I don't get it, how does this work?!

D:

*Edit*
I found out how it worked.

New Rule: Taking screenshots of characters for a game that someone else has already taken screenshots of for that same game will not count. I've noticed that too many users are starting to take screenshots of characters for games that others have already tagged characters in and in many cases, these screenshots are almost exactly the same as the screenshots previously taken. This has resulted into a lot of duplicate screenshots for a lot of games.

The current results page currently does not reflect this but it will in the near future.

tyranit : What do you mean, MAME games don't play for you? Keep in mind that some are large in file size and may take a while to download.

mourinhosgum : You're saying that there's almost 100 different characters in each of the Mario Advance games? I suppose they count.

rcarter2 : I guess I might just have to let ports count because there's really no way to modify my script to not factor them in.

New Rule: Clones do not count (this only applies to MAME games). Currently this does not affect anyone.

Davideo7 : This might sound like a stupid question, but what are clones in terms of the RGR?

Davideo7: Basically, I pull up the game, and it shows a a bunch of things like:
rcmu_23b.8f NOT FOUND
rcmu_22b.7f NOT FOUND
rcmu_21a.6f NOT FOUND
rcm_01.3a NOT FOUND
rcm_02.4a NOT FOUND
rcm_03.5a NOT FOUND
rcm_04.6a NOT FOUND

And so on and so forth, and they make it so I can't play the games.

rcarter2 : Good question and most users probably don't know what is considered a clone.

See this game for example:
https://www.vizzed.com/play/marvel-vs-capcomclash-of-super-heroes-%28euro-980123%29-mame-online-arcade-53094-game

See the area to the right of the 'Play Game' link that lists all the clones? So for example, this game would be a clone of the above game:
https://www.vizzed.com/playonlinegames/game.php?id=53096

tyranit : How many games are giving you that problem? Can you give me link to one of those games?

Davideo7: https://www.vizzed.com/play/mega-manthe-power-battle-(cps1-usa-951006)-mame-online-arcade-52454-game
Here is Mega Man: The Power Battle. It also happened with Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters:
https://www.vizzed.com/play/mega-man-2the-power-fighters-(usa-960708)-mame-online-arcade-52455-game

Are we limited to three pictures per character, or were you just setting an example and we can have more than three pictures of one character?  Also, can we use movie characters (for example, Simba in The Lion King games), or do you want us to stick with characters that are exclusively in video games, like Mario?

Davideo7 :
I need some help understanding this character adding stuff.

I have tons of characters right now.. poised and ready to be added to vizzed. However.... let me give you an example of my predicament.

I have taken a snapshot of a character named Alvin. Alvin is a unique character to the game and does not exist in other games. When I go to create a character profile for him, his name already exists for a totally different character that's a part of a franchise. The character profiler will not let me add my Alvin.

Alvin is not a part of a franchise.

How can I get Alvin in the system? Even if I list him under his game, I am not able to create a character profile for him.

Also, since I'm on this subject:  What constitutes something as a franchise?  Most of the MAME characters I'm adding, I believe are not franchised.  So I've been adding the unique names simply under "Game first appeared in".

Singelli : I'm pretty sure I know what's causing the problem and what would solve it for that particular instance. The character adder is set such that 2 characters with the same name cannot have the same franchise. Since the Alvin already in the database has no franchise assigned (so it's just displaying their first appearance) and the Alvin you're trying to add also has no franchise, the character adder is seeing you as trying to add Alvin to a franchise (or lack there of in this case) that already has a character named Alvin. Since you're staff, you could probably edit the franchise data for the Alvin already up there and put them under the "Tales" series, and that would let you add the other Alvin.

I think it's a flaw in the character adder. If 2 non-franchised characters have the same name, it should then check the 'first game' entry to see if they really are duplicate characters. . .

madison :  Well, actually.... the Alvin that already exists in vizzed is already franchised. The one I'm trying to add is NOT franchised.  And Alvin is just one example, but I literally have dozens of characters like that, since I'm doing MAME games, and a lot of them aren't franchised.

And yes, I agree with you.

David, could you do that?  I can't add a lot of characters I'm trying to add right now...

Singelli : This one right here?

https://www.vizzed.com/videogames/character.php?id=11579

He has no value for franchise, hence why there is no mention of franchise on his page.

madison : oh dear. I might have been thinking of a different character. XD  But I DO know either way... I have dozens of characters I can't enter due to already existing in franchise or first game.  And I can't just create a franchise because most of my characters are unique and for unique games.

Thanks for correcting me, madison!  I feel a little silly now. lol

I don't know how to delete character pages, but I created three that can probably be gotten rid of. I was using a manual for one of the MAME games to create the profiles, but I noticed after I got into the game, that many of the characters were actually spelled wrong in the manual I found.

The profiles that can be deleted:

Guitacct from Rootin' Tootin'
Guitarct from Rootin' Tootin', 
and
Cymbom6 from Rootin' Tootin'

I spelled those characters the way they were spelled in the game and assigned those profiles (with the correct spellings)  to the screenshots instead.

Day 8, and the 10,000 mark has already been hit. Crazy so far.

rcarter2 : Beat you to the 2K mark!
madison : I think you let me take the 2K mark.lol. You went offline 7 away from it.

Davideo7 : Since that new rule about taking a picture of a character in the game someone else has done. Is the bonus Gone now?
Also, have you picked staff yet?

Davideo7 : I just realized how are you supposed to mark out the screen shots that other people have done before me, or anyone else? Will you go through them manually, deleting the screen shots that don't count?

tyranit : Report those problems to the RGR Staff.

thezoologist : You can have as many pictures of a character as you want. You can use movie characters, you can use any character who exists within a video game whether they originated from a video game or not.

Singelli : That problem should be fixed. You can now add more than 1 character with the same name to no franchise but you still cannot add more than 1 character with the same name to a franchise.

Any series that contains more than 1 game we'll consider a franchise.

On the edit character page, there should be a status area. Simply choose 'Disabled' to remove the character.

madison : Refer to what I said to Singelli.

rcarter2 : This is the most participation of any competition, maybe it's because of the big cash prize?

mourinhosgum : Bonus still exists and actually I'm going to modify that new rule I had added.

tyranit : I'll probably just down rate those screenshots.

Update to the last new rule:

Taking screenshots of characters for a game that someone else has already taken screenshots of for that same game will not count if the screenshots are too similar. If someone takes a screenshot similar to a screenshot already submitted to this competition, it will be downrated