News and Updates

This competition will involve 2 player teams facing off against other 2 player teams. I haven't been able to host this competition in a few years now due to lack of interest. Since this might be the last netplay tournament, I'm really hoping we get enough users involved.



Results of previous years:
Summer 2019: (never happened)
Summer 2018: (never happened)
Summer 2017: Triple Trouble Win
Summer 2016: Vizzéteers Win
Summer 2015: Vizzéteers Win
Summer 2014: Retro Renegades Win
Summer 2013: Kogarasumaru Win



This tournament will last for 6-10 weeks, 4-6 of those weeks being regular weeks and the last 2-4 of those weeks being playoff weeks (all depends on how many users sign up). The 8 teams with the most points will enter the playoffs.

If you have a tight schedule or don't know how your availability is, don't worry, you'll be able to schedule a day and time for your matchup each week. You can also get a backup player on your team who can fill in for whenever you can't make it to a match (or you can sign up as a backup player). You, your team and your opponents each week will come up with a day and time that works for all of you to do your weekly matchup. In other words, it's a very flexible tournament.

You must enter as a team, so find someone who is willing to be your teammate and let me know what your team name is but if you can't find a teammate, just let me know that you're interested in joining but don't have a partner and I'll find someone for you. Your team may contain a 3rd user, a user who will basically be one of your backups in case one of you can't participate in a matchup in any given week or someone who can fill in if one of the main players of the team is bad at a game that gets picked. The 3rd backup player isn't required but is suggested if you can find someone willing to take on that role. If you can't find a teammate, just let me know that you're interested but don't have a team and I'll add you to the list of users looking for a teammate.

Be careful on who you choose as a teammate. If your teammate doesn't show up for a matchup, then it's you against 2. If your teammate gets banned from the competition or drops out, then you have to play the entire tournament alone unless you can find someone to replace them.

NOTE: You don't need the PlayStation item to join PlayStation netplay sessions. Also, the games of this tournament will be available to everyone while the tournament is active.



The games that this tournament will include (some of these might change):

Mixed System:
-Bomberman '94 (TG)
-Wit's (NES) *
-Super Spike V'Ball (NES)
-Final Match Tennis (TG)
-Motoroader (TGCD) ?

Super Nintendo:
-Vs. Collection
-Micro Machines 2 - Turbo Tournament
-Super Bomberman 4 (English Translation) ?
-Tiny Toon Adventures - Wacky Sports Challenge ?
-NBA Jam ?
-Bakukyuu Renpatsu!! Super B-Daman *

PlayStation:
-Micro Machines V3
-Shaolin
-Crash Team Racing ?
-Crash Bash ?
-Micro Maniacs ?

*Games added to tournament for first time this year

If you know of a good 2 vs 2 game, please recommend it and I'll see about getting it added!
Games with a ? next to them are games that aren't confirmed for this tournament yet.


The games will be grouped together and each week a team can veto a group which means for their matchup that week, no game from that system can be picked. This will allow users to compete who are unable to do netplay for a certain system because they'll be able to simply veto that system each week and never have to worry about playing a game for it.



Requirements
-You should preferably live in the United States (unless you have had very little lag problems playing netplay with USA users)
-The RGR Plugin must work fine on your computer and netplay should work for at least 3 of the systems mentioned above
-You must be free at least 1 hour every week that this tournament takes place or have a backup player that can fill in for you any week that you're unavailable
-If your on the ban list, you cannot enter. To see who is on the ban list, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=60334



Prizes
1st = 300,000 Viz or $300 Worth of Steam Games (aka 30 Raffle Tickets)
2nd = 180,000 Viz or $180 Worth of Steam Games (aka 18 Raffle Tickets)
3rd = 90,000 Viz or $90 Worth of Steam Games (aka 9 Raffle Tickets)
Click here to see all the games you can choose from if you win.
(teams will share the prize)


Trophy Award
Every user of the winning team will get a special trophy item added to their Vizzed Market inventory. Users will be able to display all the trophies they've earned on their profiles (when I'm done remaking them) and they'll also be permanently enshrined on a Hall of Fame page.


Penalty
If you miss more than 50% of your matches, then you'll be added to the ban list. This rule does not apply to backup players and you wont be affected by this rule if you can get your backup player to fill in for you in a week that you'll miss.



Signup ends and Tournament begins on Monday, July 13th.



If you want to enter, reply to the below thread with your team name, who the leader of the team is and who is on your team. If you don't have a team or can't find one, respond to the below thread saying that you want to form a team with someone and I'll add you to the list of users looking for a teammate.
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=103132

These will be the 2 admins for the 1st half of 2020:
Boured
Furret

https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=103119

The Summer Tour de Vizzed discussion thread can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=103116


Each day there will be 4 Jerseys you can compete for:
Yellow Jersey: Most words in a day
Blue Jersey: Most posts in a day
Red Jersey: Most CP in a day
Green Jersey: Most CP actions in a day


Hall of Fame page can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/tourdevizzed-halloffame.php

You can find the current Tour de Vizzed results page here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/tourdevizzed.php

It's time to elect the 2 users who will be admins of the site in 2020 from July - December. You can vote for 2 Admins. They're listed below, click them to see their application:

Boured

Furret

SonicOlmstead

EX Palen


Here's how this works

Respond to this thread with up to 2 users you think would do a great job. The more users you choose, the less weight your votes have. So if you feel really strongly about someone, then vote for just 1 user.

Here's what determines the weight of your vote

The weight of a vote depends on the user and how many votes that user makes. Users who have a high rank, been around for a long time, and have a high post count, will have a vote with more weight. This is fair because those users should have a bigger impact on the results since they're more familiar with the community and have a higher reputation compared to someone who just registered with the single purpose of altering the results.

Here's the formula for figuring out the weight of your vote:
User Level * Power Level

And if you have multiple votes, it'd look like this:
(User Level * Power Level) / Vote Count

The User Levels can be viewed from their profile and also next to their posts to the left. A User Level is based on how long a user has been here and how many posts they have.

Here's the numbers that represent each Power Level:
0 = Newbie
1 = Normal
2 = Trusted
3 = Elite
4 = Site Staff
5 = Local Mod
6 = Global Mod

Rules
-Can't vote for yourself
-Can't vote for more than 2 people
-Posts with negative ratings will be investigated and potentially ignored

Voting ends on Thursday, July 2nd.


Be sure to submit your votes to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=103107

The annual Bomberman '94 Tournament concluded last night with these final results:
1st. Davideo7
2nd. Foxyman1113
3rd. M4g1cW4rr10r
4th. Barathemos
5th. deggle

If you missed the stream, it has been uploaded to YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7oSFybRWR8

Form teams of 2 to take us on in a 2 vs 2 match for a chance at winning $500 worth of steam games. To enter, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=103095

The Bomberman '94 Spring 2020 Final Matchup is Now Live
https://www.twitch.tv/davideo7/

For more information, refer to the previous announcement.

The final matchup of the Spring Bomberman Tournament has been scheduled along with the special "Beat Davideo7 and Foxyman1113" event that takes place soon afterward!

Both events will take place on June 23rd, Tuesday, from 2 PM - 6 PM central time. Read below for more information.



Defeat Davideo7 and Foxyman1113 & Win US $500 Worth of Digital or Steam Games! Event starts at around 4:00 PM central time on Tuesday, 6/23/2020
As soon as the Bomberman Netplay Tournament ends, there will be a special Bomberman event that'll take place right afterward (just like the last few years). You'll form a team with anyone and take us on in a 2 vs 2 match and if you can beat us, you and your teammate get to share the $500 worth of Digital or Steam games! (or 500,000 Viz if you want that instead). Basically you'll be given 50 Raffle Tickets which you can use to redeem here (also click that to see the list of games that you can get which includes more than just Steam games).

If you're interested in challenging us, read the full details and respond to this thread here:
//www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=103095

This event will be live streamed on my Twitch Channel here:
//www.twitch.tv/davideo7
(be sure to 'Follow' my channel so you don't forget)



2020 Spring Bomberman Tournament = Final Matchup at 2:00 PM Central Time on Tuesday, 6/23/2020
The final matchup of the Bomberman '94 Tournament ends on June 23rd with the final matchup taking place at 2:00 PM central time. The tournament started at the beginning of April and began with 16 of some of the best Bomberman players. It is now down to 5 players; here are those players and their overall rank (which will determine their player order):
P1. Davideo7
P2. Foxyman1113
P3. Barathemos
P4. deggle
P5. M4g1cW4rr10r


Here's how the final matchup will work. At the end of each round, the user (or users if there is a tie for last) with the lowest trophy count will be eliminated. We keep doing this until only 1 user stands, which will be our winner. If you miss the stream, I'll be uploading the video to my personal YouTube account here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/davideo7/videos

The matchup will be live streamed on my Twitch Channel here:
//www.twitch.tv/davideo7
(be sure to 'Follow' my channel so you don't forget)

The final matchup will last anywhere between 45 minutes and 90 minutes. Here are the results and uploaded streams of all the previous years:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQfNIFn02_A
2019: 1st. Foxyman1113, 2nd. Davideo7, 3rd. Barathemos, 4th. ruanito, 5th. brandon101101


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChJzR73boek
2018: 1st. Davideo7, 2nd. Foxyman1113, 3rd. nakina, 4th. DavidMcC1989, 5th. Vanelan


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg_FQvpPiU8
2017: 1st. Davideo7, 2nd. Linkums, 3rd. Foxyman1113, 4th. gamerforlifeforever, 5th. Barathemos


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSMe6sghQXA
2016: 1st. Davideo7, 2nd. Foxyman1113, 3rd. AceShock, 4th. Linkums, 5th. mvhupsel


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5zZOQmapM8
2015: 1st. Davideo7, 2nd. Foxyman1113, 3rd. Linkums, 4th. deg2000, 5th. lilwildwolf21


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlhE2Lhzr-w
2014: 1st. Davideo7, 2nd. madison, 3rd. AceShock, 4th. Koda, 5th. Forest Dragon



Foxyman1113 is the current reigning champion. Can one of us take him down? Find out tomorrow

Any questions? Go to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=103096

As a way to bring recognition to the New Layout Creator, and to also get some templates made for others to use, I'm giving away cash prizes to those who make the best layout with it!

Whoever makes the best layout wins. It can be of any theme as long as the theme is appropriate for all ages. You'll have 2 weeks to make the layouts and then they'll go into voting for 1 week. You can find the new layout creator here:
https://www.vizzed.com/u/layout.php

Rules:
-Privacy of layout must be set to "Copyable"
-All images should be hosted on Vizzed
(need somewhere to upload them? go here)
-The height should be no more than 500 px
-Total size of all images should not exceed 250 KB


Prizes:
1st. US $25 or 50,000 Viz or 5 Raffle Tickets
2nd. US $10 or 20,000 Viz or 2 Raffle Tickets
3rd. 10,000 Viz


Competition Ends:
June 15th (winner will be revealed June 22nd)


Competition Begins:
Now


If you have any questions or feedback, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=103057

So my log system started acting up 2 days ago which caused a lot of features on the site to stop working. This includes:
-Retro Game Room
-Video Game Room
-New Threads
-Vizzed GO
-Many Others

For more information, or if you have any questions, let me know in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=103032

Hello everyone! Here's your gentle reminder that the May VCS has begun! There are prizes in store for you, as well as a Near Guaranteed good time while you participate! Now is the best time to rack up that Viz, you'll need it for playing so many RGR games while you're home...

You can find more information here:

https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102978

Additionally, just want to take some time to remind you all that we have a Discord server. The link in the thread had expired unexpectedly, but I've created a new one recently. You can join by clicking this link:

https://discord.gg/cjPuZ3w

I added a few new rewards to my Patreon Tiers

Digitized Patron
Extra Vizzed GO Trap: You can deploy a 2nd trap as many times as you want in the Vizzed GO game.

Idolized Patron
Download RGR Games: Access to download any game from the Retro Game Room.

Colorized Patron
Your Own Minecraft World: Your very own world on the Vizzed.co Minecraft Server. Choose the settings and do just about whatever you want with it. World gets removed once you downgrade pledge but a copy of world will be sent to you.


Be sure to check out my Patreon page for a full list of all the perks of pledging to the site. You can pledge as little as $2 a month and the things you can get include:
-All Ads Removed
-Access to More Site Features
-Download Songs from the Video Game Music Room
-Promoted to Vizzed Elite
-Massive Viz Multipliers
-Ability to change username, color and style
-You get 1 - 8 hours of my time
-And a lot more

If you're interested in pledging, go to my Patreon Page here:
https://www.patreon.com/DavidAuchampach/

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I wanted to give a shout out and thanks to my supporters on Patreon. Their financial support has really helped out a lot. I'm hoping these shout outs give them more recognition among the Vizzed community. If anyone else is interested in supporting this site (there are tons of benefits for doing so), you can help out for as little as US $2 a month here:
https://www.patreon.com/DavidAuchampach

Here are all of my current supporters:

$10 Tier
Light Knight :

$5 Tier
Okazaki Tomoya :
TwitchyLS :

$2 Tier
AuraBlaze :
DavidMcC1989 :
Devantaus :
Ultrajeff :

Thank you guys

If anyone else wants to give thanks to these amazing users, you can do so in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102958

I've been spending the past few weeks making the site more adaptive so that everyone has the same site experience and features no matter what device they're on. Instead of spending a bunch of time trying to explain how responsive the new layout is, I've made a video to demonstrate it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1qOJOJjv8s

Things added or updated in the past 3 weeks:
-Site adapts to almost every screen size
-Users on mobile devices now have access to far more content now
-The size of the generated HTML of the pages is a little smaller, allowing for quicker page loads
-Site users less Javascript, which helps reduce the amount of strain the site can put on your browser
-Site can be shrunk down to a width of 250 pixels
-Messages Center takes up less space
-Site reserves more space for showing who is on a page and the users with less posts take up less space
-Vizzed GO box takes up a lot less space now
-Rearranged some ads
-Enhanced the appearances of various elements on the site and with the way some things are displayed

Things fixed:
-Some old post layouts have been fixed
-Added a ? icon to the header links which allows you to access links that would sometimes get cut off due to lack of space
-Information and Navigation Columns no longer exceed the vertical height of browsers that aren't very tall (they receive scroll bars instead of being cut off)
-Navigation Column also received scroll bar if there are too many links and the links exceed the height of the Navigation Column (especially good for staff, who have access to a lot of links)
-Fixed an issue with the HTML5 RetroArch emulator where the game fails to load on the first attempt
-Some posts couldn't be editted, this issue is fixed
-For posts that have been edited, the previous post box didn't display what the previous post's contents looked like, this is fixed


What sparked this series of updates was when I realized my ad revenue wasn't as high as it could be. Ad Manager told me that the ads for mobile devices were low because of the way the site displayed its content to mobile devices. Basically mobile devices were viewing a different site layout, but now that's not the case. I also noticed that Google was in some situations indexing the mobile pages instead of the desktop pages.

To sum things up, this series of updates should help increase site's revenue, traffic, and everyone's overall user experience.

If you have any questions or feedback, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=102916

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