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Easter/Convention/AvMiss Fix FMO-FGO Event!
First off, happy egg day to all of you who celebrate it. But let’s get right into the good stuff. Many of you may have been anticipating this, but for others it will be news… on the FFR Beta, there are no more average-misses. No more jack syndrome. No more random “wth, I didn’t miss that!” moments. And, because of this, we realized that we would need many new really hard songs to compensate.
So a big thanks to Rebirth0 and jimerax for all of their work in putting together this event. The FMO-FGO event (For Masters Only & For Gurus Only) will last for 7 days, culminating on Saturday… which also happens to be the day of the Animarathon FFR Convention in Bowling Green, OH (2nd Annual). Each day should get progressively harder, to some extent.
All songs will be placed in Hip-Hop for the event, so they are all centrally located. You’ll notice all the old random songs from HH are now gone. Today’s 2 songs are Novo Mundo by our own Dj_Ossa (also stepped by Ossa) and the long anticipated Lawn Wake I (LW EP Edit) by The Flashbulb (stepfile by Rebirth).
Oh yes… did I mention the other fun part of this event? The Beta fixes for jack syndrome will be made public. Along with a few other currently subscriber-only features, such as: in-game key remapping, in-genre page navigation, and a drop-down list of all songs for navigation. Possibly more features as well. Unfortunately, we aren’t able to release it just yet… but it will be out before the event is over!
-Tass, Rebirth, jx, and Synth’s creepy eye.
edit: If you just can’t wait…Â you can subscribe and get the Beta now, along with all the other swell subscriber benefits.
Everyone Gets Presents on Tass’s Birthday!
Just like last year, I’ve decided to give some gifts to everyone in honor of my birthday. I’ve added 4 new songs into FFR, in 4 different genres:
Pavlov’s Dog is by artist Jon Brownell, stepfile by Vote4Nixon. Fairly straight forward techno song that I’ve rated a low 7. It has 1 section of 4-note mini-trills that makes it a 7, along with a few 24th rolls, instead of a 6. It is located in the front of Dance.
Over the Frail Dream is a fairly well known StepMania song by Phantasma. For FFR, it is stepped by SulferDragon and has some 200bpm stream, but not much. Mostly 8th notes. I’ve rated it a 9. I’m aware it’s a 10 with framer issues, but I’m assuming down the road that that fix will be public, so I’m starting to rate based on that assumption. It is in the front of Dance2.
Dishwater is a highly amusing (although somewhat profane) “rap” by Futuristic Sex Robotz. I wouldn’t quite call it nerdcore, but it’s similar.  Stepfile is by dore. 75bpm 16ths brings this file in at a 5. You can find it in the beginning of Hip-Hop.
Also added is Rise Against’s Survive, stepped by bluguerrilla.  Very cool song, although it is in that “emo” MySpace genre that I know you all love so much. I rated it a 10, but I’m willing to discuss making it a 9. Located in the front of Rock.
For the subscribers, I’ll have new stuff on Sunday. There should also be other subscriber songs that became public today… Kirby’s Dream Land. Currently in Funk, but I will finally be moving all those out soon. Also, Synth’s contest will be up… but who knows when. 
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Saturday Spin Addition: SIU Goes Loony
As promised, Professor K is back and we’re chalking up one more for the Spin It Up players.
Today’s addition marks dBu’s entry into the game with the song The Lunatic Princess now available for playing. MixMaster gives us a fairly busy spin file full of movement, which you can find located in the difficulty 5 category.
You’ll find a fresh new spin file a few days away as the next Spin It Up addition will hit the game on Tuesday, Jan. 22. Until then, enjoy the game and feel free to participate in the official Spin It Up forum.
Tuesday Spin Addition: Spin to DM
Spin it Up fans will now find their Tuesday spinfile addition has been made after digging deep into the queue.
Inside difficulty level 5, you will now find DM Ashura’s Dies Irae available for play. The MixMasterLar spinfile will keep your mice busy with a couple of cyclone (is this an official term? Well, it is now – multiple spin rotations in succession) sections to break up the busy streams that follow the song’s synth parts.
Since we’re back on schedule, the next song addition will be made on Saturday, so until then, enjoy the game, check out the multiplayer and visit us in the official Spin It Up forums.
Saturday Spin Addition: Chipset Style
We’re back on the normal track this week with your Saturday Spin It Up song being added on … Saturday!
Today’s addition is a nice level 3 difficulty ditty brought to us by Rushjet1. Final Boss Theme is a chipset piece, reminiscent of the 8-scores we all used to enjoy on our NES systems. The song’s spinfile is brought to us by a new face, none other than ElectricWerewolf, and features streams of waves while mixing up some spin patterns during the song’s transitions.
We’d like to again remind everyone that Spin It Up’s multiplayer is functional after some holiday downtime, so don’t be shy and make your way out there! Also, as always, please feel free to leave comments, questions or even find out how to contribute to the game in the official Spin It Up forums.
No More Loss Of AAAs!
It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally buckled down and taken care of over-AAA scores. As of now, they’ll no longer record, regardless of how it happened. You all may now rejoice in the streets. There will be dancing and wine for those of age. Big thanks to Lightdarkness for coding this.
Also, if you’ve somehow missed it, there is a new block on the main page of the site. In the upper right corner, above the Latest Profiles and FFR Videos blocks is the shiny and new Recent Game Plays block, courtesy of LD (idea by heyitsmee).
Finally, a new subbie song is out. There will be much rejoicing about this as well. Now that I’m back in LA, expect the song release schedule to be back to normal.
-Tass
PS – Jason requests me to notify all of you about the new Word Find game located within profiles.
Spin It Up Rolls Into 2008
While it’s tough times for the kwikster, who is getting all of his wisdom teeth pulled tomorrow, it’s party time for Spin It Up fans who get a triple taste of songs in advance. Since I’m not sure how Tuesday will go since I’ll be stuffed like a turkey with gauze, not only do you get Saturday’s spinfile and not only do you get the public announcement of a song that’s secretly been tucked in the game for almost a month, but at absolutely no charge, you’ll also receive Tuesday’s file of the day two days early!
First up is Smitty’s Downfall, a song that switches up tempos from a ballad of synth to piano intervals, by DrugstoreCowboy, which I snuck into the game in mid-December without telling anybody. The spinfile by MixMasterLar is located in difficulty level 5. Make sure you stop by DrugstoreCowboy’s site and give his works a listen so he can freak out even more about his hits and number of listeners.
Fresh off the tree are the songs Spicy Curry OC Remix by djpretzel and Geno’s Forest 8-Bit Rock by XBrav. Spicy Curry is a delicious spin off of Dhalsim’s stage theme from Street Fighter II, featuring a spin-filled difficulty level 4 file by MixMasterLar. Coolboyrulez0 nets his first solo addition to the game with a bit of a tricky level 5 file, which pays homage to Super Mario RPG’s action figure turned hero.
Spin It Up players will be pleased to know the multiplayer is once again functional, and those who haven’t been following the difficulty changes should visit the official Spin It Up forum. Until then, wish me luck and have fun spinning.
Christmas is Upon Us! Come Unwrap Your Songs!
You’ve been patient up until today, but the final day of FFRMas is now upon us and two brand new Christmas songs are available for play in the Misc. genre:
The Mannheim Steamroller rendition of Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow is no longer widget-exclusive, making a difficulty level 3 debut to the public with a [Heavy] stepfile created by ElectricWerewolf. Fresh off the Flash presses is the humorous song A Christmas Carol by Tom Lehrer, which features a vocal-timed difficulty level 5 stepfile by Talisman.
While everyone is in the holiday spirit, don’t forget about last year’s addition of Carol Megamix by Hiro (9 by Rebirth0), which you can also find located in the Misc. genre.
To conclude the 12 Days of FFRMas, an additional three non-holiday oriented songs, located at the bottom of the Hip-Hop genre, round out the event:
First, Sabrepulse’s Horizon Remix features three minutes of tricky patterns including trills, yellow note streams and air step alternations in a level 8 stepfile by rshadow8888. Shind Bad hangs another DJ Sharpnel song onto the FFR tree with a difficulty 9 stepfile by Rebirth0 that throws out plenty of high speed yellow note streams and quickfire air steps. Another artist making a return in FFR with a difficulty 9 rating is Smiley feat. KaW in Euphoria where eastsideman09′s stepfile flows with the busy, yet cheerful, melody.
So there you have it, another five songs to add even more cheer to your holidays. We hope you have enjoyed the second-annual 12 Days of FFRMas and we look forward to seeing our users as we now look ahead to the year 2008.
-nestlekwik and the FFR staff
FFRMas Eve Yields Early Presents
On the 11th day of FFRMas, Flash Flash Revolution gave to you:
The easiest of tonight’s files introduces Cid’s Theme Piano Concerto by XBrav, bringing in a short difficulty 2 stepfile by vemuck that is stocking-stuffed full of air steps. Difficulty level 7 does double-duty tonight, first with The Final Fantasy by B0UNC3, a constant file by Kalazor that presents tricky patterns of yellow note streams accented by air steps. Tonight’s second level 7 is Black Noise –_– by Zenon, which thanks to stepfile artist Scytlock, should serve as any yellow-note stream fanatic’s dream. Finally, tonight’s hardest stepfile comes in the form of cornandbean’s {I Don’t Need You Anymore}, a level 10, 5:05 long marathon featuring tricky streams courtesy of dore. You should know the drill by now, but all four songs are located at the bottom pages of the hip-hop genre.
On the eve of Christmas, only one more day is left in the 12 Days of FFRMas. What awaits you on the final day? Come back tomorrow and see what lies underneath the FFRMas tree.
