User:Quizzical/LGscreenshots

With all ten of my characters about to finish the Legendary Guardian title, I want screenshots of when they do. More to the point, I want screenshots of the global announcement, as comes in certain towns like Kamadan or Chantry of Secrets. And I want several of my characters' finishing the Legendary Guardian title track to show in the same screenshot, to show that all of them finished it in a short period of time.

To that end, I'm offering 50k for the screenshots. I'm going to pay out at least 50k total, and at least 10k per person who gets the screenshots I want. Payment will only go to alliance members if any alliance members get the right screenshots. In the unlikely event that no one in my alliance does it right, if someone else happens to get the screenshots, I'll pay them instead (see conditions below). The purpose of this page is to have a written explanation of what I want, and so that if someone doesn't get the proper screenshots, I can demonstrate that the unmet requirements were given in writing ahead of time.

The way it works is that I've got all ten of my characters set up for Chahbek Village. Completing Chahbek Village hard mode will complete the Legendary Guardian title. I've chosen heroes, builds, and equipment, so that as soon as one finishes, I can switch to the next character and immediately start the mission. This should allow me to get all characters through in a relatively quick amount of time.

The requirements to get payment for screenshots are:


 * 1) All ten of my characters completing Legendary Guardian should appear on the screenshot(s), with the system message " has completed the title Legendary Guardian.  The gods have extended their blessings."
 * 2) It may or may not be possible to get all ten characters in a single screenshot.  If spread over multiple screenshots, then each pair of consecutive screenshots should have a system message of the same character completing the same title on both.  This is to provide proof (to the general public, not to me) that the screenshots must have been taken in a short period of time.
 * 3) The interface size should be set to Large.  This is accessible in the Options window (default is F11), under the Graphics tab, in the Interface size drop down box.  If some other interface size is used, it will look "wrong" to me.
 * 4) The screenshot(s) should not be edited after they are taken, with the possible exception of cropping portions outside of the chat box.
 * 5) The screenshot(s) should be in the JPEG file format.  This should not be difficult, as it is the default format that the game uses when you press Print Screen.
 * 6) The screenshot(s) should be uploaded to here within half an hour of my last character completing the Legendary Guardian title.  This probably requires registering for this wiki if you haven't already, and then logging in.
 * 7) Make a user page with at least one of your in-game character names, so that I can verify whose screenshots correspond to which game account.

There are also some recommendations that are not required for payment.


 * 1) Increase the size of the chat window to get more in a single screenshot.  This can be done in the Options menu (default is F11), under the Interface tab, by clicking on the chat window and resizing it.  Making it much larger vertically will allow far more lines of text to appear in a single screenshot.
 * 2) Uncheck all of the boxes at the top of the chat window before taking screenshots to remove other forms of chat.  This will condense the desired system messages into fewer lines.
 * 3) Take screenshots at intermediate times, rather than waiting until the very end.  When you receive too many chat messages, the top ones scroll off and cannot still be seen.
 * 4) Go to a nearly empty district of a town or outpost at which the system messages announcing title completion appear.  High numbered or lightly used foreign districts are probably best.  Having lots of messages in All chat and Trade chat will make the desired system messages scroll off more quickly.
 * 5) Try to avoid communicating in whispers or triggering unnecessary system messages for the duration of my finishing the missions, as these cannot be removed by unchecking a box.  Other chat channels such as guild or alliance chat are fine, or you can simply go AFK and check back every several minutes.
 * 6) You can gauge how close I am to finishing by which characters have gotten through.  I'll follow the same order as my characters listed on my user page.
 * 7) You can upload images here.  Find the source file name on your hard drive (if you use Vista, the default is under My Documents -> Documents -> Guild Wars -> Screens) and choose it in the "Source filename" line.  Give the screenshot a distinctive name on the "Destinatino filename" line.  In the "Licensing:" line, select "This image is a screenshot from the game."  Click Upload File to finish.

Shortly before I go to finish the titles, I'll announce it in alliance chat and point people to here. To prevent one person from taking screenshots for multiple people and receiving multiple payments, I need confirmation that you'll take screenshots before I start.

After I'm done, I'll stay on half an hour to make sure everyone who does the proper screenshots gets at least 10k from me. I have about 1.5 million gold on hand, so I will not run out even if more people get the screenshots than I expect. If fewer than five alliance members do, then I'll pay at least one person who does more than 10k. This does not have to be distributed equally among participants. For example, if two alliance members have the proper screenshots, and I like one set a lot better than the other (e.g., if one person needs only one screenshot, while the other needs several), I may split the payment as 40k and 10k. The split will be entirely at my discretion, subject to the requirements of at least 10k to each person, and at least 50k total.

If no one from my alliance is able to get the appropriate screenshots, then I'll pay 50k to the first non-alliance member to upload the proper screenshots to this wiki. I will not also pay anyone else who does so later. I'll only pay non-alliance members if no alliance members get the proper screenshots. I will not pay someone who tries and fails to get screenshots that meet the requirements above.

I expect the time from my first character getting Legendary Guardian to my last to be under an hour. If it takes more than an hour, I'll increase the amount of gold I pay.