Spontaneous Contest TONIGHT! – #58940-384856.2

Lightdarkness and I will be running a contest tonight that is derived from the weird statistics thread I made a few days ago.  The goal will be for you guys to guess close to a specific statistic…  such as the overall gameplays in the history of the game.  Or other, more creative, statistics.  We’ll have 5-10 different statistical categories for you to guess.  And we’ll be giving out subscription prizes to the top3 closest for each one.

So stay tuned!

-Tass

FFR Official Tournament #4 – Round 2

Round 2 of the tournament started on Thursday.  It runs through this coming Thursday at 11:59pm EST.  Songs for D1-D4 are in Hip-Hop.  D5 will have to unlock its song, found in Skill.  Check the official thread for which song is yours and to submit your scores. -Tass

Official 2008 T-Shirts are Here!

It is finally a reality. They are in!

The 2008 FFR T-Shirts were not only chosen by FFR public vote but were also designed by the FFR public (Thank you Alfadark!). We have taken that winning design and had hundreds of shirts printed up in all sizes (S/M/L/XL/2XL).

The winning design has been printed on high quality shirts that hold their color and print very very well. I can speak from experience because my Top 1000 shirt that I wear all the time still looks great after all the abuse it has taken.

Every year when these shirts come out, we offer them with significant discount to FFR elite (subscribers). This year is no different. We do this because it is people like them that help make this site possible. Thank you to everyone currently subscribing or thinking about subscribing. We love you.

Starting now you have two ways you can get 2008 FFR shirt. We have officially titled the shirt “One Minute Waltz- 2008″

1) Become an FFR Elite member by subscribing. For the first time, If you sign up for a six month or year’s subscription we will send you a coupon for $10.00 off the shirt. Don’t forget if you are a subscriber with a past coupon, you can still use it on this purchase. Expect your coupons to arrive via PM same day.

2) Or you can purchase it at normal price just because you want to support FFR. The direct purchase link is HERE.

Thanks again for everyone’s support in making these shirts a reality. I believe I am done for now with my link fest and shirt super promotion. Wait… Wait… WAIT!! one more. Go earn some fan points at http://www.rithum.com

Cheers,

Synthlight

Best of FFR MFA – A Reality!

No, the song Reality is not in it… but 19 other classics are.

Check out the Best of FFR MFA, and add it to your FFR profile! If you want something more specific, we currently have MFAs for For Great Justice!, CornandBeans, Draigun, iPatch, and KgZ. Be on the look out for more MFAs from your favorite FFR artists soon!

In other news, if you have not yet submitted for the 1st round of the official tournament, make sure to do so!

-Tass

Rithum.com is Alive. Register or Die.

This is almost a part two of the story that Tass wrote up. I wanted to make sure everyone knew that Rithum.com is indeed alive and starting to populate with a new purpose. I could sit here and explain to you what Rithum is but it would be rather redundant. If you go over to Rithum’s homepage and read the top news story there, it will tell you everything you need to know about the relaunch of this interesting domain. I will however mention that we are working with many of the major record labels and countless smaller ones. Sound good? It is. And it’s very very good for FFR.

The main purpose of this additional news story has to do with staff positions on Rithum. We need people who are knowledgable about and interested in music. There are immediate positions available for staff/admin/moderators in the forums of Rithum and we will soon be opening chat and videochat positions.

use the contact us or forum at Rithum.com if you are interested. At the very least you may want to stop by and register. Afterall, most permissions making their way to FFR will be traveling through Rithum first.

Cheers,
Synthlight

Best of FFR MFA!

So I’m sure that all of you are aware of the ability to embed an MFA on your profile, right? Just show the Style Editor and select the MFA you want (below the chat). We currently have bands like Dashboard Confessional, Thrice, Jakob Dylan, and more available for you to choose. In addition, we’ve started to create MFAs for popular FFR Artists. Initially, CornandBeans is the only one you can pick, but we’ll be adding more soon.

On that end, we want to have a “Best of FFR” MFA for you guys to have on your profile. We want to take the top 20 or 25 songs (roughly) on FFR and slap them all into 1 MFA for your listening pleasure. Because it will be the Best of FFR, we want FFR to vote on which songs will be included.

To Vote: Just post a comment in this news story. You may list up to THREE songs currently found in FFR. If you list more than 3, I’ll ignore everything beyond the 3rd. I’ll let this run for 24 or 48 hours, then create the MFA.

So have fun figuring out which songs are your favorites! And check out my profile for the CornandBeans MFA.

-Tass

Remember R2? Yeah, It’s Fixed.

Even though they may not admit it, we know there are R2 fans out there. As a matter of fact, R2 typically accounts for around 20k plays per day. Surprising? It was to me.

I was able to get around to fix it this morning and the game is now 100% again. Let me know if you have any problems. And remember, it is not mouse controlled for navigation.. keyboard only!

Cheers,

Synthlight

4th Official Tournament – ROUND 1!

Check the official thread for everything you need to know about the 1st round. Round 1 ends next Tuesday night, 11:59pm EST. You have a little over a week.

Songs:
Beginner – The Rhythm of Life by Freedom Call, stepped by SulferDragon (6)
Intermediate – Hyperactivity by Stargroup100 vs Tim Halbert, stepped by Stargroup100 (7)
Advanced – Indulgence by KaW, stepped by Eastsideman09 (8)
Expert – I am Maid by Jea, stepped by .dot (9)
Master – The Lunatic Princess by dBu, stepped by Behanjc (10)

All 5 songs are public and can all be found in Hip Hop. Each new round will bring 5 new songs… all will be placed in Hip Hop. Older round songs will be moved out of HH when the new songs are added.

Any questions, post them in the official thread. Or PM Sprite.

-Tass

Synthlight’s 24 Hour Marathon PM Session #1

I must admit that while I have been busy trying to get Rithum launched and looking fab, I have fallen way behind on my PM’s.. How behind? Well lets just say that over a 3 month stretch I have accumulated around 6200 PM’s that need to be answered. (It’s not easy being a Synthlight)

I always insist on answering each PM myself. I know it is somewhat outrageous for me to sit here and try to answer all of them within 24 hours… But.. that is how I do it. Everything in life is a personal challenge.

How will you know of my progress or complete failure? We will be including a counter and unread PM count above this news story so that you can place your bets.

I start…. Now. (check back in the next hour for a live counter)

Cheers,

Synthlight

P.S. Tournament signups are over and Sprite is busting A** to get everyone setup in divisions. Expect the FFR Tournament to start within the next 48 hours.