Google Earth Community: Fun and Games FAQ - please read before posting!

Welcome to F&G, please take a minute to read these guidelines.

Firstly --- The forum is NOT for posting:

Your home, your school, your girlfriend's home, your place of work/play/business, where you went on holidays/vacations etc,
Something which you think might be a UFO,
A lake/cloud/mountain that you think looks a bit like an Alien Face/ Puppy/Ghost/Pig/Mark of the Beast if you view it the right way up ( with your eyes squinted) ----- you get the idea!

,
Parks, cinemas, bars, discos, rock concerts, red light areas, places where you might have fun or even play games.

No

The forum is for people to post riddles and puzzles for others to solve.

Secondly -- This is a world-wide site with people from all around the world in different time zones, which is why we ask you, when you solve something, not to give the answer in a way which will spoil it for others coming along later.

So please:

do not leave the coordinates on your image (View menu > uncheck Status Bar )

if a text answer is asked for, put the text in white, this means that anyone who wants to read the answer can highlight it to do so, but those that don't want to know can ignore it. You will still be credited at the end of the challenge.

Help with Posting

To post an image, first you need to save it:

make sure you have removed the coordinates by turning off the status bar in the view menu of GE. Then save it (File - Save - Save image, or ctrl-alt-S )
or

Press printscreen (or alt-printscreen) to copy the image, paste it into a picture editing program (whatever you have, even Windows Paint will do), crop the image to leave just the bit you want (no coordinates!)
or

Use a screen capture programme like MWSnap or ScreenHunter.

Then upload to an image hosting service, Photobucket, TinyPic and ImageShack are free and are often used here, but you can use any site you have access to so long as it allows direct linking. We do not recommend that you use Picasa for this purpose, as a forum link is not provided and using the URL of the image will not work, you need to manipulate the embed code.

Copy the link you are given into your reply, for example (click to enlarge):

Writing in White Text
Click on the colour white in the "Instant UBB Code" below the reply box and then type your text between the start and end "white" tags. Depending on the skin you have chosen in your display preferences, you may find that you can actually see the white text. However, we have an unwritten agreement that those wishing to take advantage of this "hidden" text will use a skin with a white background.

Adding a link
In the "Instant UBB Code" you can also add a link to a web page (URL) . Use this rather than just pasting your link. It's better to see this page than this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_palace

When posting images full size should be used unless its size is not practical or there are a large number of images, then thumbnails can be used.

If you are setting a quiz, don't use kmz files, seeing the image in the post is always better.

When a puzzle or mystery has been solved, the original poster should edit the subject line to inform members that it has been solved.

For private conversations, use the Private Message (PM) function.

Finally, F&G is a friendly open global forum. We appreciate feedback and discussion, it's always nice to leave a comment with your answer. Don't forget that everyone needs to participate in setting challenges as well as solving them!

We look forwarding to seeing your challenges and your answers, so, feel free to post challenges, participate in others' quizzes, exchange a bit of banter .......and.........................and................................ enjoy yourself.

And this really is the final bit

If you set a challenge, once it has been solved by some people, there will still be some who do not know the answer, or how to work it out.....so, please, after a week or so, please post the answer, and the reason behind your clues (in white) so that everyone can enjoy the solution.

Thanks

Edited by Noisette (11/16/08 02:14 AM)

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