Hello Everybody!

[dantheman]

Hey, I'm dantheman but some of you might know me as Johnny Warhawk. I took a break from POTCO for a while, but now I'm back and I decided to join the forums!

P.S. If you're looking for a gunner, I'm your man!

[Slasher]

Welcome back mate! I'm sure since you have came and gone I (again) don't need to give you the arrival speech. But it looks like your new to the forums. Trust me, you aren't alone! I didn't join until about level 28-30ish.. Anyways, off my story. Thats in my journal. Soon, the rest of the Welcome Wagon will arrive. We all kinda give this peppy speech, so better be watching this thread for different forms of it. Hahah. Anyways. Lets lay down the rules.. Yes, we may be pirates, but we still have these things we call rules to guide us in the right direction. These rules have been *cough stolen so I could use them cough* and passed down to me so I could tell everyone. Anyways, I better get on with it.

THE RULES
(Hehe, went extra awesome on this one )

1. Listen to pirates, but don't cross each other. You probably knew this one. This is my math class basically. Pirates + crossing each other = CHAOS.... Plain and simple.. But you knew that already

2. Don't steal each others rum.. Many a pirates have come and gone, stealing rum for their profession here. You can cheat, hurt, and lie to each other, but there shall be no stealing of rum. Well, most of the time.. (Word of warning. Don't steal my rum or Tiberius Fireskulls rum. Tib's is poisonous. I just get angry...)

4. Get active! That rule about posting atleast one post before using the arcade is exactly what we were going for! We want every point of view! Every point of view is what we want. Its what makes a forum... Most of us would be willing to talk. And if a rum happens to appear, any of us would definitely be willing to talk when rum is involved .

5. Have fun! Enjoy yourself. We all want to welcome you to this crazy family we call POFourms. I know we all may seem crazy (Because we are ) But it will grow on you.

I think thats it. OOH! I ALMOST FORGOT. See, I have been making history these past few introductions. Today I will do it again. Del will have nothing to say. I am guessing as you have come back and forth from the game, you have a guild but this is just incase. And I have been going crazy on this, so why don't I just go full out?

If you don't have a guild, you may want to check the Guilds and Clans Section. These are some guilds that could really become something awesome. Its also the place where you find all other guilds that don't have a sub-section. I'll get to that in a second. There are some guilds who have been huge and here since the beginning. There are only four guilds now that have a sub section.

Black Bart's Krewe This guild has been here for a while, and still they are an active guild.

Shadow Sorcerors, Managed by Tiberius Fireskull (A Welcome Wagoner ) This guild is a great guild, and very strong and durable.

Partners N Crime. Owned by Delmaria Darkskull (Captain Del here. Another Welcome Wagoner ) this guild is very notorius for having great pirates, and a great friendship.

And finally the Emerald Regiment As like all the other guilds, this guild is a very large guild, and also always there to help you. Kinda like a dog .

Phew.. *Catches breath* I don't know how Del does that guild speech.. Atleast I made total history again.. Well, my time is almost up.. Sooner or later Dark_Pixie should be around to warn you about the ban game and not to join it, as it makes people very crazy. Oops.. *evil grin* looks like I said too much... *cough never forget I said that rule cough* If you ever want any help around here on the forums (As you have probably done well on POTCO already) Please talk to any of us if it isn't something bad. If something bad has happened, talk to a mod. They'll fix ya up.. Oh man I almost forgot I had this welcome rum package for you! It has rum to get you started. Oh. Almost forgot again. My carrying tax. *Takes bottle* Heh. Welcome aboard!

[Ultima]

Welcome always good to more pirates on the forums.
I for one am not crazy and slasher watch ye back.

[Dark_Pixie]

Originally Posted by Slasher

Sooner or later Dark_Pixie should be around to warn you about the ban game and not to join it, as it makes people very crazy. Oops.. *evil grin* looks like I said too much... *cough never forget I said that rule cough*

It's always you, isn't it?

Welcome to the forums dantheman! Slasher once again leaves me with nothing to say about the forums and all that, but... what the heck.

Don't join The Ban Game. For your sake. ()

[andyspins]

Welcome, welcome. I'm Andyspins you can call me Andy, and I don't have any rules for ya. Wait, there's a rum tax for being here, please deposit it on my blog. Yea, that's real...

[akamystic]

Welcome to the Caribbean mate!

[HammyTheSquirrel]

Welcome to the forums, mate! Just a few pointers:
~ If Tiberius Fireskull EVER offers you his rum, don't drink it
~ You must give 10% of your meat supplies to The Monster every week
~ See that greenish coloured meat in the corner? Don't touch it, or even go near it for that matter

Here's a month's supply of Crestshot's rum to help you on your way. Have fun! *shoves off cliff into evil pit of doom*

Oh.. one more thing, The Game...

[Slasher]

Originally Posted by Ultima

slasher watch ye back.

Don't make me scared... Thats another person out to get me.. Great...

Originally Posted by Dark_Pixie

It's always you, isn't it?

I think I am going to make this my usual. I thought you were looking the other way *Passes two bottles of rum* Does that make you remember?

Originally Posted by HammyTheSquirrel

The Game...

Dang it Hammy!!!!

[lerzba]

Welcome back mate! Hope to see you out there, send me a message if you wanna meet up.

[Captain Sharktooth]

Welcome back!

[Captain Del]

Ahoy there, Dan!

Welcome to POF, mate! Not wanting to be outdone, I decided to change pace a little bit and typed up the actual "rules." Of course, to keep the spam down, I'll just place it behind this nice little spoiler tab; so, I present to you all, the OFFICIAL rules, the "Rum-Stained Codex"

Spoiler for The Rum-Stained Codex:

In the years I have traveled these ever-murky and rum-stained waters, I have watched generations of pirates, scoundrels, captains, and lords alike pass before me, each of them carrying a few scraggly pieces of parchment in their coat-pockets that were handed to them by a motley wagon of pirates the first moment they ever stepped their boot in to these waters. I myself still have the copy of mine, though ever crumpled and beaten as it is, I still wink at it every once in a while to allow myself to realize how much of an old wind of a pirate I truly am.

But over the years these rules have been mended and twisted with each generation of pirates, fabricated under leaky pens on burnt parchment with even poorer penmanship (most of the blokes I've met don't even know how to read!) I am of course talking about the legendary "Rum-stained Codex," though you all seem to be under the impression it is just a shopping list dished out by the "Welcome Wagon" around these here waters.

Nay, I say! The charter of guidelines you lay before each new pirate who flounders on to the docks is but a sacred rite which has been the pride of this nation of brethren for years - nay - eons! If we wish to do things properly, than I fear that I must push my way back to my box on the docks of Tortuga, and now, recite to thee all, the official Rum-stained Codex, as set forth by Morgan and Bartholomew on a napkin the Faithful Bride;

The Rum-Stained Codex
The Unchangeables, Intangibles, and "Don't Touch This"'s of the Caribbean

I. STEALING RUM OF THINE BRETHREN IS FORBIDDEN! We are pirates of valor and honor; but most importantly, pirates who love to drink! And among our most prized possessions in this world and the next lies our rum, the very golden nectar and life source of us pirates in the Caribbean. Without it, plagues would erupt, famines would sweep across the land, and the very structure of the seven seas would mold and crack at edges; not good, mate.

A. Poison rum is to be laid out in the corner of taverns to teach a lesson to all pirates who believe they may evade this all-important rule. Side effects include dizziness, heart-burn, eye-twitching, possible loss of trigger finger, excessive vomiting, and losing control of one's lower body for the time being. Ye have been warned.

B. Rum that is left out in the open is fair game for any pirate who so happens to cross it - just make a cunning little rat didn't attach a grenade to the bottom of the glass.

II. CROSSING SWORDS WITHIN THE VICINITY OF A STORAGE OF PIRATE DRINK WILL RESULT IN KEELHAULING! If ye need to settle a dispute over who has the best boots, then take it out in to the courtyard where we can't hear the screams (that much.)

A. If you so much as cause a drop of blood to be spilled on a fellow pirate's petty coat, all is fair game.

III. PIRATES ARE TO ENTER THE BAN GAME AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AT THEIR OWN RISK. These places are among the darkest, dankest alleys in all the Caribbean, and are not for the faint of heart. Many men have entered that place and come out completely changed, unable to keep themselves from pointing out grammatical errors or counting the number of bottles of rum each time they step foot in a bar. Some enter, and are never seen again... just be careful out there.

IV. Be good and follow the Site Rules.

V. BE WARY OF PIRATES YE MEET FROM HERE ON THE HIGH SEAS! On here there be a small wall that separates ye from the crazies you're looking at, but once ye cross paths with one of these pirates face to face, may Poseidon have mercy on your doomed soul.

A. It'd be a sound idea to abandon the idea of trusting the pirates you see around here all together; never a good idea to listen to the men that have a bottle of whiskey in one hand and a pistol in the other.

B. Avoid listening to the pirates who try and tell you these rules indirectly. Plenty of pirates love to stretch their words to trick ye in to paying hefty taxes to them; and besides, most of them can't read in the first place.

VI. THE BLOG AND SOAPBOX SECTIONS ARE TO BE FEARED! Plenty of pirates hold opinions, but those who know how to voice them are often the ones with the strongest opinions. Watch where ye venture here, lest ye want a few bones broken in the process!

VII. Just keep your arms and legs inside the moving vehicle, and remember, remain seated please; permanecer sentados por favor... and please no flash photographies.

And, by far the most important,

VIII. Enjoy yer stay, matey!

Don't mess with the Captain.

As stated above, now that you have just recently returned from the Caribbean after a short break, it is advisable that you try and find a new guild if the mates you used to stick around with are no longer in these waters. Snoop around all of the guild forums that Slasher posted up in his post, and see which one fits you the best.

Hope you enjoy your stay, mate, and happy pirating!

[Slasher]

In my year I have been here.. Never have I seen this... I guess it was because I never created my arrival post

[Tiberius Fireskull]

If you could read all of those rules by Del, then you'll be just fine reading these long posts that some of us make here.

Welcome aboard mate! Glad to have you with us! Everyone else has stolen the big posts, so I'll just keep this short and simple. Enjoy your stay here, and if you have questions or want to meet up, feel free to PM me or any of these other fine, or not so fine, pirates aboard these waters.

But there is one rule that nobody has mentioned... don't go near, Lord forbid eat, the green meat. Don't ask why... just don't...

[richfireskull]

Welcome aboard mate! And as the others have stated " Do not go near the green meet! "

[The Skirata Clan]

Welcome aboard mate!!
Just have fun sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. If you have any questions of any kind feel free to ask anyone about anything by any means you see fit. Mods and Admins might have the better answers but we the rest of us are pretty accurate... at times.

Just keep your arms and legs inside the moving vehicle... and remember... Remain Seated Please... Permanecer Sentados Por Favor... and please No Flash Photographies.


The Great One welcomes you!