Vizzed is back up and is now on both servers again like it had been before the incident of this past week.

If you are having any problems that are due to this transfer, please let me know here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=18357

Vizzed will be down for a few minutes sometime during the next half hour, I'll be transferring the Database over to the 2nd Server again.

For the next few hours you all might notice the Forums being rearranged, I'm working on a few forum structure which will be available in a few hours. You can still post like normal.

As most of you know by now, Vizzed is back, for more info, refer to the previous announcement.

As a way to say sorry for Vizzed being down for 12+ hours, games will cost 50% less Viz for the next 3 days!

If you have any comments regarding any of this, please reply here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=18277

For reasons beyond me, the Plesk Control Panel which is installed on the 2nd Server which hosts the Database for Vizzed got messed up and the server also got messed up (I have no idea what happened either, I didn't touch anything). After many hours I was able to get Godaddy to fix the server but the Plesk installation is beyond repair so I'll have to have that server formatted and the Plesk CP reinstalled. So for the time being, the DB will be on the same server as everything else. A month or so ago I got a 2nd server to help reduce site strain in order to increase the site speed. Until I get the 2nd Server back up and running, the site will be a little slower than normal since the DB will be on it again. When the 2nd Server is ready for the DB to be transferred, Vizzed will probably be down for just a few hours, this will probably take place within the next 1 or 2 days.

If anyone has any questions or feedback, please post them here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=18259

This month's RGR Competitions:

Screenshot Competition: Best Game Glitch
See who can take a screenshot of the best glitch in any retro video game!
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=17964

High Score Competition: Donkey Kong
See who can get the highest score in Donkey Kong and become the new King of Kong!
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=17963

You can earn up to 10,000 Viz for each of the above competitions, so be sure to compete!

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Last month's 'Mario Painting' Screenshot competition is in voting right now so please vote on a submission here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=17962

Last month's 'Tecmo Super Bowl 2K11' High Score competition results can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=17958

About 6 hours ago Vizzed DB was transferred to a new Server. This process actually went very smoothly, I think the site was only down for a half hour if that.

What does this mean for everyone? Well the pages should still run quickly even during peak hours. Vizzed should now be able to handle between 2000-3000 people on at a time, compared to 500-600 before. Connecting to a DB that isn't on the same server as the PHP files adds a slight delay but hopefully it isn't to noticeable.

I also updated the Chat Bar to a stable release which means that it should have less glitches now. I also changed the scheme of it a little.

If anyone has any questions or comments, please post them here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=17266

I've purchased a 2nd server to help out with the Server strain.

Vizzed will be down for a few hours any time between 12 AM and 12 PM Central Time.

The 2nd Server will increase the site's speed greatly, there's just to much traffic for only 1 server so it's about time that we get a 2nd server.

Unfortunetly this also jacks up the monthly fee to keep the site up to about $400 a month, so this is also a reminder to donate to Vizzed if you can afford it.

For any questions or comments, please reply here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=17231

Sorry for the inconvenience of being down on and off, everything should be up and working fine now. There might be another security update tomorrow but I will inform you all with an announcement if I plan on doing anything which could result into the site being unavailable.

Vizzed will be undergoing maintenance for the next few hours.

This month's RGR Competitions:

Screenshot Competition: Mario Painting
Draw the best picture involving Mario in Mario Paint
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=16713

High Score Competition: Tecmo Super Bowl 2K11
See who can beat their oponent by the most points in Tecmo Super Bowl 2K11
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=16677

You can earn up to 10,000 Viz for each of the above competitions, so be sure to compete!

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Last month's Screenshot competition is in voting right now so please vote on a submission here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=16733

Last month's High Score competition results can be found here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=16674

Someone went through and edited the info to 30+ game pages in the Retro Game Room (mostly hacks). For most of the games the file was either removed or the game was marked as not working, resulting into these games not being playable.

I fixed all that I saw that were edited, if any other games still don't work that did before, please let me know here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=16650

The monthly Retro Game Room Competitions are a little over half way over, so be sure to compete before the month ends! This month's competitions:

HighScore Contest
Pac-Man

Screenshot Contest
Funny Comic Strip

Remember, the winners of each competition gets 10,000 Viz, 2nd and 3rd place also are awarded Viz.

I just want to announce that we received $270 in donations, the target was $300 but I was able to come up with the rest. Of course I encourage users to continue donating since the server costs around $300 a month and the next deadline will be a little over 1 month from now but from now on I'll be able to afford covering what isn't covered.

Anyways, I just want to say thanks to everyone who donated and to everyone who considered donating. It means a lot to have such a loyal and supportive community filled with kind and generous members, I couldn't ask for a better community

Any questions, comments or concerns, please post them here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=15961

NOTE: If you don't know what this Announcement is about, please refer to the previous Announcement.

I currently don't have enough money to renew the server 9 days from now and I'm in need of $300 for it. I honestly don't know where I'm going to come up with the money and I fear that vizzed could be down for a while if we don't get the $300 before September 12th.

If everyone who can afford just a little bit pitches in, we'll have enough for sure, so please consider helping out if you're able to. And remember, you are awarded 10,000 Viz for each US $10 you donate.



Reasons why I'm behind on the payment? 2 reasons:

1. I used a lot of the Vizzed fund to put toward an updated RGR Plugin without realizing that I put almost all of it toward the RGR Plugin. (the new RGR Plugin will be released soon which will have a few new features, many bugs and problems fixed, and also support for the famicom disk system).

2. My wife and I have our baby due any day which means money is very tight for us right now with all the baby expenses and hospital bills so I honestly don't have any of my own money to spare this time



If you have any questions, comments or feedback, please post them here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=15726

For 1 week only, you'll be given triple the amount of Viz you would normally get for referring people. This means you'll get 300 Viz anytime someone clicks your referral link, 1500 Viz if the person you referred signs up and 3000 Viz if they post!


Why do this?
1. I have a lot of sympathy for the kids who have to go back to school and this week most people who attend had to go back
2. What a great opportunity for you guys who are going back to school to tell your friends or classmates about vizzed


What or Where is your Referral code?
It can be found right below the message center (where it shows your Private Messages, Announcements and Notifications at the top of the page). You'll see a URL that highlights when you click it. Your referral link is relevant to the page so whatever page you copy the referral link from, that's the page the person will be taken to when they click your link. People can also sign up without clicking your referral link, when they are registering they can simply type in your username to refer to you (you'll still earn up to 2700 Viz this route).


If you have any questions, feedback or comments, please reply here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=15556

I've spent the past week making the following updates:


New Profiles
Spent the past few days completely remaking the profile pages from the ground up. You can see an example here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/profile.php?id=1
And here's an example of the Game Profile:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/profile.php?id=1&profile=game

Please note that the big box ad is only temporary until I replace it with something else (a future feature).

What's new about the profiles:
-Profiles are a lot smaller, about half the size they were before
-Easier to navigate
-Quicker to load (a big profile like mine wont be to much faster but a newbies profile will be a LOT faster)
-Easier to browse the games you have
-SNES Games are displayed nicely (hope to do that with the rest soon)
-You can now see who has added you as a friend
-Your friends list is more organized
-You can now see how many guests you referred
-You can view up to 100 comments you've received on your profile
-You can quickly reply to comments
-Sent Private Message link is easier to find
-You can now see all your most recent comments you've made on games
-You can now see all your most recent reviews you've made on games
-You can now see all your most recent screenshots you've taken on games
-Bio at bottom of page so that people can have really big bios without it interfering with the rest of their profile



You can now Backup your Save Files, make copies and also delete them
Ever wanted more than 1 save file? Ever wanted to make a backup in case something happened to your save file? Ever wanted to delete your safe file for any reasons? Well now you can
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/retro/savefiles.php



Games Cost Viz Again
I know I said I'd wait until September 1st but I decided to end the offer early and in return, the games will be half the regular Viz price until September 1st. This probably is better for some people because you'll still own the games after September 1st, while having them 0 Viz means you wouldn't. Plus I've had a lot of people request me to do this.



If you have any questions, comments or suggestions with these updates, please post them here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=15084

500+ New Sega Genesis Games
I've added around 500 new Sega Genesis games to the RGR. Before we mostly had just USA games and we were even missing some of those (thanks to MBWrestler87 for mentioning that we were missing Virtua Fighter 2, which inspired this update). After this update we should have an almost complete Sega Genesis game collection. To see the newly added Genesis games, you can sort the Sega Genesis games in order by date as seen here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/retro/index.php?sort=id&system=gen


9 New Pokemon GBA Hacks
I've done some searching for Pokemon hacks that vizzed didn't have. Most of these are only beta but most of these are rare and incredibly hard to find:
Pokemon Ash Gray Follows storyline of the Anime
Pokemon Azure Horizons
Pokemon Crystal Shards
Pokemon Lightning Yellow Remake of Pokemon Yellow
Pokemon Marble New Fake Pokemon
Pokemon Naranja
Pokemon Pyschic
Pokemon Waterfall Contains Pokemon from Pokemon Platinum
Be sure to take screenshots of the new Hacked games so that others can see what the game is like


Halo 2600 - Atari 2600 Hack
Lastly, we have an Atari 2600 hack. This would probably the the only time I'd even bother mentioning a single Atari 2600 hack but this one is big news. A former Microsoft employee made Halo for the Atari 2600. If you're not use to Atari 2600 games than you will not like this.
Click Here to Play Halo 2600


If you have any questions or feedback, please post them here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=14812

You can refer to the previous announcement on what this is all about, or you can refer here. The only way we can support her is by praying and by doing this. The only way we can show her how much we care and think about it her is by posting as much as we can in honor of her. It'll be very uplifting for her to see an entire community dedicate an entire day to posting as much as they can in honor of her and right now that's exactly what she needs, to have her mood lifted, even if it's only temporary.

So let the posting begin, it'll go on for 24 hours (server time) and our goal is to reach 1000 posts in a single day (go here to see why we picked 1000). Please keep the spam to a minimum, we will still ban members for excessive spamming.


If you have a comment or question about ~sakura~ Day or if you want more information, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=14714

A member of Vizzed Board by the username of ~sakura~ has leukemia and has only a 5% chance of living. I ask that you all keep her in your prayers. Go here to read her going away thread:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=14496



As a tribute to her, we will also be dedicating a day to her in which we will all post spree until we got a total of 1000 posts in a single day, that day will be August 10th, which is next Tuesday. For more information on '~sakura~ Day', please go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/thread.php?id=14510