Do you have a Personal Pirate Code?

[gingeeann]

I have a personal code I follow when I play. Help others when I can, level and have fun along the way.
No speeding, no glitching to gain an advantage. I will go in a glitch to see a different view or go afk.

The thrilling part of the game is fighting tough enemies using stategy with the outcome an known.

I enjoy a good PvP or SvS match because people make it unpredictable.
Speeders and glitchers have ruined PvP in my opinion. I will accept match with people I know.If they speed or glitch, I go afk and that is the last "yes" for them.

So..... Do you have a Personal Pirate Code you follow when you play?

[thomas seawalker]

why yes yes i do but it is like 7 pages long

[The Skirata Clan]

I think that most of us have personal code, others abide their guild's code. I personally don't SVS or PVP. Because of lag and glitching.

I personally still ask to TP. Or offer help. Some are surprised when I ask. Apparently no one asks before TP anymore.

[combatlizzy]

I abide by my guild code...BBK & I are a perfect match. And TSC...one of our rules is to ask b4 tp'ing or boarding a ship. We also don't fire randomly at ships. We wait until the captain calls the target. We don't glitch for reps. And the most important...RESPECT!

[CaptainGreenGene]

I follow a One Rule Code. It's simple but it's application is not.

Rule 1: Do no harm.

[Jaquin DePlank]

My personal code in playing POTCO

Rule 1: Don't tp to anyone unless you have permission.

Rule 2: I've told everyone in my guild that I don't care if they tp to me at any time.

Rule 3: If not already helping someone, I will always help out a guildmate or friend that asks for help.
Rule 3a: If it is only to help a bunch of your friends take out an enemy boss, I'll only stick around to do it once.
Rule 3b: Especially if you are a level 9 and taking on Remington with your rude friends. (editors note: I'm no longer in that guild)

Rule 4: I won't complain about rep stealers, but I won't heal you when you are low on health. No matter how many times you demand it.
Rule 4a: I will revive you if you are knocked out while stealing my rep
Rule 4b: I will not revive you a second time if you do not say 'thank you' after the first revival. (editors note: Nobody that has stolen rep and been revived by me has ever said 'thank you', so this rule is invoked often.)

Rule 5: I will not friend you or join your crew if you ask me while running past me. I am happy with my current guild and will not join yours, no matter how many times you whisper to me.
Rule 5a: I will crew up with you if I've jumped on your open to the public ship and you offer.
Rule 5b: If you are cool and funny while in crew, I will indeed accept a friend offer.
Rule 5c: If I ever see anyone from POF in game I would accept a friend or a crew offer.

Rule 6: I will let baby pirate guildmates take control of my ship to help them with a quest.
Rule 6a: I will not be demanded to get a ship for someone who doesn't ask politely.
Rule 6b: I will not be demanded to port immediately once my cargo hold is full. I have more gold than Cap't Jack Sparrow could drink away in a month, so I'm in no hurry to port.

Rule 7: I will not speak ill will of any fellow pirate in guild chat or in crew chat. If ever on the dock in Tortuga in Abassa, I may say a sarcastic thing or twenty in local chat.

Rule 8: I will not report a fellow pirate. I will ignore you and rest well in the fact that since you act like an idiot in the game, you probably are an idiot in real life and in that case I'm glad I'm not you.

Rule 9: I'm playing to have fun, and all my actions will reflect that. In interacting with fellow pirates, I hope that comes across.




Wow, I didn't know I had so many rules!?!?!?!?

[Cannonfury]

I have one!! Dont ever EVER and I mean EVER touch my bowl of pasta!!!!! Its Mine!!!!!!!!!!!

[Benjamin Goldeagle]

I don't really have a personal code. Well, I do always help a player if possible. And I don't steal people's rep. Nor do I teleport to one without permission.

[gingeeann]

Originally Posted by Maria Cannonfury

I have one!! Dont ever EVER and I mean EVER touch my bowl of pasta!!!!! Its Mine!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree with this whole heartedly and will add it to my code.

[Cannonfury]

Originally Posted by gingeeann

I agree with this whole heartedly and will add it to my code.

Smart kid!!!! u deserve a diploma!! From the National Institute of Pasta!

[Miss Hexsilver]

I can't agree more. I used to love and enjoy PVP. Now, it's full of speeders and cheaters. Aside from just that, it has become the center of all things drama. Grrr!

[ex8404]

I have a code...

1. I will NEVER shoot into a ship you are already shooting, attack an enemy you are already attacking or, in any way, stop you from getting what you need.
2. I will sail my boat on public but when you shoot a Death Omen while we are "in the red" and I have asked for a Cease Fire, I will close the boat until you get bored and go away.
3. I will always port as soon as the hold is full. I have all the gold I need but you might not so take as much as you can and give nothing back.
4. If you need a heal, I will heal. If you need a revive, I will drop a tonic on you. Thank-yous earn you a second one.
5. I don't respond well to "Come to me!" or "Take me to Port Royal" or any rudeness really.
6. If you are too low a level to be in Tormenta, don't expect me to baby-sit, OK? Go back to Fort Charles and level up.
7. I intend to have as much fun as possible in a short amount of time. If that includes you...Great. If you're a professional Buzz-Kill, take a deep breath and a walk in the park. It will do you some good.
8. I will remain loyal to my guild even though they have all gone away and I am often the only one on line...
9. Never take the wheel of my ship without asking and I will extend the same courtesy to you.
10. I like noobs (I use noob as a term of endearment) and baby pirates and will help at the drop of a hat. Just ask.

Anyway, that's a start... Sounds kind of negative at first but if you read between the lines, you will see that my pirate code is "Do unto other pirates as you would have them do unto you."

[Jaquin DePlank]

Originally Posted by ex8404

I have a code...

1. I will NEVER shoot into a ship you are already shooting, attack an enemy you are already attacking or, in any way, stop you from getting what you need.
2. I will sail my boat on public but when you shoot a Death Omen while we are "in the red" and I have asked for a Cease Fire, I will close the boat until you get bored and go away.
3. I will always port as soon as the hold is full. I have all the gold I need but you might not so take as much as you can and give nothing back.
4. If you need a heal, I will heal. If you need a revive, I will drop a tonic on you. Thank-yous earn you a second one.
5. I don't respond well to "Come to me!" or "Take me to Port Royal" or any rudeness really.
6. If you are too low a level to be in Tormenta, don't expect me to baby-sit, OK? Go back to Fort Charles and level up.
7. I intend to have as much fun as possible in a short amount of time. If that includes you...Great. If you're a professional Buzz-Kill, take a deep breath and a walk in the park. It will do you some good.
8. I will remain loyal to my guild even though they have all gone away and I am often the only one on line...
9. Never take the wheel of my ship without asking and I will extend the same courtesy to you.
10. I like noobs (I use noob as a term of endearment) and baby pirates and will help at the drop of a hat. Just ask.

Anyway, that's a start... Sounds kind of negative at first but if you read between the lines, you will see that my pirate code is "Do unto other pirates as you would have them do unto you."

Nice list!

We are in agreement on most things but your #3, so I went back and noticed I said I won't immediately port once my cargo holds are full, I guess I should have clarified it to say that I won't be demanded to port right away once the holds are full. I have taken baby pirates out on plunder runs and ported as soon as we were full, I guess I should have made it clear that on my boat, you don't tell me what to do.

Keep to your code and have fun!

[Angel Seafish]

This is mine:
1. I ask before I teleport to anyone.
2. I sail my boat in public and port when needed. Money has no object to me (I'm in the twenty thousands). Don't say "Port NOW" if we don't need to. If I'm sailing to level up I'm not terribly worried about money even if my haul is full.
3. I put baby pirates in my guild. I want to help baby pirates with quests so they can get a big level. I won't take em' to outcast but I will to Fort Charles.
4. Everyone is welcome in my guild and will be made an officer if they are responsible.
5. I won't put baby pirates in my crew because I go to outcast alot.
6. If you keep saying come to me and I'm fighting or doing a quest and I keep saying 'Stop I'm leveling up" and they keep saying it, your not a true friend and I will most likely delete you.
7. I will only heal if your a baby pirate in Fort Charles (or any low level place) or I will heal a high level in outcast/ tormenta. And if you need to be revived and your in a place you should be, I will revive (one more for every thank you.).
8. I don't do pvp or svs because of the drama.

Thats about it.

[Cpt. Charlotte Doyle]

My personal code is this.

1. Take what ye can, give nothin' back.

2. Kindness is key.

3. I have an incredibly long fuse, but should you burn it to the quick, take cover.

4. If you do dish it, you had better be able to take it.

5. There are two kinds of noobs, the "Uber Noob", which I enjoy helping, and the Noob said with the inflection of a curse...

6. I will help anyone in need, but if it gets to the point that I am doing all of your quests for you, I will "teach you to swim" by throwing you in the deep end.

7. My tonics are given freely with no worries as to cost or who you are. Thank yous are appreciated. I dont have the heart to let you go to jail... unless you decided to rep steal. My view is, if you cant kill it alone, dont hit it unless you ask.

8. I too ask permission to teleport, and expect the same courtesy in return.

9. I will accept random friends, but will eventually delete them if they prove to be rude.

10. I do not report any other pirates, as we are all running from the Company...

11. Be warned, i am a very sarcstic pirate.

12. Acting like a noob and swinging swords at random other noobs can be fun...and can be an awesome excersize in improvisation! (The Co. Empire)

13. My code changes according to the guild I am in. I will abide by their rules, and reflect their name as cleanly as possable.

14. gliching is fun. period.

15. When boarding a public ship, my first action before taking a gun is to ask the Captain if he needs an extra deckhand.