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ATTN TGB members,
You can pick up your new keycards here! This card is now mandatory for entrance to the building.
Official Tournament Placements!
The official tournament dashboard is now up for you to view. We did our best to place people as accurately as possible, but we are still in the process of finalizing divisions 1 and 2 so please be patient. If you notice any mistakes with any placements please either send myself or TC_Halogen a private message here on FFR. You can also contact us on Skype. My Skype name is Saphira251 his is debit13.
Thanks and good luck!
Token Image Contest Winners!
Hellloooo everybody! So after some rigorous voting, the FINAL RESULTS ARE IN! In total, we had 73 people cast their votes for their favorite token for each song. Thanks to everyone for participating in the vote! Also, thank you so much to everyone that entered into the contest. Not only did some of you come out of it with a good haul of credits, but your competition helped to make some really amazing images for FFR.
Congratulations to all the winners, as well as the other top three finishers! Thank you to everyone for participating, it made the event all the more fun!
I hope everyone had an absolutely awesome time either watching or participating in the contest.
FFR has some awesome images for the newest token songs, so cheers to all of you! Congratulations again to the winners and runners up.
The credits will be distributed as soon as possible, and the images will be placed on the token pages asap.
Thank you everyone!
~Netjet, jimerax, Nick Skyline, Spenner and Silvuh 
Notices, News & “Events”
Heya people, Zageron here.
In case you didn’t know, I’m technically the current site and staff manager dude guy.
If you have any questions send me a PM and I’d be happy to help, or forward you to someone who can.
Announcements
Just some announcements, pertaining entirely to my interests!
• The Ultimate Radio Broadcast has started, tune in over the next month or two for an assortment of great music!
– Join us, on your own profile, in prochat for the party!
– See the thread for more details!
• All game engines are current handing out double the normal amount of credits, grind! grind! grind!
– Offer valid until the 26th of January.
• In case anyone was wondering, yes _.Spitfire._ is a new profile chat moderator, so be nice.
• Shoutout to Fluvs.
• Velo quit, and returned, for the 14th time yesterday evening. Goodbye, and welcome back!
This has been a very relaxed and official distribution of knowledge to the public!
Get ready for the Official Tournament as it is just around the corner!
Cheers,
Zageron
Reminders!
Wow we sure have had a lot of front page news lately. I just wanted to put down a few reminders so you don’t forget about the things that have deadlines.
Signups are still open for the 8th official tournament, but don’t wait too long because signups close on the 19th which is only 6 days away!
For full details on the process of the tournament, involving prizes, how to signup, and other miscellaneous rules and regulations, visit the official tournament thread, or click the banner on the top of the page.
The forum awards are also still open so make sure you go get your votes in for that. You do have until January 28th to submit your votes, so there’s still some time, but don’t let that date creep up on you!
Make sure you visit the Forum Awards thread so that you know all the rules before submitting your votes. Once you vote you will not have the opportunity to change them, which means you could lose them if you don’t follow the rules. Remember, no voting for yourself. There have been quite a few people doing so
We are also still accepting local moderator applications until the end of the month. If that’s something you think you may be interested in check out the announcement here for all the details on submitting an application.
Good Luck Everyone!
-psychoangel691 and the FFR Staff
Songs of the Week (January 10th, 2013)
If the near-constant radio and television advertisements that have been taking up a disproportionately massive amount of airtime as of late haven’t already made you more than well aware, today marks the fiftieth anniversary of a day that will forever live on in FFR infamy. It all began as a routine celebration by the bourgeois and ruling classes, one to honor the traditional Christmastime festivities with a quaint twelve day-long song release event. At the beginning of the event the rest of the populous was enthusiastic enough, but as time grew on people began to grow increasingly wary. The songs, which were initially promised to be intended for all, resided at the upper end of the difficulty spectrum and were often times inaccessible to the lower rung of society due to outlandish unlock requirements. When it seemed that all was lost, a ray of hope appeared in the form of a secretive sect comprised of both the working class as well as a select few from the upper echelon who were displeased with how their contemporaries were running their beloved country. The group’s scheme to topple the oppressive regime quickly gained momentum and within a matter of days they had earned nearly unanimous support. It was then, on the eve of the final release, that the Synthlight Castle was treated to a violent uprising. Flames engulfed what was once a proud and noble structure, effectively reducing centuries of history and cherished memories into nothing more than a smoldering pile of darkened ash and formless rubble. Blood tainted Dance2 Avenue a vibrant crimson, and the disembodied heads of all the staff members were carried out on pikes for all to mock and bemoan. Although we as a populous have incurred many hardships since then, the sacrifices made by all those brave stepmen, women and children have nevertheless paved the way for a brighter future for all, a future in which the inequality between players has been made essentially negligible. It is on this day, the eleventh of January, that we celebrate our ancestors’ good deeds with a release of songs that are considerably easier than those that had been featured in the Twelve Days of FFRmas event.
Glaciate by Phantasma (DarkZtar) – Standard [28] / 1:31 / Dance / Artcore
Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Rondo by 40mP (Zakvvv666) – Tricky [33] / 2:19 / Dance / Happy Swing Pop
Garden Party by Blarsa (ichliebekase) – Tricky [34] / 0:53 / Dance / Bouncy House
Dragon Slayer by Richard Jacques (Silvuh) – Tricky [35] / 2:30 / Classical / Orchestral
I See You Staring by Lisa Lavie (psychoangel691) – Very Difficult [48] / 3:58 / Hip-Hop / RnB
Colors of the Wind by Marilyn Byrnes (iironiic) – Challenging [53] / 2:15 / Classical / Piano Solo
Our memorial release kicks off with a little bit of past meets present action. Those of you who are well-versed in FFR history should recognize Phantasma as being the artist behind such classics as Over the Frail Dream and Illumination of the Sky. DarkZtar, who made his FFR stepfile debut in 2008 with a single file but then remained dormant until 2012, brings us a short and sweet file for the song Glaciate. Being the easiest of our easy releases, this file doesn’t feature anything too difficult other than a couple of minijacks and polyrhythms at a relatively slow speed that should be perfect for introducing novice players to some of the sorts of patterns that they’ll be facing as they move their way up the FFR ladder. Check out the Dance section to give this one a try.
Next up on our list of releases is Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Rondo, an upbeat and cheerful piece by Vocaloid artist 40mP that features vocals from the (presumably) fictional idol Hatsune Miku. Don’t be led astray by the fact that stepartist Zakvvv666 has the number of the beast in his username; rather than featuring any outlandish patterns that would engender inexperienced players to flip over their table or desk in a fit of unbridled rage, the steps are exceedingly comfortable irrespective of play style and, aside from a couple of trills and grace notes, are straightforward enough to leave you feeling just as happy as the song itself is. Luckily for those who are lazier than most, Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Rondo can be found just a few spaces beneath our previous release under the Dance section.
It’s a Garden Party! Yes, that’s right folks, gardens from all across the American midwest have become sentient, removed themselves from the yoke of the earth, revolted against their respective homeowners and have gathered at some rich kid’s McMansion to drink Jagermeister and talk about assorted vegetables into the early hours of the morning! Or, at least, that’s what the tone of our next song may lead you to believe. Clocking in at just under a minute, Blarsa’s Garden Party is as blithe and airy as a light garden salad is. Thanks to the somewhat sluggish BPM, ichliebekase’s arguably treacherous decision to include hands, swipes and rainbow notes should be much more manageable for novice players than if they were in, say, a blisteringly fast speedcore file. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Dance is the location of this file as well.
For those of you who were unlucky enough to play through Sonic and the Black Night for the Wii, our next release may be familiar to you. Richard Jacques’ Dragon Slayer, an orchestral piece that sounds akin to something out of a Hollywood fantasy blockbuster, is both stereotypical yet at the same time unique. Since we’re dealing with relatively easy files this time around, getting a decent score on this file thankfully won’t be as difficult as battling a monolithic fire-breathing monster would be; rather, it’s more like attempting to slay a sickly komodo dragon with a really blunt stick. Silvuh keeps the difficulty low while at the same time maintaining a high amount of energy in his steps that will surely keep players of all skillsets fully engrossed for the entirety of the song. Check out the Classical section for this piece.
When all of the FFR genres meet up and hangout with each other, poor ol’ Hip Hop always seems to be left out of the fun. Even Funk, the suave middle-aged man with dreadlocks all the way down to his waistline, is still respected thanks in part to his service of being the drop-off point for every single new release back in the day. Thankfully for the often cruelly neglected Hip Hop, forum moderator and stepartist psychoangel691 has not remained ignorant to its plights. Although its offerings may not be as vast as its contemporaries Dance2 and Misc, Hip Hop nevertheless has a new addition to its repertoire with I See You Staring. If you’re after intermittent jumpstream runs, minijacks and smooth RnB lyrics courtesy of Lisa Lavie then you’re definitely in the right place, while if you’re not then…uhh…whoa, look over there!
Our final and most difficult file from this batch of releases is Colors of the Wind, brought to us by piano-file extraordinaire and on-again-off-again forum goer iironic. Just as the song style suggests, this is a piano solo piece and thus possesses many of the prevalent features of such sorts of files: variable BPMs, rainbow notes, polyrhythms, grace notes and even a surprise cameljack right at the end. If you’re a fan of pretending that you’re a brilliant composer performing your landmark piece in front of a fully-booked auditorium of men wearing luxurious suits and women draped in the most exquisite of dresses imaginable then you’re definitely in luck. If you haven’t already guessed, the Classical section is your destination if you’re jonesing to play this one.
And with that we wrap up our commemorative releases. As always, stop on by either the respective Songs of the Week topic on the forums or the comments section of this post and share with the other denizens of FFRland your thoughts, opinions or even scatterbrained ramblings about the releases and the like. Keep in mind as well that sign ups for 8th Official Tournament are now underway! Sign up today, lest for some strange reason you actually desire to miss out on what will surely go down in FFR history as being “The Beginning of the End.” What exactly does such an ominous statement mean? Hell if I know.
FFR Eighth Official Tournament: Sign-ups open!
(props to PrawnSkunk for the neat banner!)
GAME ON.
Yup — everyone’s favorite FFR tournament is back after a few short months! That time has come again, where users doubt themselves, complain about sandbaggers, whine about division placements, and play the song a single time before mentioning their resignation from the tournament – only to play the song another two hundred times. Word has been going around about this event starting, and some members have been anxiously waiting for this to begin. In a few short weeks, it will be here. A huge change has been made to the tournament structure, and it is a change that users have requested for years now. For the first time ever: this tournament will be based off of RAW SCORING! No longer will you be victim of falling into the yellow peepee water of doom because your keyboard trashed your best run and you can’t come anywhere near it. A fun fact: had the previous official tournament been raw scoring, powerfull would have slammed the competition with his 17-2-1-4 run on that violent D5 final…
…but that won’t be a problem this time, will it?
For full details on the process of the tournament, involving prizes, signups, and other miscellaneous rules and regulations, visit the official tournament thread, or click the image on the top of the page if you’d like to enter the thread with style.
Happy keysmashing, and good luck!
-TC_Halogen and the FFR staff
FFR Forum Awards & Local Mod Applications!
That’s right that time of year has come again where you have the opportunity to vote for your favorites and even some of your least favorites of 2012. We’re using the same form we did last year for voting which you can find here. If you’d like to see a list of the current nominees based on votes so far you can find those here. Make sure you check all the rules in the Forum Awards thread. Remember, no voting for yourself.
On another note we are accepting applications for local moderator positions. Please check the announcement here for all the details.
Good Luck Everyone!
-psychoangel691 and the FFR Staff
Happy New Year!
It’s that time of the year again. Let’s welcome 2013 with open arms, meaningful (or meaningless) resolutions, and a new song that everyone can enjoy!
Trinity by Step (TC_Halogen) – Expert [68] / 8:01 / Classical / Soundtrack
This lengthy but epic orchestral piece will take you on a journey through a medley of songs from the Monster Hunter series. Despite its length, the steps created by TC_Halogen are reasonable and will provide many opportunities for you to enjoy this musical wonder.
I’ll keep this short, so without further ado, please join me in celebrating the new year!
- bmah and the FFR Staff
