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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKb...Rje1-j-MecuWnQ

Pogs

for context this dude was top tier mania man of the 2000's, he's now pushing 40 and coming back to activity

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what the FUCK

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Just watched all his new vids

The man is a monster

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I guess knowing Thaor is like a boomer thing.

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A little bit

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holy fuckin shit

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Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long while.

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who remembers his insane st. scarhand score from back in the day?

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what a fuckin legend, hes back

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that's a name I've heard of never got damn, this history is before me.

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that score was so ahead of it's time

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enjoying this piece of history? have this one too:
stepmania tournament in rome in 2008, rest can be found on the same channel



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCR9B1in3gQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq4PpQwYEf0

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unforgettable

holy shiiiiit

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His one-hand trilling ability is still so sick. His Reality score would still be considered really good today.

It's honestly so intriguing to see how the skillsets of players from a decade or more ago have been shaped by the charts that they've played back then compared to players' skillsets today... I've never seen a shift as significant as this and it's really cool

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Um holy fucking shit.

it's great to see him back and all

I remember seeing his scarhand video after staring to play kb in 2014.

man let's hope he sticks around.

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The Italian guy known for:
- Four four! Oh snap!
- Porco Dio
- This video is for Zaghurim cause he's ******

And Fury of the Storm AAA and St. Scarhand AAA :)

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He was better than me back in the day, and I see he's still better now.

I'm pretty terrible at SM now. I wonder how much practice it took for him to get back up to speed.

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Go play enough etterna to figure out around where your skill score is and marvel at how absurdly far the top players have gotten today. It's fucking wild how far things have progressed.

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I've seen some of it and it is pretty unbelievable.

Certainly back in the day I figured players would surpass what people like you, thaor or myself were doing but...not to that extent lol.

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For someone who's been out of the scene for a long time, that's pretty impressive. I can't play this game worth shit anymore.

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Oh damn! I remember watching all his old StepMania videos a long time ago of him crushing hard charts.

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my god back in the day I wanted to be you guys

I didn't get into SM while playing index though just on FFR and I was never anything special but I had goals to be at one point lol

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Ya' fuckin' young bucks missed out on all the juicy good times. I feel bad for you lol. Thaor was basically Myuka to the 4-key community back in the late first decade of the new millennium. Only a few others could rival him as far as I remember.

Dude what?! I remember you from that era but I had no idea you were here on FFR. WTF. The 17 year old in me kind of fanboying right now, not gonna lie.

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Oh Phynx you must not have played much index... if you every talked about being index in MP back in the day they called you trash for not being as good as Reach lolol

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What the heck!?!? Thaor? Lol this is so random.

I can't remember many people having the same jack-hammering ability he did back in the day. Maybe wooke?

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holy fuck Thaor's back o.o

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I never did any index honestly. Felt like the skill wall would come too early for me lmao. But yeah, I only ever heard of Reach, I didn't actually know he was around FFR. How I missed that is glaring.

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Holy FUCK Bahamut, long time no see.

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yooo wtf

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This thread feels like taking a time traveling machine and going back to like 2005.

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I am most definitely here...

Though I haven't played in eons.

I've contemplated playing again on and off but it's something I'm not sure I have time for.

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You're not alone, my dude.

I may have registered during the time, but I wasn't like... super active or anything to make note of this person, dohoho.

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Right on. It's probably for the best that I wasn't acutely aware of your existence here back then. I tended to annoy those around me often lol.

I'm riding that same wave of issue that you are. I decided to start playing again right as my work season began and now I hardly have time to play. Agricultural work isn't a job, it's a life. You don't get time for anything else lol.

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Your videos is what got me to play stepmania.

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yooooooooo

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now i can delete the songs folder

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Thanks for saying that. It's nice to know I was able to inspire some people to embrace the game.

The nostalgia present here has actually made me consider trying to get back into the game. I've heard of something called etterna - is that what most people are using now as opposed to the official stepmania build? Also, what's the preferred method for sharing scores & videos these days (outside of the good old brag board)? I see Thaor's going old fashioned with youtube, but I imagine DMCA concerns could potentially complicate this, or make something like twitch streaming basically impossible. Lastly, what are the main community hubs? FFR seems to be pretty inactive. Are people using discord now / some other site?

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For YouTube the only issues I've faced so far are just copyright claims, no real strikes so far. I haven't faced any issues on Twitch that I know of yet.

A thing I saw another Guitar Hero streamer say is that as long as highlights or clips don't exist on your Twitch stream, I think it should be OK? I'm not too-too sure on that, though.

And yeah Discord is what most people use that I'm aware of. I see a lot more activity there, anyway.


EDIT: Oh also some songs will get blocked in Denmark on YouTube for some reason. I don't know if they still do but it was a thing for a bit and I found it very humorous

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why denmark of all places?

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NO idea but it'd always be Lindsey Stirling or some other Monstercat song it was so funny

I'd always look forward to seeing if Denmark would block the next song I'd upload

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Wow - I wasn't active in the community during this time, but I remember silently lurking the forums and seeing these videos on Youtube.

I don't think I'll ever fully "de-rust" in the future, but I do feel like FFR will always be nostalgic for me simply because I really did care for a pretty long period of time. Seeing stuff like this makes me feel like a lot of the people I knew in this community likely feel the same.

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holy shit

i was a bit late to the legend of thaor but watching his st. scarhand, FotS, and guillaume tell back in the day was and still is amazing to this day. very envious of his consistency and even now.

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Same to you sir!

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I've found it really easy to derust and get past my old peak because there's a lot more content out now that better trains different skilsets (like chordjack packs).

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all the old stepmaniers crawling out of the woodwork
feels weird man

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I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but Thaor's AAA on Fury of the Storm is still a really good score even 13 years later.
Obviously Mollo would know better, but I think he did that at the same meetup that was posted earlier in the thread.

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The 15+ year chat now coming to a forum near you.

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PORCO DIOOOOO

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Dang still outputting some really clean and high performance reads. Not sure how he is able magically hits the jacks on that every time! Dude could probably take out a lot of the upper end and charts with his gifted skills.

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Now that is a throwback name

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while not as old as thaor this is also a throwback name

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Miss you too Choof ♥♥

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Shash when

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I would love to see Thaor go hard again. I have no doubt he could get up in the mid 30 msd range.

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I feel like a baby now. and I thought I was was caught up with mania culture

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St. Scarhand - AAA (2008)


St. Scarhand - 3g FC (2021)


Still a monster!

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.....

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Thaor is literally giving boomer stepmen like me hope.

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lol yeah man, old timers ftw!

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I saw this on my YouTube feed and my jaw nearly hit the floor!

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the funny part about being a stepman boomer is actually being able to recognize the songs he's posting

I can't even begin to describe half of the songs people post scores on nowadays

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I too am old. But will I ever break my glass ceiling?



Maybe.

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Yeah this man is legend

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dorco pio

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the legendary Thaor is back! orgoglioso di essere italiano :')

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Really excited to see what he can do on faster charts in general given this... the score is a bit messy, but his hand motions are really fluid given how fast the streams are

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First Etterna pic of his.

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https://etternaonline.com/score/view...ca5a600ea33113 jfc

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I sense a strong energy..

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And maybe you sensed well. But it's not strong. It's old energy.

Howdy guys.

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This presence, it's so powerful... and OLD. HAH, I kid I kid. Welcome back man!

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i don't have anything to contribute here other than :mrgreen:

the vertex gamma video was such an inspiration for me

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It just dawned on me, how the hell has nobody made an OP for Thaor yet wtf

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Good to see one of the most influencial players on me is back, kicking ass and posting again

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A legend has returned

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What did it feel like to see this thread in your honor hahaha

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seeing that avatar in 2021 lmao welcome back

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Bro it's 2021 and you still have head crabs.

They make shampoos for that nowadays. Lol.

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It is never too late.

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That is so true, porco di quel Dio. However I did not change my avatar on purpose.

@kmay that is that Dynam0's fault, we spent some time talking on Discord yesterday.

@Reach where are you pal. Let me find you and shower you with unnecessary amounts of affection.