Thirdstyle

[awein999]

Re: Thirdstyle

yeah it's fun, I play every chart there. I like all the detailed leaderboard stuff.

[YoshL]

Re: Thirdstyle

The game has it's quirks. If you're looking for something new it's a great game. My issue is that yeah it supports Xmod, but most of it was done poorly. There's a particular renard chart that is just so over the top it flat out sucked. I like the game but I can't play it due to lag.

Plushophile has no regrets

[XelNya]

Re: Thirdstyle

Plushophile has no regrets

It should.

[CaptainAhab]

Re: Thirdstyle

It was made by former FFR staff members, hence its similarities.

I wonder why they would make a new game rather than just continue to update FFR?

[Pseudo Enigma]

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lol ts

[justin_ator]

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I wonder why they would make a new game rather than just continue to update FFR?

FFR used to be ran a bit differently as far as administration was concerned. The site had a money aspect to it, as well as a few other things, and there was a bit of a falling out with the staff at the time. If someone wants to explain in more detail they can, but that's the gist of it. It left a bitter taste in the mouths of a chunk of the staff at the time, and they decided to start their own project.

[CaptainAhab]

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FFR used to be ran a bit differently as far as administration was concerned. The site had a money aspect to it, as well as a few other things, and there was a bit of a falling out with the staff at the time. If someone wants to explain in more detail they can, but that's the gist of it. It left a bitter taste in the mouths of a chunk of the staff at the time, and they decided to start their own project.

Oh, I gotcha. Thanks for the info.

[justin_ator]

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No problem. It's probably not a sore subject for anyone that stuck around. Anyone that was really affected/bitter over it left for the most part, whether it was to go work on TS or to leave rhythm gaming

[CaptainAhab]

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No problem. It's probably not a sore subject for anyone that stuck around. Anyone that was really affected/bitter over it left for the most part, whether it was to go work on TS or to leave rhythm gaming

Well, in the end, it looks like FFR stuck it out and has remained relatively popular over the years, whereas from my perspective TS, from a brief perspective of an outsider, doesn't seem nearly as active regarding both development and community.

[justin_ator]

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It boomed for a bit, and like they mentioned before it had a lot of potential with their (interestingly enough) practically commercial permissions... The functionality they decided to go with (while entertaining) was also basically a re-creation of stepmania inside the limits of using Flash/ActionScript, so it was bound to flounder unless they continued to make it really worthwhile to move to TS. The community there (in my opinion, take it for what you will) formed a tighter clique than FFR's did, and I'd argue it probably choked out a little community interaction between the two (which meant that FFR never really supported TS, and vice-versa). This didn't really cause one or the other to struggle directly, but it surely didn't help. Haha..

[Trogdor!!!!]

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anybody tried stepmania?

never heard of it

[RB_Spirit]

Re: Thirdstyle

http://thirdstyle.com/

Seems similar to FFR, except it has holds and a longer playfield.

What are your thoughts? Anybody tried this?

Is that like a MMO?
Seriously what is this?

Edit: Stepmania is a FPS right?
Been wanting to play it for a while but my graphics are horrible, i'd probably get killed in under 20 secs after spawn.

[Devilchilly]

Re: Thirdstyle

I signed up with the game when I played FFR for 5 months iirc.

[NocturneAunamic]

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For the longest time I loved Thirdstyle over FFR for various reasons. Mostly community, song variance, and gameplay. FFR just had shit I didn't like and Thirdstyle seemed to fulfill those little gaps. It was great being with the site for the time it was booming, but it seems recently that progression has hit a huge slowdown.

Who knows, might come back for a revival? Not sure, but its still a great game to play when I need a rhythm game fix.

[IncandescentMelody]

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Yep I found the site yesterday. Seems kinda neat though.