FFRMas 2008 – Days 7 & 8!
I’ve been putting in way too many frequent flyer miles the past week. I was on an airplane all day yesterday, quickly uploaded levels last night and went to bed. Apparently there was an issue to Hey, Ladies… but I fixed that up today.
Hey, Ladies is a MASSIVE Parental Advisory song. It’s absolutely hilarious, but definitely NSFW! A 6 in difficulty, it’ll be harder because of how much you’re laughing. Of course, it’s a Futuristic Sex Robotz nerdcore song stepped by dore. What else would it be?
I Hate The 80s is a massively overstepped, yet fun, song by Duran Duran Duran. I’d like some input as to whether this is really high FMO or low FGO. File is by bluguerrilla, but please don’t encourage him to make more charts like this. 
 If nothing else, this song is another excuse to say Cock Rock Disco.
Brandish Headless is the first chart for today. Those in the know will definitely recognize the song from SM. Those not only need to know 3 simple things… Shash file. S.S.H. song (with Jun A.). FMO. Go go go!
Finally is Lady’s Cake by our own DarkbearX. Fairly simple song that follows climax theory, making it a 7 difficulty overall. Chart is by DarkbearX & HammyMcSquirrel. DbX adds his name to the ever growing list of users with both a music producer and simfile author distinction.
-Tass
FFRMas 2008 – Days 5 and 6!
I have a good reason for no story yesterday… I wanted to make sure the sync issues in Etude in E Major were fixed first. I took care of that earlier today, so voila.
Etude in E Major is a really simple file, a Classical FBO. Song is fairly well known, composed by Chopin. Stepfile by Xandertrax. Juxtaposed with that is Toxiferous Dystopia, which is a FMO song by DJ Cristo. It’s a pretty darn rough FMO. Stepfile by TC_Halogen.
Today’s 2 files are both on the harder end of the spectrum. Master Maid (which, I’ve been told, has no relation to I Am Maid apart from both being Sharpnel songs with “Maid” in the title) is a FMO Sharpnel file. Because of the name, I stuck it in Purchased… 2500 credits only. It’s pretty much what you’d expect out of a FMO Sharpnel file. Still fun to play though, so give props to kommisar[os]. Along with that is t+pazolite‘s easy-at-a-VC song Summer Time Perfume. Just like the name says, it’s a pretty fun and airy journey through 4 arrowdom. I’m not sure what bmah was thinking…. but the file has 1666 notes. Your guess is as good as mine.
Other news: I’m so swamped right now, plus traveling all day tomorrow, that I’m pushing back PSH3: Return of the Mannequin until the 1st weekend in January.
-Tass
FFRMas 2008 – Day 4! 1st of 2s
I mentioned on Day 1 that only 2 users would have multiple files in this event… and it just so happens that both have files released today. Our lucky 2 are behanjc and Silvuh.
Moonlight River is a melodic piece by Ikodo Moonstrife that I’m sure you all will enjoy playing. The chart may remind you a bit of World of Dreams… it’s full of jumps. But not as long, not as hard, and 10bpm slower. A solid 6.
Fake Jazz is a pretty self explaining song title… although it sounds pretty similar to not-Fake Jazz. Lots of 24th stream to guitar and piano solos make this one heck of a fun VC chart to play. Oh yea… did I mention it was by S.S.H.?
-Tass
FFRMas 2008 Day 3 – Long Post Is Long!
OK… so let’s make up for all the stuff I didn’t do the past few days:
Fei Longer is now synced. Difficulty is a low 10. Somehow, in the sync process, we lost 2 arrows… so I had to wipe a few scores. Sorry. Clear your cache to get the properly synced and correctly arrow’d version. If you like Star Salzman, check out his site and download his tunes. And yes hi19… the file is a jackdump.
The 2 files for today are Forgotten Planet by Rushjet1 and bmv.578 by OSTER Project. Forgotten Planet is far, far easier than most of the Rushjet you know, but it has that same 8-bit sound. This is Patashu’s first public release, although you can expect another of his files to hit the public in about 10 days. Expect many more good charts by him too! This one is only a Standard, a 5.
bmv.578 may sound slightly familiar to some people… it’s only 1 small letter off from what it’s based on, which is Bach’s Little Fugue in G Minor, aka BWV.578. To me, it’s a high FMO for the 5 repetitive jack sections, specifically the long up jacks. They sure give me fits. Regardless, the song is amazing and the chart is excellent. Props to dag12 for it. You should all play it now… there is nothing better than well stepped and synced classical charts.
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FFRMas Day 2!
I’m leaving for the airport in about 20 minutes, so even shorter than yesterday… I’ll fix the sync on Fei Longer when I get home tonight. Today’s 2 songs are Felys by Onoken, stepped by Vote4Nixon and Snake Riddem by our very own championanwar, stepped by jokim. I guess I lied yesterday… and Felys is a purchased song (naturally), given that we already have a Felys remix in-game. Snake Riddem is in Hip-Hop though. Also, difficulties are probably wrong… will fix tonight.Â
-Tass
FFRMas 2008 – Day 1!
Sorry that this is so brief… I’m in Philly with my family, flying back to LA tomorrow morning. I’ll make sure to give a big story on Tuesday.
Today is the start of our 3rd annual FFRMas celebration… 12 days of publicly released FFR files! This year is a year of diversity. 2 new levels each day. That’s 24, for those who don’t want to do math. Of those 24, we have 22 different artists… and 24 different stepfilers (although 2 are collabs, so there are 2 users with repeat levels).
All levels will be at the end of Hip-Hop through the end of the event, then they’ll be moved to their proper locations. Today’s songs are Fei Longer by Star Salzman, stepped by hi19hi19 and Night and Day by Virt, stepped by ElectricWerewolf. Sadly, I won’t get to play either of these files until Tuesday… so I can’t give you any reviews on them. Also, the difficulties listed in-game will be wrong until I can play them and fix it.
But, I’m sure you all are just glad to get some levels…  not to mention darkshark’s MP contest running now through 11pm EST!!! Maybe he’ll do something involving these new levels? Who knows…
-Tass
PS – No links, because I’m in a rush… will make sure to give love to all the linkless folks on Tuesday. Promise.
Multiplayer Not-So-Spontaneous Contest!!
The Date: Sunday, December 14th
The Time: 1pm to 8pm PST
The Place: Multiplayer lobby of FFR
The Prizes? Your piece of HALF A MILLION credits + subscriptions
This contest will be a little bit of everything (MP gaming, scavenger hunts, FFR trivia, and more!), details can be found HERE.
Tass note: Expect Photo Scavenger Hunt 3: Return of the Mannequin to take place the weekend before Christmas (the 19th-21st). And, of course, we’ll be having a Christmas song event too.
2 Hour Spon Con
Yes, spon con. Because all the hip and cool people shorten everything. This spontaneous contest is opinion based and 100% subjective… so the winning answer will be the one that I like best:
Which non-widget artist on FFR would you most like to see an album and support token from? Why?
Winning answer will get 25,000 credits. Any other answers I like will get 10,000. Consider this my way of giving out some credits in the post-purchased splurged environment.
You guys have 2 hours. Contest ends at 11pm PST.
-Tass
PS – Don’t forget about the schwag sale going on through tomorrow night. Promo code: yayffr
Congrats to trumaestro for winning! Also 10 other users were given 10k for their responses. I also have already contacted SGX to start discussing an album.
{Big Boss}. Brackets Can Only Mean One Thing…
New cornandbeans! That’s right. {Big Boss} sounds like it should be right out of Castlevania, but I’m pretty sure it’s straight from CnB’s big musical brain. Stepfile is by the under appreciated and eccentric Vote4Nixon. Currently in funk, but I’m sure jx will be moving it in the next 24-48 hours. Also, *gasp*, it’s NOT a purchased song! The song is short and sweet and Very Challenging.
Subbies get some Orange Dust in the form of Patashu‘s Dead and Direct. It’s a low-mid FMO.
-Tass
