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Barrels of Fun

History

Created By

Kendra Chemistry

Description

A simple barrel slalom consisting of 6 barrels and a single jump. The required path is marked on the ground as a simple line to follow. The final jump is not excessively high but a slight turn is useful whilst passing though the hoop.

Tips

  • Follow the defined path
  • Most barrels require over 180 degrees, ensure you have enough movement for your mouse
  • Curve your jump through the last hoop

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Witch Pony Slalom

History

Just a simple little slalom made for Halloween consisting of a Witch Pony. Very similar to a S-slalom.

Created By

Liviana Benelli

Description

A small slalom course over an image of a Witch Pony. The pony also has a horn perhaps being more akin to a unicorn. The course has a series of 6 posts with the final one being used to loop around and return to the beginning.

Tips

  • No tips, just run fast and accurate.

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Corn Maze Course

History

The corn maze came from the need for a fall and Halloween themed course.

Created by

The maze was created by Gedeon (gedeon.hawkes), with the gate slaloms and steeple jumps added by Lila (liviana.benelli)

Description

Although this is a relatively small course at only 2852 square meters, it’s quite a complex maze and easy to get lost in it. Inside the maze are 19 obstacles, either hay bales that need jumping or slalom gates that need to be passed through. These obstacles serve two purposes. Firstly they are there to get in your way and slow you down, but secondly, when you find one, you at least know you are on the right track.

Tips

  • Be careful when you fault on a hay bale jump you can easily get boosted over a wall, skipping several gates in the process
  • If you look carefully, every so often, previous generations of ponies have scratched makers into the dirt to help you get through the maze….. probably in blood…… from frustration. A clue

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Flintstones

History

Inspired by some fun comic terrain found on Marketplace, they tallied nicely with some comic textures already purchased. Combining them and the Flintstones course was created which in the end became a hybrid course.

The concept of the runaway boulders was taken from a course at WPG which had balls rolling down ramps. The scripts for triggering the runaway rocks was created by Jezzie (Jez Mertel)

Created by

Lila (Liviana Benelli)

Description

Welcome to the prehistoric world of The Flintstones, where health and safety have not yet been invented. This prehistoric course covers 6840 square meters and is a hybrid course consisting of barrels, jumps and gate slaloms. As a ponygirl, your goal is to safely navigate this rocky world.

The course takes you to the top of the Flintstones world before descending and exploring their living accommodations and transportation. Pony carts were not invented in the days of the caveman.

On the ascent to the top of this rocky world, look out for runaway boulders. Navigate the narrow rock bridge to the plateau where some wild palm trees are sprouting.

Heading down a couple of ladders you have to jump stacks of logs whilst winding down a narrow path in the rock face.

Zip through the slalom posts and through the house carved into the rocks. Then back out and dodge around the house, the palm trees and the rock car to finish the course.

Tips

  • Get your timing right when jumping the boulders. Be aware of the next one about to come down the hill.
  • Jump over the stone bridge for speed.
  • When decending and jumping the log piles, ensure you don’t jump too far else you’ll twist an ankle and be stalled for a second or so.

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Hooves On Fire

History

The third course ever built at Frill Filly Farm by Lila and assisted by Gedeon. Initially it was thought that this would be an interesting project built around a volcano, however, do to the sculpted nature of the model, every level had to be backed up with solid prims to prevent falling through.

Created By

Lila (Liviana Benelli)
Gedeon (Gedeon.Hawks)

Description

This massive course covers 4340 sqm and is built into the side of an active volcano.

The course starts with dodging back and forth over the active lava streams before mounting the volcano proper. This is the point when the pony must channel their inner Mountain Goat and jump from ledge to ledge until they reach the pinnacle of the volcano.

Once false move will send thme back to the ground or even worse falling in and getting trapped inside the volcano itself. At the top, follow the slalom zig zagging in and out of the posts before taking the plunge and jump blindly into an active chimney.

Some quick footwork will avoid burnt hooves then its back to zipping in and out of more gate slaloms to the start line.

Tips

  • Get ready for the landing on the lava flow a the bottom of the chimney
  • Jumping between gates will speed things up.
  • Contrary to what you may think, landing in the Lava does not cause a fault.
  • At Gate 12, there is no need to loop behind it, pass between gate 12 and 13 for speed.
  • Youtube Video

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Bumpkin’ Pumpkins

History

Inspired by the bouncing pumpkins which were gifted to Lila by Gedeon. Lila created a cute little gate slalom. Speed and agility are needed to avoid being bounced up into the air while going through the pumpkin patch.

Created By

Lila (Liviana Benelli)

Description

A fun little course for Halloween.

This fun little course consists of 16 slalom gates and covers a mere 900 square meters.
it is decorated with 8 evil pumpkins, a number of fixed hay bales that impede your progress and some over hanging trees to restrict your view as you run around.

Despite the length of the course the weaving in and out of the gates and should you touch one of the pumpkins, these little devils will send you jumping up into the air, slowing your progress.

Tips

  • if you get your collision right, you can use the pumpkins as a bouncy castle.

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Frilly Fishy Fun

History

Initial ideas for this course were vague, but it was intended to be something new and unique and not simply a copy of another aquarium. Mucku (muckumamu) offered some suggestions to include sea mines and this was the trigger to get the creative juices flowing.

This fun course is dedicated to all the mermaids (and merponies) of FFF.

Created by

Lila (Liviana Benelli)
Inspiration from: Mucku (muckumamu)

Description

Step into the Frilly Fish Fun Aquarium. This is a ‘There and Back’ gate slalom course with 24 double gates to navigate, circle the sea mine at the end and then retrace your steps.

Along the way you will encounter many ocean seabed obstacles and wild life, including sea mines, skeletons, crab traps and even a crashed aeroplane.

This challenging course takes you through many underwater structures, dodging discarded fishing tackle and over a rough stone bridge needs, beware of loose rocks. The tank sharks are rumoured to enjoy meals from clumsy ponies.

An underwater ruin presents a particular challenge with gates hidden inside that only come into view once you have entered the structure. The three gates inside are relatively well aligned and the necessary movements can quickly be learned with muscle memory.

Look out for the sharks and other fishes and if you begin to run short of breath there are some bubbles rising from underwater supplies.   

Most of the gates are situated along a narrow underwater ridge. However, some of the gates require sharp turns to make and, on the side of the ridge, can be challenging to navigate.

When reaching the sea mine, run around it and head back along the ridge to the start line. Don’t come too close to the mine though.

Tips

  • The Sharks don’t really bite. (Although they are solid objects)
  • In the outbound direction, when going up the ridge is best performed with a jump.
    In the return direction, it is better to continue running.
  • Touching a mine sets it to explode. Consequently the pony is shot straight up, thus costing time and possibly ringing ears.
  • Apply sunset environmental settings for a better ambience. Or better yet an underwater environmental setting.

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Ice Age

History

Inspired by the movie of the same name.

Created By

Lila (Livianan Benelli)

Description

This fun course takes you around the world of Mammoths, Sabre toothed Tigers  and Giant Sloths. As you wind your way around the slalom poles, keep an eye out for the ever hungry squirrel and his acorn.

Follow the ice covered glacier and up to a plateau with stacked logs. Launch your self off the ledge and bounce over a family of Mammoths, careful not to skim mummy mammoth as you land.

Swerve through more slalom poles and jump an abandoned acorn and another baby mammoth squirting water. Then up to another plateau.

Zig zag over piles of logs and then decent to the iceberg pool. Finish the course by jumping the every hungry squirrel and a giant acorn before descending down to the start line.

Tips

  • When you leave the ice pool, the pesky squirrel can be difficult to get over.
  • Youtube Video

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Heartbeat Barrel Slalom

History

Designed by Lila (Liviana Benelli) the Heartbeat Barrel slalom is designed to resemble the ECG trace of a heartbeat.

Created By

Lila (Liviana Benelli)

Description

This fun little course is different to most slaloms insofar as the barrels are placed at irregular intervals and in some cases very close together. This means it’s very difficult to get a rhythm going and thus although it’s a simple course, it really tests a ponies ability to adapt.

Visually this course is a simple black ECG trace and the barrels are simple wooden posts wrapped in rope. The rope wrapping offers the pony minor impact protection against injury, however this remains better than the solid barrels of other courses.

The course consists of 11 barrels and a turn around post and is a ‘there and back’ course.

Location

This course can be found on both of the FFF Course fields inside the course rezzer.

Telra’s Tiny Slalom

History

Created By

Telra Huntress

Description

Squeezed into a minuscule 260 Square Meters, Telra’s Tiny Slalom is sandwiched between the small steeple and the straight slalom. Its small size presents unique challenges with fast turns in the fun unique course.

The course consists of 10 slalom gates and a turn about post, meaning that once you’ve swung back and forth to get to the end, you need to turn around and do all the same tiny gates in reverse.

Tips

Location

Telra’s Tiny Slalom is sandwiched between the Small Steeple Chase and the Straight Slalom