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Christmas Event Day9 ~Cross-event with Thirdstyle~
Well, we are now nine days into the FFR and ThirdStyle event, and we’re bumping it up a notch by bringing you three new files today. The more the merrier, right?
bossa nova of december by katoh (bmah) – Funk (Bossa Nova) / Very Difficult / 2:27
Try To Star by S.S.H. (Rebirth0) – Arcade (Retro Rock) / Very Challenging / 2:32
bossa nova of december brings us another file from bmah, with fun syncopated guitar melodies and some nice slow polyrhythmic sections too. For our second release we have Try To Star, a file from old veteran FFR simfile artist Rebirth, with music from standby music artist S.S.H. Hopefully this combo gives you FFR veterans a nice nostalgic feeling!
A Correspondances Illumitees by Aliceffekt (nois-or-e) – Skill-Token (IDM) / Very Challenging / 1:10
Requirement: Pass Elektrik Shiivers with 2 or less boos.
This skill token tests your ability to accurately hit arrows- no mashing allowed! However, the result is definitely worth it, unlocking this short but action-packed file courtesy of nois-or-e.
Also, in the spirit of holiday giving, the FREEDOM DiVE token has been awarded to the top 12 players in each division of the official tournament. If you have received the token thanks to this but haven’t yet realized it, be sure to give the level a try. More ways to earn this token are sure to pop up in the future!
In a bit of extra news… with the addition of seven files yesterday for the Official Tournament, FFR reached over 1000 public files! A nice milestone for sure- here’s to a thousand more files to enjoy over the upcoming years.
We hope you enjoy these new releases! The event continues with day ten on ThirdStyle tomorrow.
That’s it for this update. Enjoy your arrow smashing!
~hi19hi19, JX and the FFR Staff
Christmas Event Day8 ~Cross-event with Thirdstyle~
Wow, it’s already Day 8! Yesterday, FFR did double release, which you can discuss on FFR here or TS here.
Today Thirdstyle has a double release for you as well. The first song comes from a simfiler that came out of hiding just for this special event. Zero gives us some nice charts for Chemical Blip, a chiptune remix of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 by Anti-Syne.
According to Anti-Syne, “So this ReMix was a bit of a wonderful accident. It started life as an original track, until whilst playing round with it I accidentally played those first two chords of Chemical Plant Zone. Out of curiosity I played the Chemical melody into my original and it just seemed to work.” Check out his OCRemix profile if you want more!
Play Chemical Blip on ThirdStyle!
Here are the previous levels, just in case you are just joining in on the FFR/TS 12 Days of Xmas Event:
Day1 – Reality Hits You Hard Bro by The Gregory Brothers (DossarLX ODI)
Day2 – Cirno’s Perfect Math Class by IOSYS OS (Nocturne)
Day3 – Submission Rules by MarioNintendo (MarioNintendo)
Day4 – Mirage Garden by Xi (Halogen-)
Day5 – CmR by General Fuzz (hi19hi19), Elektrik shiivers by Aliceffekt (nois-or-e)
Day6 – Operation: Evolution by Dimrain47 (Vote4Nixon)
Day7 – Nedeleg Laouen! by TroisNyxEtienne (hi19hi19) and FF7 Battle by Metaljonus (megamon88)
Christmas eve is getting closer, so we decided to put all of you guys in the holiday mood with a special song that will bring out some good ‘ole Christmas memories!
Christmas Time Is Here, a 1:53 ukulele track from Sodaphon is quite the unique addition from our very own news writer kisler! The charts should provide a decent challenge with fun gallopy 12ths and vocal rhythms mixed in. Visit Sodaphon’s SoundCloud here if you want to hear more from them.
Play Christmas Time is Here on ThirdStyle!
Also, give a shoutout to Nocturne and Heronius for a VERY quick turnaround on in-game backgrounds for the songs.
Thanks for playing, and stay tuned for tomorrow’s release from FFR!
~V4N, JX and FFR/TS Staff
6th Official FFR Tournament: Quarter-Finals!
After five intense rounds of competition, we’ve gotten down to our top 8 in each division…
…or so we thought.
REMEMBER: All scores for this tournament are recorded automatically. See the tournament dashboard to see how you’re doing in comparison to your opponents!
Division 1 Round 5 Tiebreaker: Eclipse
Division 1 Round 6: Liberate
There’s quite a bit of action going on in Division 1. Before we go on, let us give a round of applause to Escha, screamin_rich, _DarkLink_, xMUSICxMASTERx, TheThong, DAMAN4, akidaki, lk3v1nl, Trivalent, NickGallagher7, takumi000, and PrezEvil for getting a perfect score on the Round 5 song and pushing themselves that much closer to the Vertex BETA vrofl prize! In order to get your hands on the token, your score has to be one of the top eight places on the tiebreaker. For four of you, the journey of the FFR official tournament ends here. Your tiebreaker song is Eclipse by 0 that averages over 10 taps a second…in only 43 and a half seconds, it has 441 steps! To make things even more difficult, it carries the fastest pace out of any of your tournament songs so far, using broken 16ths into and out of jumps AND triples. Prepare yourselves – this song packs a small but serious punch.
Once our top 8 have emerged from the rubble of Eclipse, you’ll be playing Liberate by Disturbed (yes, that Disturbed), a Very Difficult rated chart by former moderator and simfile judge Rebirth0. The round 6 song for the Beginner division tests consistency with a song that uses broken 16th runs mixed with jumps throughout the entire song, with occasional 32nd note bursts (haven’t seen much of those, now have we?) following aggressive snare rushing. This is also your longest song so far, running at three minutes and twenty five seconds. Welcome to the battle of the top 8, D1.
Division 2: Haruka Kanata
The intermediate division pushed very hard last round, making the cutoff a very steep 3-0-0-1 on a Challenging rated file! Congratulations to i will pwn u, gold stinger, Buttoxin, hobgoblinpie, fenderg, magicturbo, ghost-, and reuben_tate for filling the top 8! Now, we bring you Haruka Kanata by Yuuyu, another Challenging rated file, stepped by kjwkjw. This time, you’ll be facing a faster song with a more aggressive chart structure, featuring some smaller 32nd bursts in between your typical Challenging rated 16th runs, on top of short roll bursts as well. Time to step up your game.
Division 3: Captain Murasa’s Ass Anchor
MOAR COWB–TOUHOU. More touhou. Yes. D5′s Magical Higan Tour 2009 was not the last of the Touhou files in this tournament. Congratulations to The_Toymaker, AD4M-V, jgano, supermoe1985, 21992, rayword45, sticklydude, and jarsh for making the cut to the quarter finals! Captain Murasa’s Ass Anchor is a rendition of Touhou 12′s Stage 4 boss music by IOSYS that appears in the tournament as a higher-end Very Challenging difficulty file, charted by StepMania simfiling guru Gundam-Dude. High speed broken jumpstream is prevalent in this song, but to add a nice touch, Gundam-Dude added a cool little gimmick that switches color to follow male/female vocals. Good luck!
Division 4: Mermaid Island
How can anything sounding as pleasant as Mermaid Island POSSIBLY be harder than an energetic course of colors? Our D4 quarter-finalists SD_Tsugamush, yo man im awesome, CammyGoesRawr, YOSHl, DarknessXoXLight, sjoecoolv2, Zakvvv666 and hi19hi19 will find out playing Mermaid Island by S.S.H.. It is a For Masters Only file by the stepartist writing all of the tournament posts (if you haven’t figured this out who this is yet, please click the link 
). Mermaid Island challenges the Expert division in two skill-sets that haven’t really been stressed in this tournament – trills, and jacks. Featuring many pitch relevant melodies and constant layering changes, it’s surely to put D4 in their place once and for all. Have fun!
Division 5: Indo No Sobaya
The remainder of the Master division (congratulations to Stage:, MikeShinoda12345, Coolboyrulez0, Elite Ninja, Choofers, kmay, rushyrulz, and justin_ator) takes another for the team with Indo No Sobaya, another t+pazolite song that follows suit with the typical fast pace and tricky pattern structure. This time, you’ll be playing a low For Gurus Only chart created by _.Spitfire._ that uses more some very tricky pattern transitions and extremely fast bursts. It is arguably comparable in difficult to Magical Higan Tour, so it’s quite possible that D5 will have another cut-throat round.
Division 6: Slashmaid (Instrumental)
The final 8 of our Guru division (DossarLX ODI, samurai7694, TC_Halogen, Xayphon, leonid, One Winged Angel, xThai, and Ziergdsx18) turn it up a HUGE notch with Slashmaid (Instrumental) by paraoka, a For Gurus Only file by DossarLX ODI. This chart brings the pain with tons of streaming ranging anywhere from 225 to 275 BPM 16ths, constant 8th note triple/jump spamming, and a brutally fast pace that doesn’t let up for very long. There’s not much to say about this chart other than the fact that it is painful.
Good luck!
– TC_Halogen, psychoangel691, FFR Staff
Christmas Event Day7 ~Cross-event with Thirdstyle~
We’ve made it to the seventh day of the FFR and ThirdStyle event, and once again FFR has two files for you… three if you managed to snag a cool token in the TS contest yesterday!
Nedeleg Laouen! by TroisNyxEtienne (hi19hi19) – Purchased (Festive Instrumental) [300 Credits] / Standard / 2:00
FF7 Battle by Metaljonus (megamon88) – Arcade (Epic VG Rock) / Very Challenging / 1:50
Nedeleg Laouen! is a festive song by Newgrounds artist TroisNyxEtienne. The name means "Happy Christmas!" in Breton… a close linguistic cousin to languages such as Welsh. The more you know!
FF7 Battle is a heavy rock take on a classic video game tune, stepped by megamon88. With both music and stepfiles by megamon88 in FFR, it’s clear he is a man of many talents!
Also, the token from the TS event yesterday has been added, and awarded to the winners.
FREEDOM DiVE by Xi (hi19hi19) – Token (Happy Hardcore) / For Gurus Only / 2:25
For those who are concerned about being able to unlock this token in the future, don’t worry.
There will be additional opportunities to unlock this file, similar to the FFR support tokens. It will be used as a prize in future FFR events, while vRofl remains the prize for official tournaments. Be on the lookout for future chances to unlock this file!
We hope you enjoy these new releases! As before, there will be a new file on ThirdStyle tomorrow.
That’s it for this update. Enjoy your arrow smashing!
~hi19hi19, JX and the FFR Staff
Christmas Event Day6 ~Cross-event with Thirdstyle~
Yesterday, you hit keys to two files on FFR. Today is Thirdstyle‘s turn and we have a epic contest there!
Dimrain47 is no stranger to rhythm games, having five files on FFR and now three here on TS. His songs seemed to get longer and longer during his Newgrounds career, eventually reaching the length of today’s level, Operation: Evolution. And just to spite everyone for no particular reason (actually, hey, there’s an event going on!), Vote4Nixon decided to step the entire 5:05 long song.
Play Operation: Evolution and other Dimrain47 songs in ThirdStyle!
Previous days’ levels:
Day1 – Reality Hits You Hard Bro by The Gregory Brothers (DossarLX ODI)
Day2 – Cirno’s Perfect Math Class by IOSYS OS (Nocturne)
Day3 – Submission Rules by MarioNintendo (MarioNintendo)
Day4 – Mirage Garden by Xi (Halogen-)
Day5 – CmR by General Fuzz (hi19hi19), Elektrik shiivers by Aliceffekt (nois-or-e)
CONTEST INFO IS HERE.
So, that new tune that’s out? Operation: Evolution? Pass it as many times on ANY DIFFICULTY as you possibly can. It doesn’t matter whether you switch difficulties mid-run; we’ll count it all up. You’re getting scored solely on how many times you pass the song. The current leaderboard is the first reply to this news topic.
The top 40 get prizes!
40th to 31st place get 5,000 credits on FFR!
30th to 21st get 10,000 credits on FFR!
20th to 11th get 15,000 credits on FFR!
And the TOP TEN unlock the ultimate prize, a special FFR token granting access to a special file. That file is FREEDOM DiVE by Xi, stepped by hi19hi19, a very special unreal level for you to enjoy!
Remember, this contest runs for one day only! So gogogogogo. Must be registered to play.
~kisler, JX and the FFR/TS Staff
Weekend Maintenance 3am CST
I wanted to pop you guys a quick warning that we are running some quick maintenance tonight that will involve moving our server image to another drive. This will result in about 1-3 hours of downtime and while I know this probably bothers the hell out of you, I can assure you that this maintenance will result in an even faster FFR for everyone. The server will be completely down during this time and you will likely be seeing a 404 error.
Fear not, spread the word and see you on the other side. Maintenance starts in approximately 30 minutes.
Cheers,
Synthlight
*Edit: Maintenance finished at approximately 6:00am CST. SUCCESS!*
Christmas Event Day5 ~Cross-event with Thirdstyle~
The fifth day of the FFR and ThirdStyle event, and we bring you two files this time!
CmR by General Fuzz (hi19hi19) – Misc (Ambient) / Tricky / 2:26
Perhaps you may have felt the past two FFR releases for this event were too "gimmicky" but I assure you, this is a very traditional-style simfile. This very relaxed song by General Fuzz features some very interesting rhythms and is stepped by yours truly! I hope you enjoy it.
We also have a second release.
Elektrik shiivers by Aliceffekt (nois-or-e) – Skill Token (Sound Collage) / Difficult / 1:01
Requirement: Just pass Footsteps to unlock this song.
Today’s file introduces a new artist and a new stepper into the world of FFR. Moderator nois-or-e brings us his first file Electrik Shiivers by Canadian Industrial artist Aliceffekt, a musician that also delves into the world of digital animation and computer games. This mellow soundscape also features a bg animation designed by the music artist. Not too hard on the eyes and a short and sweet addition to this Christmas event celebration!
This short song features an interesting electronic melody with a somewhat schizophrenic acoustic section halfway through.
While nois-or-e is no stranger to this site, this marks his first simfile put in the game- congratulations!
Also, big thanks to Silvuh for awesome token graphics, as always!
There will be a new file to enjoy on ThirdStyle tomorrow.
Also, a special little contest is planned using the new ThirdStyle level tomorrow too.
Get ready for 24 hours of smash-tastic song whoring in two days’ time!
That’s it for this update. Enjoy your arrow smashing!
~hi19hi19, JX, nois-or-e and the FFR Staff
Christmas Event Day4 ~Cross-event with Thirdstyle~
Today is 4th day of this event!
The list of previous songs is..
Day1 – Reality Hits You Hard Bro by The Gregory Brothers (DossarLX ODI)
Day2 – Cirno’s Perfect Math Class by IOSYS OS (Nocturne)
Day3 – Submission Rules by MarioNintendo (MarioNintendo)
Today’s song on ThirdStyle is an exquisite progressive song called Mirage Garden. Xi, a musician who’s tried a bit of many styles, has really created a superb blend here of fast and active guitar, and well-embellished, jazzy piano. You’ll notice that the chart stepped by Halogen- takes advantage of the powerful melodies from these instruments. Thanks to Nocturne as well for providing the background image.
Mirage Garden by Xi (Halogen-) – Jazz, Progressive, Fusion / BPM:78 – 156 / 2:17
You can play this song here!
~kisler, JX and the FFR/TS Staff
Christmas Event Day3 ~Cross-event with Thirdstyle~
Another day, another gift from the staff of FFR and ThirdStyle.
We keep the holiday cheer flowing with this special release:
Submission Rules by MarioNintendo (MarioNintendo) – Misc (Misc) / Tricky / 2:42
Hmm, what can I say about this? The song is… extremely unique.
Maybe it will inspire you to step something and submit it to FFR yourself. Give it a try!
As a bonus, I found the lyrics right here on the FFR forums!
As before, we’ll have a new song on ThirdStyle tomorrow.
That’s it for this update. Enjoy your arrow smashing!
