In this competition you need to record as much gameplay of Christmas themed video games as you can. Whoever records and uploads the most gameplay to the Vizzed YouTube account between December 1st and January 1st wins. You can upload videos to games in the Retro Game Room and the Video Game Room. In other words, even if a game isn't playable with the RGR Plugin, you can still record videos for it. Be warned though, you must only upload videos you recorded, if you upload videos made by someone else, you'll risk a permanent ban.


What Counts as a Christmas Game?
Any game that has 'Christmas' in the 'Theme' category in the detail area of a game page. If you find a Christmas game that isn't showing up on the list below, let us know so that we can make it so that they qualify because there are a lot of games that aren't categorized as Christmas games in the VGR and we're also missing quite a few as well. If the RGR or VGR are missing any Christmas games, we'll be sure to add them.

You can find a list of RGR Christmas games here:
https://www.vizzed.com/playonlinegames/index.php?page=1&sort=id&search=Christmas&searchBy=theme

And you can find a list of VGR Christmas games here:
https://www.vizzed.com/videogames/index.php?page=1&sort=id&search=Christmas&searchBy=theme


Current Rank:
https://www.vizzed.com/videogames/video-christmas2014-usersubmissions.php

Go to that page at any time to see how you rank among everyone else in this competition. That page will also show a total which will help determine what the payout is.


Prizes:
The prize amount will be based on how many total seconds have been recorded among all users. At any time, you can find out that number in the above 'Current Rank' url. Keep in mind that when you upload a video it can take up to 48 hours before you get credit.

1,000,000+ seconds 1. US $100 or 150K Viz 2. US $50 or 75k Viz 3. US $25 or 35k Viz 4. 10,000 Viz 5. 5,000 Viz

500,000+ seconds 1. US $50 or 75k Viz 2. US $25 or 35k Viz 3. US $10 or 15k Viz 4. 5000 Viz 5. 1000 Viz

Under 500,000 seconds 1. 25,000 Viz 2. 10,000 Viz 3. 5,000 Viz 4. 2,500 Viz 5. 1,000 Viz

Rules:
-Only videos uploaded after 12/1/2014 count
-You can submit as many videos as you'd like
-Videos must be good qualify, otherwise they will not count
-If you upload a video that isn't your own, you will be banned
-The video should be exclusive to the Vizzed account (cannot be on another account)
-Your video must maintain a rating of 3 or higher on vizzed to qualify
-Videos can be any length
-If you decide to do playthroughs (aka longplay), you're only allowed 1 playthrough per a game
-If you upload more than 1 video per a game, each video should be unique
-Your videos must be uploaded to the Vizzed YouTube account
-You can record your video with the RGR Plugin or you can use an external program like Camtasia (recommended), Xsplit (Broadcast > Local recording), Camstudio, or Hypercam
-You can upload streams but you must edit out non gameplay
-Your video cannot contain more than 2% idling (moments when you're not playing)
-You must add at least 1 additional keyword to at least half of your submitted videos in order to qualify for a cash prize
-You may add videos to games that aren't in the Retro Game Room if you have a way to record modern games (these videos would need to be uploaded to the game pages from the Video Game Room)
-Your video cannot show too many failed attempts on a single level, course, location or battle (if you're taking too long to beat a level for example, edit the video and cut out most of or all of the failed attempts)


Payout:
The cash Prizes can be paid out in a few ways. I can purchase a membership on a website for you somewhere, I can order something for you off of amazon, I can send you the money via Paypal, I can buy you Microsoft Points, Nintendo Points or Playstation Points and send you the code, I can buy you an Amazon gift card and send you the code, etc.


TIP:
Use Freemake Video Convertor to reduce the size of your videos before uploading.

TIP2:
The following systems support video recording: Game Boy Advance*, Super Nintendo*, Nintendo NES, Game Boy Color*, Sega Genesis*, Arcade, Game Boy*, Commodore 64, Atari 2600, Sega Master System, Apple II, Sega Game Gear, Turbo Grafx, MSX, Famicom Disk System, Wonderswan Color, ColecoVision, Neo Geo Pocket Color, MSX 2, Atari Lynx, Wonderswan, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, SG-1000, SuperGrafx, Neo Geo Pocket, SC-3000
*Requires you to play the game using Mednafen Emulator (click link at top left of play window)


FAQ:
Q: How do I upload videos?
A: Scroll about half way down the page where you see the video area and then click the 'Click to Upload your Video to Vizzed YouTube'. Here's a screenshot of it:



Competition ends on December 30th. Competition begins now.

I like beating the games much better... mostly because it takes less time and its easier to catch up and seems to have a sense of strategy in it. Also, could i possibly record SNES games not using the RGR? it crashes it when i try to do it

I got myself an early head start, though I doubt I will be able to keep up. My only worry about putting a lot of effort into this is that not enough people might particiapte to make the prizes worth it.

mourinhosgum : You can use an external program to record RGR games. This is one of the very few competitions where I'll allow that.

zanderlex : The last video competition exceeded 2,000,000 seconds so I think this one can hit 500,000 or maybe even 1,000,000, especially since you can also record games that aren't in the RGR.

Davideo7 : That's true, but still, even with VGR games available, the total number of games that can be used is maybe just a few percent of the games that were available last time, and then some users just might not find Christmas games to be too interesting for an extended period of time.

zanderlex : That's true I suppose. I think the 500,000 milestone will still be hit. If a bunch of users did a bunch of playthroughs, that'd help us reach it for sure.

Funny thing, I will do something on Youtube called 12 Games of Christmas where I do 12 (Or maybe more) Christmas games. So, this might be a good opportunity. BTW, when will the winners of last month's PSX music contest be announced?

Are romhacks allowed or is it specifically actual Christmas games?

Christmas themed? Definitely in. Time to down the egg nog and get to work!

RetroGameNinja : That's a great idea. Winners will be announced on December 3rd.

Juliaisme123 : Romhacks are allowed.

Davideo7 : Awesome! Do you mind if I do multiple playthroughs of a Sonic  2 Romhack? Sonic 2 is my favorite platformer of all time, and, I've replayed it on numerous occasions, and the Christmas hack interests me.

Juliaisme123 : Only 1 playthrough per a game. If there are more than 1 Christmas hack of Sonic 2 then you can do both.

Ferdinand :

mourinhosgum :

zanderlex :

Foxyman1113 :

sonikku :

lilwildwolf21 :

Thebiguglyalien :

zanderlex :

thezoologist :  

Donkey_Mario :

Fireproof :

GameBoy1023 :

BraveKamen :

Vykis74 :  

earthwarrior :  

Lockerdown3 :  

terrorrizin :  

RetroGameNinja :  

jerryaberry :  

pray75 :  

mrkool078 :  

Nickrj :  

killabeats26 :  

tyranit :  

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Kelvin Juwah :





Hello! P3 here, with some exciting news that may benefit you if you are at all interested in this video making competition and of course making $25 US the cool way. My message is simple:



I have gotten the art of video making down to a science now and in the last 3 days I have set an amazing pace of over 50,000 seconds(uncredited as yet of this posting) in those 3 days. If this keeps up, I will be able to make a run at the half million second mark by myself at the end of the month. I have that situation very nearly covered barring real world interference(holiday schedules don't apply in my case). This opens up the cash prize opportunity for the rest of you.



I feel that any one of you could easily reach out and grab the second place cash prize(by following all of Davideo7's provisos of course[READ THEM CAREFULLY]) .



Each and every person that was summoned put up impressive numbers in the early going of October's general video game recorder contest. Some of you dropped out for your own unique reasons. A few of you saw it through to the end. I appeal to all of you to see if you are still interested in making a bit of cash which could be really easy if nobody else starts tearing it up.



If plenty of you are interested, great! The cash prizes double if we make it to one million seconds together. There is no small thing to be lost here and $25 US (possibly times 2) to be gained. All Christmas themed games are fair play.



I chose Pokemon Christmas 2012 because it has the longest play-through(and I am not technically done until I've caught them all and raised them all up) plus I really like Pokemon.



This has been the scoop.



P3

Postman3 : Awesome! I actually wasn't competing in October. If I was, I would have done a lot more recording. All of my recording in October was my normal daily recording.

Since it's 12 days before Christmas, I will now be starting my Christmas Let's Try's. Wish me luck.

Davideo7: Do cutscenes in a game count as "idling"?

Postman3 : I've been kinda burned out on video recording since that competition. It's a miracle I even made video recording quota last month from the Denki Blocks videos posted on the 31st (and some rating). So I'm kinda just not involving myself this time around. But thanks for the consideration.

RetroGameNinja : Great! I hope you win second.

I shouldn't think that cut scenes would be a problem as long as every video is unique. Idling is when there is absolutely no activity to watch on the video for 5 seconds or more at a time and does not make for an interesting video. An exception could be made if you are patiently waiting for an enemy to pass before making your move so he doesn't kill your character. Freemake video converter allows you to edit out the significant idling that you can remember(you can just skip right to it) and it's easy to use to just cut it right out.

Good luck!

P3

Do not let the current numbers on here fool you guys. https://www.vizzed.com/videogames/video-christmas2014-usersubmissions.php

We have together recorded well over a quarter million seconds with ten full days to go. Those videos will eventually get credited and then you will see. We just need a little bit more mmmph to get us across the finish line and guarantee those prizes.

nguyenminhthien86 :
Thebiguglyalien :
azncool1 :
Ferdinand :
RetroGameNinja :
EideticMemory :
mourinhosgum :

I challenge all you guys to double your recording output. The one of you that puts forth the best effort will get that sweet $25 prize and the next best will get $10. Nothing to lose here but little bit of time.

It won't take you nearly as much effort to win second as it has for me to get us in prize contention territory. The bar for you to win second is just a couple hours of recorded Christmas videos. I'll be rounding hour 60 of my recorded videos today.

Let's give it our best!

P3

Davideo7 : I did find a game that should have Christmas in it's theme I think. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to change it so I left it alone though. It's a hack of Donkey Kong for A2600 called 'Xmasdp'   https://www.vizzed.com/playonlinegames/game.php?id=15605

RetroGameNinja : Yeah that's cool. Impressive that you made the shortlist of prize money hopefuls on so little time. I just didn't want to snub you when on a sheer numbers basis you appear to have a decent shot at it. That perception may change if I have succeeded in waking anybody up. The scores can only go up from here.

Still anybody's race for second place. Nobody has put that prize out of reach yet.

P3