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Who is Tom Lehrer?

Tom Lehrer is currently a professor at UC-Santa Cruz, where he has taught for 35 years. He attended Harvard back in the mid 1940s, which is where he began writing polital satire comedy songs. Elements is one of his most popular songs, merely a list of all of the elements found on the Periodic Table, as named in the late 1940s… and set to the music of the Major General’s Song by Gilbert and Sullivan. You can read up more on Tom Lehrer here.

I bring this special release to FFR for a few reasons: 1st, we need comedy on FFR. William Hung just doesn’t cut it for me. I’ve tried contacting some other comedic songwriters that I am familiar with from my days of listening to “Kid’s Corner” on University of Pennsylvania’s radio station back in the early 90s (such as Trout Fishing in America or The Firm [famous for "Star Trekkin'"]), but to no avail. Mr. Lehrer was kind enough to give us permissio to use a few of his songs, Elements included (albiet 6 months after I initially requested permission).

2nd: I feel that it is my duty to bring some culture and history back to FFR. That is why I have given such a strong push towards adding certain Classical pieces. The history behind the songs of Tom Lehrer (or Alan Sherman) are crucial towards the history of the US, tackling various subject matters of the time. Not to mention, they were inspriations to any more modern satirist, such as Wierd Al.

3rd: I just love the song. Modern Major General is such a catchy song, and it isn’t any different with a whole bunch of Elements as the words instead.

So, I bring you Tom Lehrer’s Elements. Located in Misc (upper left of Page 1 for the time being). Steps are by jimerax and are fairly straightforward. Non-static BPM, but fairly constant between 115-121. All 16th notes with a few jumps thrown in. high 3 or low 3.5.

Also, I have 1 other quite amusing Tom Lehrer song that I am looking for someone to step. It is called “Lobachevsky”.

Enjoy,

Tasselfoot & Fight Fiercely, Harvard!

FFR Official Average Rank

Greetings! Welcome to the now-official Average Rank thread. With the permission of Tasselfoot himself, I am creating a thread that will be updated weekly. Every saturday, expect to see your name move up in the lists. Please post in this thread if you feel you have the Average Rank to make it onto the list. I will simply verify that you, in fact, do have the Average Rank to make it onto the list by looking at your levelrank.php.

I will be making two separate lists, however. One list will strictly contain those who have paid and are now Subscribers to this wonderful game. The other, will contain those who haven’t. As you may well imagine, those who pay have quite the advantage, so it’s only fair to make the two lists separate. I will also put a little * next to your name if I know you have the ability to greatly improve your hindered Average Rank. Some people are quite lazy, such that they have a few songs that they haven’t played, and that is keeping their Rank way up there. The maximum Average Rank that the Subscriber List will have is 85, because it’s better to keep the list to a minimum. The maximum Average Rank that the Non-Subscriber List will have is 100, because we have all those Subscriber-only songs keeping us way up there.

As a little incentive, I will double-asterisk (**) the person who has improved their average rank the most that week, and that person will receive 750 credits personally from me. This may seem unfair because many people have higher Average Ranks, but eventually they’ll all be down there in the teens, with just as much trouble as the rest of you. This “Credit Transfer” will occur one day following update day. This is to give a chance to those who just haven’t had the time to play every song yet.

Subscribers and their Average Rank:

Previous Rank to Current Rank) Name – Current Average Rank – Last week’s Average Rank

1 1) Shashakiro – 1.0511 – 1.0478
2 2) dAnceguy117 – 3.2372 – 3.5071
3 3) Jimerax – 5.3488* – 5.1818
7 4) darkshark – 11.3674* – 20.6124
4 5) Exag0n – 11.6325* – 11.3971
5 6) ZZ_Sprite – 12.5162 – 14.1913
6 7) XXXsmittyXXX – 15.5627 – 15.7224
8 8 ) Tasselfoot – 22.2604 – 23.2009
10 9) HammyMcSquirrel – 38.5116 – 40.6698
11 10) Doug31 – 49.7395 – 50.0956
12 11) stlunatic0124 – 66.8139* – 53.2296
9 12) Bahamut-X – 72.4093* – 36.2392
14 13) Silver_Brian – 78.7441 – 79.1148

Non-Subscribers and their Average Rank:

Previous Rank to Current Rank) Name – Current Average Rank – Last Week’s Average Rank

1 1) ieatyourlvllol – 5.8697 – 6.2631
2 2) xjohnieboyx – 8.8837 – 8.5502
3 3) ledwix – 9.7255* – 11.3732
4 4) eurostud4 – 16.0930* – 15.5215
5 5) Tayfun – 28.3581* – 28.4306
6 6) Hakulyte – Play EHHS – 41.0861
7 7) izlude77714 – 37.0651 – 45.8421
9 smartdude1212 – 48.1395* – 53.4210
8 9) dawg4321 – 51.4837 – 49.3875
10 10) Ryusei_ – 63.9906* – 65.1674
11 11) sc979 – 89.1627* – 87.2775

See the FFR Official Average Rank thread in the forum for more info and a special thanks to xjohnieboyx for compiling this.

Seamus O’Toole… I’m Ready To Get Drunk!

And why is that, you might ask? Well, for one thing, it’s ST PATRICK’S DAY! For another, any holiday is an excellent excuse to release a simfile. So without further ado, I bring you Pretty Green Onions by DJ Sharpnel (and as always, Sharpnel’s site is NSFW). The file is pretty difficult and quite long. 1608 steps in 3:28 at 193bpm makes this file a Very Challenging (10/12 on the scale). You can find it in the upper left corner of Misc Page 1 for the time being, with it later being moved to its proper spot within Misc.

Little bit of a story behind this file. It all started by pokelda informing me that he was stepping PGO with all 64th arrows (64th arrows are green, for those unaware) as a tribute for St. Pat’s. I thought this had potential, but I needed to see the finished project still. Unfortunately, when Shash and I got down to playing it, it was very very difficult to read. So we were heartbroken, but had to turn down the file. BUT… it turns out that another one of our up-and-coming stepfile authors, Cyanite, had a similar idea, sans the green arrows. So we took his file, which was only finished 2 weeks ago, and threw it to the head of the queue, just in time for today.

So with all of that, ENJOY Pretty Green Onions. And if you’re of legal age to drink, have a beer with me on this most joyous of holidays.

-Tasselfoot & a pint of ale

Special Song release! Brightone by onoken

In case some of you haven’t noticed, a special file was released yesterday in honor of my birthday. YAY!

The song is Brightone, by Japanese artist onoken, and the steps are by me, hi19hi19. Brightone is a very upbeat and unique song, and the steps reflect that. I sometimes find it hard to resist getting up and dancing to this song when I play it.

The file can be found in the top left corner of Dance2. Its rating is 4/6 (Very Difficult), so many people will be able to enjoy a challenge while still having fun.

If you wish to discuss the song and file, post in this thread. You can also post your scores in this thread.

Have a good time!
~hi19hi19

FFR Challenges Expire After 7 Days Now

Some of you may have noticed that the FFR Challenges that were pending for you (and consequently were holding credits) has been updated. We now expire challenges that are 7 days old.

Additionally, we are doing some profile updates and tweaks to the profile chat in the coming hours.

Expect another news story, and if I am dumb enough, even another token tonight.

More shortly.

JasonKey

Official FFR Tournament Round 4

For the skilled and/or lucky few who have managed to make it this far: Round 4 of the tournament started this past Wednesday, so you have until next Thursday (March 8th) at 11 PM EST to submit. The top 8 isn’t very far away now for those still in the running…=)

You can find this round’s songs and matchups in this thread in Brag Board.

Happy FFR’ing/Game-playing/pondering/seeing the light,

Shash

Hear FFR Artists Live!

Hey guys, here’s a heads up:

1) If you’re in the Ohio area on March 24, 2007, you should attend the Autobahn Electronic Pop Festival. FFR artists Joy Electric and Freezepop are going to be there – with any luck, we might be hearing some familiar music.
It would be really nice to see a whole crew of people there in amazingly good-looking FFR shirts. This will also allow these artists know how much we appreciate their hard work. As an added bonus, the shirt will have the girls (or guys) jumping on you like cling wrap.

2) If you’re not going to be in the Ohio area on March 24, buy a plane ticket there, or drive. If you don’t have a car, remember, hitchhiking is legal in 46 states.

Cheers,
Chardish & Spontaneous Road Trips

Official FFR Tournament Round 3

Another quick note (these are all going to be quick, until the tourney ends): Round 3 of the tournament started this past Monday, so you have until next Tuesday (February 27th) at 11 PM EST to submit. Less than a quarter of the players who signed up are still in…and another half or so will be eliminated this week as well.

You can find this round’s songs and matchups, in this thread in Brag Board.

Happy tournamenting,

Shash

4x the fun on Tass’s day of birth

So, in honor of my birthday, I have added 4 new files for everyone. Why 4? Because 2007 marks the 4th time that I have shared my birthday with all of the fine folks on FFR. 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. My 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd birthdays. No link for 20th, as I really wasn’t posting on the forums then. And please do not bump the old topics… but feel free to read and enjoy them.

Onto the SONGS!

That is Fair is our first addition from Vospi, although expect a few more in the near future. It is of Very Difficult difficulty, having some 16th streams with 32nds mixed into it for fun. Great song all around and excellent steps by mass stepfile producer hi19hi19. It is located on page 1 of Dance2.

Aztec Templing is a remix by our very favorite DM Ashura. The original is by Hi-G. Quite unique in sound, and Very Challenging in difficulty, mostly because of the 205bpm 8th jumps that cause the jack bug to take effect. Oh well. This can also be found in Dance2, page 3. Stepfile by our other mass producer of awesomely quality files… Rebirth0.

Troglodytic Epica is our first song DJ Sane, who goes by Sane here at FFR. The song is Epic Trance, and has a larger than life sound that will keep you playing for all 4 minutes and 31 seconds. As with most of the files by dore, this one is not overly challenging, but the length alone makes it difficult. There is also one small jump-burst section that could prove a bit tricky. We rate it Difficult and you can find it on the last page of Dance.

Finally, we have {Blaze}, by highly popular cornandbeans. Stepped by Kit-, this file is a fun fix of jumps and stream. Fairly challenging, we rated it a high 4.5/6, or Challenging. If you enjoy the song {Rose}, you’ll love {Blaze}.

Thanks again to everyone here on this site. Without all of you guys, I wouldn’t be so motivated to do all the things that I do around here.

-Tass… little bit older, still working on getting wise.