The latest and most up to date Vizzed news.

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.