I'm rather shocked that someone else other than Ravendruid and I knew about it. What ocean did you play? We had been on for a year and a half and lost our net access within a week or two before blockades was released and
right after I won an honerable mention (and a sloop) in Nemo's parrot painting contest on the forums. We didn't get back until a year later and it was
weird feeling like some old fart always saying, "I remember when..."
There is so much of it that I miss, but knowing the memories of great crews can never be regained. Most of my time I spent being a docktart, originally on Alpha (Midnight) then later on Dragon's Nest (Cobalt). I think the creepiest thing after coming back was seeing how deserted Alpha had become, it was really depressing and the reason we moved to Cobalt. I loved to bilge, often joking about doing it in a corset (not an easy task!), and eventually went Paragon.
Towards the end it was really not being any fun anymore, just wanting to chat on the docks and having a slew of pirates coming through (most of them being ignorant teenagers) and adamantly telling me how worthless I was because I just 'stood around doing nothing' instead of sailing. Being in blockades was fun for a few times, but the whole entire economy is so royally screwed over that nothing works as it should anymore (or at least the last time I knew).
Damn, I forgot how much I miss pirates, even with the problems...
crying Maybe I'll wander over there one of these days and either catch the bug, or walk away disgusted. Oh dang, I'd have to be a greenie again, UG!
xd These still makes me giggle:
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