The Video Game Music Radio is a live 24/7 stream dedicated to playing some of the best video game music. It doubles as video game trivia with a full leaderboard and prizes! You can find it here:
https://www.vizzed.com/radio/

To put into perspective just how big of a project this is, I've been working on this on and off for the past 5+ months and easily have 400+ hours into this. This is using the Video Game Music Room which contains 134,099 songs that I've invested 100s of hours converting and adding to Vizzed (some staff members have also helped add stuff). The radio picks high rated music based on user ratings and there are a total of 76,463 song ratings among 551 different users with a total of 29,466 songs having been rated. The screenshots (360,199 user submitted) and videos (17,298 user submitted) are generated from the Retro Game Room and the Video Game Room and are based on user ratings. To sum all of that up, this radio contains 10,000s of man hours and because of that, I believe that an experience like this couldn't be replicated anywhere else on the internet.


Earn 10,000 Viz!
I'll give you 10,000 Viz if you 'Follow' my Twitch Channel here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videogamemusicradio
Reply to this thread for the Viz. Offer not available if you've done this already.


Quick Breakdown of Features
-Themed Segments and Schedule
-Video Game Trivia and Leaderboard
-User Song Requests
-Song History
-Custom Made Bot
-Song Vetoing
-Stream Reload (for staff)
-New Vizzed Items
-Rewards for Guessing Songs Correctly
-Link Vizzed Account with Twitch
My next post will contain full details of each feature


Future Features
I'm still not done adding features to this but it's at a point where I can take a break and not work on it as much. Some future features will include song tracker that tracks how many songs a user has listened to (with leaderboard), bigger variety of prizes, awards for winning an event or for winning the month, random raffles, fixing the 'Extend Song' feature and more!


If you have any questions or comments, be sure to let me know in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=99146

There's still plenty of time to compete in this month's Vizzed Competition

Music Competition: Nintendo 64
Find the best song in an N64 game
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=99071

Earn up to 100,000 Viz in this competition!

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Spring Minecraft Competition: Create Anything 4
This competition has had 0 submissions so far and there's over a month left to compete
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=99001

This month's Vizzed Competition

Music Competition: Nintendo 64
Find the best song in an N64 game
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=99071

Earn up to 100,000 Viz in this competition!

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Davideo7 won last month's 'Sega Saturn' music competition. Results can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=99044

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Spring Minecraft Competition: Create Anything 4
As a way to kick off the server's return, I'm hosting a 2 month long competition:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=99001

I've already put 100s of hours into it and yet it's still not finished (according to my standards anyway) but it's far enough along to finally show off
https://www.twitch.tv/videogamemusicradio
(Follow the Channel and Earn 10K Viz; more info below)

For those who don't know, this is basically a 24/7 radio that plays nothing but video game music. All of the music is taken from the Video Game Music Room and the screenshots and videos are taken from the Video Game Room.

Current features:
-Fun 60 second trivia for each game
-Ability to request songs
-My custom made bot provides links to the game and song
-Users can vote to veto a song (more info here)
-Staff can "reload" stream if it freezes up

Features coming soon:
-Allow users to officially guess on the games with an official scoreboard that keeps track
-Add themed segments (which you can read about here)
-Update my TodVboT to provide names of users who provided the content used for that specific song
-Random raffles generated by the bot where the first user to click the prize link gets the prize (encourages users to stick around)
-Reward system that tracks how much time a user has spent in the stream which would give them rewards on the site (encourages users to at very least idle)

Follow the Channel and Earn 10,000 Viz
If you "Follow" the channel, I'll give you 10,000 Viz! This is a limited time offer and is a great opportunity to earn some Viz for a lot of digital games that I recently added to the Vizzed Market (which you can read about here)! Simply respond to the below thread letting me know of the username you Followed the channel with.


If you have any questions or feedback or did the above offer, let me know in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=99052

On Wednesday, 4/26/2017, from 4 - 9 PM (central time zone) we'll all be listening to and rating the songs from the Sega Saturn Music Competition. Shortly before each song finishes, I'll give users a link to where they can rate each song and the song submitters get points for any rating above a 3 (out of 5).

I will be hosting this event on my Twitch channel and I'll be giving away a total of $300 worth of Steam Games in the form of Vizzed Raffle Tickets which can be used to redeem Steam games and other digital games including eShop, Uplay and more. The Raffle Tickets can also be traded into the Vizzed Market for 10,000 Viz each.

The more songs you rate, the higher your chances are of winning a raffle after the stream is over. Each rating you make during the stream is basically another entry in the raffle. There will be over 1000 digital games that winners will be able to pick from. You can see a full list of redeemable games here:
https://www.vizzed.com/market/listings.php?type=Raffle

My Twitch channel can be found here:
https://www.twitch.tv/davideo7
(be sure to "Follow" my channel)

If anyone has any questions or feedback, reply to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=99032

Lots of exciting news for you Minecraft fans


Vizzed Minecraft Server is Back Up!
After being down for around 5 months, the Vizzed Minecraft Server is back up! You can find more information regarding that here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98993

For full details regarding the server itself, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=75152

Server's IP: Vizzed.co
(it's NOT vizzed.com)


Spring Minecraft Competition: Create Anything 4
As a way to kick off the server's return, I'm hosting a 2 month long competition:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=99001


Rent a Minecraft Account with Viz
Don't have Minecraft but want to play on our server anyway? I've got 11 accounts available for rent starting at 16,000 Viz. A rental period lasts a year and you can renew it for as many years as you want. For more information on the accounts available for rent, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=79373

Music Competition: Sega Saturn
Find the best song in a Sega Saturn game
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98864


450+ Soundtracks Available for Sega Saturn
I just finished uploading and adding the rest of the Sega Saturn soundtracks
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98997

Unlike most people, when tax time comes around, I usually have to pay in thanks to having the site (the US government hates business owners). Since some of you get pretty generous tax returns, why not help the site out by donating a tiny bit of it? You'll get rewarded with plenty of benefits.

Interested in Donating? If so, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/donations.php


Earn Viz from Donating!
$10 = 10,000 Viz
$25 = 30,000 Viz
$50 = 75,000 Viz
$100 = 175,000 Viz
$250 = 500,000 Viz


Why donate besides helping the site out financially?
Donating grants you lots of Viz and lots of Viz can get you access to lots of nice items in the Vizzed Market. For 10,000 Viz you can get the Beta Test Ticket which grants you access to games, systems and features before they go public. For 30,000 Viz you can get the PlayStation item which gives you access to literally play nearly 2500 PlayStation games on Vizzed. Those are just a few things among many. Also, if you're feeling really generous, if you make the top 5 10 donator list, you'll be given your own permanent custom username color forever. For more information on these items, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/market/listings.php?type=Key


Play 2500 PlayStation games!
Ok I really wanted to put emphasis on the PlayStation games on Vizzed. There are nearly 2500 PlayStation games in the Retro Game Room which is almost every PS1 game ever made. Most of the games play nearly perfectly and they all play in HD, support save states, allow you to play multiplayer with netplay and so much more! The PS1 games take up a ton of disk space and bandwidth (which costs me money) which is why it's a system that's exclusive to people who help out the site in some way. You can get the PlayStation item for 30,000 Viz (equivalent to a $30 donation) here:
https://www.vizzed.com/market/listings.php?type=Key


Don't have PayPal?
If you don't have PayPal but still want to donate, you can donate in any other way that you can (and you can even donate your unused games as seen here). I'll still add you to the donations list and you'll also still get the CP and Viz from doing so. Keep in mind that PayPal allows people with Credit Cards but no PayPal account to donate. If you don't have PayPal or a Credit Card but still want to donate, let me know of ways that you are able to in this thread.


Don't have money to donate but still want to help out?
There are lots of ways to help out the site even if you don't have money. You can tell your friends about Vizzed, you can tell everyone on your facebook about Vizzed, you can submit content to the site, etc. You can also help out the site in a ton of ways mentioned in my Help out Vizzed thread so if you can't help out financially, please consider doing everything in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=78350


Want to help out monthly for even more benefits? Become a Patron!
You can do a monthly pledge of any amount, even as low as US $2 a month. There are many perks depending on the tier that you choose. My Patreon page can be found here:
https://www.patreon.com/DavidAuchampach


If you have any questions or feedback, reply to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98943

I've created 2 clubs that anyone can join.

Vizzed
This club is for users of Vizzed to connect on the Xbox One. It can be used arrange a time and day to play Xbox games with your fellow Vizzed users.
https://account.xbox.com/en-US/clubs/profile?clubid=3379894900034642

Xbox Creators Museum
This club is meant to show off any of your creations in games that offer creative tools. You can also just browse the many creations that users have submitted.
https://account.xbox.com/en-US/clubs/profile?clubid=3379846129939389

If you have any questions or feedback, let me know in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98920

This month's Vizzed Competition

Music Competition: Sega Saturn
Find the best song in a Sega Saturn game
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98864

Earn up to 100,000 Viz in this competition!

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Juliaisme123 won last month's 'PC-FX' music competition. Results can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98863

The Spring Tour de Vizzed is here and can be found there:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98868

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


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


You can find more information there:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/controlpanel.php?category=help&help=terminology&name=Tour%20de%20Vizzed#Tour%20de%20Vizzed


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

For more information, refer to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98860

PCFX Music Stream
On Wednesday, 3/29/2017, from 5 - 8 PM (central time zone) we'll all be listening to and rating the songs from the PC-FX Music Competition. Shortly before each song finishes, I'll give users a link to where they can rate each song and the song submitters get points for any rating above a 3 (out of 5).

I will be hosting this event on my Twitch channel and I'll be giving away a total of $250 worth of Steam Games in the form of Vizzed Raffle Tickets which can be used to redeem Steam games and other digital games including eShop, Uplay and more. The Raffle Tickets can also be traded into the Vizzed Market for 10,000 Viz each.

The more songs you rate, the higher your chances are of winning a raffle after the stream is over. Each rating you make during the stream is basically another entry in the raffle. There will be over 1000 digital games that winners will be able to pick from. You can see a full list of redeemable games here:
https://www.vizzed.com/market/listings.php?type=Raffle

My Twitch channel can be found here:
https://www.twitch.tv/davideo7
(be sure to "Follow" my channel)


PlayStation Netplay Tournament: Final Matchup
The PlayStation Netplay Tournament comes to an end this Wednesday shortly after the music stream. I'll be hosting this final matchup starting at 8 PM (central time zone) on my Twitch Channel. The matchup will be between Kruzer and pinkeyedtree.


If you have any questions or feedback regarding any of this, go to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98831

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 7 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).


In each matchup the players will play until someone has won 5 games so a single matchup can take between 15-30 minutes. 1st place will get 7 points, 2nd place 5 points, 3rd place 3 points, 4th place 2 points and 5th place 1 point. Failure to show up to a matchup automatically results into 0 points. Every week (except the first week) the 2 users (or more, depending on how many enter) with the lowest amount of points will be eliminated from the tournament. If there's a tie, both users will be eliminated.


For each matchup, the level you play and the time you play will be predetermined. All matches will take place at either 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30 or 9:00 PM central time on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. If you are eliminated from the tournament for failing to show up to your matchups, you'll be placed on the tournament ban list which means you wont be able to participate in a netplay tournament until next year and you'll also be fined 10,000 Viz.


This is the 4th year in a row that we've had a Bomberman '94 tournament. Here are the top 5 results from each of the previous 3 years:
2016: 1st. Davideo7, 2nd. Foxyman1113, 3rd. AceShock, 4th. Linkums, 5th. mvhupsel
2015: 1st. Davideo7, 2nd. Foxyman1113, 3rd. Linkums, 4th. deg2000, 5th. lilwildwolf21
2014: 1st. Davideo7, 2nd. madison, 3rd. AceShock, 4th. Koda, 5th. Forest Dragon


Requirements:
-You must be available 2 nights a week between 7 PM - 9 PM central time Tuesday-Friday nights
-You must 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
-If you're 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
2nd = 200,000 Viz or $200 worth of Steam Games
3rd = 100,000 Viz or $100 worth of Steam Games
4th = 50,000 Viz
5th = 25,000 Viz


Entry Fee: None
(since this is an elimination type tournament, I see no reason for an entry fee)


Signup ends and Tournament begins on Monday, April 3rd.


If you want to enter, respond to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98799

The latest version of Firefox (version 52) which was released on March 7th has removed NPAPI plugins. By default, the RGR Plugin runs in Firefox as an NPAPI plugin and as a PPAPI plugin in mostly everything else. Without having to release a whole new plugin, I've modified the code of the play window to force Firefox to use PPAPI when running the RGR Plugin.

This solution works with Firefox but with a few issues:
-The actual game doesn't fit within the frame (it's probably appearing higher than normal)
-Netplay doesn't work
-You most likely have to update your Flash Player (which you can do here)

I'm hoping to fix the 1st issue and possibly the 2nd issue. The last issue most likely can only be fixed with a new RGR Plugin update. If any of these issues are too much to bear, then I recommend playing the games with Google Chrome.

In other news, the game chat is currently down but should be back up within a week. Also, my maintenance is mostly complete but not quite.

If you have any questions or comments, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98755

The site maintenance is going to take a little longer than expected. Most of the popular pages of the site should work fine during this time. I'll make an announcement once everything is done.

Questions or feedback can be posted here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98731

This month's Vizzed Competition

Music Competition: PC-FX
Find the best song in a PC-FX game
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98653

Speedrun Competition: Kishin Douji Zenki FX
See who can beat 'Kishin Douji Zenki FX' the fastest
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98664

Highscore Competition: God-Fighter Zeroigar
See who can get the highest score in 'God-Fighter Zeroigar'
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98665

Earn up to 100,000 Viz or $50 Steam Games in these competitions!

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gamerforlifeforever won last month's 'Neo Geo CD' music competition. Results can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98662

On Tuesday, 2/28/2017, from 5 - 8 PM (central time zone) we'll all be listening to and rating the songs from the Neo Geo CD Music Competition. Shortly before each song finishes, I'll give users a link to where they can rate each song and the song submitters get points for any rating above a 3 (out of 5).

I will be hosting this event on my Twitch channel and I'll be giving away a total of $250 worth of Steam Games in the form of Vizzed Raffle Tickets which can be used to redeem Steam games and other digital games including eShop, Uplay and more. The Raffle Tickets can also be traded into the Vizzed Market for 10,000 Viz each.

The more songs you rate, the higher your chances are of winning a raffle after the stream is over. Each rating you make during the stream is basically another entry in the raffle. There will be over 1000 digital games that winners will be able to pick from. You can see a full list of redeemable games here:
https://www.vizzed.com/market/listings.php?type=Raffle

My Twitch channel can be found here:
https://www.twitch.tv/davideo7
(be sure to "Follow" my channel)

If anyone has any questions or feedback, reply to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98624


New Music Feature
After the Neo Geo CD Music stream is over, I'll be hosting a 1 hour long event to introduce everyone to a new music streaming feature I've been working on so I hope everyone can stick around and help me test it out

The site maintenance is complete and I'm kind of surprised by the results. What I had intended to do was merge 2 of the site's servers into 1 server in order to save $375 a month. I made various adjustments/tweaks and updated/upgraded a few things in order to make sure the site didn't get too much slower after merging the servers. Somehow the end result is a site that's blazing fast, faster than it's ever been. I'm literally seeing speeds up to 2-3 times faster. I'm even seeing some render speeds less than 0.100 seconds (based on the info in the site footer).

The real test will be how the site handles the peak hours of the day but if it's this good now then I'd imagine it'll still be far better than usual during the peak hours. I can start my (factory) work week happy knowing that I had probably one of the most productive (site) work weeks in a very long time.

Anyways, more than likely something on the site stopped working after this migration. If anyone is noticing any problems that just started happening after this transfer, let me know right away here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98571

The Vizzed YouTube Uploader is back up and actually working this time!

You can now upload your gameplay videos to the site using the Vizzed Gameplay Videos youtube channel again. You can do it from a game's page like you normally would or you can do it from this page:
https://www.vizzed.com/videogames/videos.php

The uploading script has been rebuilt from the ground up. It's taken me a while and I'm still not done but I wont take full credit since some of the assets of the uploading script were purchased.

The new uploading script functions a lot better, tells you how far along your upload is and no longer uses the Vizzed.com server to upload the videos from (which means less strain and site slow down).

In the near future I plan to make it so that you get credit from your video uploads sooner than 24-48 hours. I also plan to give the Gaming Videos page lots of features such as the ability to search for game videos based on submitter, game, system, keywords, etc.

This update was "sponsored" by Boured through my Patreon page since he's a top Patron and chose to have me prioritize 8 hours toward this.

If you have any questions or feedback, please reply to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98504