I liked the somewhat peace and quiet as of late. Now I'm back to being anxious on the site again. Damnit to hell.

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I am going to have to abstain.

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Originally Posted by marcamy

Maybe its the terminology being used that might be insulting to some - "premium" - AKA - A bias favoring of an old TG founded created track, (2-20 entries at TG, but most dont care about those games today) that is now "superior" to a new modern game member created track. (2-5 entries to date at TG, but millions of gamers around the globe currently play and compete on.)

There are TWO types of tracks. The regular tracks, and the PREMIUM tracks.

It is pretty simple Marc. :)

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Originally Posted by Desidious

I liked the somewhat peace and quiet as of late. Now I'm back to being anxious on the site again. Damnit to hell.

Tho still new, I did think we were in an Era of Good Feelings.
I really hope that doesn't change.

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A few thoughts communicated in the spirit of constructive feedback and not criticism.

Rather than add a manual notification system triggered by the track founder (community member) why not have an administrative review (TG Staff) at the time the track is paid by submission points. I think the vast majority of tracks being founded by its members are based on research, game play, and feedback from other members.

Also, instead of classifying these tracks as Premium and Regular, why not categorize these as Twin Galaxies Endorsed, Member Endorsed, and Novelty. The definitions of these serve as quality tiers for GWR consideration. The track tiers could change based on member feedback provided to TG administrators for final decision.

Finally keep the 10 and up competitor tracks and label these Competitive. This creates a few different filtering options that address the community concerns that was the catalyst for this change. Most of the vocal members want a way to filter out the novelty tracks and/or the well intended but broken tracks.

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Originally Posted by redelf

Making a track premium or junk. Wasn't that something that the "rate this track" was for. Why not also allow the community to do some of the work with that feature again. Yeah there are some junk tracks out there that should not be allowed, but if they get moved to the junk category and I don't have to look at them then I'm fine with that. I think that the community should be able to vote a track into premium though. Setup an adjudication of tracks that people can submit the track that they think is premium and allow the users to vote on it. Give points for participation just like on a regular track.

The thumbs up/down was pretty useless though in terms of filtering even though the intended purpose was valid.

Honestly I don't feel like just anyone should be able to make tracks because it's evident that some people are using it as a means to create "joke" tracks. Not only that but tracks should be created in a way that would maximize the competitiveness for that particular game. The most competitive people on certain games imo should have more say when it comes to track creation/modification because they will have more knowledge when it comes to creating good competitive tracks for their game. How do we implement such a system? Good question.

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On an unrelated note, does anyone else have any issues with the load times for this site? I consistently experience really slow load times relative to other websites.

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Originally Posted by d3scride

On an unrelated note, does anyone else have any issues with the load times for this site? I consistently experience really slow load times relative to other websites.

I feel it got faster a week or so ago, but is now slow again

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I'm trying to submit a new score, "SMS Columns Points", a TG premium track. On my Mac, it does not let me select the video file, it is grayed out, like it is an invalid file type. However, .mov, is indicated as a valid file type by TG. On my PC, it lets me click on it, but nothing on the following page suggests it is actually selected for upload, and I don't want to try submitting if I'm not certain my file is attached.

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Originally Posted by Rudy J. Ferretti

I am glad you beat my horrible Rad Racer score when I was an a novice lets see you beat my score the next time I put it up, better yet try beating one of my top scores, your right I do not need to toot my own horn but I do because I can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I earned that right and for the record all the games I played on were down voted

"I'd like to see you try and beat one of MY scores. Oh wait, not THAT one that's one of my beginner scores. But NEXT time I put up a score, yeah, try and beat THAT one. Now I'm going to make a remark about how you can't have it both ways."

C'mon man...

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Hi All

Please be assured that none of the games have been removed from the database .
The games which did not have any premium tracks were not shown . I have rectified this issue and all games are displayed now.

Please check and confirm

Regards
Twingalaxies Staff

Originally Posted by Patrick Fenton

Hi, I love the new site design! But I've noticed that across the different platforms various games, games that you could originally submit scores for, have been taken out. Will those games return, have they been placed somewhere else, or are they gone for good?

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Originally Posted by Tristen Geren

I did PM @TWIN GALAXIES with all of my user-created tracks which was time consuming and tedious. I don't understand this site. You have this golden opportunity with GWR promoting you and the televised tournament coming up and you make your site even more difficult than it already is! Every single H1Z1 player I spoke to said that this site is way too confusing and way too much work. I agree with every single one of them. Then this update just adds another tier of unnecessary effort in order to get the simplest of tasks through!

Totally agree, i had the same feedback from the H1Z1 players and look at how many of those guys stuck around... It took a $300,000 bounty to get them to come here in the first place too..

That says a lot if you ask me and that was before all this other added complexity which is now added. The forum layout itself is already over complicated and dated. People are used to Twitter and Facebook type sites and apps which do what you want with a click or tap... people don't have to attention span to mess about with dated forums anymore.

I appreciate what the TG staff do but honestly the priorities and way things are done here drive me nuts and I'm not alone with that view either (not naming any names).

It's so frustrating (even more so now with this new "feature"). It amazes me how some of the dodgy scores in the database are left and the challenge system never gets mentioned or implemented to clean up the crap already in the database... and my issues found on Everdrive devices sits around with zero input even when i put time and $$ into researching the issues which will effect many submissions (likely already have). https://www.twingalaxies.com/showthre...-everdrive-too Also the issue of no Nintendo Switch being added even though the console has been out awhile now. Yet the things which get attention are chat bars, notifications (which rarely work properly), H1Z1 pushes, Facebook cloning and branding.

Sorry but it really does seem a ss backwards to me how you are going about things. Polishing a turd is the word i would use... Changing the oil and polishing a car with a damaged engine.

And again, can i request my tracks i stated above be made premium? Will i have to wait months for this to happen like everything else i've tried to get sorted? I asked for my Ridge Racer Turbo entries to be cleaned up and ONE track got changed after WEEKS of waiting and the rest were left and remain incorrect which now means there is another error in the database... I gave up trying and left after this occurred. And yes, I'm aware you said PM TG to request this and if i could... i would...



But the PM button is no where to be seen along with the profile being a total mess. So i will request here.

It REALLY does bug the hell out of me all of this and was the reason i left a few weeks ago and I'm arguably one of the most active recent members in the past year, see what you are doing to potential new members even before killing any chances of new games getting a spot in Guinness?

So frustrating.

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Site is working great for me now. Load times are very low, I can find all tracks in the database, and I was just able to submit and upload quickly.

It also looks good on mobile. I was able to search up tracks on my iPhone easily.

I use Chrome both on my PC and on my iPhone.

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@rotunda I may be out of line here but you're being pretty sensitive. I don't think this kills any chances of new games getting into Guinness. Everything's still visible. Also a few weeks to get a track updated ain't that bad.

Yes you're one of the most active recent members but you're acting pretty entitled and impatient instead of acting understanding and invested in TG.

Everyone - be patient.

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I can´t upload the videos, the videos not moves from 0%, is anyone with the same problem?

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Hi Siliconian

Did you try clicking the submit button . Videos won't upload unless you click on it .

Regards
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Originally Posted by Siliconian

I can´t upload the videos, the videos not moves from 0%, is anyone with the same problem?

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[QUOTE=admin staff;bt5425]Hi Siliconian

Did you try clicking the submit button . Videos won't upload unless you click on it .

Regards
Twingalaxies Staff[/QUOTE]

Yes, not moves, I already spend many Submission Points! :(

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Yes you're one of the most active recent members but you're acting pretty entitled and impatient instead of acting understanding and invested in TG.

So spending months trying to push a challenge system, investing time and money into researching a topic which has yet to be worked out on here and was a huge issue when i first joined and then also doing even more research into ever drives even when it didn't effect me personally isn't investing into TG? Really? I'd argue I've invested more than most on here in terms of trying to help and develop clear guide lines... also, check out how many bugs I've reported in the web site forum... Yeah i don't invest do i... I'm sorry but you are completely off with that statement.

Also, yes you are damn right I'm acting entitled and impatient. When it comes to peoples records and accomplishments being crapped on yeah, i get a little touchy.

I have spent so much time here adjudicating and creating tracks to get my records up and now you tell me they aren't "premium" so I wasted my time? Yeah, I'm sensitive alright. My time is valuable.. life is short and I don't like wasting my time.

I don't think this kills any chances of new games getting into Guinness.

So new tracks being adding aren't premium and therefore won't be shown to Guinness... My Ridge Racer Turbo track i created last year was brand new, 1 entry and it got into the book... If i did that today it wouldn't so tell me how it doesn't kill the chances of new games getting in? Yes you can request for them to be premium but it's not 100% and I'm sure will take an age like most things do here.

Also a few weeks to get a track updated ain't that bad.

No you are correct, it's not... but when it isn't done correctly and makes the track even more of a mess than it was before and i have to chase them up and wait weeks again for it to be solved...



That is when it gets to a point where you get annoyed. And people here will be now doing the same thing but for Premium tracks.

I'm out of here, i wish you all the best but I'm done.

TG, could you Please premium the tracks i requested above. That is all i ask as i cannot PM you currently as the site layout is broken. Thank you.

@Jace Hall @TWIN GALAXIES Can i request all tracks on the following games/platforms be made premium?

Arcade - Ridge Racer

Arcade - Ridge Racer Full Scale

Arcade - Rave Racer

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@rotunda I didn't say you haven't invested in TG I said you're not acting like you're invested.

We've all invested a lot of time and effort. Have some respect for yourself and be mature and patient. This isn't all about you and you're making yourself look like a whiny baby. Also you mention MONTHS like it's some huge time span. There are people on this site that gave YEARS and even DECADES to TG and you out-whine most of them.

Plus let's not forget you intentionally submitting several evidence videos using improper equipment to "test"
the system. I can never forgive you for that. Seems like you respect yourself more than any other entity including TG.

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No time has been wasted. No records are being crapped on. Everything is all still here. Jesus.

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