Arcade announcement vanished

I'm not sure when it happened, but I noticed recently my arcade's announcement is no longer displayed. I checked and it is set to be displayed and there is a data in the announcement text box... yet even if I view source on my arcade, there is no sign of the announcement at all. Anyone have similar issues? I have installed a few mods recently, but none of them have anything to do with announcements...

[Hippy]

open up your skin_arcade.php in your editor
(there are 2 skins) but either way
at the very bottom
see if this code is there

function generalbox($title,$text) {
global $ibforums;
return <<<EOF
	<div class="tborder">
<table width='100%' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='4'>
	<tr>
	<th width='33%' align='center' class='tcat'>{$title}</th>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	<td width='33%' align='center' class='alt2' valign='middle'>{$text}</td>
	</tr>
	</table>
</div>
EOF;
}


}
?>

if not add it


should be bleow

function copyright($version,$country,$BFL) {
//
// if you had BRANDING FREE before ibProArcade v2.7.1+
// please contact me via mail -> ibproarcade@gmail.com
// to get the new instructions for BRANDING FREE - more easy now!
// !! DO NOT CHANGE THE CODE IN HERE ANYMORE !!
//
$text = "
	<div align='center' style='font-size: 8pt;'>
    	ibProArcade v{$version}<br />";
if ($country == "de") { $text = $text . "Erweiterte vBulletin-Version &copy; MrZeropage (<a href='http://www.vbulletin-germany.org/forumdisplay.php?f=28' target='_blank' title='www.vbulletin-germany.org'>www.vbulletin-germany.org</a>)<br />"; }
else { $text = $text . "Extended vBulletin-Version &copy; MrZeropage (<a href='https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=170' target='_blank' title='www.vbulletin.org'>www.vbulletin.org</a>)<br />"; }
$text = $text . "</div><br />";
return ($BFL ? "" : $text);
}

so it would look like this in total

function copyright($version,$country,$BFL) {
//
// if you had BRANDING FREE before ibProArcade v2.7.1+
// please contact me via mail -> ibproarcade@gmail.com
// to get the new instructions for BRANDING FREE - more easy now!
// !! DO NOT CHANGE THE CODE IN HERE ANYMORE !!
//
$text = "
	<div align='center' style='font-size: 8pt;'>
    	ibProArcade v{$version}<br />";
if ($country == "de") { $text = $text . "Erweiterte vBulletin-Version &copy; MrZeropage (<a href='http://www.vbulletin-germany.org/forumdisplay.php?f=28' target='_blank' title='www.vbulletin-germany.org'>www.vbulletin-germany.org</a>)<br />"; }
else { $text = $text . "Extended vBulletin-Version &copy; MrZeropage (<a href='https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=170' target='_blank' title='www.vbulletin.org'>www.vbulletin.org</a>)<br />"; }
$text = $text . "</div><br />";
return ($BFL ? "" : $text);
}

function generalbox($title,$text) {
global $ibforums;
return <<<EOF
	<div class="tborder">
<table width='100%' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='4'>
	<tr>
	<th width='33%' align='center' class='tcat'>{$title}</th></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
	<td width='33%' align='center' class='alt2' valign='middle'>{$text}</td>
	</tr>
	</table>
</div>
EOF;
}

}
?>

also in your arcade main setting
Show announcement in Arcade should be set to yes..

[rpgamersnet]

I have that code at the bottom of my skin and it is set to yes. I even checked inside the MySQL database to make sure the setting was set. I tried setting my arcade to the skin which I have never edited and the announcement is still missing, so I dont think its skin-related... at a loss here to be honest.

--------------- Added [DATE]1331077142[/DATE] at [TIME]1331077142[/TIME] ---------------

Oh my goodness! I figured it out, even though its a bit silly. I just spent an hour ripping my hair out for nothing.

Turns out if there are NO scores in the arcade, the announcement is not shown. I added 1 score and blam, there it came. Bug?