FRHD Community Survey

Here is a survey. I'd appreciate honest and thoughtful answers, but feel free to answer as much of it as you want with as much writing as you want.

1. What terms do only FRHD players use (such as “ghost,” “spacebarring,” … )?
2. Do you feel like you are part of the FRHD community? Why or why not?
3. Why do you play FRHD?
4. Is there anything that sets FRHD players apart from those who don't play FRHD (besides that they play this game)?

You can also add any other comments you have about the FRHD community.
Thank you for your time.

 

Wow, this is your second thread, tetrationiscool! I'll do my best to answer these questions.
1. spacebarring, ghost, wip, ntbf, auto, generated, tube tracks, cancerous curves, bomb hop, squish
For some of these terms, other people do use them, but FRHD players use them in a different way. For example, "ghost" is definitely not unique to this community, but it means something different from what most people think when they hear "ghost." Additional notes about "ghost": It can be a noun or a verb. For example, "That's a fast ghost." and "Can you ghost this track?" Various forms of the verb "ghost" are used like "ghosting" and "ghosted."
2. I do because I play FRHD, and I regularly look at the forum for FRHD.
3. I play the game because I think it's fun. It's fun to play tracks (well, certain tracks), and it's fun to occasionally make tracks that people can play. The idea of interacting with what others have made in a videogame is pretty cool in my opinion.
4. I'm not sure about this one. There's a wide range of people who play FRHD. I suppose most of them are young (early teens to early twenties), but that's the case with most videogames. There are friendly people mean people, skilled and unskilled people, people who play daily, those who check in every few months (although whether or not those are part of the community is debatable), track-makers, and track-riders. All of this suggests to me that besides playing FRHD, there's nothing that distinguishes the community from others.

You're welcome for my time.

 

My answers:

1. I mean sometimes people think I’m out of my mind when I say the terms like “ look at my cool ghost” but to me it is normal.
2. I feel like I am a part of it. As long as I wanna get along with people I feel it.
3. I play this game because I like it and it is fun (even tho my friends say this is weird).
4. dont Understand the q

 

Is there anything that makes FRHD players different from those who don't play FRHD (besides the obvious difference that one group plays FRHD and the other doesn't)?

 

Oh well, sometimes regular think oh just make a track and I’m like “no, I wanna make a good track for once”

(does that answer the q tetrationiscool?)

 

I didn't quite understand your response. Was it something like "Non-FRHD players think 'oh just make a track', but FRHD players think 'no, I wanna make a good track for once'"? (I'm trying to differentiate between FRHD and non-FRHD players). Anyway, thank you for your responses, and you don't have to answer it if you don't want to.

 

1. I couldn't think of anything else apart from what you said.
2. I feel like I am apart of the FR community, even though I don't talk on the forums regularly, I am an experienced player and have been here for over a year now. I have made good friends with players that I argued with regularly, I'm sure I will tick around in this community for as long as it goes. Even if the actual FRHD game dies off, I hope that there are still regular people that check up on the forums.
3. I play FR because it's something to do on my device when I am bored from watching youtube or twitch, I now mainly ghost hard tracks and attempt to do good trickghosts.
4. Something that sets FRHD players apart from each other is because there are different groups in the players of the games. Such as the different discords and different age groups. Also this may not be an answer to your question but some players can get carried away on the forums and think that they can get angry with no consequence, just because it is an online community and majority of players don't know who you are.

Thank you for making this survey, I'm sure a lot of players will take their time to answer the questions.

 

1. honestly the same as what you said. your example pretty much nailed it.
2. i only feel apart of the community when i see other's socializing in the game or i personally chat with people in the forums. and collabing too.
3. my friend showed me the game and i thought it was fun. this game is also a platformer and i also like platformers. even if it is a bike.
4. people that don't play free rider don't get bullied (jk jk) i can't think of anything. i do the same as all my friends do and they don'y play FR.

 

1. pretty much what people have said above
2. Somewhat, ive kind of distanced from the community
3. I dont play free rider and there are many better games out there and there are more abundant ways of using your time wisely and bettering yourself
4. what people have said above

 

1. Nothing new to add except that ghost as we know it in frhd is an old concept. For example Mario Kart speedrunners race against their own PB time ghosts to improve their time https://www.mariowiki.com/Ghost_(Mario_Kart_series) But "a ghoster" and "ghosting" are both unique to this community.
2. Yes. Lurking the forums and occasionally posting something is enough to make me feel that way.
3. Just like in any game, I enjoy the progress I make. It's casual enough that you don't have to commit to a 40 min match, you can easily take a few days breaks without losing your skills, etc.
4. Compared to 99% of the gaming communities out there, this is way less toxic.

 

1. spacebarring, OA, and thats about it. most other terms can be applied to at least one other thing other than free rider hd
2. no
3. i started to play frhd because it was fun, but i stayed because i got popular and liked the attention
4. no

 

1. What terms do only FRHD players use (such as “ghost,” “spacebarring,” … )?
- "hold up" "trick ghost" "char" <- amount of character in the code "collab" <- this is actually not a real word, just a short version of collaboration " - If you want a more in-depth look the FR words check this OG list http://trackmill.com/forums/index.php?threads/freerider2-dictionary.6419/
2. Do you feel like you are part of the FRHD community? Why or why not?
- I feel like i'm part of this community, well I hope I am because I can't assume others see me as part of this community. the main reason I fell this way is because of the attention my tracks get and how I am active on the forums.
3. Why do you play FRHD?
- its so addicting, people probably don't know this but I come on free rider and the forums at least 4 times a day. I play tons of tracks and love browsing the forums. I can't help myself, I love to see what others create. this is also the least toxic community i have ever been part of.
4. Is there anything that sets FRHD players apart from others (besides that they play this game)?
- there is one big thing I can point out: the people who take time on their tracks vs the people who post any track even their unfinished/bad ones. I think as you grow older in this community you change from the second point to the first, when i first started uploading I would upload tons of tracks even if they are bad or not finished (e.g: https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/54403-smooth-preview ) but as I have changed I have found that my standards for uploading has gotten way way higher, now you will only see me post once every 4 - 8 months not because i'm lazy but because I don't want to upload a crappy track (i'm a little lazy though) for example Pro_rider_ledgend/lowkeyy continued to upload unfinished tracks that are actually bad compared to someone like deadrising/Eli who ONLY posts high quality tracks. I have definitely changed from uploading unfinished bad tracks to having high standards
-age, you can tell a 13 year old apart from a 17 year old apart from a 9 year old

I would love to see cctvcctvcctv answers to this, he has to be one of the best members of this community imo

 

Sorry for the poorly worded last question. I edited my original post, so I hope it's a bit more understandable. I meant "Is there anything that sets FRHD players apart from those who don't play FRHD?" I wasn't asking about differences between FRHD players. Nevertheless, thank you for your response.

 

1. The ones I can come up with have already been said, but a “stig” is one that comes to mind
2. I did when I was Hola123 but I have since become less sure. In my opinion, everyone who contributes something interesting to the community on a regular basis is a part of the community. I guess I am by that logic.
3. I play the game because I enjoy drawing and enjoy making people have fun with my tracks.
4. Like many games, frhd has a unique community filled with people who play the game. Over time, these communities gain their own unique personalities, and you won’t find another gaming community that’s the same as this one.

 

god knows
2. Yeah I'm probably one of the centre points of the community these days. I'm here too much
3. I owe it.
4. We're artistic idfk. Just any other community tbh

 

1. although they aren't new but they were new to me since I ain't an american or just someone English or someone who speaks genuinely English during a normal day. but I learned things such as (Legit) and yea I can't remember the rest.
2. I do feel i am a part of the community, but i also feel it's for the community to decide not me.
3. It's hella fun! It might seem boring or "not fun enough" for someone who is new to the game but just when you learn the measurements and the abilities of your bike that can do, you get addicted immediately to it.
4. Well, besides that they will get good in their grammer or learn how to communicate through the forums with people am sure they also get more more attention than other games out there and makes them better with their choices with words? Idk something like that.

 

1. dunno, I don't really know anyone else who plays Free Rider anymore, (except a few) and they seem to only use is "Hold Up" or Auto.
2. Yes I think i am a part of the community, maybe a small part. But (kinda) accepted.
3. Cause I like to draw, and it is something fun to do instead of homework
4. Most of us seem to get along, and many of the people are very talented in what they can draw/ghost. That is what sets Free Rider's players apart from other games.

 

1. Pretty much what you said. Other terms apart from those used in the ghosting community would be blob or brush, perhaps genning etc. Brush isn't really used the same as it is elsewhere because of the glitch tracks.
2. Damn yeah I do. I remember when I first came on I was making a big effort to be popular and to rise to god tier level in the community. I didn't realise how small and welcoming the community was back then and so it's hardly surprising I'm here now in hindsight. All you have to do is be reasonably active. Still it lead to quite a few cringy messages at first. I also thought that ghosting a lot of tracks would improve my ghosting ability in general, but here I am in top 50 by points and I still suck : )
3. Idk, it's just generally a fun unique sort of game. There's a lot of variation in content of this site, at least for me the aesthetic doesn't get old. Owing to the fact that the devs are pretty lazy, and to the relative size of the community, updates to the game, or just new tracks from quality makers, are few and far between, giving you more time to get hyped while you're waiting. Honestly if the community wasn't a thing I'd probs be far less active. Plus there's the archive now, so I feel kinda obligated to stick around to document events.
4. Well, we have Nicholas-Opuni : )
In general though, I wouldn't really know, mostly owing to the fact that I don't really visit other communities. I've visited a few other forums as a guest, and they've let me see that this is a pretty swell place. As gun says, this really isn't a very toxic community. In quite a few other communities I've come across, it is a bannable offence to bump threads. Often, the rules state if you must bump the thread, you must have express permission from a mod/admin. In this community we don't even follow some of our own rules, especially where alts are concerned. Another thing is that the majority of users here must have a lot of patience to become reasonably well-known, not just for the incessant ghosting you're going to have to do, or the countless hours spent on making tracks, but just managing to overcome the steep learning curve in this game. FRHD (or just the fr series in general) isn't really something you can get good at overnight. Hell, I've played this game since 2012 and I wouldn't consider myself quite a master of it yet. So yeah, something that you're going to find in this community that's relatively different from others is a ton of very patient people, willing to put a lot of effort into this game with little to no actual return, apart from gratitude and admiration from others. It is a "free" game after all.