This month we have two Halloween themed events for you to take a crack at!

The first is the FFR Scary Story Event, where you're goal is to conjure up a chilling tale. If the community likes your story, you could win lots of credits, an event or support token, and a nice entry on the front page!

We also have a returning competition, the FFR Halloween Banner Contest! Simply take the official banner, turn it into something symbolizing the holiday, and submit it to the thread. If people enjoy it, you'll get a nice credit bounty, an event or support token reward, and the banner featured on the site throughout the last week in October!

Good luck, and enjoy!

Took a minute to figure out how to post a random thought again. I don't think it should be under the Settings menu lol

I will also ghost 👻 with 2x rate on jh10026.

==Round 0==

AAA'd Poppy first try. Wow!

My PB on Upshift is ~8, but I'm not exactly at the peak currently. I'll try it a few times more but I don't expect much.

👻: AAA'd Altale. Grist on 2x is easily 100+ so Altale is the best I can do.

==Round 1==

Progressive Temporal Corruption (AAA)

It's my file. That reminds me of the Spring Showdown last year, which also used my file with the same difficulty of 91 in D7R1 lol. To my surprise, I AAA'd this in 2 attempts. My previous PB was 3 goods I could only get while playtesting.

👻: Elesis Theme Song (23-1-0-2) Those jacks are spicy on 2x rate but it's more playable than I initially thought.

==Round 2==

Clockwork Dragon 0.85x (9-3-3-2)

whatever, couldn't care less.

👻: Terra Firma 0.85x (16-0-0-0) Minijacks too fast on 1.7x rate, but I somehow FC'd it too.

==Round 3==

MA round NOOOOOO it's jhoever

I'm not gonna write down the amazing count and just say AAA or whatever cuz I never cared about amazings!!!!

Awaking Beat [From the next generation] (AAA)

The chart itself is pretty cool though.

👻: Jumper (1-0-0-1)

==Round 4==

The Ballad of Mona Lisa (12-0-0-5)

Pretty much a score what I would usually hope for in this kind of file. The accuracy graph looked off in the late direction but that might be just me lagging behind.

👻: Flare (11-0-0-0)

==Round 5==

WonderWing 1.5x (20-0-2-3)

Not an ideal chart to play on 1.5x, at least for me, due to 8th jacks, OHT rushes right after that, and minijack spike.

👻: Time and Space 1.5x (31-0-1-0) weeeeeeee

==Round 6==

MA ROUND NOOOOOOOO

Universal Collapse (AAA)

👻: A Firebrand, An Agitator (AAA)

==Eliminated==

👻7: res extensa v2 0.95x (163-2-45-6) lol
👻8: Bad Apple!! 1.2x (uhh...)

Last week I ended up sending my first superchat of my life.

Beware the rabbit hole, for you will only dive deeper once you enter. I did have an oshi pfp for longer than a year but actually tried not to let them occupy a significant portion of my thoughts. Now she does.

Though it's actually nice that I have someone or something to refill myself with joy, especially when I get stressed out with something else. That happened to me quite recently for some personal reason, and I definitely feel a lot better now. That's also why I superchatted her for the first time.

Anyway you should listen to mumei by Nanashi Mumei

https://youtu.be/oA0CpI0vCK4

It will be right when I get less busy with graduation and job interviews.

I'll be giving two 👍s and one 👑 per round, as usual.

==Round 1==

D7: The End of Dreams (Cut Ver.) (4-0-0-1)

Preview: that's a lot of notes

Play: The backload or stamina wasn't a big problem for me, but the mix of 12ths, 16ths, and 24ths made it hard to hit accurately. I think 4.2 would be fine for round 1 though.

D2 Pleiades East West Mass Rapid Transit Line (AAA)
D3 Claiomh Solais (AAA) Fun fact: this is not a BMS song
D4 Clocktown (AAA) 👍 New stepartist!
D5 introspect (AAA) 👍
D6 Necroxus (AAA)
D8 sub/zero (28-0-7-1) 👑

What a strong opening round. I can't pick just 3 favorites, so assume I gave 👍 to every chart for now and I'll come back with actual picks by the end of this round. Also glad to see that my D8 chart is getting a good reception this time.

ok i came back and i'm gonna give 👑 to my own chart and nobody can stop me

==Round 2==

D7: Angel's Salad (5-1-0-1)

Preview: Welp, time to get eliminated from my own chart. My PB is 6.6 and I don't think I can SDG currently...

This is 93???

Play: Close to PB, but idk I'll just accept the honor of getting eliminated from a BMS song 4 times in a row as a former BMS player.

Well I'm actually trying to survive but now that I think about it, this chart was actively designed to trip myself up every second. Irregular beats is my big weak point, and these patterns are not something I'm very good at either... I was surprised when I got 6.6 during playtesting and even that is below the cutoff!

D2 Circle (AAA) 👍
D3 Who Likes to Party (AAA)
D4 yarn ball (AAA)
D5 Dysthymia (AAA) FFR player's song!
D6 Parallel Skydive (2-0-0-0) 👑 New stepartist! In FFR anyway. I've heard good things about Zeta and this chart does prove it.
D8 99.9 (Eurobeat Remix) (79-1-8-3) 👍

Oh god 100+ chordjack is finally coming to FFR lol

Illumination Reel is awesome. I predict it would be my favorite bonus file for this OT, even until round 8.

Eliminated

==Round 3==

D2 Real Man! (AAA)
D3 Starry sky of a slight sleep (AAA) 👍
D4 vivid landscape [Heavy] (AAA)
D5 [line:zeta] (AAA) 👑
D6 Dancecore Moldovenesc (BF)
D7 A Battle I Absolutely Can't Lose ~ Kill the Nyanko (11-0-2-0) 👍 I can improve but my arms died after playing the D8 chart
D8 44 Edit v2 (165-6-27-18)

==Round 4==

Joined the lemonade event as D6.

D2 Altale [Standard] (AAA)
D3 Anger Control (BF)
D4 My Rage Towards Society (AAA) 👍 but you were supposed to control anger...
D5 Mutant Sixty Four (AAA) 👍
🍋 Swamp Thing v2 (2-0-0-0) 👑 D6 is too competitive wtf
D7 Nhelv (16-1-2-4) I can improve but my arms died again after playing the D8 chart
D8 END OF SYSTEM (183-14-56-18)

==Round 5==

D2 Noise Channel Theme (AAA)
D3 Avarice (AAA)
D4 See in Rainbows (AAA) 👍
D5 Pink Slime (BF)
🍋 innocent revolver (3-0-0-0) 👑 It got 9.5 from BOTH judges for a reason! And maybe I would have survived if it were D7R2...
D7 Illegal Trap (8-0-2-3) 👍 Beat my PB on the entire 100+??
D8 dreamless wanderer (378-26-86-51) it reached the point where I have no idea what's going on and just mash randomly

==Round 6==

D2 Electro Killer 6000 (AAA)
D3 EZ God Library (BF) 👍
D4 Bucketelectronic (BF) 👑
D5 Thinkin' About You (AAA) 👍
🍋 Sinfonia Regalis (9-0-0-0)
D7 O Wings that Embrace Senju Banmei (36-0-7-3)
D8 POWA OF DA WILDANES (749-31-163-52) It's fitting that the first bonus song is titled "Save Me"

==Round 7==

I get to play my own file again for 🍋

D2 Blood From A Stone (AAA)
D3 Before it Ends (2-0-0-0)
D4 Clearness (BF) 👑
D5 scualee (5-0-0-0) 👍
🍋 breakthrough (15-1-1-2) 👍
D7 VIS::CRACKED v2 (156-1-20-6)
D8 Blue Streaks of Happiness (713-38-189-65) what is happening

==Round 8==

D2 Hypothermos (AAA) 👍
D3 Black Lawn Finale (AAA) 👍
D4 Mini Short (BF)
D5 We Own The Night [Oni] (1-0-0-1) jumpstream go brrrr
🍋 Dark Side (24-1-3-10) New stepartist!
D7 Braindead (75-10-7-13) 👑 Among the songs I had to mash through this was actually pretty fun
D8 DsMaxInkd (486-12-132-29) "DsNutsInmth" - pizza probably

tru what have you done with the bonus file

well actually i might be asked the same question

==Favorite per division==

D2 Hypothermos
D3 Starry sky of a slight sleep
D4 Clearness 👑
D5 [line:zeta]
D6 innocent revolver
D7 A Battle I Absolutely Can't Lose ~ Kill the Nyanko
D8 sub/zero

(Anything D8 past R2 are out of reach for me so yeah...)

Sorted based on how likely I am to SDG it (most probable first).

== 95 non-SDG ==

Redemption Arp
Our Journey and Epilogue. [Full Version]
Tactical Railroad
How Things Went Wrong
Japan Style Breakcore!!!
Shuu no Hazama (Rainshower)
Delirium v2

== 96 non-SDG ==

HeadXplit
INSANE INFLAME
Rengoku-Purgatorium-
Frictional Nevada v2
Celsus v2
Rave 3
Dysnomia
Reparatus+Paradisus
Miserable Bastard
Nisemono (Cut)
Take
Giselle (full act)
Rain [YMCK]

Everything below Rengoku is highly unlikely, and Giselle and Rain are basically 105.

Also I haven't played Slashmaid (instrumental) in ages so idk where it would be