Archive for the 'FFR News' Category

15th Official Tournament, SotW and Weekly Update 6/3/2022

You guys have been asking us for a big, nice, Official Official Tournament Post, so here it is. Welcome to FlashFlashRevolution’s 15th Official Tournament. Always guaranteed to have some of the tightest elimination competition, over some of the most ridiculous (and popular!) songs of the year. I won’t sugarcoat it for ya, there’s been an extensive amount of work put into setting a new bar of what is to come.

Want to sign-up for it? Click below, can’t miss it.

It’s that simple.

To those that might be firstcomers, or have never participated or watched FlashFlashRevolution’s Official Tournaments in the past, what is it?

The Official Tournament is a once-per-year event, where we call to arms all rhythm gaming 4-key players together to test their mettle and accuracy against one another in one of the oldest birthed rhythm games on the internet, in the traditional left, down, up and right arrows that ignited our love for rhythm games, and this website! It’s been nearly 20 years since the launch of FlashFlashRevolution, and our love for rhythm games expanded since then on how we play them! No matter what kind of 4 keys are pressed nowadays, FFR has grown to accommodate, and encourage anyone with the ability to hit keys fast, to sign-up.

Starting July 1st, participants will be divided into 8 divisions of skill, and will be given a week to earn the highest possible score for the host-selected song in their respective division. Every Friday between then and August 26th will see the lowest-scoring players eliminated, a new song released and another week to obtain scores. Survive 8 weeks, and be crowned king of your division! All songs/charts/maps are brand new, curated by some of the best Stepauthors in 4-key, and drafted specifically for this Official Tournament, that means a megapack of new songs every year! Crazy, huh?

If you wish to check out more about the 15th Official Tournament, we have a Forum Thread dedicated for discussion around and during the tournament. Also, we have a Discord that has 1000′s of players talking every week! If you want to get a heads-up on your song every week, we also have OfficialFFR broadcasting on Twitch every Thursday night before songs go out! We hope to see you there, whether you laugh in excitement, or pale in fear of the songs to come!

Will let you carry on with the rest of your Weekly Update, and Songs of the Week.

For other news, there’s a couple new batches that have opened up. We have the June/July 2022 batch (open through July 31st) and the Dump Batch (open through August 31st). The Dump Batch is our latest special batch, where expectations are more lenient on what you can do with your file. You can find submission details and discussion within the Dump Batch Discussion Thread.

As for ongoing events, Season 3 is getting closer to concluding with 270 ranked participants so far. There’s less than a month left before season 4 begins July 1st, so get your scores in! Last to mention is that we have a new song artist this week! Details are below.

The 2 veteran files we have for you today are:

Whales of Iocaste
Musician: Clonepa
Step Artist: M0nkeyz
Song Length: 1:09
Difficulty: 18

Feels
Musician: Gustav Gustav
Step Artist: axith
Song Length: 1:46
Difficulty: 25

There’s currently little info available about this artist from their personal links. However, it’s worth mentioning that permission for this song stems from tracks off of Chillhop Records’ Bandcamp page. As per their description, “Chillhop is a platform dedicated to finding and sharing the best chilled hiphop, jazzhop and triphop music and connecting people.”

You can follow Gustav Gustav at the links below. Enjoy!

Spotify | SoundCloud| Bandcamp | Instagram | facebook

And for Non-Veteran players, these songs have went public:

Badman Ballad
Musician: Shitmat
Step Artist: ositzxz369
Song Length: 4:55
Difficulty: 93

Deadman DJ
Musician: Venetian Snares
Step Artist: ositzxz369
Song Length: 3:12
Difficulty: 92

Enjoy!

-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers

Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 5/27/2022

Welcome to the last Song Release and Weekly Update for May! This time around we’ve got some 90s difficulty breakcore to finish the month. (15th OT sign-ups)

Final reminder that the 15th Official Tournament batches are closing very soon. We’re excited to see that we’ve had over 100 submissions at this point, so let’s keep them coming! You have until May 31st to submit!

For those that didn’t see the announcement on our Discord server (you should join if you haven’t already; btw OT sign-ups), there have been some changes to a few achievement token requirements. Specifically, percentage FC/AAA requirements have been turned into fixed amounts. See the changes listed below:

Quickdraw: Full Combo 1000 songs

Here We Go: Full Combo 1500 songs

Game Genie: AAA 1000 songs

Last but not least, a shoutout to Velocity for fixing the file preview function on the website’s individual song pages. Check it out when you get the chance!

The 2 veteran files we have (OT sign-ups) for you today are:

Badman Ballad
Musician: Shitmat
Step Artist: ositzxz369
Song Length: 4:55
Difficulty: 93

Deadman DJ
Musician: Venetian Snares
Step Artist: ositzxz369
Song Length: 3:12
Difficulty: 92

And for Non-Veteran players, these songs have went public:

Blooddrunk v2
Musician: Children of Bodom
Step Artist: trumaestro
Song Length: 4:04
Difficulty: 73

PYROMANIA
Musician: KURORAK
Step Artist: Psychotik
Song Length: 2:29
Difficulty: 89

Enjoy! (15th OT sign-ups)

-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers should all sign up for the 15th Official Tournament

Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 5/20/2022

Welcome to another Song Release and Weekly Update for May!

Reminder for all of the simfile artists. There’s a little under two weeks left before the 15th Official Tournament batches close. The more submissions the better, so please submit if you haven’t already!

And for those that missed the announcement last week, the sign-ups for the 15th Official Tournament are now open! You can find details on the tournament itself in this thread. We will be making a dedicated post getting into the juicy details as the start date gets closer. (Expect that around the beginning of June.) The tournament starts on July 1st!

15th Official Tournament shortcuts:

Sign-up

Dashboard

Thread

Remember to sign-up if you haven’t already because the sign-ups are only open through June 30th! Sign up!!!

For today’s Veteran Release, it’s a little bit special (once again). With the closure of StepCon 2022 a couple weeks ago, we’re finally able to see the Grand Prize 1st Place PYROMANIA be released to the public for leaderboard play. To go alongside this special release, we wanted to give you guys a brand new version of Blooddrunk, a song plaguing player’s 80-difficulty range since 2008! Except this time, it’s a 73. Take a look:

Blooddrunk v2
Musician: Children of Bodom
Step Artist: trumaestro
Song Length: 4:04
Difficulty: 73

PYROMANIA
Musician: KURORAK
Step Artist: Psychotik
Song Length: 2:29
Difficulty: 89

For the Non-Veteran players, the below songs have went public for you to enjoy!

Neon Dream
Musician: Artificial Fear
Step Artist: jh05013
Song Length: 2:59
Difficulty: 60

Ready To Fall
Musician: Rise Against
Step Artist: storn42
Song Length: 3:41
Difficulty: 60

Enjoy!

-gold stinger, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers

Please participate in the 15th Official Tournament!

Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 5/13/2022

Welcome to another Song Release and Weekly Update for May!

All files within the Ooga-Booga Special Batch have been judged. The judges are now starting to look over files submitted to the Jan/Feb 2022 batch and the Event Tokens batch.

StepCon 2022 has concluded with the final voting phase over with. The 1st – 3rd place winners of the Final StepOff are Psychotik, M0nkeyz and DarkZtar! Many thanks to everyone that participated and voted, and a huge congrats to all of the winners! To those who earned them, keep an eye out for your StepCon 2022 profile badge coming soon.

Next big announcement is that the sign-ups for the 15th Official Tournament will be opening today! These sign-ups will be open until the end of June, with the tournament itself beginning on July 1st. A thread will be made with all of the details as usual. We’ll also update this post with links when that time comes.

Better start derusting because it will be here before you know it!

The 2 veteran files we have for you today are:

Neon Dream
Musician: Artificial Fear
Step Artist: jh05013
Song Length: 2:59
Difficulty: 60

Ready To Fall
Musician: Rise Against
Step Artist: storn42
Song Length: 3:41
Difficulty: 60

And for Non-Veteran players, these songs have went public:

Arranging Matches
Musician: Teetow
Step Artist: M0nkeyz
Song Length: 1:05
Difficulty: 65

Mike French Hardcore Custom
Musician: m1n1on133
Step Artist: mi40
Song Length: 1:13
Difficulty: 94

Enjoy!

-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers

Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 5/6/2022

Welcome to the first Song Release and Weekly Update for May! Last week’s release on April 29th featured 5 songs from the Stepcon, each from 1st place winner in each class; those songs were available immediately so no public releases today. One of our songs for today is an older one, but an FFR first for the artist who is also a longtime resident of ours!

StepCon 2022 is coming closer to an end. The Final StepOff voting period starts today and lasts until 11:59 PM on May 12th. This time you’ll be voting for the best file created by one of the winners from the previous round. Just like the first voting period, anyone can vote. Check the thread for details and get your vote in! Good luck to the participants!

Also a reminder that the 15th Official Tournament batches are on their last month of being open. (Closing date is May 31st.) Please consider submitting if you haven’t already!

The 2 veteran files we have for you today are:

Arranging Matches
Musician: Teetow
Step Artist: M0nkeyz
Song Length: 1:05
Difficulty: 65

Mike French Hardcore Custom
Musician: m1n1on133
Step Artist: mi40
Song Length: 1:13
Difficulty: 94

For those of you that were around during the 2008/2009 era, Minami Ikebukuro Hardcore Custom (MIHC) was a stepchart known for its 32nd trills at 202 BPM in the middle section. Mike French Hardcore Custom was a parody of that track, providing a shorter version without the jumpstream that MIHC had. This is mi40′s take on Mike French Hardcore Custom without the 32nd trills.

Enjoy!

-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers

Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 4/29/2022

Welcome to the last Song Release and Weekly Update for April! We have a special release this time around of 5 songs, each song coming from one of the classes from the StepCon. You can see the 1st place Class winners for each of these songs in the previous news post.

Before we get to the new files (and a few new artists!), just a couple quick reminders on some current events. March/April 2022 and Ooga-Booga Special Batch will be closing in a couple days on May 1st. There’s also one week left in the final submission phase for StepCon 2022!

The 5 StepCon files we are making public today are:

Passing You By
Musician: DDRKirby(ISQ) feat. Aivi Tran
Step Artist: trumaestro
Song Length: 2:10
Difficulty: 71

If You Can’t Hang
Musician: Sleeping With Sirens
Step Artist: DarkZtar
Song Length: 2:56
Difficulty: 70

From an artist biography at AllMusic:

“Falling on the more melodic side of the post-hardcore world, Florida’s Sleeping with Sirens create a whirlwind of emotion with their yearning and aggressive blend of metal and emo influences. Formed in 2009, Sleeping with Sirens — featuring vocalist Kellin Quinn, guitarists Jack Fowler and Jesse Lawson, bassist Justin Hills, and drummer Gabe Barham — quickly caught the attention of metalcore label Rise Records, which signed them and released their debut record, With Ears to See, And Eyes to Hear, in 2010.”

Homepage | Spotify | SoundCloud | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Koneko’s Cafe
Musician: Cynax
Step Artist: Gradiant
Song Length: 3:30
Difficulty: 56

Excerpt from a Sept, 2021 interview at Tiny Waves:

“Growing up, my father was always into electronic and rock music, and as I began to explore my own tastes in genres, music became a way for us to bond. Music has since become a huge part of my life. It lets me express myself and my emotions without a need to explore deeper meaning – just pure, raw emotion that evokes images, visuals of the mind, that send a message through music. I used to draw while listening to music, so there’s always been a big audio-visual connection for me.”

Spotify | SoundCloud | Twitter

BUBBLES
Musician: Tokyo Machine
Step Artist: Psychotik
Song Length: 2:24
Difficulty: 64

I’m the Boss (Big Bad Bosses Remix)
Musician: Dj CUTMAN
Step Artist: M0nkeyz
Song Length: 2:04
Difficulty: 61

Description taken from Dj CUTMAN’s homepage:

“Dj CUTMAN is a studio engineer turned chiptune hero. He creates pristine mixes that combine his love of video games, hip hop beats and dance music. Cutman has performed at major gaming and culture events around the US and Canada. He has provided music for industry icons such as Sega, PlayStation, Twitch, Adobe, and WWE”

Spotify | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

And for Non-Veteran players, these songs have went public:

PhonDrome! [Heavy]
Musician: Micelle
Step Artist: VisD
Song Length: 2:16
Difficulty: 88

toromi hearts 2
Musician: goreshit
Step Artist: Skayles
Song Length: 2:30
Difficulty: 97

Enjoy!

-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers

Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 4/22/2022

Welcome to the first post-Easter Song Release and Weekly Update! Just a couple updates today regarding our batches and StepCon 2022.

March/April 2022 and Ooga-Booga Special Batch will be closing on May 1st, so you have a little over a week left to submit. Reminder that the Ooga-Booga Special Batch has unique judgement rules behind it and can be a quick way to get a file accepted. You can find the details on it in this thread.

StepCon 2022 has finished with its first voting phase and the 1st – 3rd place winners for each class will be announced soon! Next is the Final StepOff phase where the 1st place winners from the previous classes will be put together into one class to step a new song. This stepping period will last two weeks and will be followed by a week long voting period.

An important note is that the 1st place winners from last week’s voting period will have this next week to apply any fixes to their files if needed. Next Friday for our SoTW we will be releasing these files into the main FFR engine!

Edit: Here are the winners for the first stepping phase of StepCon 2022! (Details can be found here.)

Class A (I’m The Boss)
1st – M0nkeyz
2nd – Matthia
3rd – samurai7694

Class B (BUBBLES)
1st – Psychotik
2nd – Elite Ninja
3rd – jacobvl39

Class C (Koneko’s Cafe)
1st – Gradiant
2nd – storn42
3rd – WirryWoo

Class D (If You Can’t Hang)
1st – DarkZtar
2nd – Pizza69
3rd – jh05013

Class E (Passing You By)
1st – trumaestro
2nd – RenegadeLucien
3rd – woker-X

The 2 veteran files we have for you today are:

PhonDrome! [Heavy]
Musician: Micelle
Step Artist: VisD
Song Length: 2:16
Difficulty: 88

toromi hearts 2
Musician: goreshit
Step Artist: Skayles
Song Length: 2:30
Difficulty: 97

And for Non-Veteran players, these songs have went public:

Grief and Malice
Musician: Helblinde
Step Artist: Shadow_God_10 & XelNya
Song Length: 4:04
Difficulty: 88

Szycag
Musician: Venetian Snares
Step Artist: mi40
Song Length: 6:11
Difficulty: 91

Enjoy!

-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers

Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 4/15/2022

Welcome to the Song Release and Weekly Update for April before Easter! We’ve got some Venetian Snares this time around for you.

Only one thing to mention this week and that’s regarding StepCon 2022. The stepping period has concluded and we’re on to the public voting period! Make sure to check out the thread for more details. Main thing to remember is that anyone can vote, so please take the time to do so. Good luck to those that submitted!

The 2 veteran files we have for you today are:

Grief & Malice
Musician: Helblinde
Step Artist: Shadow_God_10 & XelNya
Song Length: 4:03
Difficulty: 88

Szycag
Musician: Venetian Snares
Step Artist: mi40
Song Length: 6:10
Difficulty: 92

And for Non-Veteran players, these songs have went public:

Cybernaut 2 Opening Theme
Musician: Roy Berardo
Step Artist: gold stinger
Song Length: 1:26
Difficulty: 65

wholeheartedly
Musician: siqlo
Step Artist: WirryWoo
Song Length: 2:21
Difficulty: 68

Enjoy!

-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers

Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 4/8/2022

Welcome to another Weekly Song Release in April! We hope you enjoyed the April Fools release. This Friday we’ll mainly be going into the specifics of some files that went through some changes over the last week, with a few reminders on some site features/events going on. We also have two new artists going in game!

Events
StepCon 2022 is almost through week one of two for the first stepping portion! For those that are participating, today is the last day that you can swap classes if you so choose. Remember that this can only be done once for both participants.

Season 3 began last Friday, so you should see a new badge on your profile to reflect the division you finished in for season 2. (Only if you filled out your seasonal top 50!)

Difficulty Consultants
With a new season starting, there were a ton of songs with adjusted difficulties. Some of these were the result of the ongoing project of converting files from frame-based timing to ms timing. You can find a detailed list on difficulty changes here. Normally we’d list everything out in this post for your convenience, but there were over 40 files changed this time!

Regarding ms timing changes, you can find the information on which files have been converted by checking out the spreadsheet here.

The 2 veteran files we have for you today are:

Cybernaut 2 Opening Theme
Musician: Roy Berardo
Step Artist: gold stinger
Song Length: 1:25
Difficulty: 66

Taken from Roy Berardo’s website:

“Since the start, Berardo has always had a love for music and a creative mind. When his parents brought home an upright piano when Berardo was at the age of three, Berardo would spend hours sitting and playing. A few years later, he started piano lessons focused in classical and later in jazz. Whenever young Berardo sat at the piano, he would get distracted from what’s on the page by his own thoughts and improvisations. Starting from the first sounds on his old upright and continuing to today, Berardo has always had a desire to tell great stories through his art. He has always worked to innovate and deliver music that stands out and drives in emotion.

Roy Berardo is an award-winning composer who works on countless projects including animations, video games, films, and interactive experiences.”

Stay updated at the following:

Spotify | SoundCloud | Bandcamp | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram

wholeheartedly
Musician: siqlo
Step Artist: WirryWoo
Song Length: 2:17
Difficulty: 69

From siqlo’s Spotify description:

“Japanese [Rhythm Game Music / Hi-Tech Full On / Others] Producer. I like complex sounds, so a lot of what I make is like that.”

Straight to the point! Check them out below:

Website | SoundCloud | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram

Enjoy!

-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers