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Stand on 20? Never! Hit Me!
So, many of you have pointed out a connection issue in MP over the past few days. That should now be resolved. Now more than 20 people can get into MP at one time. Yay!
-Tass
PS – Be on the lookout for a spontaneous contest in the next… 36 hours.
Not A Falsie Report
Just wanted to give you guys a quick heads up that Falsie the Pseudo-Science girl was made public earlier today. It is an 80s akiba pop song by our favorite j-pop artist, MOSAIC.WAV. Stepfile is by world renowned simfiler, behanjc. It’s a little over 2 minutes long and is a 9 in difficulty. It’s yours for 4500 credits from the shop.
-Tass
Happy Mo-Fo’in Birthday dore and blu!
So, I just had to do something for the birthdays of 2 of my favorite stepfilers, dore and bluguerrilla. Dore’s 18th birthday was yesterday, but unfortunately I had hours and hours of delays with my flight getting out of Philly and back to LA… so I wasn’t able to do anything until today. Blu’s 26th birthday is today… reaffirming him as our resident elder. I look forward to the day I can finally call him Dr. blu.
Anyway, in honor of their birthdays, I have released a new purchased song from each of them… and given both to each of them free, as a gift. Document 13b is a mid-FMO DnB song by our own DJ Nubbin. It’s got a ton of tricky jacks and a few 32nd bursts that will make PAing difficult. 6000 credits in the Shop, and it’s yours. Empornium is our second ever Parental Advisory song, so be warned. The lyrics are VERY dirty and VERY funny… you may have trouble AAAing because you’ll be laughing too hard. Difficulty is a 6, with slow bpm 16ths throughout and 32nd triplets scattered in the chorus. Song is by nerdcorers extrodinaire, Futuristic Sex Robotz. This song will set you back 3069 credits… enjoy.
So, make sure to drop dore and blu a comment on their walls or in their respective Chit-Chat birthday threads!
-Tass
Creating a New World Through KARMA
Hello FFR’ers! (try saying that 10 times fast heh heh)
Today we have a very special treat for all of you. A rare and wonderful treat.
Stephen Kay, president of Karma-Lab and the developer of the music technology known as KARMA, has given his permission for us to use one of his songs as this week’s featured stepfile. This isn’t any ordinary permission. Stephen has been featured in many magazines and websites such as Electronic Musician, Keyboard Magazine, Sound on Sound, and IT-Review.net for his incredible line of electronic keyboards and software incorporating KARMA, as well as his career as a musician and composer. His works have appeared as themes for world-wide NBC sports programs such as Wimbledon and the French Open, and he’s played in just about every kind of music group you can name: rock bands, jazz fusion bands, show bands, etc. His music is truly wacky and colorful, a bright twist to most music you may have listened to. Here is a link to the media player on his site, loaded with some of product demo works.
For more information about Stephen Kay, check out his biography.
Now to the featured file:
Today’s featured file is called ==Planet KARMA==. Some of you might know it from ODIpack2. It’s one of Stephen Kay’s multi-part epics, featuring 5 movements, each with a completely different style and mood. Most of the file is similar to the one in ODIpack2, but there are some striking differences, especially in the 2nd movement. The difficulty varies throughout the song, anywhere from a 4 to a 12. The entire song is just under 6 and a half minutes long, so it’s sure to test your endurance throughout! Stepped by yours truly. You can find it in Secret; it’ll only take 100,000 credits to access. Enjoy this epic release!
2 In A Row! New Subbie Feature: Added Speedmods!
Hopefully this does show all of you that we DO listen to suggestions, even if it takes us some time until we can implement them. We had to remove 3.0x mod on the Beta, because the bar is now full. We figured you guys would rather have 2 new usable mods instead of 3.0x which is rarely used outside of as a joke.
2.25x and 2.5x are now usable! Yay! I know a lot of people were looking for a 1.875x mod as well, but there just isn’t room without completely re-doing that area of the settings menu.
I expect to see a metric butt-ton of new insane scores now… no excuses. Between masking and more mods, you guys are out of reasons to suck. And I say that with all the love in the world. <3.
-Tass, Synth, and the Green Lantern!
update: Another small feature… we added a song timer bar between the game interface and the MP interface. It appears as a black bar that gets blue as the song progresses. It’s not in the most amazing location… but it’s merely there to get the functionality in place and to beta test.
New Subbie Feature: In-Game Masking!
There are a few small features we’ve been wanting to add for some time now, and in-game masking is one of them. Many of you may ask… what is in-game masking? In-game masking is 2 things. It is the ability to hide your combo from displaying and it is the ability to hide your accuracy from displaying. Two separate features.
Now… why would this be a good thing? For the casual user, it likely won’t make much of a difference. In fact, for many users, it is crucial to be able to see one’s accuracy and/or combo. But for some users (especially reverse players), the combo and accuracy displays in-game can be highly distracting. It is for these users that we are giving the option to disable combo or accuracy or both.
For now, it is subscriber only. So if this is a feature you absolutely NEED, subscribe! You’ll also be getting all the other sweet subbie-only features and helping the site.
Be on the lookout for a few more small features that will make many users happy.
-Tass, Synth, and the gnome in the dryer that keeps stealing my socks.
Yay Labor Day!
A few song related things for you guys…
1. 2 new subbie SotW songs are out, for yesterday and Friday.
2. 2 new public songs were released on Friday and yesterday (like every Friday and Sunday). Do A Barrel Roll by Kil, stepped by ElectricWerewolf and Here’s To Life [Oni] by Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution, stepped by DrugstoreCowboy, Kailure, AND Bluguerrilla.
3. We’ve added 2 new SKILL TOKENS, which gives us 100 total. #99 is straight-forward… Pass One Minute Waltz with less than 100 boos to unlock Minute Waltz v2. I listed it as a FMO, but it may be high VC. Not sure. Stepfile by jimerax. #100 is a bit different. We want to reward all the Token Whores out there, and hi19hi19 gave us the perfect opportunity. ST #100 requires you to have unlocked the previous 99 skill tokens. Have #1-99, then check your levelrank.php, and you’ll be given #100… the aptly named Token Whore, by dj tepples. If you get access to this song, congrats!, you ARE a Token Whore!
4. Some Support Token news: About 100 users were able to play Dendrite v2 without actually having access to the song… we’ve removed the scores from these users. In addition, all support tokens will now show up in special levelrank, not normal levelrank. Finally, challenges are being disallowed on support tokens if you do not have the token (just like secret, token, skill, etc).
5. Be on the lookout for a special public release file later today too. We ARE sitting on 599 public songs, and today IS a holiday (in the US).
-Tass
2nd UNOFFICIAL Tournament! Sign Up!
The time has arrived for its unveiling! It has plagued the minds of all whom have pondered what I have been keeping so secret lately. So, saving you the torment of what it may be, I welcome you all to join in the fun of my 2nd Unofficial FFR Tournament!
As many of you have seen before, concluding the 3rd Official FFR Tournament, I provided to you all the great joy and ecstasy of competition in my record smashing 1st Unofficial FFR Tournament, giving away a grand total of 2,800,000 credits to the winners of the event. But this time it’s different. The prizes are unbelievable! They make this THE event I’ve been hyping it up to be.
Now, before you lose your minds, let me explain a few things. First, donations. I’m going to ask that every generous soul donates a great deal of credits to me for this tournament. I, for one, am putting all of my remaining credits into it… which comes in at 165,000 after all the credits that I have already given away. So please, I really wish you all to donate the greatest amount you can. Let’s break the current record and set the bar to new heights!
Secondly, let’s talk prizes. I am going to make this short and sweet as all of you are anxious to see them. So bare with me if they are not the greatest 
Master’s Division:
1st: $100 cash, 6 month subscription, X Credits
2nd: $50 cash, 3 month subscription, X Credits
3rd: $25 cash, 1month subscription, X Credits
4th: X Credits
5th: X Credits
Expert’s Division:
1st in D4: $80 cash, 6 month subscription, X Credits
2nd in D4: $40 cash, 3 month subscription, X Credits
3rd in D4: $20 cash, 1month subscription, X Credits
4th in D4: X Credits
5th in D4: X Credits
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New Gamewhore Competition! This Saturday
So Whorli has left for Israel for a month, leaving me all alone until I go back to Philly in a few weeks. That means I’m going to be bored this weekend, and I need you guys to entertain me. I came up with this idea about a month ago, and ran it by a few people… everyone loved it.
This competition will be different from the last one. This one will not focus on the most points you can earn in 24 hours. It will focus on how low of an average rank you can get in 24 hours, starting from a fresh account.
The rules:
-It will run from 12:01am CST Saturday until 11:59pm CST Saturday, August 2nd.
-Your username for the competition will be in the format: “GWC_YourUsername”, where YourUsername is your username. Aka, mine would be GWC_Tasselfoot. Please do not use abbreviations, as it will only confuse me and make my life harder.
-You are not allowed to transfer credits to your GWC account… all secret/purchased songs will have to be played via credits you earn during the 24 hours. That makes it equally fair to everyone, and makes the competition have a bit more strategy.
-Whoever has the lowest average rank at the end of 24 hours will win.
-All GWC accounts will be blacklisted at the end of the 24 hours, so we don’t spam up the highscore lists from the competition.
Prizes:
FIRST PLACE IS GUARANTEED VROFL + a year subscription + a t-shirt + $20 + 50,000 credits
2nd place will be a year subscription and 40,000 credits
3rd place will be a 6 month subbie and 25k credits
4th place == 3 month subbie and 15k credits
5th place… 1 month subbie and 5k credits
As a note, a fresh account has an average a bit over 50,000 (about 50,670 right now). I’m expecting the winner to have an average rank under 150 by the time this is over. Which will be amazing and insane and I will personally call you crazy, but in a good way.
I’m looking forward to this, and I hope all of you guys are too.
-Tass
