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Multiplayer, Chat, Radio, and of course FFR, are now back online.
Apologies for the unexplained and quite lengthy downtime.
– Zag
Songs of the Week (April 20-27, 2013)
You find yourself encapsulated by thick and seemingly impenetrable darkness from all angles. Above you is a thin elongated rectangle that runs parallel to the ceiling and is filled with a mysterious green ooze. Below you is what appears to be the number zero suspended in the formless abyss. There are no obvious exits. What do you do?
>Call Me Maybe (Grabbitz Remix)
Your name is legally changed to Maybe. Everything that you do is now highly uncertain, so much so that your friends and family no longer interact with you. In addition, picking up a pizza that had been ordered under your name becomes such a headache that you refrain from eating anything other than instant ramen and cat food for the rest of your miserable life.
You are dead. Try again?
A heavily tattooed biker materializes within the void and holds you down so that his buddy “Grub” can put a giant hole in your chest. Although your life ceases to exist, your corpse’s ability to accessorize is vastly increased.
You are dead. Try again?
You do not see a garden to empty. Furthermore, gardens are not something that require emptying. For your insolence you are sentenced to death by a short stocky man that works in the Home and Garden section of your local hardware store.
You are dead. Try again?
Millions of Final Fantasy VII fans emerge from the darkness and beat you up for reminding them about the heartache that they had experienced at the end of disc one. This beating continues on for many, many months.
You are dead. Try again?
A feeling akin to your heart desperately trying to burst out of your chest as if you were performing a particularly macabre parlor trick suddenly overwhelms you and forces you to fall to your knees. Your vision turns to a dark red as the deafening roar of a cannon being fired from somewhere deep inside of you separates your physical body into billions of tiny, irreparable pieces. On the plus side the shot manages to dent the car of a person that was a rude to you at a grocery store a few years ago.
You are dead. Try again?
You decide to make a fire and then leave it alone for a few minutes before coming back to it. Upon your return you notice the infamous hi19hi19 summoning the nearly infinite number of stepfiles that he has created over the years and putting them into the form of a humanoid piece of corn on the cob. “He needs to feed now,” hi19 somberly informs you as the corn’s heartwarming smile slowly but surely transforms into an expression that is devoid of all and any empathy.
You are dead. Try again?
A blink of your eyes is all that it takes for you to find yourself situated within a quaint office setting. An official “Jumpstreams in Ireland” calender sits on the desk directly in front of you while three of your coworkers huddle around you with threatening expressions plastered across their faces. “You seriously think that we’re going to waste our precious day off by coming to your BBQ? Get a grip! You’re free to fritter away your tomorrow, but not ours!” As they turn to leave you can feel your heart quite literally split into two asymmetrical pieces.
You are dead. Try again?
Razor the Prescriptive Grammarian mercilessly whacks the side of your head with a grammar textbook over and over again. “That’s not how you spell Celsius you idiot!” he cries out while raining blow after blow upon you. Razor does not cease his endeavors until long after your head has been reduced to little more than a bloody stump.
You are dead. Try again?
Two buff businessmen shoot you repeatedly with a handgun. There does not appear to be any logical reason for this occurrence. Sometimes these things happen.
You are dead. Try again?
>What Lies Beyond The Mountains
Stepfile newcomer VisD teams up with chiptune artist Breakbeat Heartbeat to tickle you with feather dusters until you vomit up your intestines. This gives them sustenance for the day ahead.
You are dead. Try again?
A sudden and inexplicable feeling of happiness makes your lips curl upwards into a big Wal-Mart Greeter-esque smile. However, rather than stopping where they normally would, your lips instead opt to continue stretching themselves out further and further until eventually they separate themselves from the rest of your face. As you lay there in the darkness bleeding to death, you realize that perhaps happiness really is subjective.
You are dead. Try again?
A mysterious man with rotten teeth and a powdered wig writes a brilliant symphony that makes fun of you and your apparently foul body odor. His masterpiece becomes an international smash hit and your immense embarrassment eventually gets the better of you.
You are dead. It appears that there is no way to escape from this dungeon without succumbing to an untimely demise. Would you like to give up?
>Yes please.
That would probably be for the best.
May-hem: DAY THREE
Challenges are located here: http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/vbz/showpost.php?p=3900807&postcount=102
Post in the May-hem thread located here: http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/vbz/showthread.php?t=130052
May-hem: DAY TWO
…will be slightly delayed due to me just getting home and being absolutely exhausted. I’m trying to think of a slightly better way to execute this and a forum thread will likely be the solution.
NEVER MIND:
GO HERE FOR CHALLENGES AND POST IN THE THREAD FROM HERE ON OUT: http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/vbz/showthread.php?t=130052
May-hem: DAY ONE
Apologies to everyone who was so highly anticipating everything, but when I said that this was going to be easy, I was talking about you potentially being able to do this asleep. Unfortunately for you all, the high paying challenges will be a bit later in the month! For now, just do the challenges and take the free credits that come with them — it’ll get harder and more worth while. At the least, you’re making a huge return on a few of these challenges, since the songs reward anywhere from 1-5 credits a piece.
Challenges:
- Get over 86 perfects on Pita.
Reward: 10 credits
Completed: SC_coolguy44, HikamiTheSoulReaper, Xx{Fallen}xX, awein999, One Winged Angel, Riotpolice, Kotarouchan, armoursheild, iDanceAllOverYou, thesunfan, DayMan951, Guest15937, jgano, U.N. Owen, Sweet Angel, Mourningfall, Nick Skyline, return of rogue, Master Aqua, _Fluttershy_, aaaonAAA, noname219, Elite Ninja, foxfire667, SlayerApocalypse666, catzeye21138, Jake Ferguson
- Obtain a FC (Full Combo) on Power with less than 5 boos.
Reward: 20 credits
Completed: SC_coolguy44, awein999, Xx{Fallen}xX, One Winged Angel, Riotpolice, Kotarouchan, HikamiTheSoulReaper, iDanceAllOverYou, DayMan951, thesunfan, Guest15937, armoursheild, jgano, Sweet Angel, Mourningfall, U.N. Owen, Nick Skyline, return of rogue, _Fluttershy_, aaaonAAA, noname219, Elite Ninja, foxfire667, Jake Ferguson
- Obtain a AAA (100% perfect judgments) on Free Space.
Reward: 30 credits
Completed: awein999, Xx{Fallen}xX, One Winged Angel, SC_coolguy44, Kotarouchan, iDanceAllOverYou, thesunfan, Guest15937, jgano, Sweet Angel, Mourningfall, U.N. Owen, Nick Skyline, return of rogue, armoursheild, _Fluttershy_, aaaonAAA, noname219, Elite Ninja, foxfire667, HikamitheSoulReaper, SlayerApocalypse666, Jake Ferguson
- Obtain a FC (Full Combo) on Finding a Way with less than 20 boos.
Reward: 45 credits
Completed: awein999, Xx{Fallen}xX, DayMan951, One Winged Angel, Kotarouchan, iDanceAllOverYou, thesunfan, SC_coolguy44, Guest15937, jgano, Sweet Angel, Mourningfall, U.N. Owen, armoursheild, _Fluttershy_, Master Aqua, aaaonAAA, noname219, Elite Ninja, HikamitheSoulReaper, foxfire667, SlayerApocalypse666, PaperclipGames, Jake Ferguson
Post all screenshots as links for this day of challenges IN THE COMMENTS below. You can get to the comments by clicking on the “x comments” or “Leave a Coment” area on the top right of the post. When the day two challenge has been posted, day one posts will not be accepted!
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Updated to comment #96.
May-hem + new simfile batch
Not sure if good or bad…
Anyway, two important things are happening tomorrow.
The May-hem event starts tomorrow (May 1st) at 4 PM server time. A few notes about this event that I’ll explain quickly:
- 1.) All screenshots and replays will be posted on the front page comments. This is a bit different from your normal event that takes place in a thread.
- 2.) There will be four challenges every day. These challenges will progress in difficulty throughout the month — the first day will be an absolute snoozefest for just about everyone; the last day will be near impossible. Read the requirements carefully, as some of them will require you to save a replay, rather than a screenshot.
- 3.) Challenges will only be up for one day (hence “daily”): if you cannot accomplish a day’s challenge before the next set of challenges are up, you can’t earn the…
- 4.) …reward. There are rewards tacked onto each challenge based on the difficulty of them. They start off very low/minor and will grow quickly.
- 5.) A boss challenge will exist every day, and will make up part of the four daily challenges. These are a bit harder than the other three and will always be worth the most in terms of credits. These will always be in a red font color.
On another note, the FFR Simfile Batch is supposed to open on May 1st, so while you’re waiting for the snoozefest challenges to pass on by, make a simfile and submit it to FFR.
FFR Batch reopens on May 1st!
Just a friendly reminder for everyone that the FFR simfile batch will open on May 1st. There have been some changes to the submission guidelines:
jimerax:
Submission Cap definition was changed due to submission system change.
[Submission Cap by Simfile Artist Point]
Maximum number of files you can submit in a period (2 months):
Negative SAP points – 1 file
0 – 9 points – 2 files
10 – 16 points – 3 files
17 – 39 points – 4 files
40 points or more – 5 files
(Period 1) Jan-Feb, (Period 2)Mar-Apr, (Period 3) May-Jun, (Period 4) Jul-Aug, (Period 5) Sep-Oct, (Period 6) Nov-Dec
For example, if you have 12 SAP then you can submit maximum 3 files in May-June period. After Jul, you can submit 3 more files. Also, when the judgement is done and your SAP/Submission Cap is increased, you can submit more files in the next period.
Any updates involving the FFR batch will be posted in the Queue/Batch Discussion Thread by one of our batch managers (bmah or jimerax). As usual, feel free to ask any questions you might have in the thread or in the comments below.
- TC_Halogen, jimerax, bmah + FFR Judgment Staff
May Events on the Horizon
May is only a week away, and there are two scheduled events for this month that demand some community attention.
The first of the two events is a rehash of the Multiplayer Tournament conceived by former administrator psychoangel691; some of you might remember playing in it and recall that it was a pretty awesome experience, despite the few complaints about performance issues and lag, which a lot of people tie MP with altogether. Thanks to the efforts of resident developer Velocity and FFR’s 8th Official Tournament D2 champion (who is quite the skillful coder himself!?) arcnmx, those of you using the R^3 engine will now be able to partake in the event while being able to communicate/play with others on older engines!
As usual, the issue that arises: which older engine should be used? As of now, the intentions are to still use the Legacy engine, as it is the oldest engine and the engine that a good majority of the community has at the very least touched. You are free to comment on which engine works better for you in the comments below.
The second event is intended to attract all forms of players. Titled “May-hem” (name subject to change?), daily challenges will be posted from the first of the month all the way to the last day of the month, with each challenge having a small prize. These prizes will build up quickly if you’re able to do all of them! The earliest days will have challenges that our most unseasoned of players can do, and the difficulty will increase throughout the month. There will be a good mix of actual PA/FC/AAA challenges thrown in with some unorthodox anti-PA and strange requirements. There should be a good deal of fun for everyone!
Until next time, keep keysmashing (or don’t, go ahead and do other boring things if that’s your prerogative).
Easter Event results + Crossword Event Introduction
Many people found their mind knotted around YoshL’s finger with his incredibly difficult to solve puzzles. Despite the mind-numbing nature of these puzzles, six of you managed to solve all of the puzzles!
Congratulations to our five contest winners!
GRAND PRIZE: Silvuh (3 Support Tokens, 2 Event Tokens, 125,000 credits, x2 credits + vRofl for first full solve!)
SECOND PRIZE: kjwkjw (3 Support Tokens, 1 Event Token, 125,000 credits)
THIRD PRIZE: Xenorosth (2 Support Tokens, 1 Event Token, 125,000 credits)
FOURTH PRIZE: U.N. Owen (1 Support Token, 1 Event Token, 125,000 credits)
FIFTH PRIZE: qqwref (1 Support Token, 118,000 credits; congratulations on making the top 5 without solving all of the puzzles — those first solves on brutal and ridiculous really helped you!)
Notable People:
jgano: 100% solved — 125,000 credits.
Jake Ferguson: 100% solved — 125,000 credits.
Silvuh: First Challenging, Expert, and Guru, and ??? difficulty solves.
qqwref: First Brutal and Ridiculous solves.
reuben_tate: First Master solve.
Raining Nails: First Expert solve.
Overall, nearly 1.5 million credits were distributed on this event, and were spread out over 19 different people; some of you guys really reaped the benefits!
And now, for the real purpose of this front page post.
The next event that the FFR staff has for the site still requires some thinking, but it’s a bit more conventional and straight forward. As indicated by the image to the left, the next event that the FFR Events Team has for you is a crossword, and of course, is FFR-related. Thanks to the help of Velocity, bmah, and the collaborative effort of the other members of the Event staff, we have a real enjoyable multi-category Flash-based puzzle for you guys to try.
Oh, almost forgot to mention… this isn’t like your typical crossword where you can take your time. This is another competitive event with prizes involved, and the fastest solves will get better prizes. Different categories have different prizes based off of difficulty, so speed is of the essence!
This event will begin on the 19th at 7 PM server time, but signups close on the 19th at 5 PM server time.
The official thread for the Crossword event has been up for a little while now. If you haven’t noticed it lingering in the FFR events area, you can click this link to get to the first post of the thread for more details.
Have fun, everyone!
– TC_Halogen and the FFR Events Team
