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The Games We Played, Part 5
It’s been one hell of a week, not just for me, but for all of FFR. I’ve spent probably 10 hours just getting these files ready for FFR, but I got it all done, and you all have 5 new simfiles to play.
Tonight, we put TGWP part 5 in the game. The last part of the song. I was wrong when I said that part 3 was the longest part. Part 5 is just a few seconds longer. The other parts have been really nice and emotional, and this one is even more so. The ending blows me away…it’s almost too epic. You guys probably know what to expect, with the other simfiles.
The whole song is just over 17 minutes long, and has 2000 (Yes, two thousand) manually found bpm changes. What is manually found? I found all of the bpm changes using nothing but my ears. It took me two months from start to finish to make this file. Over 40 hours in the editor in stepmania, which is unheard of… Making a file like this, synced so nicely was so hard to do. I almost thought I would go insane when I was at the end. The last 40 seconds of the song was VERY hard to hear and sync, but as you can all see, I did it.
Why would I make such a file? I wanted to make a simfile that matched what I felt towards the girl I love. To do that, I would have to make the perfect simfile. With The Games We Played, I think I did so. There is no other simfile that is like this. She gave me the will to start and finish this simfile. It was an intense two months, but I finished it and the results are outstanding! She is the one person that gave me the ability to do this. Sadly, right now we’re having a little trouble with our relationship. I don’t know what will happen right now, if she’ll leave or if she’ll stay. All I can do now is hope for the best.
And with that, I give you all The Games We Played Part 5. The last part of the song.
Enjoy!
EDIT:
Well, tonight I found out the truth. Me and her were on a “break” from each other as of two weeks ago. I found out tonight that it wasn’t just a break, it was a complete break up. This sucks…really bad. I put so much time into perfecting TGWP because of her, and she’s probably gone. It almost makes me feel like I wasted my time.
But…I know I didn’t completely waste my time. I know that even if it was or wasn’t made for her, it’s still one of the best simfiles ever made if not the best. I accomplished one of my ultimate goals in this game: to make one of the best simfiles ever.
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I also wanted to thank all of you guys for your amazing feedback regarding not just this song, but for all of the recent SotW’s AND for Shash’s fixing of many other songs. Originally, we planned to release only Part 1 of TGWP with MAYBE adding another part or 2 a few weeks or months down the road… but the response we saw from everyone made us realize that we needed to add in the entire song. And look where that has led us.
Thanks again guys,
The Games We Played, Part 4
A little bit late, but better now than never. Last night, we released the 4th installment of TGWP by Torley Wong, aka aspergian. As with the others, it is stepped by Rebirth0.
As with the others, you can find it in the upper half of page 1 of the Arcade genre, although it should be noted that they WILL be moving to page 2 in the near future.
I’ll be back in a short few hours with the final segment of The Games We Played.
Ta ta for now,
Song of the Week .. Again: The Games We Played, Part 2
I thought it best that we make this news item its own post so everyone sees it clearly. Especially since its not just a matter of it being the usual 1 Song of the Week.
Thus far we have The Games We Played Part 1 and The Games We Played Part 2. – JasonKey
PART 2 NOW AVAILABLE IN ARCADE AS WELL. Expect parts 3, 4, and 5 later this week. We felt that since all 5 parts were 1 song, they should all be released as part of the same Song of the Week. So enjoy this week…
Cheers,
Tass & 5x the fun.
Song of the Week: The Games We Played, Part 1
Today’s Song of the Week is made by aspergian and was stepped by Rebirth0. The Games We Played is a piano remix of many different songs from various video games like The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros, Kingdom Hearts, Metal Gear Solid, Tetris, and many more. The song is 17 minutes long so that it has to be cut and released in different parts. The part we get this week is the first 3 minutes 22 seconds.
We said that we would have a song with BPM changes for this week, and this song has PLENTY of them. It has 200 – 300, give or take.
Enough talk about the simfile, let’s talk about the artist. The artist of this song goes by “Torley Wong” and has made music (mainly techno), for many years. Sadly, in May of 2004 he was struck by hyperacusis, and lost the ability to hear. He no longer makes music, but has uploaded all 230 of his songs so we can listen to them: http://www.archive.org/details/Torley_Wong_-_The_Final_Selection. We currently only have permission for TGWP, but we are working towards getting access to his entire library.
You can find TGWP1 in the Arcade section. It is currently on page 1, upper middle, although it will be moving to page 2 in around 1 month to continue the pattern of increasing difficulty within the genre. We hope you all enjoy this EXTREMELY colorful file. To discuss the file, go here. To brag about your scores on the file, go here.
Cheers,
Tass, Shash, and all things fuzzy.
The Turkey God’s Secret: Kick Your A
As Tass hinted at this past Monday, the Turkey God has unveiled a special secret today–specifically, a new song in the Secret section of FFR, stepped by yours truly. Those of you who have 15,000 credits can now play Kick Your A, an SGX remix of the DDR song “A”. SGX has been graciously letting us use his awesome music from the start, and to him we are thankful–he has more songs on FFR than any other artist. Check out his music at his site here.
Also, note that this isn’t a Song of the Week, and there will still be one out next Monday–don’t worry.
Happy turkey consuming,
Song of the Week: Norgers
I don’t understand how it took this long to finally get a djshox song into FFR, but it has finally happened. Stepped by xObserveRx, Norgers is a fairly simple song that reminds me a bit of the 80s. You can find it in the Dance genre, lower left hand corner of page 1.
In other news, Shashakiro has been hard at work re-syncing songs and fixing the dreaded red-note syndrome. Excited Hyper Highspeed Star and Balloon Fever received noteskin upgrades, while songs like Wish and others have had their syncing tweaked. Expect this to continue until all of the noteskinned songs are fixed. Do NOT expect any of the old non-noteskinned blue arrowed songs to be fixed in any way.
If you’d like to comment about Norgers, go here. If you’d like to show off your insane FFR skills and brag about your score on Norgers, go here.
Happy finger dancing,
Tasselfoot & his new buddies from North Stafford
PS – The Turkey God may have a special secret for everyone come Thanksgiving.
Song of the Week: Sensorium
Well, it’s Monday, which means it’s time for another Song of the Week! This week we give you Sensorium, by MerKa. Stepped by Jimerax, it’s a relatively slow song (under 140 BPM), but makes up for this with plenty of 16th stream and jumpstream, so it’s still a challenge. Sensorium can be found on the first page of Dance.
Happy FFR’ing,
Song of the Week Players Matched Up
As many of you may know, the FFR players have been playing this week’s Song of the Week – 20031023 hard and heavy. As a result, many of the competitors are now tied for the top spot of high score. The current Top 10 for 20031023 tells the tale as it were:
1 – dAnceguy117 – 1734450
2 – Shashakiro – 1734450
3 – Bahamut-X – 1734450
4 – scottish – 1734450
5 – Dynam0 – 1734175
6 – Lokfable – 1733900
7 – Loyal2Death – 1733900
8 – Exag0n – 1733625
9 – argo15 – 1733625
10 – Breach – 1733625
Often times it may seem that we focus in on only a few of our top players. However, n3v3rl4nd pointed out that it would be a good idea if we make an effort to mention other top players at FFR and put their names up in lights.
We generally do our best to listen to your suggestions. Always feel free to comment and give us feedback. We will do our best to make sure that your ideas are taken into consideration for future enhancements.
As promised,
Jason Key and the Advil Junkies
Song of the Week – 20031023 By DJ Sharpnel
As was mentioned, Shash & I (Tass) now have access to quickly upload new Songs of the Week. After a minor glitch this morning, we present you another excellent song from the collection of DJ Sharpnel (NSFW warning). 20031023 is upbeat and will prove to be a challenge to most players, although it is by far the easiest Sharpnel song on FFR. Stepped by Rebirth0, it is extremely fun and accurate to the song. You can find 20031023 on page 1 of Dance.
Note: Feel free to discuss in the forum as well – SotW – 20031023. (jk)
Have fun and happy finger dancing!
Cheers,
