Leaving Your Brain In A Blur – Token #25

Hey guys. Chardish here – it’s been a while, but we’ve got a new non-skill FFR Token for you guys. Because it’s been a while since the last token, we’re not going to make this an easy song…or an easy token…

Gaussian Blur is the 1st in the GB series by former FFRer Kil. It’s the most well known of the 3 Gaussian Blur’s, despite being the last of the 3 to be added. It is almost definitely the hardest of the 3. The stepfile is quite unique and different compared to the well known Stepmania files. File is by Rebirth, so you know it’s good. It’s a high For Masters Only, with almost 120 4-framers in 1000 notes, well over 200BPM, 1-handed trills, jumpstream, and 32nd rolls. This file and song is well worth the effort.

The token puzzle was derived from a series of crumpled notes we found in some books about FFR tokens in an old library. You’d be surprised how many dusty old books about FFR tokens there are if you look hard enough. Anyway, we think that some old researchers had found clues leading to a token…and we followed the instructions, and sure enough, the token was right there on our website, where the clues had led. We did not choose to put the token there – the tokens are objects of power and mystery, and they have wills of their own.

Anyway. Here’s the clues we found…

Clue 1
Clue 2
Clue 3
Clue 4
Clue 5

Solve those clues, and you should get a 37-digit number. Put that number into this URL:

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/tokens/NUMBER.php

And the token is yours. Whenever we find more of these super-secret mystery tokens, we’ll let you know. They’re not easy to find.

Cheers,
Chardish, Tasselfoot, and Quaint & Curious Volumes of Forgotten Lore

*Note from JasonKey* – Obviously, since yesterday Synth invited all your delicate FFR types to troll his profile, we figured today we would follow suit and make this a troll token of sorts. Have fun and good luck!

Official Tournament – Round 2 – Ends THIS Thurs Night

Some of you guys seem to be confused… but the 2nd round started this past Friday morning and will end this Thursday night at 11:59pm EST.

Check this thread for all the info on round 2… and I will post another update when Round 3 starts. After round 3, I likely will stop posting about the tournament on the main page… but all threads/updates are on the forums in the FFR Events forum.

-Tass

Mean & Hurtful Contest Comes to a Close

While normally getting nothing but praise and kind words in my profile, I challenged everyone to be as mean as possible for an entire day…

You guys did not disappoint.

I received over 1000 posts worth of anti-encouragement. It was more than I could have hoped for. As always, everyone took their contest mission seriously and belted out the words of hatred. Think of it as a therapy session to help you through this first quarter / semester of school.

Of course no contest is done right without some sort of prize. I have awarded the winner a busted old screwdriver from my fine collection of tools. I gave it my best attempt at signing it. The total worth is somewhere around .001 dollars. With a little work and fancy salesman ship you can easily raise it’s worth 100x it’s current and sell it for penny. The winner will be revealed within the next week when they receive this fine specimen and take a photo for us to post on the front page.

Thanks again to everyone who left a comment. For what it is worth, I have added each and every person who commented to my friends list in profiles.

Cheers,

Synthlight

National “Post Something Mean & Hurtful on Synth’s Profile” Day

It’s that time of year again. Summer is ending, school has started, your parents are crack’n down on you. So why the hell not declare today a day where you can insult me, complain to me and basically say whatever you want on my profile without fear of ban.

Instead of taking it out on someone else, you should drag your sorry ass into my profile and bitch at me instead. Call me whatever you want, say whatever you want, insult my profile, have your dog take a leak on your keyboard or *gasp* you can even make fun of LD. But whatever you do, don’t call me your baby’s daddy.

Best insult of the day gets a prize that will be determined tonight. Maybe we will give away a personal possesion of mine.. Like an old wrench with a signature on it. I know everyone needs one of those. If you are sensitive to harsh words, today would not be a good day to check out my profile.

In case you havn’t figured it out yet… If you insult me, add me to your friends list so I have a way to easily track the insults.
Click Here to Drag Your Ass to My Profile and Make a Comment

Cheers,

Synthlight

Blinded Black Joins FFR’s Growing Widget List!

Hard work, determination, persistency and a little love from the media are some of the key ingredients that comprise the success of St. Louis-based Blinded Black. And with its SideCho Records debut, Under The Sunrise, the empty fuel tanks, days spent on guitar overdubs and hours spent maintaining a vital online presence have all come to fruition in a succinct recorded package.

With the release of Under The Sunrise, the members of Blinded Black are looking forward to taking their show on the road throughout the nation (though the support from its St. Louis homebase could fuel the act on its own). In addition to the heavy amounts of local press coverage, Blinded Black has been interviewed and played on major alternative rock station KPNT “The Point” 105.7 FM and the band also played the Vans Warped Tour 2006 in St. Louis.

So check out their myspace and you can play the widget here!

-Tass

FIRESIDE CHAT IS LIVE NOW! JOIN THE RADIO TO LISTEN!

OK… Just come into THE RADIO, and it should start broadcasting automatically. We’ve got an auto-DJ up of FFR music currently, but we’ll switch to the show at 8pm EST (1 hour). Submit questions to Tasselfoot via PM. Asking questions in the radio chat will NOT get them answered. You can also listen in via the profile chat’s radio off/on functionality.

We’ve already got 30+ questions to answer… so get them in quickly. We’ll try and answer every question, but we may run out of time. And we’re answering first come first served.

And to save you all the trouble… Jason is the one with the southern accent.

-Tass

NOTE!! YOU CAN NOT USE SOME VERSIONS OF INTERNET EXPLORER FOR THE RADIO! Edit: Got a report that IE6.0 works. If you don’t hear anything, try FireFox..

Fireside Radio Chat TONIGHT! 8pm EST

OK Guys… so tonight, JasonKey and I will be on the radio answering questions concerning the future of FFR. Your questions can be about ANYTHING… but if it is something pertaining to you specifically, we likely won’t answer it. We want to try and hit on questions that will help everyone.

I’ll be making another post later tonight before the show with final details on things… like what channel we’ll be on, how to connect, and whatnot.

BUT… the important thing… HOW TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS! All questions can be submitted via PM to me, Tasselfoot, via the forums. This is the link to send a PM. Make sure to put “Fireside Chat Question” as the topic of the PM so that I know that is what your PM is about.

Thanks guys! Make sure to tune in, I’m sure there will be plenty of awesome questions answered tonight. You won’t want to miss it!

-Tass

NONPOINT ON FFR – NEW METAL WIDGET!

One of heavy music’s most respected and popular artists have made their way to FlashFlashRevolution.

Metal Heroes, NONPOINT, are proud to announce the addition of their music to the FlashFlashRevolution gaming community. Hailing from South Florida, NONPOINT have survived ten years in the metal spotlight. Veterans of every major touring festival in the world as well as the owners of four top 20 singles, NONPOINT is proud to join FlashFlashRevolution as they begin prepping the NOVEMBER 6th release of their fifth studio album, VENGEANCE.

NONPOINT are set to hit the road this fall, when they will co-headline “THE GREAT AMERICAN RAMPAGE” tour. Also featured on the mega-event will be Ragga-Punk-Metal godfathers, SKINDRED, OZZFEST breakout band, ANKLA and Aussie, award-winners, KARNIVOOL.

NONPOINT hopes fans will welcome them to FlashFlashRevolution with open arms by visiting their MYSPACE PAGE and OFFICIAL FORUM, as well as playing some of their classic songs prior to the FlashFlashRevolution debut of the bands new single.

As avid gamers themselves, NONPOINT looks forward to not only sharing their music through FFR but also challenging the dedicated members of their community. You can play the new NONPOINT FFR Widget here or on the Nonpoint myspace page.

-Tass (with assistance from Bieler Bros Records)

Weekly Spin It Up Additions

As promised, a spinfile was placed in Spin It Up both Saturday and now today, adding two more songs to the mix with spinfiles courtesy of MixMasterLar.

The song I dropped in today has made an appearance in FFR and is now in spin form as a difficulty level 1 file. The classic piano ambient Beatmania song receives a complete overhaul by Aerogroove who brings us 5.1.1. (AG Supercool Mix). 5.1.1.’s spinfile is as relaxing as the song itself, throwing out spinning patterns that shouldn’t overwhelm a player. Added Saturday, to the tune of a higher difficulty, is a new level 5 file with a song brand new to the site. Gray Fox lends his talent to the game with the funky stylings of Yager, a song which Fox dedicates to Firebreeder. The spinfile for Yager is, of course, a lot tougher than 5.1.1. and features some flips and “gallop”-type steps, but should prove to be a lot of fun for the intermediate players.

On a side note, players should be glad to know that artists who have FFR widgets will now have any Spin It Up files added to the game, automatically added to their respective widget as well. It wasn’t announced previously, but through widget additions, the songs Driveway by Making April and Goodbye, My Love by LoveHateHero are also now featured in Spin It Up. We are currently working on a means for providing widgets for artists in Spin It Up but not currently in FFR, so look forward to the announcement of new widgets for our hard-working SIU song artists.

As always, I would like to remind our users that you can participate in giving us ideas on how to improve Spin It Up, contribute to the game and more at our Spin It Up forum section. Also, this post comes pretty soon after Tass’s announcements below so be sure to check it out to find out info on Thursday’s Fireside Chat with Tass and Jasonkey and the announcement of 70 brand new subscriber songs to be implemented soon. If you don’t want to miss out on all of the exclusive songs, don’t hesitate to find out how you can become a subscriber.

- Nestlekwik