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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
Songs of the Week (October 6th, 2012)
Time for another sugary sweet six-pack of songs for you guys to drink up over the course of the week. This update will be really short and to the point, as some of you may be aware that this weekend is Thanksgiving for all of us friendly neighbours from the North. To my fellow Canadians, enjoy the long weekend, spending time with your families, and of course the food. To everyone else, hehe we get our turkey a month early~
[Oct. 6 Released Songs]
Aerospace by Cosmovibe (Reshiram) – Very Challenging [63] / 1:54 / Dance 2 / Energetic Trance
Case Closed by ToneDeff (DossarLX ODI) – Challenging [54] / 2:36 / Hip-Hop / Hip Hop
G air by DJ Kuhu (bmah) – Master [73] / 1:47 / Classical / Classical Remix
Jack-the-Ripper by sasakure.UK (YOSHl) – Master [73] / 2:17 / Secret / Progressive
Kind im Einschlummern by R. Schumann performed by Kyu Sawamura (Silvuh) – Novice [6] / 2:00 / Classical / Piano Solo
To Make the End of Battle by S.S.H. (DarkZtar) – Guru [77] / 3:29 / Rock / Epic VG Rock
Alright, super quick notes on this week’s songs. Hmm…let’s see…
First off, something interesting and noteworthy to point out – we now have over 1,200 public songs in FFR!
This week’s releases are a bit tougher than usual, with half of the files breaching the 70 point difficulty barrier. Starting off this week’s batch is Aerospace by Cosmovibe a.k.a stargroup100, stepped by Reshiram, a short trance tune perhaps reminiscent of some of the song styles that graced FFR years ago. It’s also packed with some pretty dense jumpstream sections.
DossarLX ODI continues to expand the Hip-Hop genre with Case Closed, a streamy file stepped to rapped vocals in a similar style to Champion Freeverse and Velocity, another two FFR songs by ToneDeff.
G air and Jack-the-Ripper are our two Master level releases this week, sharing the same difficulty of 73 and stepped by bmah and YOSHl respectively. G air is an upbeat, fast-paced remix of Bach’s “Air on the G String” (snicker if you want), filled with 200bpm 16th jumpstreams and 32nd rolls, whereas Jack-the-Ripper presents more of a technical challenge, featuring quick jumpstreams, bursts, and jacks (how fitting). The latter file is a secret song, however – you`ll need at least 14,000 credits for this lil’ sasakure.UK ditty to pop up on an FFR engine near you.
Our easiest file of the week is brought to us by Silvuh, who stepped Kind im Einschlummern by German composer Robert Schumann. This particular interpretation played by Kyu Sawamura may seem a tad bit slower compared to some other recordings of the song, but remains beautiful nonetheless.
Rounding off our releases is DarkZtar’s To Make The End of Battle, an S.S.H. remix from the Ys Japanese RPG video game series. Our most difficult file this week presents players with some very aggressive 255bpm 8th jumpjack chaining and 16th streams, as well as a lengthy notecount of over 2,500 arrows! It’s also one of two veteran songs this week (the other being Aerospace), which will be made available for public play next week.
This would probably be a good time to mention that last week’s veteran songs, Autumn Insomnia Session and Syntax, have now been made available to non-veterans. Also a quick reminder that FFR’s first Stepcon is now officially underway! Get working on those files whenever you get the chance!
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m scheduled to go put on about 10 pounds.
Songs of the Week (September 29th, 2012) + FFR’s first StepCon
Hey guys! It’s that time of the week again. However, this week comes with an announcement of a new event, in addition to the songs of the week. We’ll talk about that first.
Are you a simfiler? Do you think you’re better at simfiling than your friends (or enemies) on this site? You now have a chance to prove your worth.
FFR’s first official stepping competition has just opened sign-ups. Details can be found on the first post of the thread – click here for more details! Sign-ups are open until October 6th; don’t miss your chance at this all-out simfiling brawl!
[Sept. 29 Released Songs]
Autumn Insomnia Session by The Flashbulb (Wayward Vagabond & samurai7694) – Expert [67] / 3:18 / Misc / Intelligent DnB
Connect (HOUSE SOUL REMIX) by ClariS remixed by taqumi (bmah) – Challenging [54] / 1:56 / Dance 2 / J-House
Galaxy9 by KaW (bob bob) – Very Tricky [40] / 1:44 / Dance / Techno
May The Triforce Be With You by The Plasmas (woker-X) – Expert [68] / 1:57 / Arcade / VG Rock
On the Origin of Species (Evolution) by Protodome (Tidus810) – Very Difficult [50] / 1:36 / Arcade / Instrumental
Syntax by xKore (00Razor00) – Challenging [56] / 1:45 / Secret / Dubstep
Autumn Insomnia Session is one of our two veteran song releases this week. A very popular song by Benn Jordan (The Flashbulb, as FFR knows him by), Autumn Insomnia Session takes a step away from the extreme sampling and forcefully paced (and sometimes glitchy) IDM-esque style, and brings together a much smoother drum n’ bass track with realistic sounding drum samples and fills. Don’t let the relaxing melodies and structure fool you though, this chart packs a pretty decent punch with a rating of 67 on our 100 point scale. Stepped by samurai7694 and Wayward Vagabond, there’s a good mix of technique in this file. While a good majority of the harder sections mostly lean toward some brisk stream (106 BPM 32nds to be exact), a few mini-jacks and some slower swing are both present. For those of you who are rebels and still refuse to use the extremely convenient song list, this song can be found in the Misc genre.
Connect (HOUSE SOUL REMIX) is the second of our releases for this week. As the remix specifies, the track falls in the house genre — however, it’s also very energetic. Because it features a very active vocalist, Connect actually carries the illusion of sounding considerably faster than it really is. I’d like to write more about the song, but the lyrics are Japanese and I know nothing about the artist, so I’ll get to the chart specifics. Connect (HOUSE SOUL REMIX) is charted our busy game manager and simfiling connoisseur bmah, and it ranks at a 54 on our new scale. While the only runs at 128 BPM, the chart is respectably layered, featuring a large amount of very short jumpstream sequences with jumps following anywhere from one to three sixteenth-note intervals apart. This song can be found in the earlier sections of Dance 2.
Next, we have Galaxy9 by rhythm gaming mastermind Kyle Ward (under the KaW alias). Kyle Ward is very well known for his large contributions to modern rhythm gaming – in addition to providing rhythm gaming communities with large quantities of steppable music, he’s also stepped a few charts in the official In The Groove games. Galaxy9 is not very well known under its current title – however, regular In The Groove players might recognize the second half of this song as the music you hear during the high scores screen. bob bob brings us the chart for this memorable song, and it lands on a difficulty rating of 40 on the new 100 point scale. The simfile doesn’t present much layering – it actually plays like a more old fashioned file, following a few instruments at once without doosting layering unnecessarily. This can be found in the later area of the Dance genre.
May the Triforce Be With You is another song by Chilean VGM band ThePlasmas. Similiarly to our other ThePlasmas songs, this song moves at a reasonable pace and carries a very harsh but strong sound to it. In this particular rock rendition, we get a taste of the Corneria theme from a very important game to a lot of us (and for those of you who don’t know Star Fox… I’m so sorry). It has come to my attention that I completely mixed up two games, with no real reason because those songs sound TOTALLY different. HURRRRRRRR I’M DUMB. A great composition and performance of this song comes with a high price to a lot of people on FFR, and that price is difficulty. Sitting at a 68 on our new scale, this song could be a very intense Otaku Speedvibe [Oni] unlock for some of you guys. This song, like all of the other ThePlasmas songs, is charted by woker-X. The rating of this file is justified by some pretty rough 16th jumpstream, occcasionally interrupted by triples mid-stream. If you aren’t intimidated yet, it’s somewhat quick, running at 170 BPM. Being that this is a remix of a very popular video game theme, it sits in the Arcade genre.
EDIT: I’m a moron and completely mixed up two songs — credit to igotrhythm for pointing out my stupidity — the Corneria theme is completely different and I’m totally looking at the wrong game right now. For those of you who haven’t played Zelda II (The Adventure of Link), I’m so sorry!
But wait, there’s more! The video game tracks don’t start yet — Protodome makes a debut on FFR with On the Origin of Species (Evolution). Take a quick trip to somewhere in the Johto region and catch your breath. On the Origin of Species (Evolution) appeared on a free album titled “The Missingno Tracks”, a 28-track album collaboration between multiple OCRemixers, based on the theme of Pokemon. At 100 BPM, this song is way more relaxed than the more furious Triforce. On the 100 point scale, it sits right at the middle with a rating of 50. The file does require some attention to technique, as it has a little bit of everything in it. Credit to this simfile goes to Tidus810, who seems to be catching his stride in simfiling and is slowly becoming a resident FFR simfile artist. Keep up the great work. Just like May the Triforce Be With You, this song can also be found in the Arcade genre.
The release is concluded with Syntax, a very different sounding xKore track that also happens to be our second veteran song of the week. xKore is very well known for intense drumstep or pounding dubstep (see: Magnum or Never Enough?), but this song drifts away from that. Syntax has a very omnious introduction that leads into a filtered percussive buildup, and just when it feels like it’s going to have this incredible drop… something else happens. I can’t even think of a way to describe this song — it does have the typical bass, but the choice of synthesizer for the melody makes it sound more like a puzzle or thought than an actual drop. Faster than your typical dubstep track at 153, simfile artist/judge 00Razor00 utilizes some moderate layering and bits of broken jumpstream to give you a file that sits at 56 out of 100 in difficulty measurement. Also look around for some very tasteful (or tasty?) colored note usage. One last thing though: this file is in the Secret genre, and you’ll need 6,800 credits stashed on your account to play it.
For those of you that were waiting patiently for last week’s veteran songs, Danzai Yamaxanadu and Intersect Thunderbolt are now accessible for everyone on FFR. Have fun!
