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In-Game Song Reorganization (About Time!)
So we all know that the genres are getting over crowded. Because of this, I had stopped moving subscriber songs out of Funk, as well as not moving songs out of Hip-Hop from the event we ran a few months ago. BUT… Xelius has been awesome enough to code a page jumping feature and a drop-down song selection bar, which makes navigation much easier. Both of these features are still currently subscriber only, but will be released to the public within the next few weeks.
So with this fix, I’ve started to go back and re-organize the songs from Funk and Hip-Hop (and the 5 songs at the end of Dance2 that have randomly been there for 9 months or so). Everything is out of Funk. The 5 Dance2 songs are now in their proper locations. I’m starting to work on Hip-Hop, and should have it finished within the next 24 hours. If you can no longer find some of your favorite songs from the re-organization, I do apologize. I recommend checking this list for the genre of each song. Within the genre, you’ll just have to do a little bit of searching. Just remember that the genre difficulties tend to go from easiest to hardest.
-Tass
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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More new subscriber features!
Xelius is hard at work, as always, to bring to life everyone’s ideas. The newest feature on the subscriber version of the game is merely a letter… but it is so much more. In the upper left hand corner, next to the Quality Q is a Song Selection S. If you click on the S, it will bring up a giant scrollable list of all songs in FFR… each one playable via a single click. Currently, the songs are listed in reverse order by reverse genre (hardest songs in Misc first, easiest songs in Dance last). This will be resolved tomorrow, but we couldn’t wait to get this feature live for everyone to test out.
And for everyone else, we understand you’re getting jealous. Do not fear! Many of these feature will become public in the very near future.
-Tass
The Greatest Night in the History of Our Sport. Testing AvMiss Fix
The title is correct. We having a working solution for a feature (fix) that users have been asking about for approximately 5 years. Omg 5 years… Xelius has been hard at work squashing the AvMiss bug and he looks to be successful. Yes, he has been sifting through unimaginable amounts of tangled and twisted FFR code (I feel bad for the guy). His efforts are nothing short of miraculous and his results are fantastic.
We had a preview tonight but starting tomorrow morning we will be inviting all beta tester (aka subscribers) to come in and experience this new version and note down any bugs you may find. I suspect the results will change FFR scores dramatically. We still have not decide what steps to take in how to handle scores but we will be organizing and sifting through all the subscriber suggestions in order to come up with a solution quickly.
I ask that if you want to help Xelius eat and pay his rent (and help us with our costs) that you subscribe. He has been working insane hours on FFR lately and even more improvements are on their way. As always, we can use as many extra beta testers as possible. For those of you who are already a subscriber, thank you. You all make a huge difference in what we are capable of.
Cheers,
Synthlight + Thanks to Xelius
No More Loss Of AAAs!
It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally buckled down and taken care of over-AAA scores. As of now, they’ll no longer record, regardless of how it happened. You all may now rejoice in the streets. There will be dancing and wine for those of age. Big thanks to Lightdarkness for coding this.
Also, if you’ve somehow missed it, there is a new block on the main page of the site. In the upper right corner, above the Latest Profiles and FFR Videos blocks is the shiny and new Recent Game Plays block, courtesy of LD (idea by heyitsmee).
Finally, a new subbie song is out. There will be much rejoicing about this as well. Now that I’m back in LA, expect the song release schedule to be back to normal.
-Tass
PS – Jason requests me to notify all of you about the new Word Find game located within profiles.
Word Games and some updates. Gimmie a Stickie!
Likely most of you have noticed in the profiles the Word Scramble. Additionally, you have likely seen that the behavior of the block for them has changed. We have another 2 word games coming online hopefully this week, after going through testing with the staff and FFR Subscribers of course 
Also, we have a new FAQ in testing with more info going into the FAQ than ever before. That old FAQ (current) has needed an update like forever ago. Nestlekwik is working his fingers off in the new one as well.
Finally, regarding the profile entertainment, I will send out 1 – 5.5×5.5 FFR Guy Sticker for the first 10 (ten) users that post a Random Thought in their profile that makes me giggle, and has a title of “FFR Stickers Make My Bumper Look Better“. Make sure its exactly that text or I won’t find it either!
I will comment and post the winners here. Winners to be announced at 11:30pm EST, so that gives you over an hour.
Anything good is accepted, just don’t spam it up senselessly .. and if I find a really good one, might send out a shirt to that user too. Profile styles that make my time even more interesting will always help too
Will post again as this goes forward.
Creative Genius Is In
A ton of interesting responses out there. Some even scary. However, the ones that gave me the biggest .. or oddest chuckle are as follows:
MystictheHedgehog (Simplicity made me laugh)
WolfXhunter (MWC Makes me laugh)
Cyanite (The single most bizarre McD Evah!)
bluguerrilla (For interesting honesty)
zajac (Mr Coke for the win)
Nyokou (Who doesn’t love halloween)
Jinxed_Phantom(I love dew)
Brian Inc (For the poet award)
MrMagic5239 (For his start of a self help group)
Drugstore Cowboy (For Video Skillz .. yessir! Made me laugh!)
Finally .. I find the image that is destined for avatars all across the internets!
EnR (Oh yes .. Tass Thong for the win!) Sticker and Shirt!
PM me names and addresses where I can mail these out and I will nag you later to get photos of where you put these stickers up We want to see the love!
Christmas is Upon Us! Come Unwrap Your Songs!
You’ve been patient up until today, but the final day of FFRMas is now upon us and two brand new Christmas songs are available for play in the Misc. genre:
The Mannheim Steamroller rendition of Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow is no longer widget-exclusive, making a difficulty level 3 debut to the public with a [Heavy] stepfile created by ElectricWerewolf. Fresh off the Flash presses is the humorous song A Christmas Carol by Tom Lehrer, which features a vocal-timed difficulty level 5 stepfile by Talisman.
While everyone is in the holiday spirit, don’t forget about last year’s addition of Carol Megamix by Hiro (9 by Rebirth0), which you can also find located in the Misc. genre.
To conclude the 12 Days of FFRMas, an additional three non-holiday oriented songs, located at the bottom of the Hip-Hop genre, round out the event:
First, Sabrepulse’s Horizon Remix features three minutes of tricky patterns including trills, yellow note streams and air step alternations in a level 8 stepfile by rshadow8888. Shind Bad hangs another DJ Sharpnel song onto the FFR tree with a difficulty 9 stepfile by Rebirth0 that throws out plenty of high speed yellow note streams and quickfire air steps. Another artist making a return in FFR with a difficulty 9 rating is Smiley feat. KaW in Euphoria where eastsideman09′s stepfile flows with the busy, yet cheerful, melody.
So there you have it, another five songs to add even more cheer to your holidays. We hope you have enjoyed the second-annual 12 Days of FFRMas and we look forward to seeing our users as we now look ahead to the year 2008.
-nestlekwik and the FFR staff
FFRMas Eve Yields Early Presents
On the 11th day of FFRMas, Flash Flash Revolution gave to you:
The easiest of tonight’s files introduces Cid’s Theme Piano Concerto by XBrav, bringing in a short difficulty 2 stepfile by vemuck that is stocking-stuffed full of air steps. Difficulty level 7 does double-duty tonight, first with The Final Fantasy by B0UNC3, a constant file by Kalazor that presents tricky patterns of yellow note streams accented by air steps. Tonight’s second level 7 is Black Noise –_– by Zenon, which thanks to stepfile artist Scytlock, should serve as any yellow-note stream fanatic’s dream. Finally, tonight’s hardest stepfile comes in the form of cornandbean’s {I Don’t Need You Anymore}, a level 10, 5:05 long marathon featuring tricky streams courtesy of dore. You should know the drill by now, but all four songs are located at the bottom pages of the hip-hop genre.
On the eve of Christmas, only one more day is left in the 12 Days of FFRMas. What awaits you on the final day? Come back tomorrow and see what lies underneath the FFRMas tree.
FFRMas Day 10: Four More Songs
Sorry for delay, but I have just received word that the files for Day 10 of the 12 Days of FFRMas are now live, making four more Flash Flash Revolution songs available in the hip-hop genre – scroll down three pages and you’ll see them listed as the last songs:
First up, providing a mellow 2 difficulty, Nina Goddess of Dance brings more Euro house to FFR with the addition of Don’t You Want Me, a stepfile by MixMasterLar that flows with the airy vocals and bassline. Bumping up the difficulty, Progression by Draigun enters in with a difficulty level 9 stepfile by Silvuh that continually flows with triplets and is accented with tricky parts all through the song. The next two additions turn the difficulty dial up to 10 – Neonatrias provides a quickfire stepfile with the intense Ascii Art Core by Yamajet that will have you seeing plenty of yellow. Shanghai Girl of Meiji 17 by dBu is a little more laid back with a file by behanjc, which follows the song’s orchestral feel, but unlike the fast-paced 1:24 runtime of Ascii Art Core, this level 10 file runs just short of four minutes.
Of course, being that it is now day 11 in the event, you should expect to see another update later today with even more FFR song additions.
