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Gamewhore Competition – Coming November 17th!
Some of you gain pleasure by getting the best scores that you possibly can on certain songs. Some of you get pleasure by playing different styles. Some of you get pleasure by handicapping yourselves because you’re so sick and tired playing the same range of songs, over and over again.
…then, there’s that special group. This special group gets pleasure by brutalizing their own hands, potentially playing the same song for upwards of 8 to 10 hours, just to watch a number climb higher, and higher. Rather than grouping you all as the masochists that you are, I’ll consider you all as people that have incredible patience. How you guys do this does not matter, though. What matters is this: some of you will give your keyboards their yearly beating in a single day. That day is November 17th.
The next Gamewhore Competition is coming soon. To make it fair for those of you that haven’t been graced by the presence of Shashakiro’s amazing Vertex BETA Vrofl file, Vrofl will be disabled for this competition! There will no longer be unfair advantages for those who shouldn’t be utilizing them in the first place. You lunatics will have until November 17th to prepare your mind, body, fingers, and your surroundings. Grab the mini-fridge, load it with all of the energy drinks you’ll need for this endless climb to the top of the daily score boards, and brace yourself for a day that will require you to be on your computer as if your life depends it (that is, if you want to win).
For all the details check out the thread here!
-TC_Halogen and psychoangel691
Songs of the Week (November 4th, 2012)
Depending on where you live in the world, yesterday evening possibly marked the end of daylight savings time. Although most people aren’t going to argue against being granted with an additional hour of sleep, the fact that the average length of any given day has begun to markedly shrink is something that the majority of the population will surely find fault with, unless of course you’re one of lucky ones that are secretly nocturnal. I’m not sure about you, but I certainly find it depressing that once five o’clock rolls around the sun has already been extinguished and the day has come to a premature conclusion. However, rather than moping around in pitch black darkness, you should rejoice as it’s finally time for this week’s batch of new songs!
[Nov. 4th Released Songs]
R176 v2 by Cranky (MrPopadopalis25) – Master [71] / 2:15 / Skill Token / Happy Hardcore
Alchemy by G5 Project (SKG_Skintill) – Expert [66] / 2:06 / Rock / Instrumental Rock
Rarity Attempts 400 Dresses (LOOMING MIX) by Foozogz (megamon88) – Master [75] / 2:33 / Dance 2 / Breakcore
Tokimori Uta by felys feat. Aki Mizawa (bmah) – Difficult [46] / 1:53 / Misc / Vocal Artcore
With a Cherry On Top by flashygoodness (Reshiram) – Light [22] / 0:47 / Misc / Lounge
The first of the week’s releases should be a familiar one for those who have played the Summer 2011 iteration of the FFR Community Pack series. R176 v2 is an updated version of the original file by Exag0n that, at the time of this post, is five years old. The song itself is eclectic just as most of Cranky’s songs tend to be, featuring quite a few variations in terms of structure that should keep those players that find themselves afflicted with short attention spans relatively engaged. The file itself contains a respectable number of hands, quads, 8th jacks, brief jumpstream runs and other challenging patterns that players will either enjoy or despise. In order to unlock this file you must pass R176 (located in Dance 2) with 176 misses, 176 boos and 176 or less combined goods and averages. Unless you’re a prodigious arrow-counting savant, you’ll probably want to make use of the Velocity engine’s “Show PA Count” feature in your unlocking endeavors.
Our next file is a heart pounding, guitar-heavy song by G5 Project that has been brought to us by veteran stepartist SKG_Skintill, who at the time of this update has been single-handedly responsible for bringing all three of FFR’s G5 Project files to fruition. Don’t be fooled by this file’s relatively slow BPM: lots of technically stepped guitar solos that feature all the colors of the FFR rainbow are sure to prove to be challenging regardless of whether you’re aspiring to AAA, FC or simply pass the file. If you’re a Veteran then feel free to mosey on over to the Rock genre to give this one a try; otherwise you’re going to have to wait a week.
Next up we have a My Little Pony breakcore remix for you to smash your keys along to. After reading the previous sentence you’re more than likely either jumping for joy and praising the omniscient Brony Lord for bestowing you with another MLP remix, tearing off your shirt and angrily screaming at your computer screen while attempting to quench the vomit that’s creeping up your throat, or finding yourself so conflicted that all you can do is crumple down onto the floor and solemnly weep for hours on end. Regardless of your opinion on either the file or the song, Rarity Attempts 400 Dresses (LOOMING MIX) is going to pose a considerable challenge regardless of your skill level. A fast BPM combined with a copious amount of 32nd bursts, jump jacks and the occasional trill or two may result in self-inflicted hair loss. Please direct all fan mail and/or hate mail to the song’s artist, Foozogz, or the stepartist, megamon88.
After three relatively difficult releases, bmah brings both us as well as our fingers a bit of much appreciated relief with Tokimori Uta, a soft piece by felys feat. Aki Mizawa. Novice to intermediate players that are looking to improve their jumpstreaming abilities should be satisfied with this file’s relatively slow BPM and occasional jumpstream runs, some of which featuring the odd hand or two. If you’re proficient in Japanese or enjoy pretending that you are then feel free to sing along with the relaxing lyrics of Aki Mizawa. Like Alchemy, Tokimori Uta is the second of this week’s Veteran releases and will be released to the public in a week’s time.
With an aptly fitting title to round out this batch of releases, our final file of the week is With a Cherry On Top. Much like flashygoodness’ other two in-game songs, players will be done and over with this file before the minute is up. Reshiram’s usual penchants for all things colored, including his now infamous usage of white notes, are employed here as well. Although only coming in at a 22 out of 100 in terms of the modern difficulty scale, a healthy dosage of grace notes will be sure to keep anybody on their toes. If you enjoy the file, you should consider also taking a gander at the short animated film “A Cake for Cherry” from which the song itself hails.
And that’s about it for now. For those of you who have yet to earn yourself a fancy FFR Veteran title, last week’s veteran-only songs Internet Heroes and Colibri have now been released to the public. Give them a try if you haven’t already. Also, while you’re at it, consider taking a swing by this iteration of the Songs of the Week thread and share your thoughts, both positive and negative if applicable, on this week’s releases with the rest of the community. Both song artists and stepartists alike highly value your opinion on their works irrespective of whether you’re a well-known FFR guru or somebody who has only played the game once or twice beforehand. Have fun, and try not to let the oppressive darkness brought upon by conclusion of DST keep you down!
Skill Token #106 “St. Scarhand” Requirement expanded !
The requirement of “St. Scarhand” Skill-token was a AAA on Reality, now it’s expanded to a AAA of any song with the difficulty range between 79 – 84 to unlock St. Scarhand. Of course you can still get this token by AAA’ing Reality.
This Skill-token is still a very difficult one to unlock, nonetheless.
Good luck with the new requirement, and have fun.
- JX
StepCon Winners!
The first official StepCon has come to a close and I’m proud to announce the winners of each group. It was a very tight competition and you should all be quite proud of yourselves. The top four in each group are:
Group 1: Within Life
1st mi40 with 7.25
2nd Chillman93 with 7
3rd NeoMasterPie with 6.97
4th Wayward Vagabond with 6.67
Group 2: Blackout
1st gameboy42690 with 6.83
2nd Megamon88 with 6.58
3rd alloyus with 6.5
4th Silvuh with 6.08
Group 3: Still Blastin’
1st TC_Halogen with 7.75
2nd chez-the-guy with 6.5
3rd SKG_Scintill with 6.25
4th noname219 with 6.17
Congrats to all our winners!
This also means you get three extra new songs this week!
Within Life by Boyinaband & Kaveh (mi40) – Diff: 66 / 2:43 / Rock /Modern Rock
Blackout by Breathe Carolina (gameboy42690) – Diff: 48 / 2:02 / Dance 2 / Electro House
Still Blastin’ by Nemesis Theory (TC_Halogen) – Diff: 69 / 1:53 / Arcade / Chiptune Breakbeats
With these releases we welcome two new artists to FFR. One is Boyinaband, whom enjoys rhythm games himself. He has a lot of cool things on his website, including music making tutorials. You can check out his music and tutorials on any of these pages: His Website, Youtube, and Soundcloud. He also has a band called You and What Army. He gave us permission to use the music from there. Check out his band here.
We also welcome Breathe Carolina to FFR. We’ve actually had this permission for some time now, but no one had stepped it. Some of you may recognize this song, as it has been on the radio, or if you’re an ITG player, you’ve most likely tried out the ITG chart before. You can check Breathe Carolina out on their Myspace.
We also welcome gameboy42690 to the simfile author group, as this win has gotten him his first chart in game. Congrats!
On another note the Halloween banner contest is now closed for submissions. I will be announcing the winners later today. The costume and pumpkin carving contest are still open for submissions, so get those in! Also, don’t forget to get your files submitted to the batch.
Happy Keysmashing!
Batch is open!
The batch is officially open! This time around we will leave the batch open until we reach 120 files, then the batch will close 24 hours after that. Be sure to keep an eye on the thread here to see when we reach 120. Get those files in guys, it’s sure to fill up fast this time!
Update: Batch is closed now. thanks for your submission! (Nov 1, 2012)
Songs of the Week (October 21st, 2012) ~ In memory of Captain Jack ~
Information of the songs released last week and this week.
[Oct. 13 Released Songs]
All Of Me by Jon Schmidt (iironiic) – Diff: 57 / 2:57 / Classical / Piano Contemporary
Breakbeat Acid by Selector Catalogue (DossarLX ODI) – Diff: 85 / 1:32 / Purchased / Extreme Breaks
Carrots by Waterflame (yo man im awesome) – Diff: 43 / 2:31 / Dance / Happy Hardcore
Gotta Catch ‘Em All by Powerglove feat. Tony Kakko (Wayward Vagabond) – Diff: 75 / 2:57 / Arcade / Power Metal
Pork and Beans by Charles Luckeyeth Roberts (SKG_Scintill) – Diff: 48 / 2:57 / Classical / Ragtime
Zeitmesser by tarolabo (Wayward Vagabond) – Diff: 61 / 2:57 / Misc / Shamisen Jazz
[Oct. 21 Released Songs]
cheerful forest by parakeet41 (bmah) – Diff: 71 / 2:14 / Secret / Irish Groove
Countdown by Isaac Shepard (DarkZtar) – Diff: 21 / 2:26 / Classical / Contemporary
Endless Tewi-ma Park by IOSYS (Zakvvv666) – Diff: 42 / 2:11 / Dance / Fanfare J-Pop
Poppin’ Shower by P*Light (MrPopadopalis25) – Diff: 67 / 1:53 / Dance 2 / Candy Rave
Walking on Water by This Providence (Silvuh) – Diff: 40 / 2:36 / Rock / Alternative Rock
In addition to these releases, we have a Skill-Token this week.
Shadows by Lindsey Stirling (iironiic), you can attain this token if you can get a Full Combo on Electric Daisy Violin.
Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez (more familiarly known as Franky Gee), a member of Captain Jack, passed away on October 22nd, 2005. So it has been exactly 7 years since his death today.
His awesome music on DDR certainly influenced us, so we decided to put a song by him in the game for a week. CAPTAIN JACK (GRANDALE REMIX), definitely one of the most significant and memorable songs of Captain Jack, is now playable in Dance genre.
Tak tak tak, never looking back
Come and fight for Captain Jack
Say it slow, but say it loud
Join the peace camp and you will be proud
EDIT: CAPTAIN JACK (GRANDALE REMIX) was removed. Thanks for playing.
- JX & FFR Staff
Halloween is just around the corner!
Two weeks to be exact, which means it’s time for some Halloween contests!
We have two contests for you this year. One is a banner creating contest much like the one we had for Valentine’s Day. Test your creative skills by making us a spooky Halloween themed banner to be displayed on the site for everyone to see.
Our second contest is a costume contest. So if you don’t already have a costume, get to thinking up a good one! Creativity will earn you bonus points here.
There are credit prizes up for grabs as well as support tokens and Freedom Dive. Check out all the details Here!
Update! – I added a pumpkin carving contest to the list of Halloween contests. Be sure to stop by the thread to check out all the details.
I can’t wait to see what you all come up with for banners and costumes.
On a side note, as many of you have probably noticed, we’ve been getting a lot of spambots again. Please, when you see a spambot do not reply in the thread. This only bumps the thread back up again and draws more attention to it. If you find a spambot, just report the post or notify one of us directly if you’d like. We’ll take care of them all as soon as we’re able.
Thanks everyone!
Next FFR batch is coming!
Hey everyone! The next FFR batch is just around the corner. Why am I bringing this up on the front page? Well, I need a little help from all you steppers out there. I’m gearing up for the next official tournament and as a lot of you know, we usually end up needing more files in both the lower and higher ends. Rather than opening a bunch of special batches (easy/hard batches), I’m asking you guys to help me out on this next regular batch by sending in a variety of difficulties. I’ll especially need things that are in the lower range because this seems to be what people step the least of. If anyone has any questions or would like to talk a little bit more about what difficulties are usually lacking the most, please message me on Skype or through a PM here on FFR.
Update! The date has been confirmed for the opening of the batch. The batch will open Oct 28th, so get those files ready!
Thanks everyone!
Reminder!
Don’t forget your StepCon submissions are due next week! Submissions will not be accepted after 11:59pm on October 21st, so make sure you get those finished up and sent on over. I put up a 20k participation credit prize for anyone who submits a chart. (Has to be a legitimate attempt at a chart, not just arrows dumped into an sm). Keep an eye on the thread here for other updates.
I look forward to seeing what you all came up with!
-psychoangel691
