With 2016 starting next week, I thought it would be good to make a thread asking vizzed users to share their biggest highlights of 2015. Whether it's something small, or if it was something major, go ahead and share it with us!

As for me, my biggest highlights of 2015, those would definitely have to be joining the site staff as a game reviewer, and winning the Fall TDV. Back when I was applying for the game reviewer position, I wasn't getting my hopes up because there were so many users applying for that position, but I somehow got it. As far as the TDV was concerned, I wanted to win that TDV so bad because Fall happens to be my favorite season. I'm glad I was able to pull it off. I didn't get any overall jerseys, but winning rainbow for the following month was more than enough for me to be satisfied. Also, I got my first RGR competition win in the Hacks and Homebrew music contest.

My biggest highlight of the year in an actual game would be when I beat the world championships in Pokémon Light Platinum. 

My biggest highlight on the board for the year includes you, gamerforlifeforever2. In the summer TdV, I had 50 posts in one day at around 11:15 PM and I went to sleep, thinking that I would win the blue jersey(which would be the first jersey I had ever won). The next morning I came on, hoping to see my name highlighted in blue, and it wasn't. I went and checked the stats and found that you had 52 posts. I was so disappointed, but nevertheless, I was happy with myself for getting 50 posts(almost 1/3 of my total posts) in one day. 

I say getting back to posting and how it was for me years ago. I have a goal not to set to do with that. As long as I keep posting in threads that interest me then I will be fine. making new friends such as you gamer and wanderer. But the best highlight for me is that....supercrash and ditto came back to vizzed that totally just did justice for me and the best present a friend can ask for.

My highlight is being back and really enjoying myself this year. I don't remember being super active in 2014 but 2015 was a different story. Vizzed has been far more enjoyable for me this year than it has in previous years. Hopefully 2016 continues that trend for me.

My highlights? Well, let's see, I became Staff AND chat mod this year, got close to 1K posts and 10K CP I guess, got a post rating of 300+, and

Zlinqx :
Zlinqx :
Zlinqx : (somehow) got together with this derp :p

Oh and I got a MUCH better computer . Definitely one of the better highlights for the year Xp.

My best highlights would probably have to be winning my 2nd tdv and the awards I got from the Vizzed awards. Not much happened this year compared to last year.

Well this definitely has been a big year for me in terms of things that happened on vizzed. I went from a trusted user to a site staff user and then a few months later I went from that to a local moderator. I won the Summer TdV which even I didn't see coming because it wasn't something I planned beforehand (all I was trying for at first was the green jersey) and I came out of it with a higher word per post average than I had at the start which I think in itself is an achievement I won a rap battle tournament, I got to 10k and 20k CP and closing in on 30k and had 1 million Viz for the first time ever. Over half of my total post count is from this year and I think like 2/3rds of my total word count. Me and Vanelan were the Summer Netplay Team Tournament Runner Ups after a dramatic turn of events and I survived a mafia game. I suppose I should also mention that I won the award for craziest member, and getting 3rd for best reviewer was cool too... Despite my view of it really being a popularity contest and the low voter turnout that had.

That's about everything I can think about from the top of my head, so yeah a lot of things.






ZeroTails :
ZeroTails :
ZeroTails :

Oh and ZTxZlinqx became an actual thing. There's also that

I think the next year will be a pretty calm year on Vizzed in comparsion but I suppose I'll see.

A ton of things have happened this 2015 for me to highlight, I hope I don't forget any.

First off, the friendships I've built. I've never been very social, so every friendship I create and/or reinforce is special for me.

Next up, of course, becoming a local mod. I applied two times, just like when I tried to get staff, and again second time was a charm. I also got to mod the game guides forum, which is my main due to my staff role, and I've wanted for a while to refurbish its rules, something I finally accomplished a few weeks ago. 

Another highlight is my increase in activity. Since summer, I've been able to average way more than 100 posts, something unbelievable when I started the year at 107 posts in total. I've also made nearly 20k CP since January, which is another massive increase. 

My last highlight is the development of my wordy nature. I managed to write +10k words in a single guide, with several more ahead of 7k, something that awarded me a spot in the first page of the memberlist. Not many people cares a lot about total words, but nevertheless being in the first page is such a honour.

I hope 2016 is at least as good as 2015 was. Except for the local promotion, I'm aiming to repeat all the other highlights.

Nice thread idea! One of my highlights is becoming a Local Moderator. I really wanted that position and I waited maybe a bit too long to get it but all was worth it. I am still enjoying everything about the position a lot. Another highlight is becoming more active by posting more compared to 2014. Of course my new friendships I've built this year are very important too.

My Vizzed life in 2015 turned out quite horrific for me, but it spread onto here due to issues outside of Vizzed.

2015 started quite outstanding by winning the first TdV of 2015 (Winter 2015) and set a record of most points in a single TdV. But after a really successful January, everything started to go really downhill for me starting with having issues with another person on a website outside of Vizzed, and it eventually spread onto here.

Since that one issue spread onto here, it eventually caused me to loose any interest in about everything which include Minecraft, drawing, and basically everything. With this anger, it has caused me to retire from the Minecraft OP role. But as soon as I retired, problems just got even worse for me on Vizzed, I losing focus on posting and my anger just kept rising.

Then in the infamous September 21st Event, my anger has reached at an all time high (worse it has ever been since 2004), and with this major anger, I felt like it was best that I retired from Local Mod and leave Vizzed before any further damage happens and it destroys my reputation and Vizzed's reputation.

I made my surprised return on December 1st, 2015 as an Elite. I have been quite active in December, in fact, this has been my 5th most active month since joining (only behind July 2013, May 2013, October 2013, and January 2015)

Eniitan :
TornadoMudkip : I want to thank you two for giving me the confidence to come back to Vizzed, you two are very nice and respectful, you two are true friends.


2015 was a huge disaster, if it wasn't for that one issue outside of Vizzed, it wouldn't of create a domino effect that made 2015 my worse year since 2004 (my whole life), and my worse year in the nearly 3 year I've been on Vizzed.

But their is a saying "if one has a bad year, the following year will be a good year" and what that means, after how horrible 2015 turned out, that gives me huge confidences for 2016.

My vizzed highlights of 2015 are:

Getting 2nd place in the Hack and Homebrew Music competition!
Creating my threads in the vizzed board!
Recording some gameplay and showoff vids for Vizzed!

Here's to 2016!

My highlights of 2016 are:

Losing 40 pounds
Becoming a Local Moderator here
Becoming more active on Vizzed
And overall becoming a more mentally stable person. I have things to work on, but I have matured a lot this year.

I have loved this year despite all the bad. I can't wait to see what 2016 brings!

April 2015 - Got banned.
December 2015 - Got unbanned.


gg

My highlights  this  year is not  being  chat banned at all. You  guys are still  sensitive  and  whiney. 

For life it's being me. I'm the best highlight for  everyone  

becerra95 :

If you think vizzed is whiney and sensitive then you need to check out some other communities.

They are fair more hurt about what someone says about them, or get too much involved in drama related stuff.

Vizzed is far from being a toxic community, and I've ran into a lot of those.


A user of this :
Whut?

"My Highlights of 2016 are:"

Where you hiding that time machine bruh?

My highlight is being back on the site and possibly being active as I can, and making the 3 year member mark.

I returned September 19, 2015, around 7:44 AM.
I was snooping around as a guest and saw all of the Posts, Threads, and Profile Comments. It was a tough choice to come back to vizzed because I feared for a lot of bad stuff happening, but still I decided to give it a shot.

And it turned out really a lot better than I expected.

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Eniitan : She and I met in chat during my real immaturity problems back in early 2013, after a few quick life related and video game discussions. We became friends really fast.

She and other members below encouraged me a lot.

-I couldn't tell maturity was hitting me or what. I heard it from Frodlex that I was maturing really quickly, but I couldn't really believe that was the case. At least back then.


mohammedroxx3 : To be honest I can't remember the first time I encountered you.  I think it was either due to friend request, profile comments, or post on the forums.


Barathemos :
Same goes for you. My memory is pulling a blank on you guys. I still remember all the hard stuff that was going on, and I have to give credit to You and Eni . You changed completely with her guidance.





Razor-987 :

I think I met you and bara around the time Mod applications for the Metroid and Kirby forum was being implemented, back then when I called everyone "Mud buddies" A funny little Nickname I gave moderators.


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I'm really looking forward to what 2016 will bring to the table, and hopefully it can bring in some interesting topics and other sort of goodies.


And hopefully some people will be more active and this site can feel like old times.

for me it'd probably be what happened this christmas. i gave a couple friends here 5k Viz each and one turned around and got me a couple games off my christmas list as a surprise (the surprise being that i had no idea which games he got me at the time.) gift (irl) like my surprise gift of points here.

thanks go to zhaich for that bit of generosity. though, if you think about it...with 5k viz, i did pretty much buy him a crap ton of games for christmas too. lol

My highlights for my 2015 Vizzed year is as thus:

1. I got closer to a few people. I won't name names but I put a bigger emphasis on personal relationships this year and I've emerged with many close friends and some who would be in my inner circle now. I've gained a lot of closure with others and am in a good place socially and mentally speaking.

2. I was recognized for my mantra of quality over quantity. It's no secret I'm one of the big posters in the history of this site. I am currently the third ranked poster in posts, and until recently was second. But even so, I always preached quality over quantity. Some didn't take me seriously because of my ranking, but this year, I was very much inactive and won both best posts and best threads, which speaks to me that people do realize quality over quantity is what I'm about.

3. Most importantly, however, is that I finally let Vizzed go. For the past five years this place has been my bastion on the internet, my safe haven, a controlled environment of which I was once basically king. The community allowed it to happen, and I was only too happy to take advantage of it. So it's a bit of a departure from the old me, that I was able to detach myself from everything so effortlessly, to let the new generation take over, to allow for growth, rather than ego padding, and took a big step back. Vizzed is no longer a factor in my life. I'm a grown adult and though I am a member of this community, I am just that, a member in the crowd, a silent participant. That chapter of my life is over, and I'm ready to begin the next in 2016. It may sound dramatic but I've well and truly moved on.

my highlights this year was getting minecraft on pc then playing on vizzed's server and following in love with it. for 2016 I am going to start posting starting tonight so yay

The greatest thing for me this year was the summer netplay tournament. Zlinqx and I came pretty close to first and it was exciting all the way to the end.

I was voted as most helpful.
I don't get meanest.
And of course, global moderator.

There are probably other things I will think of later... this year seemed to go very fast...

This year has been full of ups and downs for me, some bigger than others. I'll list a few highlights.

-Completed and released Devil's Nightmare pt. 2 on the Vizzed Minecraft Server

-Spent two months working the hardest work schedule of my life, and came out alive and with a stacked resume

-Accepted the offer to become a Global Mod, and was promoted to Chat Manager

-Came up with a solid plan for the future of Phemcee, a youtube community I hope to start and grow