Good morning All,

I originaly joined Vizzed Board for the games, now that I am here, I see alot more. What is the purpose of Viz? How does it benefit me to have Viz? After I learn that, next I need to know how can I earn Tons of Viz?

Cpl Nichols

Viz : The currency of Vizzed Board (can be sent to users using the Item Shop).
How to gain it
- Posting (0-15 per post (30 for really big posts) - if the post is to small, you will lose Viz; also see 'Viz Per Post')
- When users reply to your threads - Although you lose 10 Viz for making threads, you get Viz when people reply to your thread. So however much Viz a user earns from making a reply to your thread, you also make half that amount of viz; this applies for all your threads so make good threads!
- Referring Members (1000 Viz for member that gets above 5 posts and you must PM me afterward - and also receive 5 Viz per each of their posts)
- 50 Viz for each day you visit vizzed board (all you have to do is go to the board and you'll earn 50 Viz each day you do this)
- 10 Viz for Rating an Online Retro Game that you own
- Selling an Online Retro Game that you own (75% your Viz back)
- Doing favors for the site or others (refer to the Vizzed Market)
- Various Contests (sometimes there are contests that you can enter to win Viz, such as the 'Surviving Fanisters Island' game show)
- Donating Money to Vizzed Board (10000 Viz per $10 you donate to Vizzed Board)
- SIM Battling (see 'Vizzed Battle Arena')
- and many more (and there are also many more to come)
How to spend it
- Item Shop (purchasing 'fake' items that upgrade your user stats; refer to 'Item Shop')
- Post layouts (some pre-made post layouts cost a small amount of Viz; refer to 'Custom Made Layouts')
- Request favors from fellow members (refer to the Vizzed Market)
- Make an announcement, Calendar Event, Color Changed Thread, Stickied Thread (features soon to come)
- Buying Online Retro Games (see 'Online Retro Games')
- and many more (and there are also many more to come)

Viz Per Post : Before this feature, users received a flat rate of Viz per their posts.
Quality of Post - 1st factor that affects how much Viz you make per a post is the quality of your posts; staff members (and trusted members) can rate a post of yours either thumbs up or thumbs down. By default, with no multipliers, you make 10 Viz per a post. If you're posts are very low quality (no purpose, bad grammar, flaming/spamming, etc... people will give you thumbs down for your posts), than you may only get 5 Viz. However, if your posts are of great quality (and anything opposite of bad quality), than you can make up to 15 Viz per a post.
Size of Post - 2nd factor that affects how much Viz you make is how many words are in your post. If you're post is 10 words or less, than your total Viz is multiplyed by 0.5 - this would be your total amount of gained Viz for that post (example: if the quality of your post is worth 10 Viz but the size of your new post is less than 10 words, you make 5 Viz for that new post). Here are all the Viz multipliers:
Words :: Multiplier (based on 10 Viz)
1 :: -2.5 x
2 or 3 :: -0.1 x
4 :: -0.5 x
5 :: 0 x
6 - 9 :: 0.5 x
10 - 99 :: 1 x
100 - 499 :: 2 x
500 + :: 3 x


hopefully that explains everything well enough for you. All that information could have been found in the FAQ/Help section at the top of the board.

One correction to geeogree's list:
A few weeks ago, Davideo7 changed the Viz amount you get for rating games to 25% of the Viz you spend to purchase the game.

thanks.

There have been some changes made that haven't been added in to the FAQ yet.

I think most of the changes made have been to increase the amount of Viz you get so even if the number is wrong it is wrong in your favor