Privateering Contest Results

[albbie]

... captain or not. this made it fair for even those that didn't have a titanic type ship

[ratcat]

I believe it has to do with number of hits you got against other boats. I never took a boat out and was just a gunner and got 78th on Lil-Rat. Our higher ones on the list were out shooting and sailing for all 3 days.

I think this is more fair since the crews got recognized for all their hard work too.

[themgrind]

Yeehaw! all the efforts were worth it! congrats all

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by Maximvs

Ok, NOW I get to pick on ya! LOL The man who thought he'd never see the leaderboard from all the Glitching actually comes in 1st Place....

Congrats dude... you deserve it

Trying to think of a witty response - I just fall short! Perhaps I can best sum up the contest weekend by saying "glitched against the glitchers!"

It is good to see some reward for all those hours getting sunk over and over again. The occasional wins I had added up, evidently. I wish they had shown the relative points earned - I know I bounced around many different servers that weekend. So it would have been nice to know what the final tally was.

And actually, now that I think about it, will they have an SvS leaderboard with these same types of tallies? Or will they just make this a monthly (or quarterly) event?

Checking in DisneyXD to see the skill point allocations of all the level 40s at the top of the lists is enlightening! Apparently, some smaller guilds build up player combinations: player A with rank 5 full sail, player B with rank 5 ramming speed, player C with rank 5 wind-catcher. A combination like that, lets a war sloop chase down my light sloop in a faster-than-possible manner, by switching drivers. Blisteringly clever!

"/grats" to everyone that played - I recognize (or think I recognize) about a dozen names on these lists. A very exciting (but sometimes wildly frustrating) experience! I can feel Dr. Zepper's Miracle Cure losing its efficacy already...

[Nautical Nattie]

Think i must have been counted when i babysat my guildmasters ship while he slept so we didn't lose the score lol! i guess there is upsides to time differences ay I recognize a lot of names now i've had a good luck, congrats all!

[icemage]

Most of the top 10 cheated I bet. If Disney ddn't know about that glitch then.. thats so unfair god..
Anyways congratz Edward Edgemenace and everyone who didn't cheat on your prizes!

[Dr. Zeppers]

I wish they had explained the rules better. If I had known being a cannoneer on a ship would have made me eligible I would have tried a bit harder to participate.

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by OFxZeppers

I wish they had explained the rules better. If I had known being a cannoneer on a ship would have made me eligible I would have tried a bit harder to participate.

I wish they had explained the rules better. Better? I wish they had explained them. Period! :-)

I just got off the phone with Disney customer service (I tried online chat tech support first - they sent me to customer service...sigh.) They said the hats will be sent out in six to eight weeks. (!) The e-mail address I have on the primary account is ignored - the e-mail address on the linked account that I signed in on, to play during that weekend, is the one they will send the request for mailing address to. (I'm sure at least 99 other basic-member access players have that same question!) Since I used "spamgourmet.com" throw-away addresses for all the registrations, I had to jump through some hoops to make sure I don't drop their e-mail automatically.

This hat will make a nice Christmas present, anyhow. If you see any on e-bay in the next five weeks, you can be sure it is a fake.

[MarsHarmony]

Congratulations!
Isn't Davy Redflint a member of the POF too?

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by MarsHarmony

Congratulations!
Isn't Davy Redflint a member of the POF too?

Aye! Welcome back Davy! And congratulations!

[ratcat]

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

Checking in DisneyXD to see the skill point allocations of all the level 40s at the top of the lists is enlightening! Apparently, some smaller guilds build up player combinations: player A with rank 5 full sail, player B with rank 5 ramming speed, player C with rank 5 wind-catcher. A combination like that, lets a war sloop chase down my light sloop in a faster-than-possible manner, by switching drivers. Blisteringly clever!

The glitch you are talking about here was fixed a while back before the privateering contest. When people switch to try to use the next person's full sail or whatever was used by the first, it will show that it is recharging.

As far as the winner must be cheaters, the top winners were out all three days and worked their tails off playing.

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by ratcat

The glitch you are talking about here was fixed a while back before the privateering contest. When people switch to try to use the next person's full sail or whatever was used by the first, it will show that it is recharging.

As far as the winner must be cheaters, the top winners were out all three days and worked their tails off playing.

Actually, the reason I said it was so clever, is because they DO wait for things to recharge "normally" - they just trade off wheel so that the person with rank 5 <whichever is now recharged> takes the wheel and does it. When it is spent, they trade off to the next driver. A passes to B passes to C. The result is that their ship goes faster than it possibly can go. It isn't a "glitch" at all, just painfully good planning and coordination. Doubly painful when they sink me!

[IratePirate]

Originally Posted by ratcat

As far as the winner must be cheaters, the top winners were out all three days and worked their tails off playing.

I agree with ratcat, those that made the top 100 list worked hard for it. I know for a fact that those from our guild that made the list, did it without the use of any glitch or cheats... We worked the contest as we do all tasks, we did it as a team. And if working as a team/guild is cheating, I for one would be proud to be considered a cheater.

[Tommy Two Times]

Edward Edgemenace first I would like to say congrats on your placing in this contest! Quite a feat I must say as i know what i went through to place. In reguards to what you are talking about here it is possible that there were some players that used this tactic to accomplish their score. Me personally i can assure you that I was the sole driver of my boat. The reason for my victory is placed soley on the hands of my Guild!! I know many admit to it but I can say with confidence that i am part of the best guild in this game. I was in game for the entire weekend and think i got around 6 hours of sleep since the begining of this event. Members of my guild worked in shifts on the cannons and assisted me in reaching a score that surpassed 600,000 points. It shows as 14 additional members of my crew made it into the top 100 and 4 of us including myself were in the top 8! I just want to say I admire all of you that have posted here and offered up congratulations to all the victors as each and everyone of the 200 players the placed deserve it! I would also like to say that i am ashamed of those who automatically assume that just because people win a contest that they MUST have cheated. They accuse honest hard working ppl of being dishonest with out even asking them what they did or what the game plan was that they implemented to accomplish their tasks. I am a proud member of the Pirate community and have been sinnce beta 1. And for any one to accuse me of cheating when they do not even know me is insulting and only shows what kind of a sore loser they really are. being that this is my first post on this site I would like to appologize if i have come across as being a gerk or hostile in my response to some of the posts in this thread. Edward Edgemenace I am in no way directing any of this, other than the congratulations that are rightfully yours, at you. This rant is nothing more than a carry over from the last night of the contest when a boat load of pirates accused me of being a cheat based soley on my score and even called in a second boat load of ppl to attempt to humiliate me and my crew. They soon found out why my crew had acquired such a high score as we sunk each of their bots 10 times consistantly with out us sinking once. the worst part is they didn't even have the nerve to appologize, they just reported me as a cheater. again I am sorry that I have used this opertunity to rant about this. I am simply tired of ppl that attempt to tear down ppl's accomplishments.

[icemage]

Gratz Tommy Two Times on 1st place! You really deserved it. I saw some boat have auto repair then finally one of the other boats and and I rammed it together and sunk it Its not fair how people who cheated get real life prizes and they cheated! Once again gratz to everyone who DIDN'T cheat.