Hey everyone, we are looking for opinions on Tour de Vizzed rules.
Can be anywhere from less strict rules to new rules.

Please refer to the thread below.

https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=105086

The RGR Plugin is currently unavailable due to SSL renewal issues. It should hopefully be back up sometime between Saturday and Monday (8/5 - 8/7).


pokemon x discovered a temporary solution:

Step 1- Go here https://rgrplugin.vizzed.com:2761/

Step 2- Proceed to page despite warning if it says something about Security Certificate is expired accept anyways.

Step 3- Close page and go back to a game and it should now work again.

Be sure to give his post a like here


If you have any questions or feedback, let us know in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=105078

The Summer Tour de Vizzed discussion thread can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=104887


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

Let's welcome back SonicOlmstead and Allysa8th as admins. Since deggle decided to not compete for the admin positions this time, SonicOlmstead gets to continue his efforts for the remainder of the year and Allysa8th gets to rejoin the Admin team.

If you want to welcome them back, you can do so in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=104885

For more information, refer to this parchment scroll:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=104805

Vizzed.com domain turned 20 years old this month! I actually wasn't even old enough to buy the domain 20 years ago. Jake-A-Roonie bought it for me, and then the following year I turned 18 and got a debit card so that I could start paying for it.

Vizzed.com was founded 1 1/2 years before this version of the site was created, and it was founded roughly 1 year after the first Vizzed Board came to life. So the history of Vizzed has a lot of different milestones and anniversaries, but this is probably one of the biggest. Not many sites or domains last this long on the internet. It's incredible that I've been able to have a community that continues to use the site, even after all these years.

I'm still working on putting together a YouTube video. Not sure when that'll be done, maybe in a few weeks. Either way, it'll still be released before the year ends, so it'll still come out during the anniversary year (just not the year and month).

Thank you everyone for being a part of the history of Vizzed.com

Any questions? Comments?
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=104803

Today I've added over 150 Steam Codes for 50+ 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&pl=1401142

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

Today I've added over 150 Steam Codes for 50+ Steam Games and DLC.

For a list of games added:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=94586&pl=1400499

It's been a while since I've added games to the Vizzed Market. I still have a lot of game codes to add. Maybe I'll add some every Friday for the rest of this month.

Today I've added over 200 Steam Codes for 50+ Steam Games and DLC.

For a list of games added:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=94586&page=16#1399754

I've implemented some extra security to the site. A hacker discovered a few exploits 2 months ago, and was kind enough to show me what the exploits were, and how to fix them. If you're reading this hacker, thanks again, and feel free to email me or contact me if you notice anything else.

If anyone notices any issues with the site that started occurring after this update, please let me know ASAP so that I can fix it.


Securing the Inputs
I've updated the script that analyzes and cleans any data that gets inserted into the database. I also updated the headers of the site.


Securing the Passwords
I've updated the site's password encryption. The old was very outdated. The new one makes it so much more difficult to crack a user's password.

NOTE: User passwords will only use the new encryption after a user changes their password (and for new users). So, I highly recommend everyone update their Vizzed password at some point, if you want to ensure your account is more secure. I'll eventually make an alert that reminds each user to change their password.


HTML Cleaner
I'm utilizing HTMLPurifier for most input that involves HTML. This analyzes any HTML that gets submitted to the site, removes anything that might be potentially malicious, and also fixes the HTML if there's anything broken. Inputs that would utilize this include Posts, various profile editing, etc.

This also allowed me to eliminate the z tags that sometimes get placed into various thread titles, posts and other sections of the site.


Questions? Feedback?
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=104561

Let's welcome back SonicOlmstead as a returning Admin for the first half of 2023. Along with him is deggle, who will be joining the admin rank for the first time.
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=104554

The Winter Tour de Vizzed discussion thread can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=104549


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

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:

Allysa8th

SonicOlmstead

deggle


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, January 2nd.


Be sure to submit your votes to this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=104547

I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas



7 Days of Vizzed Christmas
You'll all be rewarded a nice Christmas gift when you come to the site on Christmas (server time). Additionally, you'll be rewarded a random amount of Viz for each day that you come to Vizzed from the 25th until the end of the year, the '7 Days of Vizzed Christmas'. Be sure to visit the site each day to claim your random Viz gift!



Christmas Games in the Retro Game Room
The Retro Game Room has 40+ Christmas games. You can find them all here:
//www.vizzed.com/playonlinegames/index.php?sort=best&search=Christmas&searchBy=theme



Christmas Video Game Music Stream
I'll be streaming Christmas / Wintery themed video game music 24 hours a day from tonight until Christmas is over. You can find the stream here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videogamemusicradio


Christmas Video Game Music
I put together a big playlist of Christmas themed and Winter themed video game music:
https://www.vizzed.com/videogamemusic/playlist.php?id=4



Retro Christmas Game Montage
A few years ago I put together a video highlighting 12 Christmas games (non hacked):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcbh8UIMMj8



Any questions, comments or feedback? Or do you simply want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas? Do so in this thread.
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=104542

2022 saw a pretty big decline in my activity due to various health problems I've experienced over the past year, and also due to my IT job consuming a lot of my time and mind. In order to get a lot accomplished on the site, I pretty much had to take time off from work. 2022 was the least active I've been in over 15 years With that being said, I did accomplish a few things, which includes:

-Launched an RGR Plugin Update that allows games in the RGR to be playable with the plugin again!

-Updated the Screenshots feature and fixed some issues that it had

-Began Development on a New RGR Experience for mobile devices and game consoles, which will hopefully launch in January of 2023

-Introduced EmulatorJS (browser emulation) to the RGR, which supports more systems, supports netplay, and works better for some people for some game systems

-Fixed various bugs and issues throughout the site

Although this site is turning 18 years old, Vizzed has been around a lot longer. There were 2 previous Vizzed Boards, the first starting in late 2002. But the anniversary that I find more significant, which is coming in just a few months, is the 20 year anniversary of Vizzed.com! Vizzed.com was founded on March 3rd, 2003. I plan to put together an anniversary video of some sort, similar to this one, but with more emphasis on the site itself, and with more stats and graphs, and maybe with more of a narrative. If anyone is interested in making a cameo in that video, be sure to let me know



You can find all of the awards and additional information here
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=104519

Vizzed Board turns 18 years old on December 6th, so you guys have a little more than 2 weeks to vote for whoever you think deserves any of the awards below. 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=104508

You can now use the RGR Plugin again as you could in the past. All you need to do is download this new installer (RGR Plugin 2022+ Update). Make sure you already have the RGR Plugin installed first. This updater has its own flash supported web browser built into it (Firefox Portable 42). So when you go to play a game in the Retro Game Room, the updater launches the game in Firefox Portable 42.


Instructions
The RGR Plugin is no longer supported with modern browsers, so that's why you need to install both the RGR Plugin and the RGR Plugin 2022+ Update.

1. Download and Install the RGR Plugin
If you don't already have it installed, download and install it:
VizzedRgrPlugin-2.41.msi

2. Download and Install the RGR Plugin 2022+ Update
After you've installed the RGR Plugin, download and install this:
RGR Plugin 2022+.msi

Note: The installer might get flagged for not being secure, and that's only because it's new and hasn't been installed on many computers yet, so it might give a warning due to not having any information about it. If a windows security window comes up, just click More Info and from there, you can choose to install it anyway.
Note 2: Do not update the Firefox Portable that comes with this installer, otherwise the games will no longer work since updating it will remove Flash from the RGR Plugin. If you do accidentally update it, just reinstall this.

3. Restart Your Computer
You'll need to restart your computer after you've installed the RGR Plugin and RGR Plugin 2022 Update. If you already had the RGR Plugin installed and just recently installed the RGR Plugin 2022 Update, you'll still need to restart your computer.

That's it! Go and enjoy playing any of the 40,000+ retro games in the Retro Game Room. All of the RGR Plugin related features should work.


I apologize that it took so long to get this updated. I started a fundraiser 1 1/2 years ago and finally got this out. This is mostly due to Tom Gibson (RGR Plugin developer) not having the time to continue working on it, so I spent months searching for other developers, and every time I went to hire someone, they would end up not being able to do it. Eventually Tom G. returned to continue work on it, so we all owe him a huge thanks for doing this for us.

I also want to thank everyone that donated toward this 1 1/2 years ago. There was a lot of financial support, and I couldn't have been more grateful for all of that


If you have any questions or feedback, post them here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=104450

For the past few days, there was an SSL issue with playing some games for some browsers. This issue is resolved.

All SSL related issues have been resolved and the updating of the SSL certificates for all Vizzed domains is complete.

I'll be updating the site's SSL Certificate today, so there might be some downtime.

If you have any comments or questions, let me know in this thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=104444

Everyone is welcome to apply to both the staff and mod teams! You may find a new hobby, or even something about yourself while helping contribute to the site.

The staff apps hosted by EX Palen, can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=103549

The mod apps hosted by me, are found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=103555

Here are two additional threads by EX Palen that can answer questions you may have on why you should and what being staff entails.

Why should I be Staff (also somewhat valid for mod):
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=103551

Staff FAQ:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=103550