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== Need Help with Screenshots? ==

== How this Works ==

=== What is This? ===

"The Explorer's Shadow" is an ongoing project which offers a continuous string of Epic Arc missions for new and advanced players.

If you are new to EVE, it

* introduces EVE University and our campuses to you,

* serves as a guideline of what to do next and where to go,

* introduces important game mechanics and things you should know,

* gives you some lore background,

* assists you with meaningful rewards.

If you are a veteran, it

* takes you on a sightseeing road trip around New Eden,

* helps to experience PvE-based fleet events for content which can't be done solo,

* pushes you to your personal limits in the later books,

* gives you a damn good reward if you manage to complete it - and we're not talking about vanity stuff here.

=== The Rules ===

The rules are simple:

* You start with mission 1 (the first mission of the first chapter of the first book, just to make it clear).

* When you finished a mission, you deliver us some proof that you've completed it and allows us to track your progress. By default and if not mentioned otherwise within the mission text, this proof will be a screenshot.

* After you finish a chapter, you give us an info (either personally, or on the mailing list) and we will verify your progress and you get your reward.

* Finishing a chapter allows you to continue with the next chapter.

* The characters and agents you meet during the Epic Arc are ''real''. They are not bots. So treat them accordingly, be respectful and don't annoy them.

=== How We Track Your Progress ===

Sadly, CCP does not offer an API to integrate player-generated mission content directly into the game. So we have to do all the tracking and progression things offline, which means it is a bit of manual work included, both for you and the guys "behind the curtains".

The best idea we had so far, is that '''you make a screenshot and either post it on the wiki, or send us a link to it via the mailing list.'''

For tracking your progress, we rely on your fairness. Later on in the Epic Arc, the difficulty of the missions will increase significantly, and the rewards will become very interesting. As a consequence, people might be tempted to cheat. After all, this is EVE, right? This makes rock solid proof necessary and it might happen that a screenshot gets rejected, if it is too generic.

Later in the arc, there will be content which is designed for fleets and will have a difficulty which equals L4 or L5 missions. Heck, we will probably invent L6 missions here, since we won't design content which can be solved by simply ''zerging'' it (''zerging'' is a term coming from an alien race of ''Starcraft II'', which simply overruns enemies by throwing large numbers of soldiers at it, instead of applying skills).

For such missions, the Fleet Commander will be responsible to deliver the proof of mission completion. It is highly recommended to involve the Event Department of EVE University for assistance and logistics here.

=== Need Help with Screenshots? ===

The EVE client supports making screenshots, but it's not really... straightforward to make them this way. Let's be honest, for this Epic Arc, you want to get them done quick & easy.

It still sounds a bit strange to me, when I say this, but the best free screenshot tool I know is [https://mix.office.com/snip Snip] from Microsoft. It runs as an autohide dock if you want, and a single click with the mouse is enough for grabbing a DirectX screen or just a part of it. You can even make annotations, if necessary. Give it a try.

== Warnings ==

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-== Need Help with Screenshots? ==
+== How this Works ==
+=== What is This? ===
+"The Explorer's Shadow" is an ongoing project which offers a continuous string of Epic Arc missions for new and advanced players.
+If you are new to EVE, it
+* introduces EVE University and our campuses to you,
+* serves as a guideline of what to do next and where to go,
+* introduces important game mechanics and things you should know,
+* gives you some lore background,
+* assists you with meaningful rewards.
+If you are a veteran, it
+* takes you on a sightseeing road trip around New Eden,
+* helps to experience PvE-based fleet events for content which can't be done solo,
+* pushes you to your personal limits in the later books,
+* gives you a damn good reward if you manage to complete it - and we're not talking about vanity stuff here.
+=== The Rules ===
+The rules are simple:
+* You start with mission 1 (the first mission of the first chapter of the first book, just to make it clear).
+* When you finished a mission, you deliver us some proof that you've completed it and allows us to track your progress. By default and if not mentioned otherwise within the mission text, this proof will be a screenshot.
+* After you finish a chapter, you give us an info (either personally, or on the mailing list) and we will verify your progress and you get your reward.
+* Finishing a chapter allows you to continue with the next chapter.
+* The characters and agents you meet during the Epic Arc are ''real''. They are not bots. So treat them accordingly, be respectful and don't annoy them.
+=== How We Track Your Progress ===
+Sadly, CCP does not offer an API to integrate player-generated mission content directly into the game. So we have to do all the tracking and progression things offline, which means it is a bit of manual work included, both for you and the guys "behind the curtains".
+The best idea we had so far, is that '''you make a screenshot and either post it on the wiki, or send us a link to it via the mailing list.'''
+For tracking your progress, we rely on your fairness. Later on in the Epic Arc, the difficulty of the missions will increase significantly, and the rewards will become very interesting. As a consequence, people might be tempted to cheat. After all, this is EVE, right? This makes rock solid proof necessary and it might happen that a screenshot gets rejected, if it is too generic.
+Later in the arc, there will be content which is designed for fleets and will have a difficulty which equals L4 or L5 missions. Heck, we will probably invent L6 missions here, since we won't design content which can be solved by simply ''zerging'' it (''zerging'' is a term coming from an alien race of ''Starcraft II'', which simply overruns enemies by throwing large numbers of soldiers at it, instead of applying skills).
+For such missions, the Fleet Commander will be responsible to deliver the proof of mission completion. It is highly recommended to involve the Event Department of EVE University for assistance and logistics here.
+=== Need Help with Screenshots? ===
 The EVE client supports making screenshots, but it's not really... straightforward to make them this way. Let's be honest, for this Epic Arc, you want to get them done quick & easy.
 It still sounds a bit strange to me, when I say this, but the best free screenshot tool I know is [https://mix.office.com/snip Snip] from Microsoft. It runs as an autohide dock if you want, and a single click with the mouse is enough for grabbing a DirectX screen or just a part of it. You can even make annotations, if necessary. Give it a try.
 == Warnings ==