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FFR Mapus
Maldon hooked up the ole google maps API to our GeoIP database so that all the users on FFR can plot their locations across the world. Want to see how accurate it is? Simply Visit the FFR Mapus page and see for yourself. It will place a location pin for you automatically if you are logged in. Looky looky, us admins already have pin points.
*In addition.. If you find someone near you on the map, you can click on their name and it will take you directly to their profile.*
Cheers,
Synthlight
Gamble! At Your Own Risk.
Some of you may have heard that we’ve been testing a new gambling script with the subscribers over the past few days. Now that we’re sure that it is 100% bug free, we’re ready to release it to all of you guys! Go to the gambling page to accept a wager. Just click accept and you’ll have a 50/50 shot of winning! If there aren’t any wagers pending, or you want to place more than one… go to the place a bet page!
What are you gambling on? It’s just a flip of a coin. You and an anonymous gambling opponent will each have 50% odds of winning the amount of credits that you both have agreed to wager.
I want to warn all of you… gamble at your own risk. Do NOT gamble for more than you are willing to lose. We’ve had a LOT of subscribers lose their life savings of credits in a matter of minutes. If you are not willing to risk that, then don’t gamble.
Finally, we have a statistics page up, if you want to see who has gambled the most, who has the best winning percentage, or who has won the most credits (or who has the worst losing percentage and who has lost the most credits). A few users have won millions of credits… but many others have lost all the credits they’ve ever had. To get your name on the statistics page, you have to view your history page. Also, 1% of all credits wagered will go to the house.
Good luck and good gambling!
-Tass
A final note… do NOT beg for credits. If you beg for credits, you will get a 24 hour ban.
Official 2008 T-Shirts are Here!
It is finally a reality. They are in!
The 2008 FFR T-Shirts were not only chosen by FFR public vote but were also designed by the FFR public (Thank you Alfadark!). We have taken that winning design and had hundreds of shirts printed up in all sizes (S/M/L/XL/2XL).
The winning design has been printed on high quality shirts that hold their color and print very very well. I can speak from experience because my Top 1000 shirt that I wear all the time still looks great after all the abuse it has taken.
Every year when these shirts come out, we offer them with significant discount to FFR elite (subscribers). This year is no different. We do this because it is people like them that help make this site possible. Thank you to everyone currently subscribing or thinking about subscribing. We love you.
Starting now you have two ways you can get 2008 FFR shirt. We have officially titled the shirt “One Minute Waltz- 2008″
1) Become an FFR Elite member by subscribing. For the first time, If you sign up for a six month or year’s subscription we will send you a coupon for $10.00 off the shirt. Don’t forget if you are a subscriber with a past coupon, you can still use it on this purchase. Expect your coupons to arrive via PM same day.
2) Or you can purchase it at normal price just because you want to support FFR. The direct purchase link is HERE.
Thanks again for everyone’s support in making these shirts a reality. I believe I am done for now with my link fest and shirt super promotion. Wait… Wait… WAIT!! one more. Go earn some fan points at http://www.rithum.com
Cheers,
Synthlight
Rithum.com is Alive. Register or Die.
This is almost a part two of the story that Tass wrote up. I wanted to make sure everyone knew that Rithum.com is indeed alive and starting to populate with a new purpose. I could sit here and explain to you what Rithum is but it would be rather redundant. If you go over to Rithum’s homepage and read the top news story there, it will tell you everything you need to know about the relaunch of this interesting domain. I will however mention that we are working with many of the major record labels and countless smaller ones. Sound good? It is. And it’s very very good for FFR.
The main purpose of this additional news story has to do with staff positions on Rithum. We need people who are knowledgable about and interested in music. There are immediate positions available for staff/admin/moderators in the forums of Rithum and we will soon be opening chat and videochat positions.
use the contact us or forum at Rithum.com if you are interested. At the very least you may want to stop by and register. Afterall, most permissions making their way to FFR will be traveling through Rithum first.
Cheers,
Synthlight
Remember R2? Yeah, It’s Fixed.
Even though they may not admit it, we know there are R2 fans out there. As a matter of fact, R2 typically accounts for around 20k plays per day. Surprising? It was to me.
I was able to get around to fix it this morning and the game is now 100% again. Let me know if you have any problems. And remember, it is not mouse controlled for navigation.. keyboard only! 
Cheers,
Synthlight
Synthlight’s 24 Hour Marathon PM Session #1
I must admit that while I have been busy trying to get Rithum launched and looking fab, I have fallen way behind on my PM’s.. How behind? Well lets just say that over a 3 month stretch I have accumulated around 6200 PM’s that need to be answered. (It’s not easy being a Synthlight)
I always insist on answering each PM myself. I know it is somewhat outrageous for me to sit here and try to answer all of them within 24 hours… But.. that is how I do it. Everything in life is a personal challenge.
How will you know of my progress or complete failure? We will be including a counter and unread PM count above this news story so that you can place your bets.
I start…. Now. (check back in the next hour for a live counter)
Cheers,
Synthlight
P.S. Tournament signups are over and Sprite is busting A** to get everyone setup in divisions. Expect the FFR Tournament to start within the next 48 hours.
4th Official FFR Tournament – SIGN UP NOW!!!
So, it’s that time again… time again for another official tournament. If you want to sign up, go here and click the sign up button. It’s that simple (note: you must have at least 100 games played to participate). If you have any questions or you want to start the smack talk… do it in the official thread! Now, to tell you a bit about this tournament:
There will be FIVE divisions, instead of 4. We hope this will help to thin the divisions out a bit, allow more users to have a chance to place and be competitive, and most importantly… cut down on the complaining! Just like the previous ones, you do not get to pick which division you will be competing in. Our Official FFR Tournament Co-Ordinator, Sprite, will have first and final say.
Click the MORE tag to read all the rest of the tournament information!
Gameplay Competition – Story #3
Final Results:
| 1. | Izzy | scored 1,111,111,110 points in 2,252 games today. | -0 |
| 2. | XUioX | scored 1,090,210,010 points in 1,545 games today. | -20,901,100 |
| 3. | [TeRa] | scored 1,010,010,335 points in 1,256 games today. | -80,199,675 |
| 4. | Adamaja456 | scored 1,001,875,555 points in 811 games today. | -8,134,780 |
| 5. | StoleaSanta | scored 823,502,330 points in 1,382 games today. | -178,373,225 |
Hey Everyone! LD here… Tass’s monitor is currently broken, so I thought I would bring you a mid-day update of our gameplay competition!
The competition is fierce and got started right at midnight central time! Right now, Izzy is in the lead with 706,804,885 points, spread across 1,200 games. Followed closely by XUioX with 648,165,090 points, and [TeRa] in third with 560,590,270 points. It’s still anybodies game as there is 12 hours left to compete. Here’s the rest of the top 15:
| 1. | Izzy | scored 726,726,865 points in 1,245 games today. | -0 |
| 2. | XUioX | scored 671,473,840 points in 909 games today. | -55,253,025 |
| 3. | [TeRa] | scored 580,180,165 points in 621 games today. | -91,293,675 |
| 4. | Adamaja456 | scored 571,667,400 points in 546 games today. | -8,512,765 |
| 5. | obsequious313 | scored 522,331,135 points in 430 games today. | -49,336,265 |
| 6. | GG_Guru | scored 401,502,530 points in 429 games today. | -120,828,605 |
| 7. | Ice wolf | scored 371,575,060 points in 412 games today. | -29,927,470 |
| 8. | EnR | scored 329,291,800 points in 664 games today. | -42,283,260 |
| 9. | nitrocorp | scored 319,163,205 points in 1,353 games today. | -10,128,595 |
| 10. | vvav | scored 311,318,645 points in 257 games today. | -7,844,560 |
| 11. | Alchemy_God1 | scored 276,784,350 points in 362 games today. | -34,534,295 |
| 12. | a_dumple | scored 237,582,565 points in 284 games today. | -39,201,785 |
| 13. | StoleaSanta | scored 232,577,070 points in 388 games today. | -5,005,495 |
| 14. | blackjack2300 | scored 227,464,920 points in 475 games today. | -5,112,150 |
| 15. | Nickels000 | scored 220,244,190 points in 261 games today. | -7,220,730 |
Remember, you’re playing for several subscription prizes, and an FFR t-shirt! Keep playing, and you could win too! Keep an eye on the stats page to see who is currently in the lead.
Keep Tappin’!
-LD
FFRock + Disturbed = Yes
Since the moment I started FFR over 5 years ago, I have had a short list of milestones that I had hoped to accomplish. 500,000 members was one of them, engaging and building an online community was another. Among my list (and I am not kidding) was to have Disturbed as one of our artists featured in one of our games.
And today we have just that, full permission from the band.
Chicago being my hometown meant I had a certain admiration for Disturbed. I felt that during the mid to late 90′s and beyond, they kept rock alive in this city and across the nation. Always bringing a distinct musical and vocal flavor to everything they touched. Now here they sit, validated veterans of rock that understand how times are changing. They see the value in reaching out to online music communities and games like FFR and Rithum. This is where the youth lives and the youth needs to be exposed to their music.
Occasionally I will push an artist that we believe in over here at FFR. Today though I going to whore out the links because these guys deserve every bit of it. It’s truly an honor. Thank you to all the band members that made this possible.
Click here to pre-order the new Disturbed Album coming out on June 3rd
Click here to visit the Disturbed1.com Homepage
Click here to visit the Disturbed myspace page (check out the FFRock Widget!)
We are also featuring the very first FFRock widget here on FFR. FFRock is a completely backwards compatible 5 key supporting widget that was built in admin castle while we spent 2 months in California. As time goes on, expect FFRock to evolve. (oh the plans we have) All of you veterans make sure you scroll down to the heavy levels! Expect some hard as hell FFR levels to follow in the near future.
You can play the Disturbed FFRock Widget HERE
Thanks to everyone who took part in this project, you know who you are. Keep watching, this is going to be a fantastic year.
Cheers,
Synthlight
