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dff 25 darkstoorm's hornet
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by
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dustin
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DARKSTOORM                        2024-06-26 21:27
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AHHH! THAT'S WHAT I MISSED, I TRIED TO EXPAND UP, NOT DOWN, THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T FIND MORE EXTENSIONS THAN 1Η :D

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DUSTIN                            2024-06-26 21:31
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A NEW DANCING FLY FORMATION (DFF) DISCOVERED BY darkstoorm!  
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THIS IS THE 22ND ENTRY ON THE LIST OF KNOWN DFFS!  
(FOR THE OTHER 21, SEE MY "DFF DEMO CAVE" SERIES!)  
NAME: ? (ANY SUGGESTIONS?)  
CONSISTS OF: 6ΗΗΗΗΗΗ, 2ΖΖ  
DIRECTION: LEFT  
SPEED: 9 FRAMES PER STEP  
SHORT LOOP/ LONG LOOP: 9/27  
FREE RIDERS: ARBITRARILY MANY ΗΗΗ POSSIBLE  
  
THE MOST STRIKING VISUAL THING (TO ME) IS THE ΗΗ VORTEX AT THE RIGHT WHICH "PUSHES" THE WHOLE FORMATION FORWARD SLOWLY.  
  
A DEEPER FRAME-BY-FRAME ANALYSIS IS ABOUT TO COME! I'M HYPED :D  
  
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A NOTE ABOUT THE CAVE TITLE "DFF 25":  
I STARTED NUMERATING MY DFF CAVES ONLY AT 24. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ALL MY DFF CAVES, JUST SEARCH "DFF 24" IN THE DATABASE, THERE YOU'LL FIND A LIST OF MY OTHER 23 DFF CAVES IN THE COMMENTS :D

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DUSTIN                            2024-06-26 21:42
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OF COURSE, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T NOW YET, I SHOULD DEFINITELY MENTION THE DFF TOPIC ON arno'S FORUM ("TOOLS, FANSTUFF") AS WELL, WHERE THE FIRST 19 DFFS ARE ANALYZED IN GREAT DETAIL BY arno HIMSELF! :D

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DUSTIN                            2024-06-26 21:53
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darkstoorm ;D

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DUSTIN                            2024-06-28 22:54
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NOW I ANALYZED THIS DFF DEEPLY, AND IN AGREEMENT WITH arno, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE HIS FORUM THREAD ABOUT DANCING FLY FORMATIONS AND POST MY RESULTS THERE! :D  
  
BASICALLY, I THINK THIS DFF IS THE ΗΗΗ ANALOGON TO THE DFF "FRIGHT-3" WHICH IS MADE OF THREE ΖΖΖ. I KNOW IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT AT FIRST SIGHT, BUT I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN IT IN THE NEXT WEEKS ON arno'S FORUM! :D

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DUSTIN                            2024-07-12 09:47
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ABOUT THE NAMING:  
  
AS THIS DFF HAS DEFINITE SIMILARITIES TO THE FRIGHT FORMATIONS, I THINK "BLEFT" WOULD BE AN APPROPIATE NAME. IN ANALOGY TO "FRIGHT-3,4,5", THE COUNT OF FLIES COULD BE ADDED TO THAT NAME. I HAVE THREE PROPOSALS:  
  
\\\ BLEFT-8, BLEFT-6+2 OR BLEFT-4+4 \\\  
  
THE FIRST WOULD BE SIMPLEST - 8 FLIES.   
PROS:  
\ SIMPLICITY  
\ ANALOGY TO THE NAMING OF MANY OTHER DFFS WHERE THE NAME CONTAINS THE MOVING DIRECTION AND THE COMPOSITION (FRIGHT-3,4,5, SINKING-F5,F6, CRAWLING-B4,F4...)  
CONS:  
| CAN BE IRRITATING BECAUSE ONE MIGHT THINK THE DFF HAS 8 BUTTERFLIES. (HOWEVER, THERE'S ALREADY A DFF CALLED "SWARM-F8" ALTHOUGH THERE ARE ONLY 7 FIREFLIES AND ONE BUTTERFLY.)  
  
THE SECOND WOULD BE MORE DISTINCTIVE - 6 ΗΗΗΗΗΗ AND 2 ΖΖ.  
PROS:  
\ MORE DISTINCTIVE THAN THE PREVIOUS.  
CONS:  
| NO ANALOGIES TO OTHER DFF NAMES.  
  
AND THE THIRD ONE WOULD BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND AT FIRST SIGHT, BUT IT'S REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT ONLY 4 ΗΗΗΗ REALLY FORM THE FRIGHT-LIKE FORMATION, WHILE THE OTHER 4 ΖΖΗΗ ARE HELPERS WHICH MAKE THE DFF STABLE. (THE FRIGHT FORMATIONS DO NOT NEED SUCH HELPERS.)  
PROS:  
\ MORE DESCRIPTIVE THAN THE OTHERS, REFERRING TO THE INNER MECHANICS.  
CONS:  
| HARD TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAVEN'T ANALYZED THE DFF.  
| CAN BE MISTAKEN FOR 4ΖΖΖΖ AND 4ΗΗΗΗ.  
  
ANY OPINIONS/ PREFERRANCES? OR A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SUGGESTION? :D