FFR is up again?

TheGreatFrikken · 12-18-2010, 08:40 AM

Wow it's been over a year since I've seen this site up and running.Why was it gone to begin with? Glad to be back on here again but I wanna know exactly what happened this whole time. And to anyone else, welcome back to FFR

colt.45 · 12-18-2010, 08:43 AM

FFR has been back up since October or so

TheGreatFrikken · 12-18-2010, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by colt.45

FFR has been back up since October or so

Really? I checked back then and it wasn't up yet

colt.45 · 12-18-2010, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatFrikken

Really? I checked back then and it wasn't up yet

I can't remember... But I believe it was in October it went up.. Maybe it was early November idk.. I just started playing this week again!

But welcome back to FFR

TheGreatFrikken · 12-18-2010, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by colt.45

I can't remember... But I believe it was in October it went up.. Maybe it was early November idk.. I just started playing this week again!

But welcome back to FFR

That's odd, but thanks ^^. Why did the site go down to begin with?

**foxfire667** · 12-18-2010, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatFrikken

Wow it's been over a year since I've seen this site up and running.Why was it gone to begin with? Glad to be back on here again but I wanna know exactly what happened this whole time. And to anyone else, welcome back to FFR

Welcome back to FFR!

The site returned on October 9th, 2010. The site has also experienced a series of small down times for updates from then to now, so you may have been unlucky enough to check FFR on one of those days.

What happened? Well, I'm fairly sure that there was a few hard drive failures and errors, as well as a huge copyright thing going down at the same time. With that, Synth decided to close shop on December 21st 2009 till a few months ago. Not sure if that's the whole story, but I'm think that's why.

TheGreatFrikken · 12-18-2010, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by foxfire667

Welcome back to FFR!

The site returned on October 9th, 2010. The site has also experienced a series of small down times for updates from then to now, so you may have been unlucky enough to check FFR on one of those days.

What happened? Well, I'm fairly sure that there was a few hard drive failures and errors, as well as a huge copyright thing going down at the same time. With that, Synth decided to close shop on December 21st 2009 till a few months ago. Not sure if that's the whole story, but I'm think that's why.

Copyright? I thought every song on here was used with permission. But thanks for the information, I'd been curious, as well as missing this site. Gonna be hard to start up again with friends and getting good once more, I'm sure alot of people have forgotten this game or just don't wanna play anymore

**Im Vince** · 12-18-2010, 09:12 AM

There were copyright issues about the simfile database, so as you can see it is not there anymore.

**devonin** · 12-18-2010, 09:13 AM

That's why the simfile database is gone, but not why the site was down.

We can just leave it at "There were reasons, they've been resolved" There are more than enough places where the official reasons are stated if you really want to know. Take you 2 minutes of searching.

**foxfire667** · 12-18-2010, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatFrikken

Copyright? I thought every song on here was used with permission. But thanks for the information, I'd been curious, as well as missing this site. Gonna be hard to start up again with friends and getting good once more, I'm sure alot of people have forgotten this game or just don't wanna play anymore

Well, I'm not exactly sure what it was all about, but the copyright issue could have been on the Stepmania file database, considering that was about 65,000 infringes of copyright right there (which is why it's not going up again basically). Maybe someone checking permissions on all of the songs in FFR...not sure. Could search it up like devonin said if you want all the details.

Well, before the crash there was probably 20,000 active users in all...maybe. Currently there is much less than that, the site has been down for a while and people have probably decided to whore something else if they didn't play StepMania over the crash. Word just hasn't gotten out far enough yet that it has returned.

**devonin** · 12-18-2010, 09:18 AM

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Well, before the crash there was probably 20,000 active users in all...maybe. Currently there is much less than that, the site has been down for a while and people have probably decided to whore something else if they didn't play StepMania over the crash. Word just hasn't gotten out far enough yet that it has returned.

In the last week before the downtime, we were getting about 1500 unique users a day. This week we've been getting about 1300 unique users a day.

mixuboy · 12-18-2010, 01:52 PM

Sure it´s great to see that ffr has returned, but the simfile database is gone, which is unforgivable.

**megamon88** · 12-18-2010, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by mixuboy

Sure it´s great to see that ffr has returned, but the simfile database is gone, which is unforgivable.

I'd rather have the site back with the simdb gone than have the whole site taken down because of the blatant copyright issues.

**lightdarkness** · 12-18-2010, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by devonin

In the last week before the downtime, we were getting about 1500 unique users a day. This week we've been getting about 1300 unique users a day.

I'd like to clarify that this is logged in users. We get a significantly larger amount of unique hits a day.

**reuben_tate** · 12-18-2010, 03:18 PM

I don't know if the admins know yet but the simfile database is still accessible by going to your profile, going to the "my settings" tab, clicking "signature editor", and clicking the simfile database icon on the left side.

**megamon88** · 12-18-2010, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by reuben_tate

I don't know if the admins know yet but the simfile database is still accessible by going to your profile, going to the "my settings" tab, clicking "signature editor", and clicking the simfile database icon on the left side.

It shows the list, but I don't think you can actually download anything though.

**reuben_tate** · 12-18-2010, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by megamon88

It shows the list, but I don't think you can actually download anything though.

Well, I didn't bother to play or download any of the songs. I just saw it and I was like "Oh. I thought they got rid of that." It's still odd that they still have the list still there though...

Mad Scotsman · 12-18-2010, 08:22 PM

i never even knew there was a simfile database and i dont avtually know what it is either :P im glad the site is back tought

i just cant wait until multiplayer is back up and running properly again

12-18-2010, 08:40 AM	#1
TheGreatFrikken FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Age: 28 Posts: 18	FFR is up again? Wow it's been over a year since I've seen this site up and running.Why was it gone to begin with? Glad to be back on here again but I wanna know exactly what happened this whole time. And to anyone else, welcome back to FFR

12-18-2010, 08:43 AM	#2
colt.45 WASHED UP Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Arizona Age: 32 Posts: 1,549	Re: FFR is up again? FFR has been back up since October or so

12-18-2010, 09:12 AM	#8
Im Vince Allez Montréal! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Quebec Age: 31 Posts: 819	Re: FFR is up again? There were copyright issues about the simfile database, so as you can see it is not there anymore.

12-18-2010, 09:13 AM	#9
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 40 Posts: 10,098	Re: FFR is up again? That's why the simfile database is gone, but not why the site was down. We can just leave it at "There were reasons, they've been resolved" There are more than enough places where the official reasons are stated if you really want to know. Take you 2 minutes of searching.

12-18-2010, 01:52 PM	#12
mixuboy FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 3	Re: FFR is up again? Sure it´s great to see that ffr has returned, but the simfile database is gone, which is unforgivable.

12-18-2010, 08:22 PM	#18
Mad Scotsman FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1	Re: FFR is up again? i never even knew there was a simfile database and i dont avtually know what it is either :P im glad the site is back tought i just cant wait until multiplayer is back up and running properly again

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