The Winter Tour de Vizzed discussion thread can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=106078


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


The Hall of Fame page can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/stats/tdv-hof.php

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

Since we currently have no Global Mods, tgags123 and pokemon x will continue their roles as admins for the first half of 2026.

You can leave them feedback in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=106077

What happened in 2025 on Vizzed? Not a lot but more than 2024. We saw the return of some veteran users, which was exciting. We also saw the return of the Spring and Autumn Tour de Vizzed. I fixed various issues throughout the site, including the YouTube Video Uploading and the issue with Threads and Posts Failing to Submit.

Mid 2025, I had to downgrade the server due to expenses. I was able to cut down expenses from $600 a month to $300 a month. This resulted into us having to lose most of the CD games in the Retro Game Room, but the new server still had enough space to keep the top 10% best games for each CD system. The new server surprisingly turned out to be much faster than the previous since the technology on the new server is far superior.

So what are my plans for 2026? Well I recently dumped Vizzed to a Github repository and set it as private. This allows me to work on the site not only with version control but also with AI assistance, which means I can find issues quicker and also add features quicker. For 2026 I also plan to develop a couple of games for the site that utilize the site's features, 1 of them which I did announce already. I'm behind schedule on it but I did announce a Vizzed Rhythm game for the Video Game Music Room which is behind schedule but I do plan to have it released in beta form maybe before the year ends.

You can find all of the awards and additional information here
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=106070

Vizzed Board turns 21 years old on December 6th, so you guys have less than a week to vote for whoever you think deserves any of the awards below. I'm a little late to this, been so busy lately that I forget to do this. Hopefully we can get enough people to vote.

Voting will end on December 5th and the awards will be given out on December 6th. There are 25 awards you can vote on, 20 user awards and 5 thread/post awards.

You can cast your votes here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=106066

You can once again upload videos to the Vizzed Gameplay Videos channel on YouTube from game pages on Vizzed!

You can find the link on a game's page in the Gameplay section


At the moment, the file size limit is 256MB. I'll more than likely raise that to 1GB at some point, but I want to be cautious for now to make sure it doesn't slow down the website. In the past, there was suspicions that the site would get slow while someone was uploading a large file, since the videos have to upload to the Vizzed Server first, and then to YouTube from the Vizzed Server.

For the time being, I've also limited Public visibility to Trusted members and up, to avoid people uploading bad stuff and abusing it (this has happened in the past). Anyone that isn't a Trusted Member will have their video set to Unlisted and then me or a staff member will have to manually set the video to Public from the YouTube channel.

For more information, or for questions and feedback, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=106046

The Autumn Tour de Vizzed discussion thread can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=106039


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


The Hall of Fame page can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/stats/tdv-hof.php

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

tgags123 and pokemon x will be our admins for the 2nd half of 2025.

You can welcome them here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=105890

It's time to elect the 2 users who will be admins of the site in 2025 from July - December. You can vote for 2 Admins. They're listed below, click them to see their application:

pokemon x

supercool22

tgags123


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 Monday, July 7th.

Go here to vote:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=105862

The Summer Tour de Vizzed discussion thread can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=105853


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


The Hall of Fame page can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/stats/tdv-hof.php

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

Minecraft Server Migration
I migrated the Vizzed.co Minecraft server to the main Vizzed.com server. I'm hoping they don't negatively affect each other, but if it does, be sure to let me know. This is part of my effort to cut costs.


Vizzed.com Now Works
You can now join the Vizzed Minecraft Server with the server address of Vizzed.com (before you had to use Vizzed.co).


Minecraft Pages Up Again
The Minecraft Section of Vizzed is up and running again. The MViz transfer now properly works (before, it wasn't deducting Viz from the sender).


Dynmap is Back
Dynmap is back up. It is still rendering the maps and that process can take a few days to render all of the maps.


Minecraft Software Updated
This doesn't really impact anyone too much but it gives Sonicolmstead and myself more control over the server. It gives us more customization options and it could potentially make the server run better.


Vizzed.co Minecraft Version updated
I updated the Vizzed.co Minecraft server to 1.21.5. Dynmap doesn't support 1.21.6 yet for our server type which is why we're not using the latest version, but as soon as Dynmap supports it, I'll update it.



New Plugin:
GriefPrevention Enter Titles
This shows a title on screen when you enter someone's properly, and it'll list the name of their property. The text shown can be adjusted if it becomes too annoying.



For a full list of plugins that were added and updated, or if you have questions or feedback, go to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=105849

Hello everyone, and welcome to April 2025 SPREE DAY! Let's come together as a community and go on a posting spree together!


In order to provide more places to post, some previously closed threads have been reopened over the past week. Be sure to take a look through the forums (beyond the "New Posts" page) to see what's open!


To make this Spree Day extra special, and to add a bit of an incentive, myself, supercool22, and zanderlex have put together some prizes and rewards that can be earned by posting.


Even though it's a Tour de Vizzed month, today should be about working together, NOT about competing against one another. We should be aiming to reach a high post total as a community, rather than aiming to make more posts as individuals than other users. You'll notice that none of the prizes or rewards depend on your post total relative to others. Instead, they are about how much you contribute to the community, and about how much the community accomplishes as a whole.

For more information on prizes, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=105730

I am hosting a "Spree Day" tomorrow, April 18th. The objective is to have as many people as possible go on a posting spree together. It will be fun, and it will give Vizzed Board a nice little boost in activity.

There will be rewards available for those that participate, including Viz, Steam games, shiny Pokemon, and a surprise reward that I will reveal tomorrow.

I will make a thread and a second announcement at 12:00 am central time tomorrow with more information about how to earn these prizes.

Feel free to send me a PM if you have any questions. I hope to see you all in the forums tomorrow!

The Vizzed.co Minecraft Anniversary Event 2 is now live here:
https://www.twitch.tv/davideo7

Feel free to join us on the Vizzed Minecraft server using the following IP:
Vizzed.co

For more information, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=105725

The anniversary event part 2 for the Vizzed.co Minecraft Server will start on Tuesday at 11 AM central time. This is part 2 to the 10 year anniversary stream I did last year which you can find here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=105400

Be sure to join us on the Vizzed Minecraft server using the following IP:
Vizzed.co

All of this will be live streamed on my Twitch Channel here:
https://www.twitch.tv/davideo7

We'll be finishing the tour that we didn't finish last year. The group call will take place on the Vizzed Discord Channel under the minecraft-server voice chat channel.

If you have any questions or feedback, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=105725

The issues where the site will be really slow at loading or not load at all has been mostly resolved. It was related to the excessive bot traffic. We're still getting a lot of bot traffic but I've installed some things and configured various settings on the server to handle some of it.

For questions or feedback, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=105722

The Spring Tour de Vizzed discussion thread can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=105692


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


The Hall of Fame page can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/stats/tdv-hof.php

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

Refer to this thread to see what I'm talking about:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=105687

Many CD Games Removed
I've removed most of the CD games from the website due to not being able to afford hosting them. For the past year, I've been taking a $400 loss on this website per a month, but now with the removal of the CD games, I should be able to get that down to $150. Still not great, but an improvement. My goal is to eventually break even.

I did keep the most popular games for the CD systems. In most cases, I kept the top 5-10%. Here's a breakdown of how many games we now have for each CD system:
3DO = 6
CDi = 18
Dreamcast = 49
PCFX = 5
PlayStation = 100
Sega CD = 25
Sega Saturn = 43
TurboGrafx CD = 40

I originally thought I'd have to remove many MAME games, but I was able to fit them all on the new server.

My wife has been pretty upset with me that this site has had a negative margin of $5000 in the past year. It's been more than 2 years now since this site was profitable. I've been trying to find solutions to keep this site alive, and I'll continue to do so. Hosting terabytes worth of games is costly, which is why the biggest games had to be removed. Removing the Retro Game Room is still not something I want to consider because I think that's the only thing that keeps this site alive. There's a lot of behind the scenes sacrifice I have to make for this site I usually don't talk about, and this definitely would be one of them.

I'm willing to add a few CD games back to the site based on requests. So if anyone has recommendations of games, feel free to suggest them in the below thread and I may get them added back.


Some DS Games Added
The removal of 3000+ CD games is a big loss for the site, so to make it up to everyone, I've added some DS games. At the moment there are 15 DS games, and I'm willing to add more. In fact, I'm willing to add up to 50 DS games total. Just keep in mind that I'm not allowed to have any DS games that Nintendo developed.

You can find the DS games here:
https://www.vizzed.com/play-ds/

If you want to see certain DS games added that you think would be popular and that aren't 1st party Nintendo games, go ahead and make your suggestions in the below thread.


Questions or Feedback
Post them in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=105666

I've updated the version of EmulatorJS that the site is using to the latest version. The version we had been using was outdated by about 2 years, and the emulator has had a ton of updates since.

For those of you unfamiliar with EmulatorJS, it's currently the best non-plugin option for playing games in the Retro Game Room and it supports most of the games, including many of the CD systems.

Things worth pointing out:
-Overall compatibility is greatly increased
-Games should play a lot better
-There are a ton of new features like rewind
-There's a ton of customization options now
-There are a lot more options in the menus
-The latest version lets you choose between different emulators for a game (be sure to close the page and open it up again for it to work)

Commodore 64 was made available with EmulatorJS with this update. There are also a lot of other systems that EmulatorJS supports that Vizzed doesn't currently have, but we could get them added in the future (anything that isn't CD based, since we don't have space for that).

The EmulatorJS netplay isn't working yet, but I'll work on getting that taken care of and updated soon.

I should also point out that EmulatorJS had been having issues working for some people for a few months now. This issue should be completely resolved.

If you have any questions or feedback, please go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=105664

Today I've added 64+ Steam Codes for 32 Steam Games
https://www.vizzed.com/market/listings.php?type=Digital

For a list of games added:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=94586&ppp=20&page=17#1411239

Just a reminder, these games can be purchased with Viz.