Archive for the 'Simfiles' Category
Caught in a Blue Rose, no escape from Reality
For today, we have yet another epic OSTER Project song. Blue Rose is 6 minutes long and a shade over 3600 notes, with jacks and hands galore. Stepfile is by stargroup100, and fits with his theme of stepping jazzy songs. I listed it as a FGO, but I am still considering it FMO, possibly. I think the megatrill combined with the length and number of hands and minijacks and jumpstream is enough for it to be a low FGO.
Secondly is our new fastest stream song in FFR, passing yesterday’s Electro Rush x8 v2. Many of you are familiar with The Berzerker from SM or FFR R2, but until today, there had not been any in R1. Reality joins an elite group of songs that are in both R1 and R2. It is short, at 1:17, but is jam packed with 921 notes (and the 1st 10 seconds are blank!). It is 77 seconds of 259bpm 8th jumps and 16th stream, so enjoy. Be thankful that hi19hi19 used fairly straightforward patterns!
As a quick FYI: A group of us are leaving from LA for Chicago tomorrow en route to the convention on Saturday. So updates will be whenever I can get them done. We look forward to seeing all of you on Friday in Ann Arbor and on Saturday in Bowling Green! We’ve got laptops, rock band, SSBB, pizza, and who knows what else! Even if you can’t be there, we’ll be broadcasting the entire thing live onto the front page of the site…. with plenty of interaction in the chats!
-Tass
Etude of the Piano Gymnastics Are Rushing Electrically (twice)!
OK… so the title is quite contrived. Sue me. Today’s 2 FMO/FGO event songs are Piano Etude (Gymnastics), which compliments the popular classical piece Piano Etude (Demon Fire). Stepfile is by Behanjc… and has been given a “platinum” rating by many respected FFRers. I highly recommend you check this file out, found on Page 2 of Hip-Hop.
In addition is a Skill Token, which gives everyone TWO reasons to like it! Not only is it a FGO with 250+ bpm stream, but it’s a SKILL TOKEN! The song is Electro Rush x8 v2. Both of today’s songs are by highly touted OSTER Project. V2 is by Rebirth0. To unlock, you have to play Electro Rush x8, found on page2 of dance2. In addition, you have to FC it, have 0 boos, and 2 or less goods. A difficult task, but an excellent reward!
Enjoy!
Eradicate the Club on the 2nd day of FMO/FGO Event!
Still no public beta release, which we apologize for… but we’re working hard to make it happen, believe me.
Today’s 2 songs are a bit harder than yesterdays. If you played StepMania back in 2002 or 2003, you should be familiar with the song Club. Well, it’s by Patt.22, who also goes by The Fat’s Sabobah or jewpinthethird. It’s about time that Club finally hits FFR, as it’s a great song. Unfortunately, if you don’t have the beta, this song is going to cause you serious problems. It’s similar to AIM Anthem…. only 10% faster. Stepfile is by Rebirth0 and is full of 120bpm 16th jacks.
The 2nd song will also appear on the widgets. Eradication is a hardcore metal song by All Shall Perish, and tips the charts at over 11.5 notes/second. We feel that it is a very low FGO, but I’m willing to hear arguments as to why it is a really high FMO. Stepfile is a collab between ElectricWerewolf and bluguerrilla.
I’m sure some of you will complain that these songs are still not hard enough. Trust me… these 2 are harder than yesterday’s two. Tomorrow’s two will be even harder. It will only get harder.
-Tass and his hardness.
Day 8 – No Time For News!
I have to run off to the airport in an hour, and have to pack and stuff still… so, no time to write up a full news story on today’s songs. But, there are 4 of them. They are really fun. And they are in Hip-Hop. That is really all you need to know. I’ll give a full write up on them + tomorrow’s songs tomorrow.
Nestle’s quick reference of added song titles until Tass updates:
Shin Trigger, Same Dream, Hadazumi Rittou, Clockwork Genesis
And in case you missed the skill token announcement among the T-Shirt design entry: FC RainDrops with 463+ Perfects to unlock RainDrops v2.
Peace Out Homies
-Tass
Day 7 – Tass Accidentially Deletes His Spreadsheet
Unbelievably annoying, but true. So for the final half of this event, I’ll be trying to re-create what I had originally laid out. I’ve got a pretty good memory, but it won’t be 100% the same as it otherwise would have been. Feel free to mock me, I deserve it. My apologies.
In better news, there are 4 songs in today’s release! Comptine D’un Autre Ete Techno Mix is, clearly, a remix of a French song. I don’t really know much more about it. It’s fun to play though! And it’s our first song by BreeD, who goes by TK_Breed on our site. Stepfile is by Kotarouchan, her 2nd. I give it an 8 in difficulty for it’s long 16th stream and jump triplets.
Hero’s Theme (w.i.p.) is yet another cornandbeans song without braces. Amazing. This song is pretty epic… similar to DarkeSword stuff, only better IMO. Stepfile is by brothaice and is fairly unique. It has a long 8th jump section with 16th thrown in that I find extremely hard to PA, along with a 12th stream section with 8ths in it and a 16th staircase section with 32nds thrown in. Check it out for yourselves… I find it to be a 10 in difficulty because of the hardness to PA the unusual patterns.
Finally, our first song by rock group Machinae Supremacy, Koala in the Spider’s Web. It’s a pretty downtempo song, and a bit repetitive, but still very chill to listen to. Stepfile is by first-timer three17s. Initially I thought it was a 4, but then there were some 8th chains so I thought it was a 5, but at the end there were 2 small 16th staircases that made it a 6. Enjoy.
Oh, wait… I said 4, right? Well… the fourth isn’t out yet. Won’t be out til the evening. And you’ll have to have some SKILL to get it. Hint Hint.
These 3 are in Hip-Hop, 4th will be somewhere else… will put another blurb up when that goes live.
-Tass
Day 6 – Legendary Lunar Saturation Etude
For those who enjoyed Pupil of Frenzy yesterday, we’ve got a back-to-back touhou sighting with today’s release of Lunar Saturation, and SUN3 arrangement of the song by ZUN. Stepfile is by Rebirth0, so you know it’s good. 24 4-framers fill this 185bpm file, with most coming in an intense ending. Definitely a 10.
Legendary Etude is our first song by AEROJET since last year’s FFRmas event, when we released Kick It. Stepfile is by hi19hi19 and is a pitch-relevant classical remix type song. Not too bad, 150bpm streamy song with lots of trills and runningmen. But watch out for the ending! 9 on the difficulty scale.
Songs in Hip-Hop… and I’m hungry.
-Tass
Day 5 – I can’t come up with a catchy title for today’s songs. :’(
So, I’ll just get right into the nitty-gritty. Pupil of Frenzy is a killer progressive rock and touhou remix song by dBu. If you like Synaxis Symphony, The Brain of the Moon, or anything else similar… you’ll love this song. Even if you don’t… you’ll love this song. It’s long too, so there is a lot to love. Just a hair under 4 minutes. File is full of long 16th bursts, 8th chain sections, and even has a nice white-note gallop section. Comes it at a 9 in difficulty, stepped courtesy of Neonatrias.
There was a thread going around talking about the lack of in-house artists being featured in FFR recently. As always, just a coincidence… but we’ve got 2 featured in today’s songs. Air Breeze is a techno song by Wickedawesomeful and stepped by FFR’s 2nd most underappreciated stepfiler (next to Stargroup100), Vote4Nixon. If you need practice on short rolls, this is the song for you. It’s pretty much full of 3 note long rolls in succession. Comes in at an 8 on the Tass-O-Hard meter. Secondly, Dragons Bane is a wicked sweet (I’m not from Boston, I swear!) tune from DJSBX under alias D-Latch. Stepped by the master of the 12th note, hi19hi19, this song will have you playing it repeatedly, just to listen to it again and again. It’s also a bit tricky, with some 24th rolls at the beginning and end. Definitely a 9.
Finally, (yes… you get four songs… again. I think I broke random.org with all the 4s I rolled) our first song by ASK since Sympathizer way back in June. Life Light is a up-tempo (190bpm) song that’ll make you want to run and lift weights (at the same time!). Stepfile is by Cyanite, and it has 28 4-framers in it, most in the last 35 seconds.
Songs are in Hip-Hop… and darn am I tired. Night y’all.
-Tass
Day 4 – Dot Matrix Hero’s Fantasia Syndrome on Beaker Sunset
Four more files for everyone today. Yay! Dot Matrix Hero is an 8-bit mix by Sabrepulse with a bit of a DnB feel. The 2nd half is mostly from Super Mario Land 1, but I don’t recognize any of the other games in it. The song is 190bpm, so 4-framers are unavoidable… 27 of them. Stepped by ElectricWerewolf, it’s a 10 footer with 1000 notes on the dot.
Fantasia is a Happy song by our resident happy artist, Smiley. Usual fair for a Smiley tune, it’s full of 8th chains and 8th jumps, with a few 16ths thrown in for good measure. Also, no shocker, the stepfile is by Eastsideman09, who has the corner on the Kyle Ward market, it seems. File is a low 8 footer.
Beaker Sunset is our 3rd addition from the Alphabasic collection of Benn Jordan, aka The Flashbulb. More in line with Do Not Sex To This than Lawn Wake IV, this file comes in at as a 6 footer for 16th bursts to the DnB sections, but mostly 4ths to everything else. Of course, just like DNSTT… the file is by l Endorphin l.
Finally, Syndrome Craze is our first song in FFR by Youaremyfavoritefood. He has the distinction of being the artist in FFR with the most letters in his name (of those with only 1 word names), passing Wickedawesomeful. The song is a pretty short and straightforward techno piece, which disappoints me a bit, because it’s good… but it ends way too soon. Anyway, the stepfiler is BEN.(SPEIRS) 7.5, who has the distinction of having the worst username to have to type out repeatedly of all time. File itself is a 7.
Once again, all files can be found in Hip-Hop currently. Discuss here.
-Tass
drugstore edit – The song is actually called Syndrome Craze.
Day 3 – Read The Mind of the Lost Indigo Floating Bridge (I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried)
4 files for everyone today… lucky you! Today is also a pretty easy day, comparatively. Blame the gods of randomness. Indigo is a semi-repetitive techno song by Dark6 and is stepped by who_cares973, his first stepfile in FFR. I rate it a very low 7, for slow bursts and triplets.
Lost is our second song in FFR by remixer Kyrn, both files by Starfalcon176. Hardest song in today’s batch, a solid 8. Has some cool rhythms and gallops in it.
Read The Mind is a rare cornandbeans song to be sans braces. Also fairly simple, it does have a few 16th bursts and gallops throughout that make it a 6. Chart by SulferDragon.
Finally, a song that will actually stay in Hip-Hop once this event is finished. Floating Bridge is, I guess, a nerdcore song by MC Frontalot. Short and simple song with amusing lyrics. Stepfile is by dore and is mostly 8th notes with a few 16th gallops to keep you on your toes. I rated a high 4.
Hit the forums for the discussion page. All songs are in hip-hop through the end of the event.
-Tass
