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

This month's Vizzed Competition

Music Competition: Neo Geo CD
Find the best song in a Neo Geo CD game
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98445

You can earn up to 100,000 Viz in the above competition!

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gamerforlifeforever won last month's '3DO' music competition. Results can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98437

On Tuesday, 1/31/2017, from 6 - 10 PM (central time zone) we'll all be listening to and rating the songs from the Panasonic 3DO 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 you have any questions or comments, please respond to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98395

I dropped the price of the PlayStation item from 50,000 Viz to 30,000 Viz. This is a permanent price change and is exactly enough to get from a US $25 Donation. Earning Viz is incredibly easy so you can obtain that amount without having to donate by doing many of the things listed in this thread.

The PlayStation item gives you access to play nearly 2,500 PlayStation games on Vizzed (which is almost every PS1 game ever released in all countries). All you need is a decent computer and the RGR Plugin installed and you'll be able to play the PS1 games with near perfect emulation and with lots of features. You can find a list of PS1 games that Vizzed has here:
https://www.vizzed.com/play-psx/

In related news, the PlayStation item was recently "out of stock" in the Vizzed Market (I know it's a virtual item lol) so I increased its stock to 100. I also made it so that the V-Machine CD item includes PlayStation games (which is an item that allows you to access all games for 0 Viz).

There are many reasons why PlayStation games on Vizzed are not available to everyone but the primary reason is to reduce bandwidth costs. CD games are huge, around 500 times larger than the average cartridge game.

If you have any questions or feedback, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98308

I've extended the signup for the PlayStation netplay tournament by a week since we need more people to sign up before it can begin. This means that you all have until January 23rd to sign up.

We'll be playing various multiplayer games for the PlayStation. In each weekly matchup, you'll be able to pick which games you want to play against your weekly opponent. You and your weekly opponent come up with a time where both of you are available so this tournament can work around anyone's schedule.

If you're interested in signing up, respond here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98115


You're in control of the weekly games you play which include:
-Twisted Metal 2
-Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
-Crash Team Racing
-Cool Boarders 2
-Jet Moto 2
-Quake II
-Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
-Gran Turismo
-X-Men vs. Street Fighter
-Micro Machines V3
-Bomberman World
-Soul Blade


For more information or questions, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98115

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.

If you have any questions or comments, please go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98225

You can support Vizzed on Patreon here:
https://www.patreon.com/DavidAuchampach

My Patreon page has been up for quite a while so this isn't new but I haven't been doing a very good job of promoting it or keeping up with it. I'm going to work on changing that. I also finally got around to building up the courage to make an intro video which you can find here:


The video goes over why I need the support and the rewards users get for pledging to Vizzed each month. The Patreon page goes over all of that as well.

If you have any questions or feedback, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98149

This year the annual winter netplay tournament will be based on the Sony PlayStation! All of the games in this tournament will be accessible to everyone so you wont need any special items to join the tournament, as long as you have a decent computer and internet connection, you can join!

We'll be playing various multiplayer games for the PlayStation. In each weekly matchup, you'll be able to pick which games you want to play against your weekly opponent. You and your weekly opponent come up with a time where both of you are available so this tournament can work around anyone's schedule.

If you're interested in signing up, respond here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98115


You're in control of the weekly games you play which include:
-Twisted Metal 2
-Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
-Crash Team Racing
-Cool Boarders 2
-Jet Moto 2
-Quake II
-Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
-Gran Turismo
-X-Men vs. Street Fighter
-Micro Machines V3
-Bomberman World
-Soul Blade


For more information or questions, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98115

This month's Vizzed Competition

Music Competition: 3DO
Find the best song in a Panasonic 3DO game
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98102

You can earn up to US $100 worth of Steam Games or 100,000 Viz in the above competition!

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gamerforlifeforever won last month's 'Christmas' music competition. Results can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98099

The Winter Tour de Vizzed is here and can be found there:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=98085

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