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Forum Upgrades
I’m sure many of you guys noticed that the forum is down, and possibly one or two other small misalignments around the site. Fear not, we’re hard at work doing some maitanence and upgrades around the forum and the site. Hopefully will all be finished and back to normal by the time everyone is up for school tomorrow.
-Tass, Synth, and the MegaMechaMaitanenceMachine
edit: everything should be back up now.
Creating a New World Through KARMA
Hello FFR’ers! (try saying that 10 times fast heh heh)
Today we have a very special treat for all of you. A rare and wonderful treat.
Stephen Kay, president of Karma-Lab and the developer of the music technology known as KARMA, has given his permission for us to use one of his songs as this week’s featured stepfile. This isn’t any ordinary permission. Stephen has been featured in many magazines and websites such as Electronic Musician, Keyboard Magazine, Sound on Sound, and IT-Review.net for his incredible line of electronic keyboards and software incorporating KARMA, as well as his career as a musician and composer. His works have appeared as themes for world-wide NBC sports programs such as Wimbledon and the French Open, and he’s played in just about every kind of music group you can name: rock bands, jazz fusion bands, show bands, etc. His music is truly wacky and colorful, a bright twist to most music you may have listened to. Here is a link to the media player on his site, loaded with some of product demo works.
For more information about Stephen Kay, check out his biography.
Now to the featured file:
Today’s featured file is called ==Planet KARMA==. Some of you might know it from ODIpack2. It’s one of Stephen Kay’s multi-part epics, featuring 5 movements, each with a completely different style and mood. Most of the file is similar to the one in ODIpack2, but there are some striking differences, especially in the 2nd movement. The difficulty varies throughout the song, anywhere from a 4 to a 12. The entire song is just under 6 and a half minutes long, so it’s sure to test your endurance throughout! Stepped by yours truly. You can find it in Secret; it’ll only take 100,000 credits to access. Enjoy this epic release!
2 In A Row! New Subbie Feature: Added Speedmods!
Hopefully this does show all of you that we DO listen to suggestions, even if it takes us some time until we can implement them. We had to remove 3.0x mod on the Beta, because the bar is now full. We figured you guys would rather have 2 new usable mods instead of 3.0x which is rarely used outside of as a joke.
2.25x and 2.5x are now usable! Yay! I know a lot of people were looking for a 1.875x mod as well, but there just isn’t room without completely re-doing that area of the settings menu.
I expect to see a metric butt-ton of new insane scores now… no excuses. Between masking and more mods, you guys are out of reasons to suck. And I say that with all the love in the world. <3.
-Tass, Synth, and the Green Lantern!
update: Another small feature… we added a song timer bar between the game interface and the MP interface. It appears as a black bar that gets blue as the song progresses. It’s not in the most amazing location… but it’s merely there to get the functionality in place and to beta test.
New Subbie Feature: In-Game Masking!
There are a few small features we’ve been wanting to add for some time now, and in-game masking is one of them. Many of you may ask… what is in-game masking? In-game masking is 2 things. It is the ability to hide your combo from displaying and it is the ability to hide your accuracy from displaying. Two separate features.
Now… why would this be a good thing? For the casual user, it likely won’t make much of a difference. In fact, for many users, it is crucial to be able to see one’s accuracy and/or combo. But for some users (especially reverse players), the combo and accuracy displays in-game can be highly distracting. It is for these users that we are giving the option to disable combo or accuracy or both.
For now, it is subscriber only. So if this is a feature you absolutely NEED, subscribe! You’ll also be getting all the other sweet subbie-only features and helping the site.
Be on the lookout for a few more small features that will make many users happy.
-Tass, Synth, and the gnome in the dryer that keeps stealing my socks.
Yay Labor Day!
A few song related things for you guys…
1. 2 new subbie SotW songs are out, for yesterday and Friday.
2. 2 new public songs were released on Friday and yesterday (like every Friday and Sunday). Do A Barrel Roll by Kil, stepped by ElectricWerewolf and Here’s To Life [Oni] by Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution, stepped by DrugstoreCowboy, Kailure, AND Bluguerrilla.
3. We’ve added 2 new SKILL TOKENS, which gives us 100 total. #99 is straight-forward… Pass One Minute Waltz with less than 100 boos to unlock Minute Waltz v2. I listed it as a FMO, but it may be high VC. Not sure. Stepfile by jimerax. #100 is a bit different. We want to reward all the Token Whores out there, and hi19hi19 gave us the perfect opportunity. ST #100 requires you to have unlocked the previous 99 skill tokens. Have #1-99, then check your levelrank.php, and you’ll be given #100… the aptly named Token Whore, by dj tepples. If you get access to this song, congrats!, you ARE a Token Whore!
4. Some Support Token news: About 100 users were able to play Dendrite v2 without actually having access to the song… we’ve removed the scores from these users. In addition, all support tokens will now show up in special levelrank, not normal levelrank. Finally, challenges are being disallowed on support tokens if you do not have the token (just like secret, token, skill, etc).
5. Be on the lookout for a special public release file later today too. We ARE sitting on 599 public songs, and today IS a holiday (in the US).
-Tass
4th Official Tournament Finished – Over $1,300 Worth in Winnings!
So after over 2 months of brutal competition, the 4th Official Tournament has finally come to a close. Congratulations to our top 3 placers:
Masters
1. Shashakiro (Will not receive prizes)
2. -Laggy- > 2 year subscription, $100 cash, and an FFR T-shirt.
3. gameboy42690 > 1 year subscription, $50 cash, and an FFR T-shirt.
4. omgitznpv > 6 month subscription and $25 cash.
Expert
1. dood gone krazee > 2 year subscription, $80 cash, and an FFR T-shirt.
2. powerfull > 1 year subscription, $40 cash, and an FFR T-shirt.
3. Kirby615 > 6 month subscription and $20 cash.
Advanced
1. suika510 > 2 year subscription, $60 cash, and an FFR T-shirt.
2. XXXleviXXX > 1 year subscription, $30 cash, and an FFR T-shirt.
3. Superfreak04 > 6 month subscription and $15 cash.
Intermediate
1. DarknessXoXLight > 2 year subscription, $40 cash, and an FFR T-shirt.
2. WaLkInStIcK > 1 year subscription and $20 cash.
3. Commandergamma > 6 month subscription and $10 cash.
Beginner
1. E_skittles > 2 year subscription, $20 cash, and an FFR T-shirt.
2. Kynosaur > 1 year subscription and $10 cash.
3. Kol > 6 month subscription and $5 cash.
These people worked extremely hard to do as well as they did. Many of them improved great amounts to the point where they would even do well in the division above them.
In addition to these people, everyone in the top 8 of each division received the Vertex Beta vROFL token as a prize.
Thanks to all 1520 participants who joined this tournament. Once again it was a fun and memorable experience, and I will expect to see all of you and more in the next one!
Best of luck,
Sprite-
Tass note: Would all 15 people please PM me with your paypal email address. Would those owed a t-shirt also tell me what country you are in. Thanks.
WE FIXED THE PURCHASED GENRE!
OMFG… it actually happened. We fixed Purchased. If you go into the FFR Shop, you’ll notice a nice, new song in there, ripe for buying. R8U (Another) by Shiki is a mix off of Kyle Ward‘s R8U which is a mix off of B4U by Naoki that is well known in DDR. I’m sure you’re aware that 4FT3R M3 is a remix of this also. Stepfile is by Behanjc and can be yours forever for the small sum of 5000 credits.
Keep checking Purchased every few days, as we’ll continue to make use of the genre again now that we can. Give you guys something new to use your credits on besides gambling (if you have any left!). Expect songs to range from 1000 to 10000 in price, based on my own arbitrary feelings at the time of adding.
-Tass
2nd Photo Scavenger Hunt – NOW thru Sun!!
Everyone enjoys a good scavenger hunt, and we at FFR are no different. Listed below is a list of items that you can take photos of to receive varying amounts of points. The harder something is to get a picture of, the more points it is worth! You will have until 11:59pm PST on Sunday, July 13th to submit pictures into this thread located here.
Important note: Please post pictures with IMG tags in the thread… NOT links.
The List:
1 point:
Picture of you with your finger up your nose
Picture of you doing a handstand
Picture of bubblewrap
2 points:
Picture of a dunkaroo
Picture of a cat tree (at least 3 levels of tree) – +1 per cat on the tree
Picture of a bullet (unfired, any caliber)
Picture of shoes with at least 5″ platforms
Picture of you blowing a bubble
Click MORE for the rest of the list, or go to the thread
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Gamble! At Your Own Risk.
Some of you may have heard that we’ve been testing a new gambling script with the subscribers over the past few days. Now that we’re sure that it is 100% bug free, we’re ready to release it to all of you guys! Go to the gambling page to accept a wager. Just click accept and you’ll have a 50/50 shot of winning! If there aren’t any wagers pending, or you want to place more than one… go to the place a bet page!
What are you gambling on? It’s just a flip of a coin. You and an anonymous gambling opponent will each have 50% odds of winning the amount of credits that you both have agreed to wager.
I want to warn all of you… gamble at your own risk. Do NOT gamble for more than you are willing to lose. We’ve had a LOT of subscribers lose their life savings of credits in a matter of minutes. If you are not willing to risk that, then don’t gamble.
Finally, we have a statistics page up, if you want to see who has gambled the most, who has the best winning percentage, or who has won the most credits (or who has the worst losing percentage and who has lost the most credits). A few users have won millions of credits… but many others have lost all the credits they’ve ever had. To get your name on the statistics page, you have to view your history page. Also, 1% of all credits wagered will go to the house.
Good luck and good gambling!
-Tass
A final note… do NOT beg for credits. If you beg for credits, you will get a 24 hour ban.
