Ahoy

You may have noticed I haven’t been playing much for the last two months. Due to a combination of public exams and other stuff, my free time has been severely limited, even on weekends. I’ll be taking a short break till March/April, at which time I’ll be able to play again 😃

PS @Browe_ Thanks for using my ship in battle 8, just try not to get my baby damaged -o-

Results

As far as I could tell from the number of people there, this was the largest ship battle ever on the server, and buy was it a hell of a lot of fun – even i took out a ship with a small crew. Thanks to everyone who turned up and took part, and a special thank you to MysticTitan who helped moderate the battle with me. This was also the first battle in which all the ships were built (as least in part) by me – only one I didn’t fully build was the Teletub.

The battle was split into two halves: pre-break and after a 10 minute break. Also, it was a free-for all, no teams this time, no matter how misleading the ship names are.

Winners (based on the last surviving ship):

1. HMS Iron Duke – Browe_ (captain), Buckmaster1993 (navigator), Crazymoneyy, Dark_101, (more?)
2. HMS Ajax – IElectric_pvp (captain), lazydog11, WaterPool, 4orange, ARTracy
3. [unnamed frigate] – Minister_Moo (captain), Commander_Asher (reserve captain), Maximus_Terragon (reserve captain), GingfulGlider
4. [unnamed schooner] –  Blackshadow969 (captain), Peppykiss395, mpr100, Haggar321, Haggar123, IndigoIvy, Darth_Jadon, Death_Jackel, Nielso6, probs a lot more
5. Fighter Jet – HuangR (pilot)
6. Teletub (joined after the two unnamed ships died) – Maximus_Terragon (captain), GingfulGlider, Pepykiss395, Death_Jackal, Commander_Asher (briefly)

I’m probably missing a lot of people. I know we had well over 30 people there at one point, either taking part or spectating. The two unnamed ships held out very long, but they were both eventually deemed out, so I took out the Teletub and invited any remaining crew members to join me. We didn’t last too long.

Other rankings (based on my observations):

• Most damage received as % of ship – [unnamed schooner] (looked like a mini Teletub at the end)
• Most damage dealt as % of ship – [HMS Iron Duke]
• Most damage repaired as % of ship – [unnamed schooner]
• Most ships sunk/disabled – HMS Iron Duke (3) Was difficult to tell as all ships shot each other
• Most player kills – HMS Iron Duke (many)
• Strangest ‘ship’ – Jet Fighter (it was a plane, and yes it shouldn’t be allowed but it was very fragile so i made an exception. huangR still did quite a bit of damage in it)

Timeline

Rather than doing the usual damage report and whatnot (and due to lack of time) I’ll just be summarizing key events in order. I’ll be doing this in GMT time, and these are estimates – I didn’t go around with a notepad and write everything down, I have better things to do. For cannon layout, (2,10,4) means 2 at the front, 10 on each side, 4 at the back.

• 7:10 – Blackshadow969’s ship is sunk before the battle and I build him a new schooner
• 7:45 – The Narwhal announces it will not be taking part in the battle
• 8:00 – People start preparing the ships
• 8:08 – Official start of the battle – all ships set off (except the Fighter Jet and Teletub)
  • Iron Duke (0,22,0) – Indiaman with heavy side armour,  44 auto-fire/manual cannons + two mortars at the front , but very little rear armour and no front or rear cannons
  • Ajax (2,16,4) – Manowar with heavy side armour, and reinforced decks, 38 manual cannons, but lacks front and rear armour
  • Frigate (2,5,3) – Frigate with decent side armour, 15 cannons, but lacks firepower
  • Schooner (0,3,1) – Fast little schooner with a large crew (and respawn point!), 7 cannons, but lacks armour
  • Jet Fighter (6,0,0) – Schooner that also functions as a plane, 6 forward facing cannons, but lacks armour
  • Teletub (6,7,2) – Indiaman with great survivability, 22 cannons, but is ugly, slow, lacks decks, and is still damaged from last battle
• 8:10 – Iron Duke engages the schooner
• 8:13 – Ajax engages the schooner
• 8:17 – huangR’s Fighter Jet finally enters the battle. The schooner takes heavy damage, the frigate is damaged by the Ajax
• 8:23 – The Fighter Jet is disabled and out of the battle after taking just a few hits.
• 8:25 – The schooner is technically completely disabled and the Iron Duke starts engaging the Ajax and frigate. I pilot the frigate, and try to escape unsuccessfully.
• 8:26 – Ajax fires a broadside into the Iron Duke, destroying many cannons
• 8:30 – 10 minute repair time – Due to heavy damage received by the smaller ships, and notable damage on both of the larger ships, we have a mini break.
• 8:39 – Ships move away from each other to the corners of the arena to prepare for an end of the break. Couple of people have to leave, and new crew members join.
  • Iron Duke – Both sides repaired and re-inforced, fixed redstone and cannons, and patched the giant hole in the side
  • Ajax – Deck repaired, some cannons added, and armour repaired
  • Frigate – Removed front cannons and added cannons to the sides instead, added a lot of armour at the front to tank shots from the Iron Duke
  • Schooner – They somehow managed to take a bunch of random blocks and spit all over what was left of the ship and added cannons – but hey it worked!
• 8:40 – End of 10 minute break
• 8:45 – Iron Duke engages the schooner again, and the Ajax engages the frigate
• 8:50 – The schooner is out of the battle, although some people keep on fighting from within whats left of it
• 8:52 – The frigate is abandoned and surrenders, the Ajax and Iron Duke start heading toward each other
• 8:53 – I take out the Teletub for the shits and giggles (it wasn’t going to win anyway, it only had 3 cannons, and was still broken after the last battle). Bunch of people from the two broken ships join me
• 9:00 – Heavy fighting between the Ajax and Iron Duke, the Teletub joins in but mostly just takes a lot of damage, because all the cannons are knocked out
• 9:10 – Ajax is stuck on the wreck of the schooner
• 9:11 – Iron Duke closes in and also gets stuck for a bit. The Ajax and Iron Duke are both pointing at each other so that both crews have to move cannons to the front of the ships
• 9:15 – After the crew from the Teletub can’t walk around it anymore (because the deck was blown to bits) it surrenders. Iron Duke becomes un-stuck
• 9:18 – Ajax becomes un-stuck. Both ships are now firing broadsides into each other
• 9:25 – Iron Duke fires a devastating salvo into the side of the Ajax, and makes a big hole
• 9:29 – Captain of the Ajax, IElectric_pvp surrenders, Iron duke wins and the crew gets 4 stacks of gold spread out among the crew

<b>Next ship battle will be beginning of March. </b>All ships that took part with the exception of the schooner have been salvaged and are being repaired (the schooner sunk this morning for some reason – I’ll build a replacement). For the next battle, I’ll also be building a few other ships for people to use during the battles with similar armour scheme layouts like the Iron Duke and Ajax.

As an up and coming crew, it is wise to set in stone a plan to achieve economical success while maintaining a fun playing environment.

Our main goal as a crew is to increase trade, defend our allies and territory, and have fun doing so. This is a short summary of plans for the Future.

Port Towns:

This is the first step. Making 4 Large port towns all with specific purposes different from the others. (Ex. Port 1 = Farming Port 2 = Mining)

Ship Trade:

Between these 4 port towns We will establish a ship based trading economy. each town will ship goods via ships increasing the need for ships and increasing activity of ships.

Ship Building and Trading:

Every pirate needs a ship right? Well, We will build ships and in addition to paying for ships you can also trade ships. Factors will determine how much a ship is valued at.

Canal Building:

We will aspire to create better waterways for easier use of ships while respecting other players territories and the land in which we mine. ( @Browe_ )

Piratecraft Training Camp:

Members of our crew will be taught how to efficiently use the plugins of the server to their full potential.

Walls walls and some more walls:

Base defenses are a key to success and we will have a lot of them.

 

This is the basic plan for the future for Public release. There are many more plans to be made in the future.

 

If you are interested in joining Send a /mail to JavaInvader in game expressing interest or reply to this forum post if you want to.

As the title states, I’m suggesting the removal of fire spread to promote ship use.

At the moment, it is relatively easy for a player, particularly donators with /top, to board and sink a ship with just a flint and steel. Obviously fear of losing a ship like this prevents many people ever setting sail. Personally I’d happily watch my sink ship under enemy cannon fire, but one naked invis guy with a flint and steel in the rigging doesn’t have the same appeal.

As its only other use is to grief enemy land or ruin terrain, I don’t see why anyone would miss it all that much!

Cheers,

Browe_

 “Twenty-One Dubs for Twenty-One Years!!”

(Written by Riverwood202)

Due to Cysteen’s upcoming birthday, TAS members and friends decided to purchase and trade with villagers for 21 double chests of cake to cake bomb Cysteen. Jmoo luckily had perms to Cysteen’s base at the time, so while the others were trading for cake he placed twenty one double chests down in her base. While Jmoo was cake bombing Cysteen’s room, she logged on to TeamSpeak! Chailey even banned her for 5 minutes so Jmoo could finish. When she was unbanned, she logged into a base full of cake! Everyone in the based yelled surprise, and Cysteen screamed in excitement. About 30 minutes later, GodsDead logged on and one upped TAS members by spawning a massive cake schematic on top of her base! In the end, over 1/4 of her massive base was covered with cake and she never has to eat real food again.

 

Cysie’s cake filled base:

https://imgur.com/a/giIGO#aZNjvmk

 

 

 

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Browe_

The East India Company has just opened at S45! Currently selling:

– Enchanted books / armour / weapons and tools

– Ores, quartz, rare and regular blocks

– Redstone items

– Potions

– Sponges and Beacons!

 

~SnapCrackPlays~

Be sure to visit the magnificent elven fortress of Greywatch, situated next to Donator Isle just above Shipbreaker Bay! Whether you want to have a tour around the beautiful castle, do some shopping in the castle village, or even rent a shop yourself, you’ll leave Greywatch wanting to come back time and time again!

 

~Riverwood202~

Are you running out of materials on the battlefield? Do you need potions? Head on over to shop 40! Cheap prices! ? */msg or /mail RiverKitty if anything is out of stock.*

 

~Cysteen~

Come down to Cys’ shop at s39 (/warp shop2, second on the right) for a general store with a various collection of items from kit armor, to the largest Food shop, and building blocks to choose from! I have Sell signs on the 3rd floor, so anyone needing a quick penny (for a little bit of work) can have a look! Also will be adding a sort of seasonal stock, that changes often, so check back for new stock!

 

~Manda~

Head on over to Manda’s shop s11 at /warp shop2 for the cheapest boos, brews, and ores on the server! Now selling everything in the store for £1 below market price or lower!

 

 

 “Quote of the day!”

“Quote? Do I look like Confucius to you??” ~ ArtificialDemon

 

 “Twenty-One Dubs for Twenty-One Years!!”

(Written by Riverwood202)

Due to Cysteen’s upcoming birthday, TAS members and friends decided to purchase and trade with villagers for 21 double chests of cake to cake bomb Cysteen. Jmoo luckily had perms to Cysteen’s base at the time, so while the others were trading for cake he placed twenty one double chests down in her base. While Jmoo was cake bombing Cysteen’s room, she logged on to TeamSpeak! Chailey even banned her for 5 minutes so Jmoo could finish. When she was unbanned, she logged into a base full of cake! Everyone in the based yelled surprise, and Cysteen screamed in excitement. About 30 minutes later, GodsDead logged on and one upped TAS members by spawning a massive cake schematic on top of her base! In the end, over 1/4 of her massive base was covered with cake and she never has to eat real food again.

 

Cysie’s cake base pics:

https://imgur.com/a/giIGO#aZNjvmk

 

 

 

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Browe_

The East India Company has just opened at S45! Currently selling:

– Enchanted books / armour / weapons and tools

– Ores, quartz, rare and regular blocks

– Redstone items

– Potions

– Sponges and Beacons!

 

~SnapCrackPlays~

Be sure to visit the magnificent elven fortress of Greywatch, situated next to Donator Isle just above Shipbreaker Bay! Whether you want to have a tour around the beautiful castle, do some shopping in the castle village, or even rent a shop yourself, you’ll leave Greywatch wanting to come back time and time again!

 

~Riverwood202~

Are you running out of materials on the battlefield? Do you need potions? Head on over to shop 40! Cheap prices! ? */msg or /mail RiverKitty if anything is out of stock.*

 

~Cysteen~

Come down to Cys’ shop at s39 (/warp shop2, second on the right) for a general store with a various collection of items from kit armor, to the largest Food shop, and building blocks to choose from! I have Sell signs on the 3rd floor, so anyone needing a quick penny (for a little bit of work) can have a look! Also will be adding a sort of seasonal stock, that changes often, so check back for new stock!

 

~Manda~

Head on over to Manda’s shop s11 at /warp shop2 for the cheapest boos, brews, and ores on the server! Now selling everything in the store for £1 below market price or lower!

 

 

 “Quote of the day!”

“Quote? Do I look like Confucius to you??” ~ ArtificialDemon

 

 

“Twenty-One Dubs for Twenty-One Years!!”

(Written by Riverwood202)

Due to Cysteen’s upcoming birthday, TAS members and friends decided to purchase and trade with villagers for 21 double chests of cake to cake bomb Cysteen. Jmoo luckily had perms to Cysteen’s base at the time, so while the others were trading for cake he placed twenty one double chests down in her base. While Jmoo was cake bombing Cysteen’s room, she logged on to TeamSpeak! Chailey even banned her for 5 minutes so Jmoo could finish. When she was unbanned, she logged into a base full of cake! Everyone in the based yelled surprise, and Cysteen screamed in excitement. About 30 minutes later, GodsDead logged on and one upped TAS members by spawning a massive cake schematic on top of her base! In the end, over 1/4 of her massive base was covered with cake and she never has to eat real food again.

 

Cysie’s cake base pics:

https://imgur.com/a/giIGO#aZNjvmk

 

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Browe_

The East India Company has just opened at S45! Currently selling:

– Enchanted books / armour / weapons and tools

– Ores, quartz, rare and regular blocks

– Redstone items

– Potions

– Sponges and Beacons!

 

~SnapCrackPlays~

Be sure to visit the magnificent elven fortress of Greywatch, situated next to Donator Isle just above Shipbreaker Bay! Whether you want to have a tour around the beautiful castle, do some shopping in the castle village, or even rent a shop yourself, you’ll leave Greywatch wanting to come back time and time again!

 

~Riverwood202~

Are you running out of materials on the battlefield? Do you need potions? Head on over to shop 40! Cheap prices! ? */msg or /mail RiverKitty if anything is out of stock.*

 

~Cysteen~

Come down to Cys’ shop at s39 (/warp shop2, second on the right) for a general store with a various collection of items from kit armor, to the largest Food shop, and building blocks to choose from! I have Sell signs on the 3rd floor, so anyone needing a quick penny (for a little bit of work) can have a look! Also will be adding a sort of seasonal stock, that changes often, so check back for new stock!

 

~Manda~

Head on over to Manda’s shop s11 at /warp shop2 for the cheapest boos, brews, and ores on the server! Now selling everything in the store for £1 below market price or lower!

 

 “Quote of the day!”

“Quote? Do I look like Confucius to you?” ~ ArtificialDemon

 

 

“Twenty-One Dubs for Twenty-One Years!”

(Written by Riverwood202)

Due to Cysteen’s upcoming birthday, TAS members and friends decided to purchase and trade with villagers for 21 double chests of cake to cake bomb Cysteen. Jmoo luckily had perms to Cysteen’s base at the time, so while the others were trading for cake he placed twenty one double chests down in her base. While Jmoo was cake bombing Cysteen’s room, she logged on to TeamSpeak! Chailey even banned her for 5 minutes so Jmoo could finish. When she was unbanned, she logged into a base full of cake! Everyone in the based yelled surprise, and Cysteen screamed in excitement. About 30 minutes later, GodsDead logged on and one upped TAS members by spawning a massive cake schematic on top of her base! In the end, over 1/4 of her massive base was covered with cake and she never has to eat real food again.

 

Cysie’s cake base pics:

https://imgur.com/a/giIGO#aZNjvmk

 

Advertisements:

 

Browe_

The East India Company has just opened at S45! Currently selling:

– Enchanted books / armour / weapons and tools

– Ores, quartz, rare and regular blocks

– Redstone items

– Potions

– Sponges and Beacons!

 

~SnapCrackPlays~

Be sure to visit the magnificent elven fortress of Greywatch, situated next to Donator Isle just above Shipbreaker Bay! Whether you want to have a tour around the beautiful castle, do some shopping in the castle village, or even rent a shop yourself, you’ll leave Greywatch wanting to come back time and time again!

 

~Riverwood202~

Are you running out of materials on the battlefield? Do you need potions? Head on over to shop 40! Cheap prices! ? */msg or /mail RiverKitty if anything is out of stock.*

 

~Cysteen~

Come down to Cys’ shop at s39 (/warp shop2, second on the right) for a general store with a various collection of items from kit armor, to the largest Food shop, and building blocks to choose from! I have Sell signs on the 3rd floor, so anyone needing a quick penny (for a little bit of work) can have a look! Also will be adding a sort of seasonal stock, that changes often, so check back for new stock!

 

~Manda~

Head on over to Manda’s shop s11 at /warp shop2 for the cheapest boos, brews, and ores on the server! Now selling everything in the store for £1 below market price or lower!

 

 “Quote of the day!”

“Quote? Do I look like Confucius to you?” ~ ArtificialDemon

 

“Twenty-One Dubs for Twenty-One Years!”

(Written by Riverwood202)

Due to Cysteen’s upcoming birthday, TAS members and friends decided to purchase and trade with villagers for 21 double chests of cake to cake bomb Cysteen. Jmoo luckily had perms to Cysteen’s base at the time, so while the others were trading for cake he placed twenty one double chests down in her base. While Jmoo was cake bombing Cysteen’s room, she logged on to TeamSpeak! Chailey even banned her for 5 minutes so Jmoo could finish. When she was unbanned, she logged into a base full of cake! Everyone in the based yelled surprise, and Cysteen screamed in excitement. About 30 minutes later, GodsDead logged on and one upped TAS members by spawning a massive cake schematic on top of her base! In the end, over 1/4 of her massive base was covered with cake and she never has to eat real food again.

Cysie’s cake base pics:

https://imgur.com/a/giIGO#aZNjvmk

 

Advertisements:

 

Browe_

The East India Company has just opened at S45! Currently selling:

– Enchanted books / armour / weapons and tools

– Ores, quartz, rare and regular blocks

– Redstone items

– Potions

– Sponges and Beacons!

 

~SnapCrackPlays~

Be sure to visit the magnificent elven fortress of Greywatch, situated next to Donator Isle just above Shipbreaker Bay! Whether you want to have a tour around the beautiful castle, do some shopping in the castle village, or even rent a shop yourself, you’ll leave Greywatch wanting to come back time and time again!

 

~Riverwood202~

Are you running out of materials on the battlefield? Do you need potions? Head on over to shop 40! Cheap prices! ? */msg or /mail RiverKitty if anything is out of stock.*

 

~Cysteen~

Come down to Cys’ shop at s39 (/warp shop2, second on the right) for a general store with a various collection of items from kit armor, to the largest Food shop, and building blocks to choose from! I have Sell signs on the 3rd floor, so anyone needing a quick penny (for a little bit of work) can have a look! Also will be adding a sort of seasonal stock, that changes often, so check back for new stock!

 

~Manda~

Head on over to Manda’s shop s12 at /warp shop2 for the cheapest boos, brews, and ores on the server! Now selling everything in the store for £1 below market price or lower!

 

 “Quote of the day!”

“Quote? Do I look like Confucius to you?” ~ ArtificialDemon

 

“WitherBeard Clan Raided”

Today the WitherBeard Clan was insided by none other than Withero1. This inside allowed 5 members of an enemy crew (Dealers Deck) to raid whatever they could from the main base. The raid started quiet as all the members of DD were invisible, until RFlash happened to walk down to where the raiding was going on and walked in on three men in god. He was naked at the time so he died quite fast but this alerted the rest of the WitherBeard Clan including Galaxy219 that the base was under attack. The next 15 minutes were spent with little to no fighting happening as Galaxy tried to close off all entrances to the base.  It eventually ended with DD leaving the base gear in hand as Galaxy and the Rest of the WitherBeards assessed the damage.

 

“Winners of ‘Shipped’”

Today the winners were announced as it turned midnight and #LuckyxLazy won by just one vote. This first edition of “Shipped” came off better than I had expected so I will try to do one of these every few weeks or so to make things interesting. As it goes with all winners Lucky_The_Freak is now officially shipped with Lazydog11, make sure to congratulate them if you see them.

 

“Don’t Do Drugs” 

And Finally here is a video everyone should watch as it reminds us of why not to take the pill.

https://youtu.be/7fAN8CMqzC4

 

 

 

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Browe_

The East India Company has just opened at S45! Currently selling:

– Enchanted books / armour / weapons and tools

– Ores, quartz, rare and regular blocks

– Redstone items

– Potions

– Sponges and Beacons!

 

~SnapCrackPlays~

Be sure to visit the magnificent elven fortress of Greywatch, situated next to Donator Isle just above Shipbreaker Bay! Whether you want to have a tour around the beautiful castle, do some shopping in the castle village, or even rent a shop yourself, you’ll leave Greywatch wanting to come back time and time again!

 

~Riverwood202~

Are you running out of materials on the battlefield? Do you need potions? Head on over to shop 40! Cheap prices! ? */msg or /mail RiverKitty if anything is out of stock.*

 

~Cysteen~

Come down to Cys’ shop at s39 (/warp shop2, second on the right) for a general store with a various collection of items from kit armor, to the largest Food shop, and building blocks to choose from! I have Sell signs on the 3rd floor, so anyone needing a quick penny (for a little bit of work) can have a look! Also will be adding a sort of seasonal stock, that changes often, so check back for new stock!

 

~Manda~

Head on over to Manda’s shop s12 at /warp shop2 for the cheapest boos, brews, and ores on the server! Now selling everything in the store for £1 below market price or lower!

 

“Quote of the day!”

“Chicken is da best!” ~ Joe Da Hoe