Widgits

[emulord]

Remember these?
http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/widgets/index.php
good times.

[Zageron]

Re: Widgits

this is when ffr started getting shit music

so no, not good times

[MaxGhost]

Re: Widgits

this is when ffr started getting shit music

so no, not good times

This.

Shitty ass garage bands with shitty ass songs with shitty ass steps in multiple shitty ass difficulties. There's still a bunch of those shitty ass songs in the game as we speak

[Thatskier]

Re: Widgits

I miss widgets... some bands were shit but others like idunno.... 30H!3 was greeat

[Plan_Bsk81127]

Re: Widgits

I actually liked some of the bands that were in the widgets, just sucked that the charts were not good enough to make the songs playable. Guess thats what happens when you got Tass in charge and just wanted people to rush out charts just so the songs can be stepped.

[OneHandNow]

Re: Widgits

The bands were shit. The songs were shit. The steps were shit.

No.

[rushyrulz]

Re: Widgits

Quit reminding me of Tass.

[remedy1502]

Re: Widgits

Oh god the "LETS RELEASE A BUNCH OF STUPID LONG ROCK SONGS NOW LAWL" times... Red Dress, Driveway, Roses and Butterflies or w/e... OH GOD. I think those were the beginning lmfao

[XCV]

Re: Widgits

Ah, yes, Tass...

makes me glad TS exists.

[Mans0n]

Re: Widgits

wtf are widgits

[TC_Halogen]

Re: Widgits

Widgets were a great promotion tool; honestly, I don't know why FFR stopped, considering FFR never truly went commercial.

[yo man im awesome]

Re: Widgits

Hey, not all these groups are bad. I can name at least two I like.

[OneHandNow]

Re: Widgits

Well I guess they did help FFR in terms of promotion..

But because FFR never went fully commercial, the semi-low quality steps and songs were kept in-game while FFR never got much out of keeping those songs in game.

Not saying long rock songs are bad, but yeah.. you get my drift. There COULD have been better steps!

[igotrhythm]

Re: Widgits

I think widgets were also stepped such that they were accessible to a wider audience. I would imagine it was very much like when considering which songs to put in the Kongregate "trial version."

True, this is generally what happens when music trumps file quality (Tom Savini vs. Greg Nicotero has so much silence at the start!), but we got some good hard stuff out of the deal as well: Beauty Is In The Eyes Of The Beerholder, Doomsayer, and Blooddrunk come to mind.

It was a great idea, and I'd love to see the concept get revived, mainly because we know now that the wider audience these files will enjoy is all the more reason NOT to cut corners on file quality.