramble ready, ranging from easy to insane in difficulty, with more and more being added in every single day, so keep watch for updates to raise your score. Currently, Scramble keeps record of your personal lifetime score as well as a top 10 ranking located in the Scramble window, so rack your brain and shoot for the top 10!
Subscribers have had access to the game for about a week now and if anyone is having trouble loading the game now, some updates were made, so try clearing your cache and refreshing the page.
Above all, please have fun with the addition and if you experience problems or have suggestions for the game, let us know in the FFR suggestions forum.
Catch Up on the Recent Spin It Up Additions
It’s been a short while since the last Spin It Up update on the front page, however, all has not been quiet on the Spin It Up front. In the past two weeks, an additional 12 songs have made their way into the game, so prepare for a large batch of new dizzying spinfiles when you launch the game.
While I normally do a couple of sentences for each song, with 12 new additions, I’m afraid I would stretch the page into oblivion with my long-winded hot air if I did, so, here is the full list of song additions as of today:
As Do I by Prophecy – Difficulty Level 2 spinfile by MixMasterLar
Emotion’s Run by Darkstalker-X – Difficulty Level 5 spinfile by MixMasterLar
Linkxz by Sleeplessdragn – Difficulty Level 8 spinfile by MixMasterLar
{Event Horizon} by cornandbeans – Difficulty Level 5 spinfile by SulferDragon
Melted Marble by Darkesword – Difficulty Level 7 spinfile by SulferDragon
Rewind by DJ Scratchin’ – Difficulty Level 5 spinfile by MixMasterLar
Snowfall [Final Mix] by Arcsynth – Difficulty Level 3 spinfile by SulferDragon
That Is Fair by Vospi – Difficulty Level 2 spinfile by SulferDragon
Go, Go, Go Ultimate Chase by RaustBlackDragon – Difficulty Level 6 spinfile by SulferDragon
Take Me Back by KaW – Difficulty Level 5 spinfile by jugglinguy
Huzzah! by RaustBlackDragon – Difficulty Level 6 spinfile by jugglinguy
This has not yet been announced in the forum yet, but, for a fun bonus for everyone last night, I threw in an extra song:
Fun at Times by Detach – Difficulty Level 2 spinfile by BEN.(SPEIRS) 7.5
Count those up and that brings your total amount of new songs to 12. But, wait, there’s more! In difficulty level two, you will find Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus is back in action. As a friendly reminder, the spinfile for the song was done by BEN.(SPEIRS) 7.5.
As long as you’re enjoying Spin It Up, be sure to stop by and thank MixMasterLar, jugglinguy, SulferDragon and BEN.(SPEIRS) 7.5 as they have been the key producers of spinfiles for the game since I’ve been adding in the levels. As always, contributions are appreciated and you can find out more on how to produce spinfiles for the game in the Spin It Up section of our on-site forum. While you’re there, give us a shout out to let us know how we improve the game, socialize with other players and share your Spin It Up accomplishments. And don’t forget Spin It Up also offers real-time multiplayer for up to four players so we hope to see you out there!
