Archive for the 'Song of the Week' Category
2 really long and complicated song names!
I’m pretty tired, so this will be quick:
Setsujou! Hyakka Ryouran! is by MOSAIC.WAV and is stepped by Rebirth0. Ketsarku Mozgalom is by Venetian Snares and is stepped by jimerax. Both are in hip-hop and are really hard. Both are pretty typical sounding songs for the artists.
-Tass
Caught in a Blue Rose, no escape from Reality
For today, we have yet another epic OSTER Project song. Blue Rose is 6 minutes long and a shade over 3600 notes, with jacks and hands galore. Stepfile is by stargroup100, and fits with his theme of stepping jazzy songs. I listed it as a FGO, but I am still considering it FMO, possibly. I think the megatrill combined with the length and number of hands and minijacks and jumpstream is enough for it to be a low FGO.
Secondly is our new fastest stream song in FFR, passing yesterday’s Electro Rush x8 v2. Many of you are familiar with The Berzerker from SM or FFR R2, but until today, there had not been any in R1. Reality joins an elite group of songs that are in both R1 and R2. It is short, at 1:17, but is jam packed with 921 notes (and the 1st 10 seconds are blank!). It is 77 seconds of 259bpm 8th jumps and 16th stream, so enjoy. Be thankful that hi19hi19 used fairly straightforward patterns!
As a quick FYI: A group of us are leaving from LA for Chicago tomorrow en route to the convention on Saturday. So updates will be whenever I can get them done. We look forward to seeing all of you on Friday in Ann Arbor and on Saturday in Bowling Green! We’ve got laptops, rock band, SSBB, pizza, and who knows what else! Even if you can’t be there, we’ll be broadcasting the entire thing live onto the front page of the site…. with plenty of interaction in the chats!
-Tass
Etude of the Piano Gymnastics Are Rushing Electrically (twice)!
OK… so the title is quite contrived. Sue me. Today’s 2 FMO/FGO event songs are Piano Etude (Gymnastics), which compliments the popular classical piece Piano Etude (Demon Fire). Stepfile is by Behanjc… and has been given a “platinum” rating by many respected FFRers. I highly recommend you check this file out, found on Page 2 of Hip-Hop.
In addition is a Skill Token, which gives everyone TWO reasons to like it! Not only is it a FGO with 250+ bpm stream, but it’s a SKILL TOKEN! The song is Electro Rush x8 v2. Both of today’s songs are by highly touted OSTER Project. V2 is by Rebirth0. To unlock, you have to play Electro Rush x8, found on page2 of dance2. In addition, you have to FC it, have 0 boos, and 2 or less goods. A difficult task, but an excellent reward!
Enjoy!
Eradicate the Club on the 2nd day of FMO/FGO Event!
Still no public beta release, which we apologize for…Â but we’re working hard to make it happen, believe me.
Today’s 2 songs are a bit harder than yesterdays. If you played StepMania back in 2002 or 2003, you should be familiar with the song Club. Well, it’s by Patt.22, who also goes by The Fat’s Sabobah or jewpinthethird. It’s about time that Club finally hits FFR, as it’s a great song. Unfortunately, if you don’t have the beta, this song is going to cause you serious problems. It’s similar to AIM Anthem…. only 10% faster. Stepfile is by Rebirth0 and is full of 120bpm 16th jacks.
The 2nd song will also appear on the widgets. Eradication is a hardcore metal song by All Shall Perish, and tips the charts at over 11.5 notes/second. We feel that it is a very low FGO, but I’m willing to hear arguments as to why it is a really high FMO. Stepfile is a collab between ElectricWerewolf and bluguerrilla.
I’m sure some of you will complain that these songs are still not hard enough. Trust me… these 2 are harder than yesterday’s two. Tomorrow’s two will be even harder. It will only get harder.
-Tass and his hardness.
Easter/Convention/AvMiss Fix FMO-FGO Event!
First off, happy egg day to all of you who celebrate it. But let’s get right into the good stuff. Many of you may have been anticipating this, but for others it will be news… on the FFR Beta, there are no more average-misses. No more jack syndrome. No more random “wth, I didn’t miss that!” moments. And, because of this, we realized that we would need many new really hard songs to compensate.
So a big thanks to Rebirth0 and jimerax for all of their work in putting together this event. The FMO-FGO event (For Masters Only & For Gurus Only) will last for 7 days, culminating on Saturday… which also happens to be the day of the Animarathon FFR Convention in Bowling Green, OH (2nd Annual). Each day should get progressively harder, to some extent.
All songs will be placed in Hip-Hop for the event, so they are all centrally located. You’ll notice all the old random songs from HH are now gone. Today’s 2 songs are Novo Mundo by our own Dj_Ossa (also stepped by Ossa) and the long anticipated Lawn Wake I (LW EP Edit) by The Flashbulb (stepfile by Rebirth).
Oh yes… did I mention the other fun part of this event? The Beta fixes for jack syndrome will be made public. Along with a few other currently subscriber-only features, such as: in-game key remapping, in-genre page navigation, and a drop-down list of all songs for navigation. Possibly more features as well. Unfortunately, we aren’t able to release it just yet… but it will be out before the event is over!
-Tass, Rebirth, jx, and Synth’s creepy eye.
edit: If you just can’t wait…Â you can subscribe and get the Beta now, along with all the other swell subscriber benefits.
Everyone Gets Presents on Tass’s Birthday!
Just like last year, I’ve decided to give some gifts to everyone in honor of my birthday. I’ve added 4 new songs into FFR, in 4 different genres:
Pavlov’s Dog is by artist Jon Brownell, stepfile by Vote4Nixon. Fairly straight forward techno song that I’ve rated a low 7. It has 1 section of 4-note mini-trills that makes it a 7, along with a few 24th rolls, instead of a 6. It is located in the front of Dance.
Over the Frail Dream is a fairly well known StepMania song by Phantasma. For FFR, it is stepped by SulferDragon and has some 200bpm stream, but not much. Mostly 8th notes. I’ve rated it a 9. I’m aware it’s a 10 with framer issues, but I’m assuming down the road that that fix will be public, so I’m starting to rate based on that assumption. It is in the front of Dance2.
Dishwater is a highly amusing (although somewhat profane) “rap” by Futuristic Sex Robotz. I wouldn’t quite call it nerdcore, but it’s similar.  Stepfile is by dore. 75bpm 16ths brings this file in at a 5. You can find it in the beginning of Hip-Hop.
Also added is Rise Against’s Survive, stepped by bluguerrilla.  Very cool song, although it is in that “emo” MySpace genre that I know you all love so much. I rated it a 10, but I’m willing to discuss making it a 9. Located in the front of Rock.
For the subscribers, I’ll have new stuff on Sunday. There should also be other subscriber songs that became public today… Kirby’s Dream Land. Currently in Funk, but I will finally be moving all those out soon. Also, Synth’s contest will be up… but who knows when. 
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Saturday Spin Addition: SIU Goes Loony
As promised, Professor K is back and we’re chalking up one more for the Spin It Up players.
Today’s addition marks dBu’s entry into the game with the song The Lunatic Princess now available for playing. MixMaster gives us a fairly busy spin file full of movement, which you can find located in the difficulty 5 category.
You’ll find a fresh new spin file a few days away as the next Spin It Up addition will hit the game on Tuesday, Jan. 22. Until then, enjoy the game and feel free to participate in the official Spin It Up forum.
Tuesday Spin Addition: Spin to DM
Spin it Up fans will now find their Tuesday spinfile addition has been made after digging deep into the queue.
Inside difficulty level 5, you will now find DM Ashura’s Dies Irae available for play. The MixMasterLar spinfile will keep your mice busy with a couple of cyclone (is this an official term? Well, it is now – multiple spin rotations in succession) sections to break up the busy streams that follow the song’s synth parts.
Since we’re back on schedule, the next song addition will be made on Saturday, so until then, enjoy the game, check out the multiplayer and visit us in the official Spin It Up forums.
Saturday Spin Addition: Chipset Style
We’re back on the normal track this week with your Saturday Spin It Up song being added on … Saturday!
Today’s addition is a nice level 3 difficulty ditty brought to us by Rushjet1. Final Boss Theme is a chipset piece, reminiscent of the 8-scores we all used to enjoy on our NES systems. The song’s spinfile is brought to us by a new face, none other than ElectricWerewolf, and features streams of waves while mixing up some spin patterns during the song’s transitions.
We’d like to again remind everyone that Spin It Up’s multiplayer is functional after some holiday downtime, so don’t be shy and make your way out there! Also, as always, please feel free to leave comments, questions or even find out how to contribute to the game in the official Spin It Up forums.
