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04-12-2017 at 12:07 AM

As you may have noticed, the Twin Galaxies website just underwent a significant upgrade. :)

We recommend that if you have visited the Twin Galaxies site prior to April 11th, that you please clear your web browser's cache and refresh the site a couple times to clear out all the old TG webcode and replace it with the new stuff. Not doing this may result in some website display issues.

A tremendous amount of work and changes are currently being activated and as they come online there will likely be some initial problems to correct. We appreciate your patience as we discover and sort out these lingering issues.

The changes are extensive, however there are some notable items:

Site is a bit easier to see and navigate on mobile. Yay!

Search system has been upgraded! In the upper right corner of the site is a search magnifying glass. This is the new search function and the site will now return much better and useful results that it had previously.

Upload system has been upgraded! We believe that we have successfully solved the issue that some members with slower connections were having when uploading large files. Additionally, members can now choose multiple files at once to upload. Give it a try! :)

Premium Tracks (track filtering)
We have implemented the first stage of our leaderboard (track) filtering system. This directly addresses member's ongoing concerns regarding database track dilution through ongoing user track creation.

There are only 2 types of Tracks in our system. PREMIUM and NOT PREMIUM.

Premium Tracks are what all users will see by default.

Premium Tracks are tracks that are considered by Twin Galaxies to have at least one (1) of these attributes:

High Quality (as determined by Twin Galaxies Administration)
Sufficiently Competed On
Promotional of Twin Galaxies' Goals as an Organization

Starting in May 2017, only records held on Premium Tracks will be eligible for entry into the Guinness Book of World Records.

User created tracks are not Premium by default.

In order for a user created track to become Premium, it must either be made premium by Twin Galaxies Administration, or the track must have at least 10 adjudicated records on it.

When a user created track contains 10 adjudicated records, it will automatically become Premium as it will have reached the minimum participation standard. It will then become eligible to be submitted to Guinness World Records.

The current Premium tracks that are established and viewable are all of the tracks that were acquired from the previous era of Twin Galaxies (prior to April 2014.) This effectively removes any and all new era user created track dilution from the system default view (unless a user created track has more than 10 records - then it is now premium as well.)

User created tracks that may not ever be able to achieve the 10 participant minimum, but are high quality and have some competitors that would like the track to become premium can have the original track founders submit a request for TG admin to review and consider.

We hope that you like the upgrades and appreciate your patience as we work out all the kinks!

More info soon!

User comments (291)

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same here, cleared cache, but still cant view images.
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Can't view the image either
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unfortunately, even you clearing cache and cookies is not possible to view everything, in my case, I had to format my PC to solve to problem!
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Not formatting my PC. I have to use my laptop for uploads, is tedious, but will do, I suppose. Absolutely cannot upload from main PC, have cleared cache/cookies countless times.
Wish would work, but as long as I can continue to upload at all, with laptop, I'm better off than some, I know.
Sorry Guys! Surely it will all sort out.
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I still cannot upload videos.
The upload button takes me to the home page. This has been going on since the update.
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Quote Originally Posted by starcrytas
I still cannot upload videos.
The upload button takes me to the home page. This has been going on since the update.
Which browser are you using? Another TG member was using IE but switched to Chrome & no longer has uploading issues. Maybe that will work for you as well.
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Quote Originally Posted by Marco1019
Which browser are you using? Another TG member was using IE but switched to Chrome & no longer has uploading issues. Maybe that will work for you as well.
Chrome: Upload stays at 0%. Won't move at all!
Microsoft Edge: Upload button takes me to the home page.
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Quote Originally Posted by starcrytas
Chrome: Upload stays at 0%. Won't move at all!
Microsoft Edge: Upload button takes me to the home page.
Upload will only move after you hit the submit button... Did you do that?
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Quote Originally Posted by nads
Whilst I love what you guys are doing to the site.

I am however disappointed that the tracks I created for PAL users now go unnoticed or as stated NOT PREMIUM, many of my scores are equal to the Top NTSC scores.

These were created to fill gaps in the leaderboard e.g. Freeway for the Atari 2600
These are standard titles that the NTSC user has as default.

I understand that it can become PREMIUM if 10 scores get accepted but this is very unlikely as you can count on one hand the active PAL users.

I know @jmb had requested all PAL tracks to created by TG.

Maybe this could be looked at in the near future ??
I agree that just becuase a game tracked with NTSC and PAL that the PAL track is not regarded as premium. Due to the history how games were released as ntsc and pal regions this plit did occur. Now in modern day world there is less games releases like this. If the game is the same but different regions should not make the differentiator. Historically disadvantage gamers not able to submit on TG board previously most are those outside of USA. A global mindset have to aplied here and not the nr of entries for the same game counting the ntsc and pal ones seperate. These games must be counted as one to give an potential holistic view of participation.
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[QUOTE=starcrytas;bt5667]Chrome: Upload stays at 0%. Won't move at all!
Microsoft Edge: Upload button takes me to the home page.[/QUOTE]

Hi Matthew,

[B]Step 1: Disable Firewall to enable .avi videos[/B], .mp4 files still not works, even to me!

If step 1 not works, go to step 2!

[B]Step 2: Don't use large large descryption of the upload file[/B], try to use short names as 001, videos1, image1.

If step 2 not works, go to step 3:

[B]Step 3: Encode to MPEG4 videos[/B], try to use Format Factory program to encode your videos for .avi using mpeg4 (xvid) video encoder.

Step 3 will solve your problem (for now), but the upload system must be fixed, still have a bug!
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Within the past 24 hours, I stopped receiving notifications of new comments posted in this thread. The most recent alert was yesterday at 10:54 AM (EDT).

The issue applies ONLY to wall comments.

The issue does NOT extend to "standard" forum replies.

There appear to be differences in the two notification processes.

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Quote Originally Posted by Siliconian
Step 2: Don't use large large descryption of the upload file, try to use short names as 001, videos1, image1.
This step worked! Thanks Rodrigo!
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[QUOTE=starcrytas;bt5677]This step worked! Thanks Rodrigo![/QUOTE]

You're welcome my friend, I hope to see your records again!

Good gaming!!
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Hi All

We have changed the upload video button which will solve the following problems

1) Clicking on upload video button taking a user to home page
2) Upload Video button not working for users on phone.

Please clear your cache to see this change.

Regards
Twingalaxies Staff
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Jace/Franny/Admins, @Jace Hall, @SincerelyFranny @admin staff

I noticed in the gamers profile page, the filters are now gone when viewing scores "per console". Eg. Searching for just my Sega Genesis scores only.

Please bring this back, as for those gamers with over 1000 of scores in the database, it can be tedious to find a specific listing. Even with a 50 per page count, I have 37 pages to view just to find what Im looking for. Thanks!


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Quote Originally Posted by marcamy
Jace/Franny/Admins, @Jace Hall, @SincerelyFranny @admin staff

I noticed in the gamers profile page, the filters are now gone when viewing scores "per console". Eg. Searching for just my Sega Genesis scores only.

Please bring this back, as for those gamers with over 1000 of scores in the database, it can be tedious to find a specific listing. Even with a 50 per page count, I have 37 pages to view just to find what Im looking for. Thanks!


Thanks for mentioning this - this is a huge regression I noticed that I never got around to posting about here...this definitely needs to be brought back.

Related to this, I would like to see the layout of the gamer's records put back the way it was - a simple table that shows the platform in the leftmost column, followed by the game, score etc. It was much easier to view a gamer's records this way - the updated view we have now requires tons more scrolling to see all the same information that was available in much less real estate...the large icon showing the platform for a record takes up a lot of space and is unnecessary (just listing the word there is enough).

Just my thoughts, would be curious to know if others agree.
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Couldnt agree more!!! Although I can adapt to change, like anyone else can, I definitely liked the gamers portfolio page much better the way it once was.
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Quote Originally Posted by JasonV91
Thanks for mentioning this - this is a huge regression I noticed that I never got around to posting about here...this definitely needs to be brought back.

Related to this, I would like to see the layout of the gamer's records put back the way it was - a simple table that shows the platform in the leftmost column, followed by the game, score etc. It was much easier to view a gamer's records this way - the updated view we have now requires tons more scrolling to see all the same information that was available in much less real estate...the large icon showing the platform for a record takes up a lot of space and is unnecessary (just listing the word there is enough).

Just my thoughts, would be curious to know if others agree.
Will look into this....
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Hi All

We have updated the gamers profile page . All fields have the sort option enabled . Users can search the records .

By default we are now listing 500 records for each user.

Please see the sample profile below

https://www.twingalaxies.com/member.p...=scores#scores


Please clear your cache to view the changes .

Regards
Twingalaxies Staff
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Seriously, so much better now and cleaner!!! Not only did you condense the game profile listing space, but I can now plug in up to a 2500 count (heh), use either my scroll up/down arrow key or my tab bar, AND search via specific game name only. Thanks Admins.
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