What Happened To You Today?

Mishgul

         

Valdus

Taraus said:

nope not doing it no

Yeah you better run.

Blujixapug

If you're ever losing a fight just start emoting a bunch at them and turn it into like a battle of wits, or a recruitment/conversion attempt, or a table-setting contest or whatever. 3 outcomes: you win, you lose but you don't die, or they kill you and you shame them on the forums for being so unvirtuous as to reject your spontaneous roleplay.

Khairt

I get it, I do. Sailing a ship is tacit acceptance of the inherent danger of the enterprise. You do you, girl, I love ya. I don't sail specifically for that reason.  Same reason I don't defend orgs via combat. I am not interested in being someone else's pvp game content. If it happens, I don't get salty about it but I do roll my eyes pretty hard in general. I can see where someone would be tweaked about what amounts to "play with me on my terms or else" maybe I'm just a blubbery vagoo. Back to candyland with me, ggnore

Herenicus

Maybe we could have offered a catch-and-release program for guys with a wife and kids at home. That's one way to maintain a healthy population of fish.

Ruth

- 2015/02/27 09:41:33 - Distressing images from the Scyrian Reaches of the Eusian Ocean override
your senses as they depict the narrow escape from death at sea of the crew of The Last Goodbye,
captained by Naomh.

- 2015/02/27 10:31:48 - Distressing images from the Lemnian Sea override your senses as they depict
the narrow escape from death at sea of the crew of The Immateria, captained by Gamden, sent below by
The Grey Death, captained by Ruth.

Guilty as charged, and liking it!

Pirates of Meropis

                      [HIGHCLAN LEADERSHIP]
          Admiral of the Fleet: Taraus
                        Patron: Lorielan

                    [CURRENTLY IN THE REALM]
    Able to induct new members: (nobody)

500 years after the fall of the Seleucarian Empire, Captain Zulah
Blackheart began calling pirates together under one flag. Thus began the
first campaign to patrol harbors and shipping lanes, claiming gold or
lives of those who would dare sail on the seas for profit without paying
proper tithes to the Pirates of Meropis.

We scoundrels of the Sea have no mercy for those who roam our dark
waters. However those who produce proper payment to sail our routes will
be allowed safe passage or our protection from the many beasts of the
deep rising frequently from the ocean depths to prey on unsuspecting
ships, as well as rogue sea thugs who dare call themselves Pirates of
lesser skill and firepower.

Make no mistake, sailing lanes will soon be under the complete control
of the Pirates of Meropis. Join us, hire us, fear us. Else when next you
gaze the inky black sails bearing the white skull of demise upon the
horizon, prepare for the deep cold endless embrace of the murky seas...

Sorry, but I have no sympathy for a person who I opened a negotiation with and gave not one, but two chances to get out still floating. When he mentioned he preferred to grease our hands with red (instead of gold.. gold sovereigns, that is), that's every indication that you're rejecting the fee of 50,000 gold sovereigns outright.

Don't say I didn't try or that I didn't warn you.

Message #13044      Sent by Gamden
2/27/12:59 Your right, I am weak..but one day I'll be strong and then I'll ask you..remember me?But
untill that day comes..GO F YOURSELF.

I'll be waiting.

Orzaansyn

This is hilarious. 

@Taraus did you say "please"? It is maybe this is why the baby are crying.

Srsly. 

As a side note, and to remain in topic, today I happened to be uninvolved in anything where I could have an opportunity to go f myself and send the recording to @Mishgul - Always Evil, always unlucky...

Khairt

1v1 me blackops, ruthnoob

Taraus

But see, the thing is, when he decided to go a-sailing, that's when he sort of accepted the "okay, I'm gonna play on these terms" thing - and that's what happens out there on the water: here there be pirates!

-My- point behind this is that no, I'm not gonna stick it to someone and be a shithead about things, I don't want to make the game unenjoyable to anyone, for any reason, at any time. (See also: my behavior when I was a mark, and how I handled the contracts.) My point here is that, for the love of fuck, RP back! That's why I do this shit, that's why I'm a pirate. So you don't have the gold demanded on hand! Offer me your fucking pocket lint and some pre-chewed myrrh gum and I will more than likely let you go! For the love of all that is good and holy, do SOMETHING.

Now stop it, I have to go the fuck to sleep.

Herenicus

I just think it's tough to blame a guy sailing alone for not wanting to hand over a couple hours of work for someone else's good time and maintain a happy disposition about it.

Merador

What's suddenly apparent to me is that we need ship sticks and ship carrots. 

Khairt

My heart, she pumps purple piss for the plight of pirates! Go mimis kitten, I have graves to dig. 

Kind of on topic: told a coworker about the circumstances of Aegoth's ejection from the Siorraidh and got a "lol, how are textgaming smart people that dense" good stuff. @Aegoth

Trey

Valdus said:

Taraus said:

He was given an opportunity to RP out of the situation.

He chose not to take that opportunity.

If he had engaged, made any attempt at all to do anything, ANYTHING, this would've progressed down an entirely different avenue.

What the hell kind of game would this be if everyone left everyone else alone? Isn't the whole point of it to sort of, you know, interact?

So because his decision was to RUN AWAY FROM THE THIEVES TRYING TO ROB HIM it's his fault? NOPE. So sorry. (x2)

Secondly, sure. I'm not stating it isn't totally okay for you to want to be a pirate and go around doing piratey things. Nothing in the rules against it.

But you're batshit insane if you think I'm not going to call you out on trying to blame the victim for you engaging in what you have chosen as your roleplay - that of being a filthy disgusting pirate scumbag who should be sunk at every opportunity.

The point being given, @Valdus, is that rather than try to get out of it some other way he tokened out. Haggling, stalling for time while calling for help, trying to bluff his way out of it without paying... these are all options that involved interaction and immersion. The one he took was essentially saying "I refuse to interact", which I'm not stating isn't totally okay, nothing in the rules against it.

But you're batshit insane if you think that between leaving the ship unsunk and going WHELP or sinking the ship, the logical counter action wasn't to sink the ship. (also it shouldn't cost 500k to get the ship salvaged, unless something is horribly wrong. @Kinilan?)

Herenicus

I just think harvesting 50k off people who can't fight back isn't a recipe for the flourishing ship scene we sometimes act like we want.

Ruth

@Trey: I am presuming he had his gold in the strongbox. Unluckily, when his ship was sunk, his strongbox funds got wiped. That happens by chance, similar with ship cargo, I believe.

@Herenicus: The Sefyric Mariner's Guild aren't doing their job at defending the seas!

Trey

Herenicus said:

I just think harvesting 50k off people who can't fight back isn't a recipe for the flourishing ship scene we sometimes act like we want.

I'll have more to say when I'm not late for work, I think, but it's my understanding that the demand for 50k is essentially the conversation starter, not the end result that -most- pirates are looking for.

Skye

Maybe we should have insurance/guard schemes. You buy them for 25k at the harbour and if you get it back if a pirate sinks you >_>

Trey

Ruth said:

@Trey: I am presuming he had his gold in the strongbox. Unluckily, when his ship was sunk, his strongbox funds got wiped. That happens by chance, similar with ship cargo, I believe.

Oh, that's fucked. Wonder why that happens. It does make me happy that I dismissed the idea of a ship strongbox as a secondary gold storage for the reason of 'accessible to more people than myself', though.

Ruth

Trey said:

Ruth said:

@Trey: I am presuming he had his gold in the strongbox. Unluckily, when his ship was sunk, his strongbox funds got wiped. That happens by chance, similar with ship cargo, I believe.

Oh, that's fucked. Wonder why that happens. It does make me happy that I dismissed the idea of a ship strongbox as a secondary gold storage for the reason of 'accessible to more people than myself', though.

23.16 Sinking - What to do Before and After


Sinking can happen quickly (in combat), or slowly (via unrepaired decay, over
time). Many things change when a ship sinks!


What Happens
------------
Any adventurer on board will die a horrible death.

Some, maybe even most, of your crew dies. That will cost you in lost morale and
experience.

The ship's strongbox will almost certainly be emptied and the contents of the
larder lost.

Ship's equipment will remain, such as the Cartographer's Desk, Beacon of
Iocolas, Bait Tank, or any ship's weapons.

Kinilan

Taraus made a choice as a character, Gamden made a choice as a character. Nobody has any right to shit on anyone else for how they play their character. But it's never smart to swear at someone who has their boot on your neck.

Siduri

I think there's a margin between sinking a ship and rezkilling it, too.
The first one is natural, the second is not acceptable.

(Speaking of my own experience, not from Gamden's or Naohm's)

Kinilan

Siduri said:

I think there's a margin between sinking a ship and rezkilling it, too.
The first one is natural, the second is not acceptable.

Yes. I'M an asshole. Undenyable. That has nothing to do with Taraus and Ruth though. Those two are of a much higher quality.

Gamden

On a light side,while standing on the harbour of shastaan and realized that i have just lost 6months of hard work..Dajio started snapping me taking out my last 70gold out of my pack.I was litterly pissing myself laughing..cherry on the top.

THANKS Dajio,it was the funniest thing whole day

To Ruth and Taruas,please forgive my previous comments.I was frustrated and angry.I knew the dangers a should have checked strongbox before leaving.

Valdus

Thieves! Never forgive! Never forget!

Mishgul

Valdus your eyes look funny when you are writing angry posts.

Kinilan

Boy I'd sure like to see the look on Gamden's face when he realizes you don't lose gold in the strongbox when a ship sinks. Despite what HELP SINKING says. I bet he is going to feel pretty silly.

Valdus

Mishgul said:

Valdus your eyes look funny when you are writing angry posts.

Gamden

Kinilan said:

Boy I'd sure like to see the look on Gamden's face when he realizes you don't lose gold in the strongbox when a ship sinks. Despite what HELP SINKING says. I bet he is going to feel pretty silly.

I already apologized in my previous post for my silly behaviour,if this is true ill be very happy.if not i have already made peace with the fact.


I had my eye on Kinilan and Hirst while sailing,never knew 2 girls are more dangerous

Sarathai

Ruth said:

@Herenicus: The Sefyric Mariner's Guild aren't doing their job at defending the seas!

@Artanis generally goes running to defend if he's around and close enough. Others as well.

If I had the gold for a fully-equipped Strider, plus knowledge of how to actually sail around and use it effectively in combat (need to trans Seafaring, get my own ship and then practice first), I'd hopefully, I like to think, do the same. I have enough for a Windcutter, but those are more or less useless in a fight, and I think they're also what most people have. I'd be interested in seeing the numbers for how many Cutters there are compared to Striders or Galleys.

Oh, yes, what happened to me today.

- Went bashing.
- @Merador always seems to be in my bashing spots. Our schedules must sync up or something.
- Gave a novice his introduction without somebody interrupting, somebody dying, or some other weirdness. A first for me.
- Posted on forums about ships.

Kinilan

Mariners Guild has about 200 members. I can name like 5 that fight pirates and try to keep the oceans safe as per HELP MARINERS GUILD. That's isn't an understatement either. 5 people out of 200 that go out looking to fight back.  It is really just a psudo-Order for the Nerai and as a result of that influence they don't even get involved in killing sea monsters. Let alone ship PvP.

Artanis of course being the exception and everyone in the PoM loves him for it. Everyone except Hirst. But Hirst is craycray.