Random FFR Thoughts - 33
Posted on: April 10, 2015, at 05:47:33pm

Hello FFR-aholics,

How are you? If you're like me, you're kinda salty at the moment especially if you're in the loop of what has happened since the first of the month and especially over the past 12-24hrs.

If you've been under a box or simply out of the loop, before continuing further, I suggest you check your Level Ranks and come back. I'll be here...

Back yet? Did you notice something? Remember that song you played and got a fluke score on a song that's now missing? *sigh* Read the front page update from Zageron.

This sucks, especially for players that have really put a lot of effort into improving over the past 6 months (which according to some staff was the last time the site was backed up). If anything, I thought the site was being backed up at least once a month. I've personally been through a similar situation in a professional work environment where everyone in the company lost all of their information (emails, archives, personal settings and saves) because the server hadn't been backed up and it completely crashed. Luckily FFR didn't experience the same fate. Can you imaging losing everything you've been working on and having to start over as if you signed up for the site a few minutes ago?

Pretty sure that everyone would be even more upset than they are now.

Whatever the mistake is that Velocity made was probably one that shouldn't have been made, especially as someone who has been intricately involved in the site's development, improvements, and advancements. He's probably being thrown under the bus as I write this as Zageron has had to do some damage control. (Who knows, I'm just an outsider looking in...) Other than this, I've seen no real hostility towards Velocity as he's often praised for his Engine that has helped to change the way people play and improve with this game. I only recently transitioned to R^3 after I kept getting lag during gameplay. If I could figure out why this happens (too lazy to think about it), then I would fix it and transition back to that engine. (I have absolutely nothing against R^3 as both engines have their strengths and weaknesses)

So, how has this affected me?
- FFR Rank rank increased by over 100. (my Witches Hat(59) SDG has been erased from the leaderboard, but still shows on my Level Rank)
- FFR Average Rank increased by 2x (I was 930ish, now I'm over 2200. I worked hard for Happy Rainbow dang nabit)
- FC Percentage decreased from 48% to 37%. (I lost about 250 FC's. I was going for the token where you have to FC 50% of the songs)
- Missing scores (I did have difficulty 1-41 FC'd, but a good chunk of them are treated as if I've never played them before)
That's all the major stuff I can see for now.

What happens from here? Quite a few players have mentioned they're going to quit or have already quit. Me personally, I'm not going to as this site has been part of my life for nearly 8 years. Many people have come and gone during that time (especially when the site completely went under and you couldn't even access it), but there are still a few of us that continue to stick around throughout the ups and downs.

I guess as the site's staff have become more transparent, things are starting to go a bit downhill per se. Or maybe things are just happening in this random sequence of events. I don't know. I will say that I am thankful for what they do as this is all volunteer for them. Some are forgetting that running and maintaining this site is done on the admin's free time and they're not making a dime. Yes, your scores are no longer there, but it's not like you lost any money from losing those scores.

Another thing that has crossed my mind in all of this is 'What are new/potentially new users thinking?' They come to this site, expecting to join and to have fun playing and the first thing they see is what has happened along with the comments that have been made. I'm pretty sure that'll probably deter people from joining and playing the game.

That's enough for one random thought. So until next time...

Have a Happy FFR Day!
♥Kaw

1. 1: mrpreggers
   Posted at 10:47am on April 12th, 2015

   Hoeh danh it ffr
2. 2: Kawaii025
   Posted at 10:25pm on April 13th, 2015

   Dang it Bobby. :P