I have been addicted to FFR for a while now. I started playing as a guest with my friends my senior year of highschool in late 04 and early 05. We sat around our computer class and watched my friend SOMETIMES pass FotBB. And even when he didn't, we were amazed. We would always say things like, "you are so awesome, how do you hit all those notes?" etc.
We continued on like that until graduation, playing in our free time and being amazed at this game. We didn't care about stats, just passing the "Hard Songs". After getting into college, I set up my first account, Morehead_Kid, and played the game relentlessly for a few weeks. I was amazed that I could get 100 combos, and I was astonished to only miss a few on easy songs, thinking that they were hard. Again, I didn't care about the stats, just that I was having fun.
I ended up leaving FFR after purchasing FFXI, and after dropping out of college, played the game a lot when I moved to Massachusetts. I managed to start beating some trickies and difficultes with 200 some combos and felt like I was an amazing player, that I was now better than my friends.
I moved around a lot over the next year, scrapping up a few games here or there when I had PC access, until I got to TX this March. It was there, that I first checked out the forums, and learned there were different ways to play the game. I was astonished to learn that I had been playing Index and that Spread was supposedly the best style. After I had been trying to beat Rose, a song I once thought impossible to pass, I immediately played spread and mashed my way through. Again I felt on top of the world. It wasn't until this April, when I started playing MP, that I realized how bad I actually was. I had considered myself a veteran who had played for over a year, and I simply couldn't win.
After a long FFR binge that lasted a couple weeks, my overall rank was pushing 1000, and I couldn't beat new members. I learned what an AAA was, and after 4 days of whoring, still couldn't AAA Trip to the Moon. I was depressed and left the game for a few days.
When I returned, I decided to start all over, make a new account, and create a new approach to the game and make myself a good player. I managed to FC a challenging song a few weeks ago, and thought my hard work finally was paying off. A few days later, after massive whoring, I managed to get my first AAA.
Last night, I got my 10th AAA on this game, and my FC count is just over 100. I broke a 1500 combo on Max Forever. These are meager stats, I know. I was frustrated that I still wasn't a good FFR player. Then it dawned on me. It doesn't matter. Looking at where I was and where I am now, there is a vast improvement to my game. I'm on a different level. But the joy I felt then compared to now isn't anything. I had so much more fun before the stats came about. Before I had to be good, before I spent hours watching shashakiro and darkshark youtube videos.
Now I'm playing for the fun, and of course, I'll challenge myself to do better, but it no longer bothers me. I'm content with where I am.
I guess the point of this long story (I thank those of you who took the time to read it) is to remind people, in the rat races to get a new AAA or spend hours level ranking, that this game is supposed to be fun. And that I have found myself having less and less of it.
I just want to know if anyone else here, feels like I did then, or like I do now. I guess, if nothing else, I made this thread for me, to relieve this off my chest, and maybe to help others reclaim the joy of this game.
Thanks for reading my rant.
We continued on like that until graduation, playing in our free time and being amazed at this game. We didn't care about stats, just passing the "Hard Songs". After getting into college, I set up my first account, Morehead_Kid, and played the game relentlessly for a few weeks. I was amazed that I could get 100 combos, and I was astonished to only miss a few on easy songs, thinking that they were hard. Again, I didn't care about the stats, just that I was having fun.
I ended up leaving FFR after purchasing FFXI, and after dropping out of college, played the game a lot when I moved to Massachusetts. I managed to start beating some trickies and difficultes with 200 some combos and felt like I was an amazing player, that I was now better than my friends.
I moved around a lot over the next year, scrapping up a few games here or there when I had PC access, until I got to TX this March. It was there, that I first checked out the forums, and learned there were different ways to play the game. I was astonished to learn that I had been playing Index and that Spread was supposedly the best style. After I had been trying to beat Rose, a song I once thought impossible to pass, I immediately played spread and mashed my way through. Again I felt on top of the world. It wasn't until this April, when I started playing MP, that I realized how bad I actually was. I had considered myself a veteran who had played for over a year, and I simply couldn't win.
After a long FFR binge that lasted a couple weeks, my overall rank was pushing 1000, and I couldn't beat new members. I learned what an AAA was, and after 4 days of whoring, still couldn't AAA Trip to the Moon. I was depressed and left the game for a few days.
When I returned, I decided to start all over, make a new account, and create a new approach to the game and make myself a good player. I managed to FC a challenging song a few weeks ago, and thought my hard work finally was paying off. A few days later, after massive whoring, I managed to get my first AAA.
Last night, I got my 10th AAA on this game, and my FC count is just over 100. I broke a 1500 combo on Max Forever. These are meager stats, I know. I was frustrated that I still wasn't a good FFR player. Then it dawned on me. It doesn't matter. Looking at where I was and where I am now, there is a vast improvement to my game. I'm on a different level. But the joy I felt then compared to now isn't anything. I had so much more fun before the stats came about. Before I had to be good, before I spent hours watching shashakiro and darkshark youtube videos.
Now I'm playing for the fun, and of course, I'll challenge myself to do better, but it no longer bothers me. I'm content with where I am.
I guess the point of this long story (I thank those of you who took the time to read it) is to remind people, in the rat races to get a new AAA or spend hours level ranking, that this game is supposed to be fun. And that I have found myself having less and less of it.
I just want to know if anyone else here, feels like I did then, or like I do now. I guess, if nothing else, I made this thread for me, to relieve this off my chest, and maybe to help others reclaim the joy of this game.
Thanks for reading my rant.
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