FFR Suggestions

[ichliebekase]

So I figured I'd give it a shot to redo the regions in America. Some have new names, some stayed the same. I'd like feedback because some states I had a rough time putting in a perfect spot. Also, for "Center of America" region, I'd definitely like a different name xD maybe "Heart of America" or something like that.

Pacific: 5

~Washington
~Oregon
~California
~Hawaii
~Alaska

Rockys 8

~Montana
~Idaho
~Nevada
~Wyoming
~Utah
~Colorado
~Arizona
~New Mexico

Great Lakes: 7

~Minnesota
~Wisconsin
~Illinois
~Indiana
~Michigan
~Ohio
~Kentucky

Center of America: 6

~North Dakota
~South Dakota
~Nebraska
~Kansas
~Iowa
~Missouri

Gulf Coast: 6

~Texas
~Louisiana
~Mississippi
~Alabama
~Arkansas
~Oklahoma

New England: 6 (this one stayed the same)

~Maine
~New Hampshire
~Vermont
~Massachusetts
~Rhode Island
~Connecticut

Mid-Atlantic: 7

~New York
~Pennsylvania
~New Jersey
~Delaware
~Maryland (including Washington D.C.)
~Virginia
~West Virginia

South Atlantic: 5

~North Carolina
~South Carolina
~Georgia
~Florida
~Tennessee

Justin, if you'd like to look into maybe breaking down the providences of Canada, by all means :]

And of course, this was just a thought and I figured I'd show the staff an idea if they ever wanted to do it.

[HammyMcSquirrel]

We could just use this for region designation within the United States:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ce...ted_States.svg

I asked about adding in new regions months ago and I was told that the code is a mess from the old administration, so it wasn't worth it at the time. Maybe one of the admins would be willing to do that now, though.

[YoshL]

also.

can something be done about support tokens? .-.

[HammyMcSquirrel]

Originally Posted by YOSHl

also.

can something be done about support tokens? .-.

Last I saw, the requirements were decided on and Velocity said that he would have some code in place for them within a week. This was back in early July, though. We'd have to ask him about it.

[Niala]

Originally Posted by HammyMcSquirrel

We could just use this for region designation within the United States:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ce...ted_States.svg

I asked about adding in new regions months ago and I was told that the code is a mess from the old administration, so it wasn't worth it at the time. Maybe one of the admins would be willing to do that now, though.

Speaking of which, can we do something about Canada? While our population may be small, we have a lot of good players that could be separated into specific areas.

[HammyMcSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Niala

Speaking of which, can we do something about Canada? While our population may be small, we have a lot of good players that could be separated into specific areas.

That's actually what I brought up specifically some months back. (Dividing Canada up into more regions.) I'll ask about it again and see if I get a different response regarding the coding.

[bmah]

I was thinking something along the lines of:

West: BC

Prairies: AB, SK, MB

East: ON, QC

Atlantic: NB, NS, PE, NL

North: YT, NT, NU

That's how the provinces are usually grouped in general.

[Netjet!]

Originally Posted by bmah

I was thinking something along the lines of:

West: BC

Prairies: AB, SK, MB

East: ON, QC

Atlantic: NB, NS, PE, NL

North: YT, NT, NU

That's how the provinces are usually grouped in general.

+1 for this

[Niala]

Originally Posted by bmah

I was thinking something along the lines of:

West: BC

Prairies: AB, SK, MB

East: ON, QC

Atlantic: NB, NS, PE, NL

North: YT, NT, NU

That's how the provinces are usually grouped in general.

This is actually exactly what I was thinking. Most often this is how it's grouped, unless it's that "Canadian Shield" crap, but that doesn't really apply here.

[Netjet!]

Originally Posted by Niala

This is actually exactly what I was thinking. Most often this is how it's grouped, unless it's that "Canadian Shield" crap, but that doesn't really apply here.

I'd rather go by provincial lines than topographical lines, IMO. :monkey:

[ichliebekase]

Originally Posted by HammyMcSquirrel

We could just use this for region designation within the United States:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ce...ted_States.svg

Would you want to use the groupings by region or division? Because, while the regions make sense, the divisions don't because of how they break apart the country for the regions. Plus, if the coding is bad, my sorting kept the same amount of regions within the country (8).

I really just don't like how that map is set up. If you could clarify it then maybe I would like it more :l

[HammyMcSquirrel]

Originally Posted by ichliebekase

Would you want to use the groupings by region or division? Because, while the regions make sense, the divisions don't because of how they break apart the country for the regions. Plus, if the coding is bad, my sorting kept the same amount of regions within the country (8).

I really just don't like how that map is set up. If you could clarify it then maybe I would like it more :l

It would only be by regions and no new ones would have to be created for the United States if we went by that official map. (We currently have nine regions for the United States and that official map has nine as well, it's just divided more accurately than what we currently have.) We'd just have to alter the names and change how they are marked on the map.

[devonin]

Ideally the regions overall should be as close to equal in population as possible.

Half the problem with existing regions is that it's really annoying to try and force sort people by IP address, and easy for them to get around it, and people are misfiling themselves to get into a category where it's easier to appear on the toplist.

[Netjet!]

Just a question, but I see that we have a lot of Chopin in FFR right now. Examples being Revolutionary Etude (Op. 10 No 12), Op.10 No 9, and so on. He composed a lot of music, Op.10 having many different parts. Do you think it would be a good idea to step more of his music, regardless of difficulty? Or should people just step the "difficult" pieces?

[qqwref]

People (including you!) can step whatever they like - it's not like there's a group that decides what songs get stepped. If you think a piece is interesting or should be in the game, I'd suggest stepping it yourself, or else getting someone good to make a chart.

[jimerax]

Actually having more classical pieces is good but the most difficult thing is getting permission from performers. As for digital performance of classical songs it's easier to get permission/easier to sync, but harder to find good performances.

[m0de]

after playing a song.. besides showing your rank, and best rank on a song.. it would be nice to show your best score too. (6-0-0-0) <- example.

[justin_ator]

I've actually thought a lot about how it would be nice to have a new score results screen, but never actually put any effort into making a suggestion for what that would look like. Graphs of how much you sucked up a part or two are always fun to rage at.

[raskanally]

would it be possible for it to make the graph like in ITG2? (i think)
and have the results down the middle with your current run on the left, and you best run stats on the right.

[justin_ator]

That's somewhat was I was thinking.