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Christmas is Upon Us! Come Unwrap Your Songs!
You’ve been patient up until today, but the final day of FFRMas is now upon us and two brand new Christmas songs are available for play in the Misc. genre:
The Mannheim Steamroller rendition of Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow is no longer widget-exclusive, making a difficulty level 3 debut to the public with a [Heavy] stepfile created by ElectricWerewolf. Fresh off the Flash presses is the humorous song A Christmas Carol by Tom Lehrer, which features a vocal-timed difficulty level 5 stepfile by Talisman.
While everyone is in the holiday spirit, don’t forget about last year’s addition of Carol Megamix by Hiro (9 by Rebirth0), which you can also find located in the Misc. genre.
To conclude the 12 Days of FFRMas, an additional three non-holiday oriented songs, located at the bottom of the Hip-Hop genre, round out the event:
First, Sabrepulse’s Horizon Remix features three minutes of tricky patterns including trills, yellow note streams and air step alternations in a level 8 stepfile by rshadow8888. Shind Bad hangs another DJ Sharpnel song onto the FFR tree with a difficulty 9 stepfile by Rebirth0 that throws out plenty of high speed yellow note streams and quickfire air steps. Another artist making a return in FFR with a difficulty 9 rating is Smiley feat. KaW in Euphoria where eastsideman09′s stepfile flows with the busy, yet cheerful, melody.
So there you have it, another five songs to add even more cheer to your holidays. We hope you have enjoyed the second-annual 12 Days of FFRMas and we look forward to seeing our users as we now look ahead to the year 2008.
-nestlekwik and the FFR staff
FFRMas Eve Yields Early Presents
On the 11th day of FFRMas, Flash Flash Revolution gave to you:
The easiest of tonight’s files introduces Cid’s Theme Piano Concerto by XBrav, bringing in a short difficulty 2 stepfile by vemuck that is stocking-stuffed full of air steps. Difficulty level 7 does double-duty tonight, first with The Final Fantasy by B0UNC3, a constant file by Kalazor that presents tricky patterns of yellow note streams accented by air steps. Tonight’s second level 7 is Black Noise –_– by Zenon, which thanks to stepfile artist Scytlock, should serve as any yellow-note stream fanatic’s dream. Finally, tonight’s hardest stepfile comes in the form of cornandbean’s {I Don’t Need You Anymore}, a level 10, 5:05 long marathon featuring tricky streams courtesy of dore. You should know the drill by now, but all four songs are located at the bottom pages of the hip-hop genre.
On the eve of Christmas, only one more day is left in the 12 Days of FFRMas. What awaits you on the final day? Come back tomorrow and see what lies underneath the FFRMas tree.
FFRMas Day 10: Four More Songs
Sorry for delay, but I have just received word that the files for Day 10 of the 12 Days of FFRMas are now live, making four more Flash Flash Revolution songs available in the hip-hop genre – scroll down three pages and you’ll see them listed as the last songs:
First up, providing a mellow 2 difficulty, Nina Goddess of Dance brings more Euro house to FFR with the addition of Don’t You Want Me, a stepfile by MixMasterLar that flows with the airy vocals and bassline. Bumping up the difficulty, Progression by Draigun enters in with a difficulty level 9 stepfile by Silvuh that continually flows with triplets and is accented with tricky parts all through the song. The next two additions turn the difficulty dial up to 10 – Neonatrias provides a quickfire stepfile with the intense Ascii Art Core by Yamajet that will have you seeing plenty of yellow. Shanghai Girl of Meiji 17 by dBu is a little more laid back with a file by behanjc, which follows the song’s orchestral feel, but unlike the fast-paced 1:24 runtime of Ascii Art Core, this level 10 file runs just short of four minutes.
Of course, being that it is now day 11 in the event, you should expect to see another update later today with even more FFR song additions.
Day 8 + 9 = Day 17? More FFR Songs!
While most of us are currently enjoying the laurels of the holiday, I’m stepping in real quick for the mighty Tasselfoot to fill you in on the details of the 12 Days of FFRMas additions for days 8 and 9. Honestly, it’s been a good spell since I’ve tackled the beast that is Flash Flash Revolution, so without further ado, enough of my blabber and on with the tunes, which are all located at the bottom pages of the hip-hop genre:
Day 8 (Friday, Dec. 21)
First up is Shin Trigger by ZeRo_BaSs, a fast-paced song with a difficulty 7 stepfile by SulferDragon, featuring a number of yellow note patterns that follow the melodies. Same Dream by DJ Sharpnel is a melodic song full of 1/8th streams, resulting in a fitting difficulty 4 stepfile by ElectricWerewolf. Next, in a level featuring a good amount of streaming arrows, Hadazumi Rittou by Schizophrenic Raccoon might appear easier than labeled until you hit the burst toward the end in this difficulty 7 stepfile by Silvuh. To finish out yesterday’s additions, the Kyle Ward-produced tune Clockwork Genesis by Inspector K uses a good amount of air steps and yellow notes to serve up a difficulty 8 stepfile by eastsideman09.
Day 9 (Saturday, Dec. 22)
In today’s first addition, Midnight of the North comes at you courtesy of Sanxion7 with a difficulty 7 stepfile by blahblahblahblahblahblah that features a good amount of yellow note triplets and strings. In today’s first difficulty 9 stepfile, Megane De Ne! by MOSAIC.WAV features peppy vocals and melodies along with a challenging guitar solo in this file by jimerax. Finally, players will get to taste the rainbow of different note colors in Sunny Side Up by Stargroup100 with a suitable difficulty 9 stepfile produced by the song’s own author, Stargroup100.
As you might expect, day 10 will be coming at you very soon as we count down the final days of this now annual event. We hope you are enjoying the additions as we wrap up yet another great year here at Flash Flash Revolution.
Day 8 – No Time For News!
I have to run off to the airport in an hour, and have to pack and stuff still… so, no time to write up a full news story on today’s songs. But, there are 4 of them. They are really fun. And they are in Hip-Hop. That is really all you need to know. I’ll give a full write up on them + tomorrow’s songs tomorrow.
Nestle’s quick reference of added song titles until Tass updates:
Shin Trigger, Same Dream, Hadazumi Rittou, Clockwork Genesis
And in case you missed the skill token announcement among the T-Shirt design entry: FC RainDrops with 463+ Perfects to unlock RainDrops v2.
Peace Out Homies
-Tass
FFR T-Shirt Design Contest!!! Plus New Skill Token!
I’ve mentioned it a few times over the past few months, and it’s finally a reality. We’re holding a contest to design the next FFR T-shirt! The winner will have their design used for our next shirt AND will receive the first shirt, hot off the press, for free.
Things to know or keep in mind:
-Needs to be done in 300dpi or higher OR in vector (think illustrator)
-The more colors in the design, the more the shirt will cost (so try to limit it to 2 colors)
-Shirts with front and back designs (vs just front) will cost more as well
-The design shouldn’t be bigger than 12″ wide by 14″ tall
-We’ll be choosing finalists based on design as well as cost to produce
Designs can be PMed to Tasselfoot. From there, the admin team will convene in our secret lair and decide on a few designs as finalists. Then everyone will get to vote on their favorite from the finalists. The design with the highest vote total will win. The rest of the finalists will receive subscription prizes!
Artists have until January 7th, 2008 to get their submissions sent in. Discussions/Designs can be posted in the official thread. Official Logo image can be downloaded from: FFR Official Logo
-Tass & The FFR Guy
PS – New ST… FC RainDrops with 463+ Perfects to unlock RainDrops v2. Enjoy. Stepfile by Vote4Nixon, a 7.
Day 7 – Tass Accidentially Deletes His Spreadsheet
Unbelievably annoying, but true. So for the final half of this event, I’ll be trying to re-create what I had originally laid out. I’ve got a pretty good memory, but it won’t be 100% the same as it otherwise would have been. Feel free to mock me, I deserve it. My apologies.
In better news, there are 4 songs in today’s release! Comptine D’un Autre Ete Techno Mix is, clearly, a remix of a French song. I don’t really know much more about it. It’s fun to play though! And it’s our first song by BreeD, who goes by TK_Breed on our site. Stepfile is by Kotarouchan, her 2nd. I give it an 8 in difficulty for it’s long 16th stream and jump triplets.
Hero’s Theme (w.i.p.) is yet another cornandbeans song without braces. Amazing. This song is pretty epic… similar to DarkeSword stuff, only better IMO. Stepfile is by brothaice and is fairly unique. It has a long 8th jump section with 16th thrown in that I find extremely hard to PA, along with a 12th stream section with 8ths in it and a 16th staircase section with 32nds thrown in. Check it out for yourselves… I find it to be a 10 in difficulty because of the hardness to PA the unusual patterns.
Finally, our first song by rock group Machinae Supremacy, Koala in the Spider’s Web. It’s a pretty downtempo song, and a bit repetitive, but still very chill to listen to. Stepfile is by first-timer three17s. Initially I thought it was a 4, but then there were some 8th chains so I thought it was a 5, but at the end there were 2 small 16th staircases that made it a 6. Enjoy.
Oh, wait… I said 4, right? Well… the fourth isn’t out yet. Won’t be out til the evening. And you’ll have to have some SKILL to get it. Hint Hint.
These 3 are in Hip-Hop, 4th will be somewhere else… will put another blurb up when that goes live.
-Tass
Day 6 – Legendary Lunar Saturation Etude
For those who enjoyed Pupil of Frenzy yesterday, we’ve got a back-to-back touhou sighting with today’s release of Lunar Saturation, and SUN3 arrangement of the song by ZUN. Stepfile is by Rebirth0, so you know it’s good. 24 4-framers fill this 185bpm file, with most coming in an intense ending. Definitely a 10.
Legendary Etude is our first song by AEROJET since last year’s FFRmas event, when we released Kick It. Stepfile is by hi19hi19 and is a pitch-relevant classical remix type song. Not too bad, 150bpm streamy song with lots of trills and runningmen. But watch out for the ending! 9 on the difficulty scale.
Songs in Hip-Hop… and I’m hungry.
-Tass
Day 5 – I can’t come up with a catchy title for today’s songs. :’(
So, I’ll just get right into the nitty-gritty. Pupil of Frenzy is a killer progressive rock and touhou remix song by dBu. If you like Synaxis Symphony, The Brain of the Moon, or anything else similar… you’ll love this song. Even if you don’t… you’ll love this song. It’s long too, so there is a lot to love. Just a hair under 4 minutes. File is full of long 16th bursts, 8th chain sections, and even has a nice white-note gallop section. Comes it at a 9 in difficulty, stepped courtesy of Neonatrias.
There was a thread going around talking about the lack of in-house artists being featured in FFR recently. As always, just a coincidence… but we’ve got 2 featured in today’s songs. Air Breeze is a techno song by Wickedawesomeful and stepped by FFR’s 2nd most underappreciated stepfiler (next to Stargroup100), Vote4Nixon. If you need practice on short rolls, this is the song for you. It’s pretty much full of 3 note long rolls in succession. Comes in at an 8 on the Tass-O-Hard meter. Secondly, Dragons Bane is a wicked sweet (I’m not from Boston, I swear!) tune from DJSBX under alias D-Latch. Stepped by the master of the 12th note, hi19hi19, this song will have you playing it repeatedly, just to listen to it again and again. It’s also a bit tricky, with some 24th rolls at the beginning and end. Definitely a 9.
Finally, (yes… you get four songs… again. I think I broke random.org with all the 4s I rolled) our first song by ASK since Sympathizer way back in June. Life Light is a up-tempo (190bpm) song that’ll make you want to run and lift weights (at the same time!). Stepfile is by Cyanite, and it has 28 4-framers in it, most in the last 35 seconds.
Songs are in Hip-Hop… and darn am I tired. Night y’all.
-Tass
