How to Take a Screenshot & Report Properly

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How to Take a Screenshot & Report Properly

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In order for the Judge and Sheriff to consider your report, they need proof. The whole he said, she said garbage with little proof besides word of mouth will no longer happen. If you want any form of action taken, you must provide a screenshot, otherwise your report will be ignored/locked. Follow the following instructions to take and upload a screen shot.

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Press the 'print screen' button on your keyboard. This takes a screen shot of your computer screen. It's the circled button on the image above.

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Next, open up any image editing program. Paint, photoshop, paintshop, gimp, etc will all do. For sake of ease, we'll use paint. The screenshot above shows where you can find paint.

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Next, go to Edit and Paste. This will paste your image into the program.

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Go to file and Save As. Type in a name and then save it as a .PNG file. If you don't have this option, choose 24 bit .BMP, click save.

Next, you'll need to upload your image. There's quite a few image sites to upload at. Just pick one.

http://www.photobucket.com Requires making an account
http://imageshack.us/
http://tinypic.com/

Once the image is uploaded, there will be several links provided. You want to one that looks like this: Image. Simply paste that into a new topic and go on from there.

Remember. Without screenshots, they can't and won't do anything.
Have a look at Vargen Saphia's guide on how to report below.
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How to Report Properly

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This is the thread for those who are unsure about how to report someone.

1. Get the ID of the person, by examining the person you wanna report. The ID will be shown on the left side of the ''profile'' of the person you are examinating. Then write down the ID in the thread.

2. Create a topic about it what the person did, in the City Hall Forum.

3. Get proof. To get proof you can either film it, or take screenshots.
To take a screen shot, click on the button called '' PrtSc''. On some computer it may show up like ''Print Screen'', wich is the fully name of the button.

4. Paste it in paint. When you are finish, then click save, name it something you will remember.

5. Search on Google for either TinyPic.com or ImageShack.us.
I would recomend you to search for ImageShack.us, since it gives better quality on the picture. Photobucket is also a great place (though you must have an account).

6. Copy one of the codes that will show up after you have click ''upload'', and paste it in your thread. On ImageShack.us it shall be ''Hotlinks for Forum 1'', if you wanna show it as proof in your thread.

7. Describe what the person did to break the rules, and why you think the person did so. Don't forget to describe that happened!

And writing down the name in the thread is also good.



Make sure to read the rules before reporting someone!!!

And;

Never let someone else that cannot be trusted get a chance to take the computer when you are in the game!!!


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Now, for thoose who have trouble with pasting it in Paint, another step-by-step instruction will come.


1. Take the picture.

2. Open Paint. For those who don't know how to open Paint, click on the ''Start'' button down in the lest corner. If you cannot see a symbol/ image that is a glass with paints/ brushes in, or a text called ''Paint'', click on ''Alll Programs''. Then all programs on the computer should show up.
They are placed in alphabetical order.
Scroll then down until you come to the ''P'' place, where the programs begins on ''P''.
Then look if you can find Paint there.
When you have found Paint, click on Paint. If Paint won't show up, then rigth click on Paint and choose ''Opan Paint''.

3. When Paint has open, then click ''Archives'', and choose ''New''.

4. After that, you shall click ''Edit'' and choose ''Paste''. Then the picture you took will show up.

5. If you see a strange thing, with paint/brushes and pencils on, then click on the rectangular thing that is on the strange thing.
The strange thing is the toolbar. I will may be make another thread about that in the Support Forum later.

6. When you are on the corner of the game window of the picture, hold down the mouse, and make sure that the hole game window on the picture gets inside the markings that comes when you hold and drag the mouse.

7. When you have stop holding the mouse, and the game window in the window is inside thoose markings, click ''Picture'' and choose ''Cut Down''.

8. After that, click ''Mark'' and choose ''Mark All''.

9. Then click ''Edit'' and choose ''Copy''.

10. Click ''Archives'' again and click ''Save''. In the highest of the two boxes that are white, in the lower part of the window that will pop up, it will stand ''Name''. Write down a name there that you will remember.

11. Choosing file. Make sure to save it in the rigth file, otherwise it will do the graphic on the picture bad! I would recomend you to use the file called ''Bit/Piece Folder''. Then the quality on the picture wil hold, so people can see what the picture is.

12 (1/2). If the quality gets low on the picture, or if you saved in the wrong folder, then create a new one. When you have done that, click ''Edit'' and paste, and the picture that you marked with the rectangular thing will show up. Then click the same symbol again or anywhere on the picture!
Then click ''Save'' and take the same name as the failed picture. Then a window will show up saying '' Are you sure that you want to replace the picture ''X''?''. Choose yes. Then you choose another folder to put it in.

12 (2/2). Or, you could close and take up Paint again and click ''Archives'', then choose '' Open''. Then click on the picture you did that failed. Then click ''Open''. Then, click ''Edit'' and choose ''Paste'', and your original picture will show up! Then do the same as before.

13. This time, choose ''Save as'', and not ''Save''. This will do so you could change the folder.

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All parts when reporting someone will be claimed unguilty until something else is proved. Proof MUST be provided for action to be taken.
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Re: How to Take a Screenshot & Report Properly

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What happens is you can't get proof but your friends saw it too?
Then you're sunk. Think of it this way. You go to court with a case against a person. You and your friends don't like this person because they, for example owe you money. The only proof you have is what you and your friends say. The case will get thrown out since there's no proof.

Too easy for people to lie and want someone banned for doing something wrong when the truth is, the person was an annoying newbie who wanted to be friends.
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