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Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 10/1/2022
Welcome to the first Songs of the Week Release for October! We have an interesting release when it comes to these songs, as the length and note counts get lower but the difficulty increases.
Note this is being released one day early to account for some site changes coming on Saturday.
A lot of excitement to start out this week! Today is the first day of Season 5, which marks a full year of seasons. There’s been an average of just under 400 players ranked per season so far, and we hope to see that number grow as we look to expand features and rewards! For those that ranked in Season 4, you’ll see Fall participation badges coming soon.
There’s an important change taking place with our batch system that starts today. Instead of two-month batches we will be having three-month batches to match our seasonal schedule. The submission cap will remain the same so this new schedule will allow for the judges to catch up on judging previous files. On top of this change, we are opening up applications for those looking to help us judge potential FFR content! Applications will be open until October 15th, and prospective judges will ultimately be asked to provide feedback on a few files as a part of the process.
To apply for the FFR Simfile Judge position, please fill out the application form found at this link! Good luck to those that apply!
As with previous seasonal changes, a large chunk of songs have had their difficulties adjusted. You can find the complete list of changes on our spreadsheet.
Final change is regarding our leaderboard changes previously mentioned in this front page post.
Thinker Walker Dreamer Scatter
Musician: Frums
Step Artist: M0nkeyz
Song Length: 5:17
Song Style: Atmospheric Jazz
Note Count: 2582
Difficulty: 81
Speedcore Reptile
Musician: Annoying Ringtone
Step Artist: Skayles
Song Length: 3:16
Song Style: Speedcore
Note Count: 2581
Difficulty: 90
ZENITHALIZE
Musician: Anegasaki Nei
Step Artist: DarkZtar
Song Length: 2:37
Song Style: Full On
Note Count: 2116
Difficulty: 98
And for Non-Veteran players, these previous songs have went public:
Sweden
Musician: C418
Step Artist: Rapta
Song Length: 1:38
Song Style: Contemporary Piano Solo
Note Count: 158
Difficulty: 10
Enemy (Orchestral Version)
Musician: mercurialkenny feat. Samuel Kim
Step Artist: gold stinger
Song Length: 1:54
Song Style: Pop Remix
Note Count: 559
Difficulty: 37
Spontaneous Me
Musician: Lindsey Stirling
Step Artist: WirryWoo
Song Length: 1:18
Song Style: Folk Dance Pop
Note Count: 550
Difficulty: 55
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 9/24/2022
Welcome to an easy last Songs of the Week Release for September!
Three new musicians this week and some end of the month reminders for everyone. The Aug/Sept 2022 batch closes next Friday on the 30th and Season 4 ends on the same day.
Sweden
Musician: C418
Step Artist: Rapta
Song Length: 1:38
Song Style: Contemporary Piano Solo
Note Count: 158
Difficulty: 10
C418 – Home | Spotify | SoundCloud | Bandcamp | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Enemy (Orchestral Version)
Musician: mercurialkenny feat. Samuel Kim
Step Artist: gold stinger
Song Length: 1:54
Song Style: Pop Remix
Note Count: 559
Difficulty: 37
mercurialkenny – Spotify | SoundCloud | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok
Samuel Kim – Home | Spotify | SoundCloud | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram
Spontaneous Me
Musician: Lindsey Stirling
Step Artist: WirryWoo
Song Length: 1:18
Song Style: Folk Dance Pop
Note Count: 550
Difficulty: 55
And for Non-Veteran players, these previous songs have went public:
Herald of Gargos
Musician: Mick Gordon feat. Christopher de Leon
Step Artist: T-Force
Song Length: 3:53
Song Style: Metalcore
Note Count: 1520
Difficulty: 61
Identity (Part 4)
Musician: SHK
Step Artist: Ghost_Medley
Song Length: 1:56
Song Style: Trance
Note Count: 1185
Difficulty: 66
Dimensional Doors
Musician: Strobe
Step Artist: M0nkeyz
Song Length: 1:36
Song Style: Chiptune
Note Count: 934
Difficulty: 75
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 9/17/2022
Welcome to another Songs of the Week Release for September! For veterans, they may recognize one of the songs as being part of the 5-part “Identity” series from SHK.
The biggest update for this week is about upcoming changes to our leaderboard system. The info on this can be found in the previous front page post created by Velocity.
Season 4 and the Aug/Sept 2022 batch both end in about two weeks on September 30th, and accompanying this week’s songs are two new musicians!
Herald of Gargos
Musician: Mick Gordon feat. Christopher de Leon
Step Artist: T-Force
Song Length: 3:53
Song Style: Metalcore
Note Count: 1520
Difficulty: 61
Christopher de Leon – Twitter | Instagram
Identity (Part 4)
Musician: SHK
Step Artist: Ghost_Medley
Song Length: 1:56
Song Style: Trance
Note Count: 1185
Difficulty: 66
Dimensional Doors
Musician: Strobe
Step Artist: M0nkeyz
Song Length: 1:36
Song Style: Chiptune
Note Count: 934
Difficulty: 75
Strobe – Battle of the Bits
And for Non-Veteran players, these previous songs have went public:
The Solution Awaits
Musician: Virt
Step Artist: M0nkeyz
Song Length: 1:14
Song Style: Astral March
Note Count: 717
Difficulty: 68
Alchemist
Musician: Savant feat. Gino Sydal
Step Artist: Psychotik
Song Length: 2:28
Song Style: Chiptune Drumstep
Note Count: 1404
Difficulty: 71
Cris Fortress
Musician: Se-U-Ra
Step Artist: Elite Ninja
Song Length: 2:00
Song Style: Trancecore
Note Count: 1342
Difficulty: 74
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 9/10/2022
Welcome to the second Songs of the Week Release in September! We’ve got some files in the high 60/low 70 difficulty range this time around, also featuring a song from Savant!
Nothing really interesting to report for this week on the news side of things. The staff had a lengthy meeting last weekend, so there will be plenty of updates in the near future. Enjoy the new songs and the new musician!
The Solution Awaits
Musician: Virt
Step Artist: M0nkeyz
Song Length: 1:14
Song Style: Astral March
Note Count: 717
Difficulty: 68
Alchemist
Musician: Savant feat. Gino Sydal
Step Artist: Psychotik
Song Length: 2:28
Song Style: Chiptune Drumstep
Note Count: 1404
Difficulty: 71
Gino Sydal – Spotify | Twitter
Cris Fortress
Musician: Se-U-Ra
Step Artist: Elite Ninja
Song Length: 2:00
Song Style: Trancecore
Note Count: 1342
Difficulty: 74
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
Songs of the Week and Weekly Update 9/3/2022
Welcome to the first Songs of the Week Release in September, after the end of the 15th Official Tournament! Songs of the Week will resume with three songs a week, with releases on Saturdays at 12 AM Server Time as of now.
Before getting to our song releases, there are a couple long term-events to talk about:
First, we have the FFR Pattern Labeling Project. This event was put in place to better define FFR files by the hardest patterns within them. You can earn 100 credits per song you help with, and there’s still plenty of songs to add pattern labels for. Check out the thread for details and consider helping out if you have the time!
The second ongoing event is The Official New Musician Reward System. This event awards our stepartists that step a song for FFR with a new musician. You can earn 10,000 credits per accepted file, and up to three event tokens a year depending on how many files you get accepted. If you’ve ever considered stepping songs from some unused permissions for FFR before, now is a great chance to do so!
As always with any event we host, please carefully read the rules within the event’s respective thread before participating.
Oh, and a quick reminder that there’s roughly a month left before the Aug/Sept 2022 batch closes.
You’ve all been playing difficult files during the tournament, so let’s have a calmer release this time around. For those that live in the U.S., this is also Labor Day Weekend!
It should also be noted that this release marks 3000 files in public levelranks. Before today’s release, we were at exactly 2999 files in public levelranks. As part of this milestone, all three files this release will be made available immediately to all players. Additionally with this week’s releases we have three new musicians to talk about!
Hero
Musician: Pegboard Nerds feat. Elizaveta
Step Artist: Rapta
Song Length: 2:26
Song Style: Brostep
Note Count: 295
Difficulty: 10
Elizaveta – Twitch | Bandcamp | Spotify | YouTube
Prestige
Musician: Blacklolita
Step Artist: jh05013
Song Length: 1:51
Song Style: Dubstep
Note Count: 606
Difficulty: 44
Blacklolita – Spotify | SoundCloud | YouTube | Twitter
Stay
Musician: SirensCeol
Step Artist: WirryWoo
Song Length: 1:36
Song Style: Dubstep
Note Count: 683
Difficulty: 63
SirensCeol – Spotify | SoundCloud | YouTube | Facebook
Enjoy!
-DossarLX ODI, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
FFR’s 15th Official Tournament – Round 8
You can also check the 15th Official Tournament thread for more info.
This is it, the final round! We’ve got a stellar lineup of songs and bangers for you all to sink your teeth into. It’s been an incredible ride of an Official Tournament, but all good things must come to an end unfortunately. That being said, we’ve got an ‘extra chunky’ release for you this week. Find your new favorite song below:
Division 1/2:
TWILIGHT BLOOD
Musician: OSTER project
Step Artist: Psychotik
Song Length: 1:47
Song Style: Big Band Jazz
Difficulty: 67
Arrow Count: 1068
Division 3:
CENSORED!!
Musician: t+pazolite
Step Artist: Psychotik
Song Length: 2:25
Song Style: Hardcore Rave
Difficulty: 77
Arrow Count: 1599
Division 4:
toroidal earth society
Musician: Sinc-X
Step Artist: M0nkeyz
Song Length: 2:26
Song Style: Liquid Funk
Difficulty: 87
Arrow Count: 1632
Division 5:
Angel’s Ladder
Musician: xi
Step Artist: bmah
Song Length: 2:01
Song Style: Piano Tech
Difficulty: 92
Arrow Count: 1588
Division 6:
Clockwork Dragon
Musician: millstones
Step Artist: Ghost_Medley
Song Length: 1:57
Song Style: Epic Speedcore Fantasy
Difficulty: 102
Arrow Count: 2083
Division 7:
PEACE BREAKER
Musician: xi
Step Artist: DarkZtar
Song Length: 3:34
Song Style: Orchestral Chaos
Difficulty: 105
Arrow Count: 3621
Division 8:
Heartbreak Furry Fandom
Musician: Yuuyu
Step Artist: hi19hi19
Song Length: 4:44
Song Style: Chipcore Maxima
Difficulty: 120
Arrow Count: 6748
We’ve also got TWO new Event Tokens coming your way. ‘GG NO RE’ will be part of the regular set of Event Tokens that you may choose from when participating in Events, and ‘Warriors (OT MASHUP MIX)’ will be given to anyone that has participated or registered a score during the Official Tournament:
Event Token 1:
GG NO RE
Musician: F-777
Step Artist: Tru
Song Length: 2:39
Song Style: VG Dance
Difficulty: 80
Arrow Count: 1729
Event Token 2:
Warriors (OT MASHUP MIX)
Musician: gold stinger ft. a Lot of People
Step Artist: gold stinger
Song Length: 3:01
Song Style: Battle Chant
Difficulty: 65
Arrow Count: 899
And furthermore, have a few Extra Files to top things off for the week:
D. Kruger, Cat Chaser
Musician: Shnabubula
Step Artist: M0nkeyz
Song Length: 2:12
Song Style: Contemporary
Difficulty: 58
Arrow Count: 694
Mdrqnxtagon
Musician: Frums
Step Artist: Matthia
Song Length: 2:08
Song Style: Densecore
Difficulty: 101
Arrow Count: 1946
Shuu no Hazama (Rainshower)
Musician: Silentroom
Step Artist: Wiosna
Song Length: 2:22
Song Style: Drum ‘n Bass
Difficulty: 95
Arrow Count: 2266
Delta-for the DELTA (Camellia’s “PLANETARY//DUBSTEP” Remix)
Musician: Camellia
Step Artist: suicidaln00b
Song Length: 5:45
Song Style: Hi-Tech Dubstep
Difficulty: 102
Arrow Count: 4186
MEGATON BLAST (tpz Overcute Remix)
Musician: t+pazolite feat. BlackY vs. Yooh
Step Artist: Velocity
Song Length: 2:16
Song Style: Happy Hardcore
Difficulty: 69
Arrow Count: 1386
Lolipon
Musician: Slax
Step Artist: Elite Ninja
Song Length: 2:13
Song Style: Loli Tek
Difficulty: 80
Arrow Count: 1511
Random
Musician: Sobrem & Silentroom
Step Artist: ositzxz369
Song Length: 2:12
Song Style: Random Jazz
Difficulty: 73
Arrow Count: 1256
Quick reminder that the Dump Batch will be closing in less than two weeks. We’ll also be returning to our normal Friday SOTW schedule starting next week.
There’s one difficulty change that was applied this week:
DIST SQUAD – 97 -> 99
There’s also a few new musicians to check out!
Sinc-X – SoundCloud | Bandcamp | Battle of the Bits | Twitter
BlackY – Official Website | SoundCloud | Spotify | Twitter | YouTube
Yooh – SoundCloud | Bandcamp | YouTube | Twitter | Tumblr
Slax – Official Website | SoundCloud | YouTube | Bandcamp | Twitter
- gold stinger, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
FFR’s 15th Official Tournament – Round 7
You can also check the 15th Official Tournament thread for more info.
As we move down from Top 8 to Top 5, things are starting to get spicier than some habanero-infused burritos! Mmm, burritos. With two prestigious music artists that have both seen their roots in FFR taking the helm (and people’s lives) in Division 7 and Division 8 this round, it’s anyone’s guess who will crack under the pressure, and who will persevere! Have a look at your weekly ‘choices of spice’ below:
Division 1/2:
Forgot Ya
Musician: Sobrem
Step Artist: ositzxz369
Song Length: 2:02
Song Style: Acapella Musical
Difficulty: 63
Arrow Count: 879
Division 3:
Chapter II (Then)
Musician: Sufferer
Step Artist: Skayles
Song Length: 2:27
Song Style: Post-Hardcore Rock
Difficulty: 73
Arrow Count: 1521
Division 4:
Raid Ethnic
Musician: PeriTune
Step Artist: hi19hi19
Song Length: 1:51
Song Style: Ethnic
Difficulty: 84
Arrow Count: 1298
Division 5:
Boulafacet
Musician: Nightmare
Step Artist: Wiosna
Song Length: 1:59
Song Style: Broken Breakcore
Difficulty: 92
Arrow Count: 1509
Division 6:
DIST SQUAD
Musician: DJ Sharpnel
Step Artist: mi40
Song Length: 1:33
Song Style: Breakcore Speedcore
Difficulty: 97
Arrow Count: 1564
Division 7:
F.F.R ~FINAL FRONTIER RESOLUTION~
Musician: KURORAK
Step Artist: gold stinger & Ghost_Medley & Pizza69
Song Length: 2:42
Song Style: Glitch Rock
Difficulty: 106
Arrow Count: 2800
Division 8:
goTe EX
Musician: Frums
Step Artist: Deamerai
Song Length: 4:15
Song Style: Hybrid IDM
Difficulty: 117
Arrow Count: 3765
Extra Song:
Your Face When I Finally
Musician: Venetian Snares
Step Artist: ositzxz369
Song Length: 6:09
Song Style: Glitch IDM
Difficulty: 83
Arrow Count: 3349
Two other updates for this week:
-Tanaka has had its difficulty changed from 97 to 96.
-More new musicians! Socials for them are below.
Sobrem – SoundCloud | YouTube | Twitter | Twitch
PeriTune – Spotify | SoundCloud | YouTube
- gold stinger, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
FFR’s 15th Official Tournament – Round 6
You can also check the 15th Official Tournament thread for more info.
It has been a crazy competitive week, with many people pushing for that top 8 in their division! We even have seen a couple of tie breakers What are you people doing? While writing this out, you all fix the Tie Breaker in D4, and start a Tie Breaker in D3.. This means even more content coming your way from the disparity of people getting the same score on the cutoff. Let’s wish them the best of luck with these new files for the week:
Division 2:
The Instinct
Musician: Mick Gordon
Step Artist: T-Force
Song Length: 2:25
Song Style: VG Rock
Difficulty: 53
Arrow Count: 886
Division 3:
Hopscotch
Musician: All Levels at Once
Step Artist: gold stinger
Song Length: 2:14
Song Style: Electropop
Difficulty: 69
Arrow Count: 1356
Division 4:
Hate Everyone
Musician: Pseudosilent
Step Artist: ositzxz369
Song Length: 1:37
Song Style: Experimental Dance
Difficulty: 77
Arrow Count: 1014
Division 5:
The Everlasting Calamity That Shifts The Time – Space Continuum On A Nanosecondal Basis
Musician: ReeK
Step Artist: jh05013
Song Length: 2:23
Song Style: Symphonic Hybrid Mixture
Difficulty: 89
Arrow Count: 1720
Division 6:
Tanaka
Musician: Rissyuu feat. Choko
Step Artist: suicidaln00b
Song Length: 2:14
Song Style: 4th in Japan
Difficulty: 97
Arrow Count: 1717
Division 7:
Real Ultimate Power
Musician: DEV/NULL
Step Artist: Pizza69
Song Length: 2:03
Song Style: Digital Breakcore
Difficulty: 104
Arrow Count: 2060
Division 8:
eXXXcaliborg.Error
Musician: goreshit
Step Artist: Skayles
Song Length: 1:46
Song Style: Lolicore/Mashcore
Difficulty: 113
Arrow Count: 2566
Plus, alongside your normally released files for the Official Tournament divisions this week, we have some extra files for you all!
Extra File 1:
Bridge
Musician: DJ Sharpnel
Step Artist: mi40
Song Length: 0:47
Song Style: Drum’n Ditty
Difficulty: 59
Arrow Count: 368
Extra File 2:
Banana Seat Girl
Musician: Venetian Snares
Step Artist: ositzxz369
Song Length: 2:15
Song Style: Broken Fusion
Difficulty: 84
Arrow Count: 1754
Extra File 3:
Hometown UFO
Musician: The Flashbulb
Step Artist: M0nkeyz
Song Length: 1:43
Song Style: Breakcore
Difficulty: 81
Arrow Count: 1263
And, we surprisingly have a Tiebreaker that needs to be resolved! A short-form of rules involved will be laid out here but will also be forwarded to DM’s of those affected: You will have 24 hours from this release, to obtain the best score you can on your file. It will not be recorded on the traditional leaderboards, please keep that in mind. If you wanna check the scores of people that you are in a tie breaker with, you’re gonna have to check the leaderboards for the song manually. The person with the lowest score at the end of the 24 hour period, will be eliminated. Got that jotted down? Alright, here’s your Tiebreaker file:
Tie Breaker (D3)
Color the Inorganic World
Musician: MisomyL
Step Artist: Gradiant
Song Length: 2:32
Song Style: REC_montage_until_21XXXX
Difficulty: 75
Arrow Count: 1468
Got some other updates for the week!
With the June/July 2022 batch closed, the Aug/Sept 2022 batch has opened. The Dump Batch is still open and will remain that way until August 31st at 11:59 PM server time.
Some difficulty changes happened. They are as follows:
- Schwerkraft (105 > 102)
- res extensa (111 > 112)
- Nisemono [Full Version] (99 > 101)
- Starrise Midnight (61 > 57)
- the nature of dying (83 > 85)
- The Last Step (83 > 86)
Last but not least here are the new musicians for this week’s release!
Mick Gordon – Home | Spotify | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram
All Levels at Once – Home | Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube | Twitter | Facebook
Pseudosilent – Bandcamp | SoundCloud
- gold stinger, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
FFR’s 15th Official Tournament – Round 5
You can also check the 15th Official Tournament thread for more info.
We are now rolling full steam ahead towards establishing the top 8 players for each division! Whether you are still in the race or have fallen out, this is bound to be one of the more excruciating, competitive rounds to-date. Many divisions have already secured their top 16 during the previous round, but all divisions will see their top 8 players by the end of this round! Check out the songs below that they will be fighting on:
Division 2:
ROCK IT
Musician: Tokyo Machine
Step Artist: Psychotik
Song Length: 2:44
Song Style: Electro House
Difficulty: 51
Arrow Count: 1022
Division 3:
Starrise Midnight
Musician: Aiel Eltlinde
Step Artist: hi19hi19
Song Length: 2:09
Song Style: Jazzy Piano Instrumental
Difficulty: 61
Arrow Count: 973
Division 4:
cat1 cat2 and cat3
Musician: Nekomimi Sampling
Step Artist: ositzxz369
Song Length: 1:52
Song Style: Techno Pop
Difficulty: 71
Arrow Count: 1310
Division 5:
Keep Shredding, Little Man!
Musician: Jake Kaufman
Step Artist: Tru
Song Length: 3:25
Song Style: Funky Game Music
Difficulty: 85
Arrow Count: 2447
Division 6:
PUPA
Musician: Morimori Atsushi
Step Artist: bmah
Song Length: 2:06
Song Style: Hard Renaissance
Difficulty: 93
Arrow Count: 1690
Division 7:
Comatose State
Musician: Spire
Step Artist: Pizza69
Song Length: 2:11
Song Style: Breakcore
Difficulty: 101
Arrow Count: 1771
Division 8:
res extensa
Musician: adamthix
Step Artist: DarkZtar
Song Length: 2:25
Song Style: Techno
Difficulty: 111
Arrow Count: 3533
Extra Song:
Revenge (ReeK’s “Dude, What’s A Genre?” Remix)
Musician: ReeK
Step Artist: gold stinger
Song Length: 4:35
Song Style: Genre Mashup
Difficulty: 105
Arrow Count: 3844
We’ve also got some Skill Tokens this time around to appease some of the more skill-centric people looking to add a few unlocks to their collection!
Invenzione No. 3N&3R: Sonatina for a Dying Lord
Musician: pm04034
Step Artist: Psychotik
Song Length: 3:06
Song Style: Baroque Speedcore
Difficulty: 88
Arrow Count: 2494
Nisemono [Full Version]
Musician: Frums
Step Artist: Pizza69
Song Length: 6:08
Song Style: Experimentronica
Difficulty: 99
Arrow Count: 4136
Szamar Madar v2
Musician: Venetian Snares
Step Artist: Wiosna
Song Length: 2:21
Song Style: Symphonic Breakcore
Difficulty: 68
Arrow Count: 1469
Furthermore, you may notice that some Event Token songs have become public for everyone to play! We’re rotating out some of the older Event Tokens so as to not overwhelm new players with an ever-increasing participation requirement to unlock everything, and bring some of these great files locked behind closed doors! Check out the weekly release thread for more info.
And of course, here is your list of new artists for this week. Make sure to give them some love if you like the work they are putting out!
pm04034 – SoundCloud | Twitter | YouTube
ReeK – SoundCloud | Twitter
adamthix – BMS Page
Nekomimi Sampling – SoundCloud | Twitter
Aiel Eltlinde – SoundCloud | Twitter | Discogs
We hope you enjoy the slew of new songs for this week, we will see you next week!
- gold stinger, the Game Management Team, and the Community Managers
