What's happening in here?

[TheSaxRunner05]

They can be in the game, I would just prefer they were out of the level ranks

If we want to keep noobies away from them, maybe they can be unlocked like secret songs?

Also, I liked the idea someone brought up about having secret songs unlocked by GT rather than credits so I don't have to constantly worry about dropping below 150k. I've well earned the secret songs by this point.

[YoshL]

Originally Posted by hi19hi19

I've only been saying this for nearly 10 years.

"BUT MUH LEGACY FILES" I have no idea why people are so irrationally attached to these pieces of shit in the game :/

Would it be disagreeable to contact the original stepauthors, re-sync, and re-color the legacy charts? (maybe just the easier, more sync-problematic songs)

Because honestly, the argument of "I had to work so hard for my SSSG AAA it's unfair that other people later will get it easier" is mostly selfish I think. You can still hold the prestige of AAAing an offsync song, just don't allow it to get in the way of making FFR better i guess

something something, completely random rant lol

[_Zenith_]

Legacy Files only hold sentimental value along with being a part of FFR history, and when it comes to the game now, they really have no purpose of being there imo.

We have plenty of step artists who can literally replace all legacy with newer, more synced, and overall better files.

[ilikexd]

[YoshL]

[_Zenith_]

Fiffer meme

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by HeZe

2. What I’ve seen the past years, the community cools down a lot after an OT ends. Maybe we could have more official tournaments each year? 2-3 tournaments a year would make miracles to site activity. One of the tournaments with new files, the others could be with old files to make things easier for staff. Maybe one tournament with only one division? Would be epic. X-rated tournaments with old files?

I did the twice a year official thing, the winter tournament didn't have as big of a turnout and most people said that two was too much and that it should stay to just yearly.

[Rapta]

Originally Posted by psychoangel691

I did the twice a year official thing, the winter tournament didn't have as big of a turnout and most people said that two was too much and that it should stay to just yearly.

I also think the official should be once a year.

[master q60]

The legacy file issue can just be resolved with what has already been happening with the original crowdpleaser/Revo Etude and make them any form of token. Not only will there be better files of the legacy files, new users who unlock them might be intrigued with what they unlocked and play it.

[sickufully]

Originally Posted by TheSaxRunner05

I asked my friend why he didn't really play FFR.

He said there weren't a lot of options in the 1-10 range for good songs and charts, and that the poorly synced blue note songs were unplayable for him. Anytime he saw all the notes were blue, he'd quit immediately. He said "The biggest thing would be getting rid of the garbage" (refering to legacy charts).

I personally know there are some good charts in that range, but it people have trouble finding them, they won't stick around.

He also said "maybe a beginner's guide would be useful"

All I can think about when I read this is the fact that R^3 has a non-existent search filter. The Velo engine has the best search filter of all 3 engines by a long way. But since R^3 is the default engine that opens when a user clicks on 'FFR the game', most new users will get used to the R^3 engine and not even worry about playing on another engine.

If R^3 could implement the same search filter as Velo, this would greatly help new users filter through types of songs that they want nothing to do with (like your friend with Legacy files). Even further filter options could be throw in there too such as:
- Hide/Show Legacy Files
- Hide/Show Files with Backgrounds
- Hide/Show Token/Skill Token songs
- Hide/Show Locked Tokens/Skill Tokens
- Hide/Show Tier Point Songs
- Search by Artist and/or Step Author
- Search by Length (between 2 specific times, not just 'under 1 minute or over 3 minutes)
- Search by Genre (although some genre's in this game seem made up or incorrect for the song)
- Search by Number of AAA/FC for an individual song
- Search by Release Date
- Search by Most Played songs
- Search by Average Raw Score
- Search by Average GT Score

One other search method I just thought of before posting this is 'Search by Recommended Song for Your Skill Level' or 'Recommended Songs for Improving Your Skill Level'. What is meant by this is there could be a handful of songs (preferably more than less since playing the same 4-5 songs would get boring so upwards of 20 sounds reasonable) that are aimed at improving your skill.

For example:
- You're sitting at mid-D3 range and you want to push through to D4. You can search for songs recommended for your skill level which would be mid-high 50's (maybe a select few low 60's). These songs would contain skill sets that are standard for the next division level. You would play these songs until you can SDG them or until you can see yourself skillboosting. This would be ideal for new players since they have a choice of nearly 2000 songs, knowing the right songs to play for their skill level would not only make the game more enjoyable, they will actually be able to see themselves improving.

Alternatively, you could 'Search by Skill' where a similar concept to the one above is implemented but with a bunch of songs that contain the same skill type. So a set of songs that focus specifically on JS/HS or Stream or Jacks or Runningmen. This could help strengthen areas that some people are particularly weak in.

[DossarLX ODI]

Just an fyi, Synthlight told me that he will be posting in this thread and provide updates about the development team tonight.

[Meatyguy]

Originally Posted by DossarLX ODI

Just an fyi, Synthlight told me that he will be posting in this thread and provide updates about the development team tonight.

Oh boy, good or bad?

[MarcusHawkins]

Originally Posted by TheSaxRunner05

They can be in the game, I would just prefer they were out of the level ranks

If we want to keep noobies away from them, maybe they can be unlocked like secret songs?

Also, I liked the idea someone brought up about having secret songs unlocked by GT rather than credits so I don't have to constantly worry about dropping below 150k. I've well earned the secret songs by this point.

Hey, I brought up that idea, and now quite a few people are supporting it! Thanks for being one of those people!

Also, I wonder what changes could be made regarding the development team...
...This could be interesting!!

[TheRapingDragon]

Originally Posted by DossarLX ODI

Just an fyi, Synthlight told me that he will be posting in this thread and provide updates about the development team tonight.

Or not. Would have been nice to know everything said before meant something and there was progress happening behind the scenes, but hopefully there is an update at some point.

[Rapta]

Synth where

[poulice]

Originally Posted by sickufully

All I can think about when I read this is the fact that R^3 has a non-existent search filter.

This is why I love the FFR API =D, I can make my own filters and find the easiest songs I haven't AAA yet =D

[DossarLX ODI]

I'm going to ping Synthlight again so he can post in here. There are two potential developers that could be joining the dev team and I'd rather have someone on the dev team give the update. I shouldn't be expected to have all the answers.

[MarcusHawkins]

omg, hype!!

[justin_ator]

Interesting

[MarcusHawkins]

Still waiting for that post, lol!