Thirdstyle - Page 2

justin_ator · 02-10-2014, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainAhab

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 · 02-10-2014, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by justin_ator

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 · 02-10-2014, 10:23 PM

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 · 02-10-2014, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by justin_ator

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 · 02-10-2014, 10:46 PM

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!!!! · 02-11-2014, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Ohaider

anybody tried stepmania?

never heard of it

**RB_Spirit** · 02-11-2014, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptainAhab

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** · 02-11-2014, 07:10 AM

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

**NocturneAunamic** · 02-11-2014, 07:41 AM

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** · 02-15-2014, 09:39 AM

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

**j-rodd123** · 02-15-2014, 09:50 AM

gotta give it up for thirdstyle, lets hear it for thirdstyle

lol

**psychoangel691** · 02-15-2014, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by justin_ator

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.

Thirdstyle was created because of FFR's downtime. Had nothing to do with FFR being run with a money aspect. FFR made a return just as TS was launching. There were talks about possibly putting TS and FFR together at the time but Maldon for whatever reason got annoyed about something and pulled the plug on TS totally. Don't remember every detail now since it was a few years ago. From there Tass and the rest of the admins continued on with TS as a seperate project from FFR. Maybe Tass continued on with it because of the money aspect, but I'm not going to put words in people's mouths. The only thing I can say for sure was that it stemmed from FFR's downtime. It's in the Tass forums somewhere if you feel like digging lol.

choof · 02-15-2014, 10:17 AM

am I going to have to make another drunken vid about the differences between ts and ffr

choof · 02-15-2014, 10:19 AM

ts is objectively better than ffr but the community there fucking blows. check the forums, it's mostly inside jokes and ts memes

**psychoangel691** · 02-15-2014, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by choof

am I going to have to make another drunken vid about the differences between ts and ffr

yes

James May · 02-15-2014, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by choof

ts is objectively better than ffr but the community there fucking blows. check the forums, it's mostly inside jokes and ts memes

no one ever uses the forums anymore lmao...

**Kekeb** · 02-15-2014, 12:07 PM

i preferred the hypothetical ts

Guro · 02-15-2014, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by choof

ts is objectively better than ffr but the community there fucking blows. check the forums, it's mostly inside jokes and ts memes

forums are worthless
chat's where it's at

**hi19hi19** · 02-15-2014, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Kekeb

i preferred the hypothetical ts

I preferred TS when it was just an awesome pipe dream everyone on FFR shared

The reality of it kinda sucks

**arcnmx** · 02-15-2014, 01:54 PM

I tried TS a while back, it just seemed like a reskinned legacy engine with even less features to me. Primitive settings, etc. I guess someone made up a quick proof of concept for an FFR replacement and then instantly abandoned it?

I dismissed it mainly because it lacks a video sync option (the audio sync setting also barely works), and no multiplayer which is the only reason I came to FFR in the first place :P

02-10-2014, 10:23 PM	#23
justin_ator 🥓<strong><span style="col Resident Overseer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kingsport, TN Posts: 7,648	Re: Thirdstyle 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 __________________

02-10-2014, 10:46 PM	#25
justin_ator 🥓<strong><span style="col Resident Overseer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kingsport, TN Posts: 7,648	Re: Thirdstyle 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.. __________________ Last edited by justin_ator; 02-10-2014 at 10:51 PM..

02-11-2014, 07:10 AM	#28
Devilchilly D7 Elite Keymasher Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 305	Re: Thirdstyle I signed up with the game when I played FFR for 5 months iirc. __________________

02-11-2014, 07:41 AM	#29
NocturneAunamic FFR Veteran Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: HoCo, Maryland Age: 30 Posts: 893	Re: Thirdstyle 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. __________________

02-15-2014, 09:39 AM	#30
IncandescentMelody lurker Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 26	Re: Thirdstyle Yep I found the site yesterday. Seems kinda neat though. __________________

02-15-2014, 10:17 AM	#33
choof Banned Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 8,563	Re: Thirdstyle am I going to have to make another drunken vid about the differences between ts and ffr

02-15-2014, 10:19 AM	#34
choof Banned Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 8,563	Re: Thirdstyle ts is objectively better than ffr but the community there fucking blows. check the forums, it's mostly inside jokes and ts memes

02-15-2014, 12:07 PM	#37
Kekeb davai Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 33 Posts: 2,765	Re: Thirdstyle i preferred the hypothetical ts

02-15-2014, 01:54 PM	#40
arcnmx nanodesu~ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 503	Re: Thirdstyle I tried TS a while back, it just seemed like a reskinned legacy engine with even less features to me. Primitive settings, etc. I guess someone made up a quick proof of concept for an FFR replacement and then instantly abandoned it? I dismissed it mainly because it lacks a video sync option (the audio sync setting also barely works), and no multiplayer which is the only reason I came to FFR in the first place :P __________________ FMO AAAs (1): Within Life :: FGO AAAs (1): Einstein-Rosen Bridge

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