Have you ever had the desire to just stay in one place for a while? Every slept on someone else' couch for days on end? You know, staying someplace that technically doesn't belong to you and is either abandoned or unsold... If you have, you're a Squatter. If you're not sure what "squatting" means, well here is a helpful little definition from Wikipedia:

Squatting consists of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have permission to use. According to author Robert Neuwirth, there are one billion squatters globally, that is, about one in every six people on the planet. Yet, according to Kesia Reeve, "squatting is largely absent from policy and academic debate and is rarely conceptualized, as a problem, as a symptom, or as a social or housing movement."

Why I am posting this? Because this is going to be our next competition! In order to enter, all you have to do is squat in one of the unoccupied buildings in New Harlem (the latest city to open on ROCKtropia as of 6/30/10). From now until the next major update take screenshots of yourself squatting in one of these spaces. Out of all the screenshots you take you can only submit ONE to the official competition topic at NEVERDIE.com HERE.

You have until August 1st to submit your entry. On August 2nd 10 submissions will be selected by your ROCKtropian Crew and placed on NEVERDIE.com and will be opened up to be voted on by the ROCKtropia public. The public voting will last for One week.

Whoa! I almost forgot to mention what the prize for this will be...

500PED to the winner!

Get out there and find your squatter's paradise!

Squatters Party!

Every time I take a screen-shot i just get a black rectangle when I paste it.

Help??

Well, I'm on Linux - but, I'm pretty sure I know what your prob is. If you're on Vista or Win 7 (which I'm guessing you are), full-screen games are rendered on a different graphic layer and screenshots either come out as black or as a screenshot of your desktop (completely missing the game altogether). Only program I've seen that people use to get around this is FRAPS - which a lot of people ingame already use. Pretty sure you can take screenshots and 30 sec video with the free program and then longer video with a paid registration. But, you should be able to take your screenies with the free one.

Hope that helps

ok i Guess i have staked out my home..

Dear auctioneer girl,

I have recently moved to my new place, I'm not paying rent as usual I just took an unocuppied apartment in New Harlem city. I visited other buildings looking for a place, like the Factory building or the Wild Side building, but finally I decided to stay here in Chelsea building. It is a bit dangerous here since other residents can shoot you if you give them the wrong look but the view of the river is spectacular.

I hope you can visit me soon, I know your job at the Auction House is almost 24/7 and since there is no auction house in Harlem yet this might be a problem. But maybe they will open an A.H. here in the future, that way you can drop by at any time.

I attach a picture of my new place so you can see the view I,m talking about.

P.S. Have you noticed how those android vixens look exactly like you. It is scary. Funny story, yesterday I confused one of them with you, when i realized my mistake it was too late and the android bitchslapped me to death .

Love,

Gustav

Originally Posted by Laban

Well, I'm on Linux - but, I'm pretty sure I know what your prob is. If you're on Vista or Win 7 (which I'm guessing you are), full-screen games are rendered on a different graphic layer and screenshots either come out as black or as a screenshot of your desktop (completely missing the game altogether). Only program I've seen that people use to get around this is FRAPS - which a lot of people ingame already use. Pretty sure you can take screenshots and 30 sec video with the free program and then longer video with a paid registration. But, you should be able to take your screenies with the free one.

Hope that helps

Thanks. You're right, I'm on Vista. I'll look into FRAPS. Thanks.

Totally worked... thanks.

Gustav that does not look like a image from a New Harlem building...