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weak wrists big dick: Dec 18, 2012; good job. you are getting legitametly upset because I won't confrom to your secret internet cliques gross social standards. Sorry I don't like anime. Sorry I don't like being gross on the internet. Sorry that you are getting caremad.

your stupid shit internet argument is also only half true once I get probated, so checkmate anyways but nice try.

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POST SCREENSHOTS HERE!
Try to keep them pretty, funny, interesting, etc. Also keep spoilery stuff spoilered, and if they are super HD, keep them inline with the [timg] tag.

Methods of taking screenshots:

PC

Print screen. Primitive, but effective. Simply hit the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard and Ctrl + V it in Paint.

nickhimself posted:
If you take a screenshot using Print Screen, you can just go to imgur, click image upload, then press Ctrl+V and bypass that image editing program step entirely.
Steam. By default, the screenshot key is F12, but if you changed it, you probably know what you're doing already and skipped over this part.
Origin doesn't have a built in screenshot functionality, so you're cool Battlefield bugs/etc. are just going to have to be captured with something like...
FRAPS. Press F10 and you're screenshot will appear in C:\Fraps\Screenshots by default. It is saved as a .bmp so you may want to convert it, or not, whatever tickles your pickle.

PS4

Press "Share". Upload it to twitter or facebook, mirror it to a image hosting site, then go for it. Or do some wizardry and insert a flash drive and copy it to that. I don't own a PS4 so I really don't know how to do that.

Xbox One

There currently isn't a method of doing this. :xbone:

Stux posted:

Mac screenshots: CMD + Shift + 3

Vita: PS button + Start

Other consoles are, of course, welcome, but as far as I know to take screenshots on older platforms you need some sort of third party hardware, or in game method. I'll leave that up to you to figure out!

:siren:

NOW LET'S GET POSTING :siren:

Some pretty IceEnhancer poo poo (GTA IV)

Vodka (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl - Modded with Complete 2009)

Straight Busta

weak wrists big dick fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Feb 5, 2015

# ? Jan 24, 2015 16:23

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Cronodoculous: Jun 29, 2006; You light up my life

# ? Jan 24, 2015 16:33

Sumac: Sep 5, 2006; It doesn't matter now, come on get happy

# ? Jan 24, 2015 16:44

Veotax: May 16, 2006

# ? Jan 24, 2015 16:44

Heran Bago: Aug 18, 2006

I like these threads.

Computer writes tl;dr rant in I Have No Mouth but I Must Scream.

Celebrity Mount Your Friends

McPixel has a dedicated crotch-kick button.

Exchanging money in Bioshock Infinite.

Your Average custom Left 4 Dead 2 map.

Bathroom break in Garry's Mod cinema mode.

PAC MAN has a good time.

Italian man with a TV at his table in the middle of the street is displeased in Sonic Adventure 2.

Custom sprays in Jet Set Radio

Sephiroth gets completely blazed in Skyrim

# ? Jan 24, 2015 16:54

Space Bat: Apr 17, 2009; hold it now hold it now hold it right there
you wouldn't drop, couldn't drop diddy, you wouldn't dare

# ? Jan 24, 2015 17:03

Attack on Princess: Dec 15, 2008; _{To yolo rolls! The cause and solution to all problems!}

Batmen

Masturbation scene from Alien: Isolation.

Metal Gear Rising

Tomb Raider

Spec Ops: The Line being weird.

# ? Jan 24, 2015 18:56

Dropbear: Jul 26, 2007; Bombs away!

I've been playing a bunch of Dark Souls 2 lately.

Thank heavens there's a player message system, I'd be completely lost without these tips! :haw:

Despair.

(no, you can't climb that ladder)

It also has some pretty fantastic vistas every now and then:

# ? Jan 24, 2015 21:11

FutonForensic: Nov 11, 2012

Shadows of Mordor

# ? Jan 24, 2015 21:35

Tiggum: Oct 24, 2007; Your life and your quest end here.

Sleeping Dogs

Trine 2

I don't think that's how you're supposed to solve that puzzle, but the wizard can solve pretty much any problem in this game.

The Sims 3

I created a Sim version of Rosangela Blackwell, the protagonist of a series of games about helping ghosts move on. The very first thing that happened when I moved her into her new house was she saw a ghost.

Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell

Saints Row IV

I know how to park a car.

Saints Row 2

Well, answer the naked man, Carlos.

Dragon Age: Origins

No, I don't believe you have.

# ? Jan 26, 2015 05:29

Too Shy Guy: Jun 14, 2003; I have destroyed more of your kind than I can count.

Screenshots are extremely my poo poo so I love this thread already. Let's see what I've been playing recently...

Marvel Heroes

Mercenary Kings

Assassin's Creed II

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

Ziggurat

# ? Jan 26, 2015 05:39

Shadowlz: Oct 3, 2011; Oh it's gonna happen one way or the other, pal.

VISTAS or whatever.

Some Dear Esther poo poo

A missile factory I terribly engineered. From Infinifactory.

A bunch of Skyrim poo poo.

# ? Jan 26, 2015 05:56

Lord Lambeth: Dec 7, 2011

Is there a way to screenshot on the Wii U? I need to expose everyone to Wonderful 101.

# ? Jan 26, 2015 07:39

Too Shy Guy: Jun 14, 2003; I have destroyed more of your kind than I can count.

Shadowlz posted:

VISTAS or whatever.

Nice. Dear Esther was amazingly screenshottable.

I was also surprised to find some terribly pretty locales in Just Cause 2.

# ? Jan 26, 2015 18:15

Random Stranger: Nov 27, 2009

# ? Jan 26, 2015 18:23

Spalec: Apr 16, 2010

I'm sorry Smokey

And a few from Infamous: Second Sons (and the expansions) Photo mode (which owns, btw. All games need a photo mode)

# ? Jan 26, 2015 19:01

Agnostalgia: Dec 22, 2009

A black man in very thorough blackface, from Dead Island.

# ? Jan 27, 2015 00:32

THE PENETRATOR: Jul 27, 2014; by Lowtax

i'm going to timg this post to be nice but note that i will not follow teh herd in th future

this one is very good sh*t

# ? Jan 27, 2015 00:51

Vargs: Mar 27, 2010

A single man sallies forth from his city to defend against the besieging army. It doesn't go well.

# ? Jan 27, 2015 03:38

Space Bat: Apr 17, 2009; hold it now hold it now hold it right there
you wouldn't drop, couldn't drop diddy, you wouldn't dare

Vargs posted:

A single man sallies forth from his city to defend against the besieging army. It doesn't go well.

Other M

# ? Jan 27, 2015 06:35

GenericOverusedName: Nov 24, 2009; KUVA TEAM EPIC

I haven't played Warframe in months but this is usually what it looked like when I did.

# ? Jan 27, 2015 17:21

Szmitten: Apr 26, 2008

Lord Lambeth posted:

Is there a way to screenshot on the Wii U? I need to expose everyone to Wonderful 101.

I think hitting the home button pauses and takes a screenshot and you can post that picture to Miiverse/Facebook/Tumblr/something else.

# ? Jan 28, 2015 00:21

FuriousGeorge: Jan 23, 2006; Ah, the simple joys of a monkey knife-fight.; Grimey Drawer

Dragon Age: Inquisition has some pretty cool scenery.

I love this creepy-rear end altar thing in the Witcher 2.

# ? Jan 28, 2015 00:38

weak wrists big dick: Dec 18, 2012; good job. you are getting legitametly upset because I won't confrom to your secret internet cliques gross social standards. Sorry I don't like anime. Sorry I don't like being gross on the internet. Sorry that you are getting caremad.

your stupid shit internet argument is also only half true once I get probated, so checkmate anyways but nice try.

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FuriousGeorge posted:

I love this creepy-rear end altar thing in the Witcher 2.

drat, I'm going to have to start playing this again. I stopped around the Kraken paet in Flotsam about two years ago because :effort:

Content: Minecraft being pretty with mods + shaders:

# ? Jan 28, 2015 15:25

Pb and Jellyfish: Oct 30, 2011

The theme of this post is corpse strewn staircases:

Insurgency- the stairs seem to have opened a portal to hell which spews forth dead insurgents

Skyrim- The Shrine of Talos has been defiled

Chivalry- This siege tower does not belong to you

Dark Souls- A knight should not boast of his accomplishments

But Kirk is very proud of what he has done

Hotline Miami- ok, the corpses are near a staircase...

Killing Floor- This would have been so much better if I'd had just one more pound

Left 4 Dead 2-Possibly highest staircase kill count

Mount and Blade: Warband, The Last Days of the Third Age mod- ladders count as very steep stairs

Resident Evil 6- so many historical inaccuracies

# ? Jan 31, 2015 22:19

El Diablo Bob O: Sep 3, 2011; Hay nada mas,
Oh si' my way!

This thread is my kind of thread!

Kentucky Route Zero

XCom: Enemy Unknown

Skyrim

Bully

GTA V

The Last of Us

Sleeping Dogs

I also wouldn't mind a few more STEAM friends who regularly upload screenshots. Add me!
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198043001553/

# ? Feb 1, 2015 04:47

FuriousGeorge: Jan 23, 2006; Ah, the simple joys of a monkey knife-fight.; Grimey Drawer

I sure hope Bioware brings planet exploration back in future Mass Effect games.

# ? Feb 1, 2015 05:34

Whiirrr: Feb 14, 2006; Soiled Meat

Alice: Madness Returns:

Dirt 2:

# ? Feb 1, 2015 05:53

nickhimself: Jul 16, 2007; I GIVE YOU MY INFO YOU LOG IN AND PUT IN BUILD I PAY YOU 3 BLESSINGS

Noose Induce posted:

POST SCREENSHOTS HERE!
Try to keep them pretty, funny, interesting, etc. Also keep spoilery stuff spoilered, and if they are super HD, keep them inline with the [timg] tag.

Methods of taking screenshots:

PC

Print screen. Primitive, but effective. Simply hit the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard and Ctrl + V it in Paint.

If you take a screenshot using Print Screen, you can just go to imgur, click image upload, then press Ctrl+V and bypass that image editing program step entirely.

# ? Feb 1, 2015 06:02

Man Whore: Jan 6, 2012; ASK ME ABOUT SPHERICAL CATS
=3

Morrowind

Oblivion

Skyrim

# ? Feb 1, 2015 06:25

Debunk This!: Apr 12, 2011

The Last Of Us

First Light

GTAV

Shadow of Mordor

Debunk This! fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Feb 1, 2015

# ? Feb 1, 2015 07:13

Ahundredbux: Oct 25, 2007; The right to bear arms

I'm really bad at remembering to take screenshots or I'd have a bunch of New Vegas stuff to post.
The valley of Zion can be quite beautiful if you want it to be.

Shadow of Mordor also really lends itself to be screenshotted, especially with all the different types of orcs you encounter.

Ahundredbux fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Feb 1, 2015

# ? Feb 1, 2015 21:41

Internet Kraken: Apr 24, 2010; slightly amused

Dark Souls has really good armour variety.

# ? Feb 2, 2015 01:09

Attack on Princess: Dec 15, 2008; _{To yolo rolls! The cause and solution to all problems!}

The bad XCOM

The good Borderlands

Saints Row 4

Bioshock Infinite

Internet Kraken posted:

Dark Souls has really good armour variety.

# ? Feb 2, 2015 19:48

Dragonwagon: Mar 28, 2010; And that, as much as anything else, led to my drinking problem.

Human Revolution
I completely missed this several story high pile of AC units across several playthroughs, until the developer commentary pointed it out:

Dark Souls 2, things being where they shouldn't be:

Just Cause 2 Multiplayer

Dong Souls

# ? Feb 2, 2015 23:53

Internet Kraken: Apr 24, 2010; slightly amused

X-com aliens

Donnerberg posted:

I really do love that Dark Souls 2 ended with such a good shot of your character.

Going back to space~

# ? Feb 3, 2015 07:40

Pb and Jellyfish: Oct 30, 2011

I fired up a new Dark Souls 2 character for two reasons: Scholar of the first sin update, and because DS2 saves are inexplicably not saved to any steam cloud, unlike the first game, and the hard drive on my old computer is dead. Oh well!

Co-op in this game is so satisfying

Especially when you don't gently caress up

The name filter is remarkably dumb though

gently caress you, Ruin Sentinels. You were the first wall I hit on my first playthrough, though with time you seem much easier

Vanity shot

# ? Feb 5, 2015 14:20

Stux: Nov 17, 2006

For the OP:

Mac screenshots: CMD + Shift + 3

Vita: PS button + Start

# ? Feb 5, 2015 14:23

Hemingway To Go!: Nov 10, 2008; im stupider then dog shit, i dont give a shit, and i dont give a fuck, and i will never shut the fuck up, and i'll always Respect my enemys.
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Dr. Quarex: Apr 18, 2003; I'M A BIG DORK WHO POSTS TOO MUCH ABOUT CONVENTIONS LOOK AT THIS

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FuriousGeorge posted:

I sure hope Bioware brings planet exploration back in future Mass Effect games.

You obviously did not get the memo that the objectively most stunning part of the first game was so boring that they just had to cut it out of the next ones.

Oh so, the thing I realized when looking through my screenshot hoard is how hilarious the "omg stunning graphics" screenshots from years ago become in the present.