• Community Add Track Functionality is Here!



    We are pleased to announce that the ability for the community to add new tracks to the Twin Galaxies official database has arrived!

    Here is how to use it:

    1.) You must be a VERIFIED user.
    2.) Click the "create new track" nav button that is located at the top of the page.
    3.) Please fill out the submission form completely and accurately.
    4.) Click "submit"

    That's it!

    In order to submit a proposal for a new track, it costs 10 submission points
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    When a track is formally submitted, it is placed in the NEW GAME TRACK MARKETPLACE, where it must await additional sponsors to review and donate more submission points until the total amount needed to accept the track is accumulated.

    In order for the track proposal to be accepted into the database, the system has been currently set to require an additional 50 submission points to be donated toward the track proposal.

    Any VERIFIED user can donate to any track that they want to sponsor.

    Donating to your own proposal is allowed.

    The minimum donation is 2 Submission Points.

    When a track receives all its needed donations, the TOP 2 sponsors who donated the most submission points to the proposed track will be awarded the honorary title of FOUNDER and their names will appear in the database next to the accepted track. The original user who proposed the track will always receive the award of founder if the track is accepted.


    You are allowed to "over donate" to any track. For example, if a track only needs 5 more submission points to be "paid in full" but you want to be certain that you get a "FOUNDER" rating, you are allowed to donate as many points toward that track that you think might get you there. It is all up to you!

    THERE IS A STRICT "NO REFUNDS" POLICY IN PLACE WITH THIS SYSTEM. Once you donate, or submit a track proposal, any submission points you used will be gone. Please make your decisions carefully!

    Please keep in mind that this system is in BETA and we will likely encounter some problems as we work out all the kinks!

    We are excited to bring this new addition to you and your thoughts, participation and feedback are appreciated!
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    1. Ripper's Avatar
      Ripper -
      I think this is going to be pretty cool. Can't wait to see what kind of new tracks the community comes up with.
    1. Don Atreides's Avatar
      Don Atreides -
      Nice! Is the "investment" idea still in the works?
    1. Flyingcar's Avatar
      Flyingcar -
      Can we add things for new games or is it new tracks for existing games?
    1. ssdninja's Avatar
      ssdninja -
      There needs to be a preview function so people can make sure their formatting is going to stay intact. I've seen one other proposal in addition to one I just posted be affected by squishing all the text rather than separating the bullet points
    1. Marcade's Avatar
      Marcade -
      So far, so good!!! This was very straight forward to create and way too easy to do! It even populated a created track to save some time. I also think only a 10 point initiation, plus any 50 points to pay in full are the perfect costs as well.
    1. D.B. Cooper's Avatar
      D.B. Cooper -
      Very cool. I just used some of my points to push a new track all the way through the process.

      One suggestion. I'd much rather see my real name as the founder instead of my forum name.

      Thanks for the new toy!
    1. TWIN GALAXIES's Avatar
      TWIN GALAXIES -
      Can we add things for new games or is it new tracks for existing games?

      You can add new games. :)
    1. TWIN GALAXIES's Avatar
      TWIN GALAXIES -
      Very cool. I just used some of my points to push a new track all the way through the process.

      One suggestion. I'd much rather see my real name as the founder instead of my forum name.

      Thanks for the new toy!
      We will change it to use real names. :)
    1. kernzyp's Avatar
      kernzyp -
      i want my forum name, lol!
    1. Ripper's Avatar
      Ripper -
      i want my forum name, lol!
      Can we change our nickname to our real name? I sort of would like to get away from Ripper and go with my real name instead.
    1. kernzyp's Avatar
      kernzyp -
      yeah. sounds a bit mass murderer, don't it?
    1. Ripper's Avatar
      Ripper -
      yeah. sounds a bit mass murderer, don't it?
      Yea, I would like to go with either my real name or maybe my game initials. I'll be honest with you though. I don't know who half the people are on here simply because of nicknames. If I met them at a gaming event and they came up to me and said "Hey, I'm boogieMan223, how you doing?" I would have no clue who they really are. LOL

      Anyway, getting back to the new game variations, I'll be submitting one or two in the near future.
    1. andrewg's Avatar
      andrewg -
      I think the setup could be slightly different. I think upon reaching the required submission point threshold, the community should then discuss/decide whether to accept or reject the submission.


    1. andrewg's Avatar
      andrewg -
      The speedruns tracks are in the database as "points int," meaning it is impossible to submit a time for the accepted speedrun categories. Is this something that can be fixed if the track is already in the database, or will these need to be removed?
    1. Barthax's Avatar
      Barthax -
      LOL, it didn't take long for duplication of aims:
      Donkey Kong: Fastest Completion: https://www.twingalaxies.com/showthre...est-Completion
      Donkey Kong: Fastest Kill Screen Activation: https://www.twingalaxies.com/showthre...een-Activation
      I'm not surprised & I expect it will continue to occur in the current system. True dilution of the scoreboard is here at last and has nothing to do with NTSC/PAL split or a game with multiple course/levels which can be individually tracked.
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