I’ve been rather inactive and technically have been gone for quite some time. I just wanted to post the following to tell everyone my experience on the server. I will be brief and try not to take everything seriously.

I joined this server a year ago after another server ended, and lot of my friends went to this server. I set up a base and was having fun, but then I discovered a lot of people on this server are extremely hostile. Once I was sieged for three days in a row simply because I wanted to be with my friends in the Elven Empire (I’m sure many still hate it to this day, for what reason I know not). Ruthless killers hampered my advancement on the server and I discovered that a lot of people enjoy making others miserable. My intentions were completely innocent and there was no reason for anyone to harm me. This is not a complaint, I know that killing ruthlessly is the whole point of the server, but still the hostility began to affect me at a deeper level. All I wanted to do was build things with my friends, and all these people wanted to do was tear the things we built down. It was a pity that people had so much hatred for people they didn’t even know. It was a great lesson on human nature. I think all deckhands should be warned of the extreme brutality of some of the players, so they aren’t caught off-guard.

Nevertheless, I did advance as a player, and began more and more difficult projects. In fact, I started playing on the server so much that it almost became my life. I started to build a new base, Deep Ocean One, which would have redstone technology and keep me safe from sieges and killers. Still, I was killed, perhaps more. I then realized I would never get to the level of any of my assailants. No matter how hard I worked, I could never get 20 god sets or enough PvP practice to simply defend myself. The whole system of the server was slighted towards them and against newer players like me.

Some weeks I would acquire large portions of wealth and some days I would be in poverty. The status of my Minecraft character affected how I felt in real life. Pirate MC was like real life for me now, and my real life a distraction from the server. The stress of keeping up a base and helping my crew affected me all the time, even when I wasn’t online.

However, there were many exciting and fun projects I did on the server in the hours a day I spent. Hours of kindness and friendship. I built some impressive structures with my friends. We went on raids. I earned money and gave valuables to others. All sorts of adventures. Many players were generous to me. Something must be said for all the nice people who encouraged me. I had some beautiful experiences on the server.

Eventually, the Elven Empire collapsed and I started the Ocean Republic. I wanted to try being a leader, and indeed I got some leadership experience. And I really tried to get together a strong military so we could simply defend ourselves from attacks. But then I discovered the most disgusting, cruel, and vicious aspect of the server: betrayal. Betrayal as in grieving my entire base, which I had spent months of my life working on, and stealing everything I had. What really shocked me is how the staff don’t regenerate griefed bases (“Too bad, its your own fault”).  I mean, pain and joy and months of time went into a creative and wonderful thing, which was destroyed in a vile and cheating way, and yet it will not be regenerated. Hydra, which specializes at backstabbing, is a horrific organization which spends it’s time making people feel miserable for no reason whatsoever. Hydra and related crews should be dissolved and the members banned. Period. I have seen many players quit and/or become extremely depressed because of them. Somehow they manage to get away with harassment left and right. Friends I had known for months suddenly backstabbed me for Hydra. It was actually extremely painful.

In conclusion, I spent a lot of time on this server, and I have mixed feelings. It taught me lessons about life (such as watch out for backstabbers). I met some great people and did some fun things. But I also suffered a lot of stress. It was good in some ways that I decided to leave and spend my time in real life, which is WAY more important What really matters is that I gave a lot of my life to the Pirate MC, and, to those who spend a lot of time on the server, please make sure you have a life. Don’t take time to play when you could be helping yourself or someone else.

Finally, thank you to those who were kind to me. I gave my remaining possessions to some of these people. If you are one who helped me post on the forums and ask for a piece of my balance. You deserve it.

Farewell! I hope we will meet again.