6th Official FFR Tournament: Round 4

6th Official FFR Tournament: Round 4!

Isn't it amazing? It was not that long ago when thoughts of a new official tournament were just wishful thoughts on our naive little minds. But here we are, closing in on the halfway point of the tournament. Here's the more amazing fact - in a little over a month, we'll have decided our winners. But let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. There's work to be done.

<span style="color: blue;">First off: I'm going to make a formal and public apology for those of you in D4 who got eliminated last round. I didn't expect that comment in the third round post to get as much attention as it did. It wasn't ever intended to be rude, it was just there to make the article a bit more readable and fun for those who were still in the tournament. :(</span>

With that said, on with the tournament. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN1DEXYBEjE">Cue music.</a>

<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">REMEMBER: All scores for this tournament are recorded automatically. See <a href="http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/tournament/">the tournament dashboard</a> to see how you’re doing in comparison to your opponents!</span>

<b>Division 1: Jumper</b>
For round 4, the Beginner division will be playing <a href="http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/levelstats.php?level=1571">Finder</a>, a really peppy and happy song created by Newgrounds artist, <a href="http://waterflame.newgrounds.com/">Waterflame</a>. Credit for this new Difficult level chart goes to one of FFR's simfile judges, <a href="http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/profile/Niala/"><b>Niala</b></a>. As of right now, the song has a Difficult rating, but some of you might find this to be comparable in difficulty to the last round, if not a bit easier. It's a swing-heavy chart, featuring lots of staggered and delayed runs.

<b>Division 2: Sunless Daybreak [Heavy]</b>
What? Another chart for this? Yeah, that's right. <a href="http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/levelstats.php?level=1572">Sunless Daybreak [Heavy]</a> brings in-house FFR artist megamo--...I mean DJ WongT--...I mean MSXOm---WHAT ARE YOU NAMED? Seriously though, check out this song on <a href="http://msxomega.newgrounds.com/">megamon88's newgrounds page</a>, there's no need to hide your skill as a musician. Division 2 gets slammed this round with a decent difficulty increase, with this harder, more beefed up version of Sunless Daybreak being at the top of the Very Difficult rated songs. Just like the previous chart, this one too, is stepped by our host of this tournament, <a href="http://flashflashrevolution.com/profile/psychoangel691/"><b>psychoangel691</b></a>. Happy keysmashing!

<b>Division 3: wiinter dream</b>
I do too know how to spell, you shut your mouth.

ANYWAY...

Our Advanced division gets <a href="http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/levelstats.php?level=1573">wiinter dream</a> by <a href="http://www.muzie.ne.jp/artist/a002930/">Yamajet</a> for this round, a Very Challenging rated file charted by <a href="http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/profile/bmah/"><b>bmah</b></a>. And guess what? I hope you like difficulty spikes again! At least this one isn't nearly as detrimental to your score as the already infamous jump-jack into triple pattern that elegante has (which I happen to like, thank you very much). However, you will be sharing the same fate as D1 with the introduction of swing-heavy patterns, using staggered streaming and occasional 24th note runs. For those of you in D3 asking for a bit more of a challenge, this is our response to you. Have fun!

<b>Division 4: SAMBISTA</b>
Hohohoho, oh boy. For those of you guys who struggled on Finder's bursts and survived to the next round, SAMBISTA is going to try even harder to push you into the tournament coffin and nail it shut. <a href="http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/levelstats.php?level=1574">SAMBISTA</a>, by <a href="http://www.bmsoffighters.net/">DOT96</a> is a higher-end Very Challenging rated file that will really push the comboing skills of D4 to the limit, charted by <a href="http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/profile/bmah"><b>bmah</b></a>. Thought that 32nds were the worst thing ever to exist? How about fighting off 48th note bursts, hm? Yeah, you're doing that here, as well as fighting some other bursts that go into and out of other patterns. Confused? Play the song and you'll see what I mean - SAMBISTA is nothing short of a technical nightmare. Good luck Expert division, you're going to need it.

<b>Division 5: Halcyon [Xi]</b>
Hello there Master division. How does a kick in the face sound?

Oh, you're not approving of it. Well, I'm sorry to tell you this: deal with it! To make up for the huge AAA count of last round, we're going to kick it up a big notch. <a href="http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/levelstats.php?level=1575">Halcyon [Xi]</a> is a high For Masters Only difficulty file that takes some of your jumpstreaming difficulty of the past round, a little bit of the bursting difficulty two rounds ago, and makes an awesome sounding song that likes to throw anything it possibly can to stop you from getting what you want. A song this great needs an awesome simfile to boot, and who better than <a href="http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/profile/bmah/"><b>bmah</b></a>, who now has three files this round. Go bmah!

<b>Division 6: Mourning the Lost</b>
The competition has finally begun in the Guru division. Why is it notable now? We're hitting the For Gurus Only difficulty from here on out. Things are getting serious now. <a href="http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/levelstats.php?level=1576">Mourning the Lost</a>, by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/3milescream/">3 Mile Scream</a> is a file that is oriented to all of the speed players of D6, featuring some dense jumpstreams and constant streaming with somewhat awkward and difficult patterns. To add to the difficulty, Mourning the Lost is a very dynamic rock song, which many different sync changes to keep you on your toes. Credit to the first For Gurus Only difficulty file of the tournament goes to <a href="http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/profile/DossarLX ODI/"><b>DossarLX ODI</b></a>.

The divisional battles are slowly shaping up. Rivals are forming. The brawls have just begun.

- <a href="http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/profile/TC_Halogen"><b>TC_Halogen</b></a>, <a href="http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/profile/psychoangel691"><b>psychoangel691</b></a>, <a href="http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/profile/Velocity"><b>Velocity</b></a>, FFR Staff