News and Updates

Hello all,

I realize that the previous announcement had a bad link, and was also ill-timed. I'm making another announcement to remind everyone that the April 2020 VCS is still ongoing! There are a TON of prizes to win just for posting around the boards! You can find more information here, if I don't mess up the link again:

https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102858

Be sure to check it out! It's far from too late to even take first place. The prizes will surely enhance your Vizzed experience.

For more information, refer to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102859

Hello everyone!

As you all know, there was supposed to be a VCS in March. Unfortunately, due to the database issues, it had to be postponed. But now we're all raring and ready to go for April!

The prizes for this month are INCREDIBLY generous, with almost 600,000 Viz going around, as well as extra goodies! This opportunity is PERFECT for the newbies looking for more Viz and have something to say! I hope you'll all consider giving it a shot!

You can find more details here:

https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102858

Registration for our annual Bomberman '94 Tournament ends in 24 hours! Be sure to sign up if you have any interest at all.
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102813

For the first time ever, I'm offer a custom username style to the winner of this Tournament. And for those who don't know, Foxyman1113 dethroned me last year so I can be beat. I'm also offering up cash prizes again like last year.

This could potentially be the last Bomberman Tournament that I host due to the potential discontinuation of the RGR Plugin at the end of the year so I'm hoping we can get as many users involved in this. Maybe not for the purpose of winning but for the purpose of having a reason to hang out and chat.





In this tournament we'll be playing Bomberman '94 for the Turbo Grafx. Each user will play 2 matchups a week. You get to choose which day and time you want to play each week from a list of available times and days. Each matchup could be any of the following:
-1-5 Player Free for All
-2 Players vs 2 Players
-1 Player vs 1 Player
-Other possible combinations


This tournament is incredibly flexible to everyone's schedule. Each week you can choose between the selectable times and days that you're available to play. As long as you're available 2 nights a week between 4 PM - 9 PM central time Tuesday-Friday nights then you'll be able to participate. You can even miss a few matchups and still have a shot at making it to the final matchup (but just don't miss too many otherwise you'll be added to the netplay ban list).


For more information or to Sign Up, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102813

I'm now finished recovering data that was lost from the accidental database drop that took place at the beginning of this month. Not all of the data was recoverable but a lot of it was. All site features should be functioning properly again.

Here's a list of everything that was recovered:
-Threads
-Posts (some posts got submitted twice)
-Post Edits (only for posts made before 11/7/2019)
-Thread Edits
-Announcements
-Private Messages (only some)
-New Users (most)
-Game Pages
-Game Page Edits (only for games added before 11/7/2019)
-Donations (most; if yours is missing, let me know)
-Page Edits (most)
-User Edits (most)
-Screenshots
-Screenshot Edits (only for screenshots added before 11/7/2019)
-Screenshot Ratings (most)
-Page Comments
-Marketplace Purchases (most)

Content submitted after 11/7/2019 that wasn't recovered:
-Vizzed GO Captures
-Music Ratings
-Music Playlists
-Game Characters
-Marketplace Listings

For more information, or if you had content that wasn't recovered, or if you're missing Viz, let me know in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102828

Many of you are stuck indoors during this Coronavirus Pandemic. Why not use this opportunity to tell your friends about Vizzed? And if you do, respond to the below thread after they've signed up and you'll both be given access to all PlayStation games in the Retro Game Room.

Vizzed has nearly 2500 PlayStation Games, which is almost every game ever made, and it includes all retail games, region exclusives, all demo discs, and more. Best of all, the PlayStation games support Netplay (when using the RGR Plugin) which means that you can play PlayStation games, and all other RGR Plugin games, online together!

You can recommend multiple friends and each of those friends will also be given access to the PlayStation games. To qualify though, the registrations need to be done with separate IPs and those accounts need to be created by your actual friend. Only accounts created after March 20th count (obviously). You'll also need to offer proof that the user you say you referred is your friend by either having them refer to you on the registration page (or you could give them your referral link, which automates that) or they'll also need to respond to the below thread.

This offer ends April 4th.

If you have any questions or have referred some friends, respond here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102826

The Marketplace is back up. Most purchases from the Marketplace have been restored. If you placed a listing after November 6th, 2019, you'll have to relist it because listings weren't restored.

If you purchased something in the past 4 months that wasn't restored, respond to this thread and I'll refund you your Viz:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102817

I'm finished with restoring game content that users submitted to the site in the past 4 months. This includes Game Pages, Game Edits, Game Edit Requests, Screenshots and Screenshot Edits. Screenshot Ratings have not been restored yet.

Any Game Edit on a game that was for a game added to the site after November 6th, 2019, was not recoverable due to not being able to matchup game IDs. Likewise, all screenshot edits made to a screenshot that was added to the site after November 6th, 2019, was also not recoverable. So if you added a screenshot to the site after November 6th, 2019, the screenshot was most likely re-added but it'll need to be re-edited. Most browsers save the details that you insert into a form field so you should be able to double click the input fields and see a drop down with the details that you added previously.

I'll work on restoring the Marketplace, Screenshot Ratings, and various other features tomorrow. My kids are home from school for a while due to the Corona Virus so that has slowed down my development this week, placing me behind the schedule I laid out.

If you have any questions or noticed that your content didn't get re-added, let us know in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102816

I've had many people ask me, and I'm sure there are many others who haven't and are outside of the loop.

Viz amounts are not restored yet. Give it about a week. If you are still missing Viz after that, PM me and I will reimburse you the missing amount.

All of the Announcements made in the last 4 months have been restored. Unfortunately, only some of the Private Messages were able to be restored. So if you sent a Private Message in the past 4 months, check out Sent box to see if it was restored because if it wasn't, you'll have to send it again. Also, the Private Message system is back up and running.

Retro Game Room and Video Game Room content will be restored on Monday. Marketplace and remaining features will be restored on Tuesday.

I finished restoring the posts and threads. All threads have been recovered and with their proper IDs. It took a lot longer than expected since I had to make sure every thread was accounted for and that every thread maintained its same ID as before since the posts are associated with the threads based on their ID.

Most of the posts were recovered. About 98% of the posts were recovered. There were a few here and there that I might have missed and I didn't have enough logs for mid November so there were some posts that didn't get restored from November 7th - November 13th.

Thread Edits and Post Edits did not get restored. There were too many complications with both of these that I decided it wasn't worth doing, otherwise the restoration process would have taken another week. So if you edited any Threads or Posts in the past 4 months, you'll have to do that again.

Post ratings made in the past 4 months also were not restored. Additionally, some posts got re-added twice. If anyone sees duplicate posts, a staff member can easily remove the duplicate. Users should have received Viz and CP for their Posts and Threads being re-added. The script I made was basically like a bot that would simulate the users posting by time traveling, then logging into each account, make the post or thread, then log out, and then go to the next user.

Today I'm going to work on restoring Private Messages and Announcements. If I have any time left over, I'll start working on the Retro Game Room and Video Game Room. I'll make a separate announcement about it later.

So, go ahead and start posting again

I'm about a day behind schedule from what I had made an announcement about last week. Yesterday I realized that the database was so damaged from the incident last week that I was better off rebuilding its architecture and while I was at it, I upgraded the software used on the database also.

Registration is back up and all users who created accounts in the past few months have their accounts back. A few user features have been made available also now.


Here is the new plan for what I should be able to accomplish this week:

Wednesday: Posting and Private Messages
Thursday: Retro Game Room and Video Game Room Content
Sometime Next Week: Marketplace and various other features


Here's a list of known pages that still need content recovered:
-Donations
-Comments
-Game Adding
-Game Editing
-Announcements
-Threads
-Thread Edits
-Posts
-Post Edits
-Marketplace Listings
-Private Messages
-Video Game Screenshot
-Video Game Screenshot Details
-Video Game Ratings
-Music Ratings
-Page Edits


Not everything is recoverable. Anything involving the following content in the past 4 months is lost:
-Vizzed GO Captures
-Game Characters


And here's a list of features currently disabled:
-Game Editing
-Game Adding
-Threads, Posts and Edits
-Marketplace Listings
-Private Message Sending (you can view messages now at least)
-Screenshot Submissions

I'm hosting a VCS this month! For those who are unfamiliar with the competition, I've outlined all of the details in this thread:

https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102800

The prizes for this month are INCREDIBLY generous, with almost 600,000 Viz going around, as well as extra goodies! I hope you'll all consider giving it a shot!

Just wanted to briefly go over the outlook of 2020 for Vizzed. I've got some good, I've got some bad, and then I've got some plans that I hope many can be part of.

You can read all of this in detail here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102796

Hey everyone, this is here to serve as a last reminder that in about 20-30 minutes from this message (4 PM Central Time) we will be hosting a competition on our Minecraft Server! There are no signups, just visit our server (IP = vizzed.co) and you'll be able to join!

It will be a Maze competition, with some fun Viz prices : )
Hope to see some of you there, or watching through David's stream

https://www.twitch.tv/davideo7

I'll be hosting a single day Tournament on the Vizzed.co Minecraft server on Wednesday, 2/26/2020, at 4 PM central time. The tournament will be no more than 1 hour long and anyone can join at any point even after it's already started.





How to Join
All you have to do is log on to the Vizzed Minecraft server, using the IP address Vizzed.co, and you'll be invited to the Maze world. I'll be making a separate thread and announcement shortly before the event starts. Even if you join late, you can still join.

How the Tournament Works
Users will navigate through a series of mazes. This isn't broken up into rounds like last time, it'll be a single marathon of mazes. You finish 1 maze, you immediately go on to the next maze.

Prizes
1st Place = 50,000 Viz (or 5 Raffle Tickets)
2nd Place = 30,000 Viz (or 3 Raffle Tickets)
3rd Place = 10,000 Viz (or 1 Raffle Ticket)

How to Spectate
If you can't participate, you can still join those who are spectating it. Foxyman1113 and I will be co-hosting the event on Twitch here:
http://www.twitch.tv/davideo7/

If you can't make it to the live stream, I'll be uploading an edited version of the event to my YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/davideo7

More Information
For more information, or if you have questions and feedback, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102782

I put together a video showcasing the Super Mario Bros Speedrun Parkour stream from last week and uploaded it to YouTube for those who missed out:



I plan to do a part 2 to this at some point for the remaining worlds 5-8 if enough users are interested. If anyone is interested, let me know in the video or in this thread.

The Super Mario Bros Speedrun Parkour on the Vizzed.co Minecraft Server is now live:
https://twitch.tv/davideo7/

Anyone can join at any time by going to the IP address: Vizzed.co for a chance at winning US $25. For more information, refer to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102714

Be sure to download the Resource Pack before joining:
https://www.vizzed.com/files/minecraft/Nintendo%20NES%20(1.0).zip

If you have any questions, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102748

Hey everyone, this is here to serve as a last reminder that in about 2 hours from this message (4 PM Central Time) we will be hosting a competition on our Minecraft Server! There are no signups, just visit our server (IP = vizzed.co) and you'll be able to join!

It will be a Mario themed parkour competition, with a prize of US $25!
Hope to see some of you there, or watching through David's stream

https://www.twitch.tv/davideo7