6th Official FFR Tournament: Semi-Finals!
Round 7 of the 6th Official FFR Tournament has begun. We are down to the top thirty players, or, if you only care about your division, down to the top five of each. For those of you who are still alive, congratulations on making it to the third tier of prizes! You now have FREEDOM DiVE, Vertex BETA vrofl, and now, the first LP of Low Pass Records in your possession. Things can’t possibly get any better, can they?
Well, you get to compete for another round against your four divisional rivals for one. Make the top three of your division in this round, and you’ll have serious bragging rights. How many opportunities will you have to not only say that you made it to the final round of an official tournament, but also show everyone your shiny new profile badge?
Are you snarling at your opponents now? Do you want to tear them apart limb for limb yet? If not, here’s one last enticement – make it to top three in your respective divisions and you’ll earn at least one support token, as well as a chance to duel one last time under the constraints of the official tournament for an FFR T-Shirt.
Good luck guys! You’re potentially two weeks away from victory!
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: Earthquake on the Southern Texas Canyon
Our remaining contenders: takumi000, Escha, akidaki, TheThong, DAMAN4
The Beginner division FINALLY hit their cracking point for AAAs last round, with a complete shut-out. Nobody snagged the perfect score. Let’s give credit to takumi000 for beating divisional favorite Escha by a mere TWO boos in the second half of the round. takumi000 has obviously found his stride, snagging the reins of this round after being 6th out of 8 in the tiebreaker. Round 7 turns the difficulty knob even more to the right with Earthquake on the Southern Texas Canyon, an intense song by VG Metal artists ThePlasmas. woker-X has created a Challenging level chart that pushes out a ton of streaming and jumpstreaming to follow the active percussion line of the song. While this chart packs a huge punch of difficulty for Division 1, it’s lacking in length. Keep a look out for the three underdogs in the division – akidaki, TheThong and DAMAN4 -all- did better than our round 6 division leader on the tiebreaker, so there’s obviously some potential for this round to be hectic!
Division 2: Disco Balls
Our remaining contenders: i will pwn u, reuben_tate, ghost-, magicturbo, fenderg
Division 2 has had a relatively rough ride since round 5, but our Intermediate division has constantly stepped up to the plate. This round, we have Disco Balls by roop, a borderline Challenging/Very Challenging level file by prolific simfile artist bmah. Last round, Haruka Kanata brought a technical flare to division 2, using short but speedy bursts in an effort to break combo. This time, there’s an increase in density, and some added combo-breaking difficulty by way of jacks. Certain areas of this chart compare to bmah’s previous rage-inducing file, elegante. There are two clear contenders for the top 3 spot – forum favorite reuben_tate has been making an increase in skill that is nothing short of incredible, shocking everyone with a recent run of Jeanie and Caroline that would compare to some Division 4 level players. On the flip side, we have i will pwn u, who has emerged as a divisional leader by pulling a booflag on round 5 and was tied with division favorite reuben_tate on round 6. magicturbo’s strength in this tournament has been subtle in the intermediate division, rivaling i will pwn u’s non-perfect count for the first five rounds (5 goods and a boo for both players!). Will ghost- and fenderg decide to turn up the heat and put pressure on the rest of the party?
Division 3: Determination
Our remaining contenders: rayword45, The_Toymaker, AD4M-V, jgano, supermoe1985
What a fitting song name for the semi-final round of a tournament! Our five semi-finalists will face off on Determination, by AKIMO, the first For Masters Only file in the Advanced division. kommisar brings a relatively familiar feel with this file, highly reminiscent of Brandish Headless’ slow but dense pace with a relatively fast solo in between to give a “break” from the forced jumpy structure. Last round was an intense one, with an EXTREMELY tight cutoff of 1 good and 1 boo set by forum favorite supermoe1985; it looks like you’ll live to tell the story of round 7 in the FFR official tournament! On the other side of the spectrum, rayword45, who was scraping by in the previous rounds decided to bring his A-game and stand out as the only person to get a perfect score on the round 6 song. ThirdStyle regular The_Toymaker also stood strong this round, sitting in second place with AD4M-V by the smallest of margins, with an extra tap added to an otherwise perfect run. As far as the rest of division 3, let’s give everyone eliminated in the 6th round of this tournament a hand for their hard effort – the lowest score in the entire division was two goods! That’s effort, folks.
Division 4: Tsugihagi Construction
Our remaining contenders: YOSHl, yo man im awesome, hi19hi19, DarknessXoXLight, sjoecool1991 v2
Without a doubt, Division 4 has been getting battered in this tournament. Just when they all thought they were finally getting a break with Colorful Course, they got slapped hard in the face with Mermaid Island. At this stage of the tournament, there ARE no easy files. Tsugihagi Construction by t+pazolite with Ziergdsx18‘s steps pushes the Expert division into the realm of the For Gurus Only area. Similar to Division 5′s Magical Higan Tour 2009 chart, Tsugihagi Construction is a very demanding chart, forcing players to handle bursts of 250 BPM 16ths, tangled within jumps and away from some fast 32nd bursts. Speed and density are huge challenges in this file. YOSHl absolutely slammed the competition on Mermaid Island, using his jack and trill strengths to achieve a 1 good and 1 average score, a score that would remain on the top 10 of the song’s leaderboards for a good majority of the round. Let’s not overshadow the other two players who did extremely well this round – hi19hi19, who is still alive and journeying into the familiar For Gurus Only territory, an area of the game that he has proven to be strong at, and yo man im awesome, who is gaining a bit of accuracy and control on higher level files. sjoecool1991 v2′s scores indicate that he’s packing quite a bit of skill behind him, and DarknessXoXLight, while a forum favorite, is only scraping by this round.
Division 5: Pandora
Our remaining contenders: MikeShinoda12345, Coolboyrulez0, Stage:, justin_ator, Choofers
A semi-final round, named Pandora? If you don’t think it means trouble, you probably should try to remember the power of Pandora’s box. Pandora by Kkrusty is a For Gurus Only file by _.Spitfire._ that starts off with a really slow pace but breaks out nothing short of hell itself, busting out a 250 BPM section filled with violent jumpstream, short 32nd bursts, some 24th bursts within jumps, and an unrelenting density. Round 6′s Indo No Sobaya, while deemed easier than round 5′s Magical Higan Tour, managed to keep the round AAA-less. MikeShinoda12345 took charge of the division with a two good run on the song, holding everyone else, including round 5 leader and favorite Stage: at bay. While these two have been mentioned quite a bit in the forums, we can’t forget about the other three players in the division. Choofers, who was sitting in the lowest position at the end of Round 6, is close to multiple For Gurus Only AAAs, and also packs a ton of speed, something that is not only tested, but also demanded for this round. Coolboyrulez0 and justin_ator have sat under the radar for the past few rounds, and with only one more round to go, it’s either now or never to try and shine.
Division 6: Husigi Usagi Milk Tei
Our remaining contenders: DossarLX ODI, leonid, TC_Halogen, samurai7694, Xayphon
The Guru division cage has dropped to five remaining players, and it truly has become a battle of the titans. This round’s song is Husigi Usagi Milk Tei by Yuuyu, a brutal For Gurus Only file created by jimerax that throws absolutely EVERYTHING possible in an effort to stop a full combo. From fast bursts, to straight trilling, to jacks, to huge roll walls and dense jumpstream, there isn’t a truly dominant structure in this file for anyone to destroy. Two of the five remaining players still have a perfect tournament score – DossarLX ODI and TC_Halogen, with samurai7694 having a cumulative score of one good, leonid with two, and Xayphon having a jumbled mess of 1-1-0-2 for a cumulative score. With all five players being near perfection for the entire tournament, this is anyone’s game. With a file this brutal, surely AAA streaks should be put to a halt here.
Whoo boy. One more round and this thing is all over. It went by so quickly.
- TC_Halogen, psychoangel691; FFR Staff
25 Responses to “6th Official FFR Tournament: Semi-Finals!”
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Posted at 1:24am on December 28th, 2011
First! Good luck everyone.
Posted at 1:25am on December 28th, 2011
Also, second post for the fact that I wrote this thinking everyone would do considerably worse on Husigi Usagi. I WAS WRONG.
Posted at 1:26am on December 28th, 2011
No exclamation point on the title? Shits real, bro.
Posted at 1:28am on December 28th, 2011
Also <:') You commended me. My life is complete.
Posted at 1:30am on December 28th, 2011
It’s time to shine indeed
Posted at 1:34am on December 28th, 2011
I like how I’m not mentioned as the file author for Tsugihagi Construction on the file description.
Posted at 2:07am on December 28th, 2011
and DarknessXoXLight, while a forum favorite, is only scraping by this round.
SO MEAN. ;_;
Posted at 3:12am on December 28th, 2011
Such a great front page post…
Posted at 3:24am on December 28th, 2011
I’m loving this front page post.
I also noticed my replay link is bolded, I feel special. :’3
Posted at 6:44am on December 28th, 2011
being singled out with my ridiculously unwieldy username is actually kinda embarassing lmao
Posted at 9:29am on December 28th, 2011
fyi link to Husigi Usagi Milk Tei goes to Pandora instead
Posted at 10:05am on December 28th, 2011
fixed a few things for the consistency.
Posted at 12:29pm on December 28th, 2011
After reading this post, I must say I am extremely upset at the authors. You mentioned everyone else in ALL the division paragraphs. Why did you single me out? Is it because I’m not a forum regular that you decided not to mention me at all in the D3 paragraph? All I did was make the Top 5; that’s something very few people on this site can claim. At least mention something like, “Watch out for jgano who has come out of nowhere to round out our Top 5 for D3,” or something similar. In a way, I feel slighted; it’s just very upsetting that I don’t even get some recognition by the staff or the community.
Posted at 12:32pm on December 28th, 2011
I think the author just forgot. Same with Zierg above.
Posted at 12:35pm on December 28th, 2011
Think of yourself as a severely underestimated underdog, then show them why they should fear your abilities.
Posted at 12:45pm on December 28th, 2011
Thanks Jimerax. :’)
Posted at 12:51pm on December 28th, 2011
So much bragging over skill boosts in D4 -.-
Posted at 2:24pm on December 28th, 2011
I’ll be personally messaging all the Top 5 winners of the Tourney within the next couple days with a link to the Mediafire account with the LPR001 Release in there. Until then, enjoy the new previews I’ve put up
http://www.soundcloud.com/LowPassRecords
Posted at 4:55pm on December 28th, 2011
A SUPPORT TOKEN?
Wow. And here I thought you couldn’t get those anymore.
I was getting lonely, being the only one I know with 2 support tokens!
Posted at 5:08pm on December 28th, 2011
I apologize for anything that was missing in the articles, they weren’t intentionally left out. -_-
Posted at 5:38pm on December 28th, 2011
I know they weren’t, don’t think I was upset or anything about it, no one is perfect. (o:
Posted at 4:11pm on December 29th, 2011
oh by the way, thanks for the encouragement whoever decided to say I’m not going to make top 3. I’m tired of being underestimated and I’ve constantly showed you guys what’s up. When I make top 3 i guarantee you guys put me as the loser, AGAIN.
Posted at 5:22pm on December 29th, 2011
GG all.
Posted at 2:17pm on January 2nd, 2012
Looks like DossarLX ODI AAA’d again O_O
Posted at 5:13am on January 3rd, 2012
Vertex BETA vrofl <3