Well, it's officially over now...

[ukebec]

I'm glad I'm not the only one, Sarah. No, I didn't bid Orinda a fond farewell. She were always a fearsome homely, timid wench, and never a favorite of mine.

But I did feel the need to sail to world's end.



A perverse aside - I always thought it would be funny as heck if, when you sailed to the world's edge, you'd find a big, neon Mickey Mouse sign, with a waving mechanical arm, next to an equally gaudy neon sign that said "Eat at Joe's" with an arrow. Just my weird thinking.

After that I sailed back to that sweet spot - midway between Port Royal, Tortuga and Devil's Anvil and just watched the new game day unfold. I saw brave ships out there plundering until the very end.

I'll give Disney one thing - they rendered a sky like nobody's business.



Sarah - I saw you, and Sven O'Smythe (Svenny!), and Kat O'Hara and Frank Hardy and others online there towards the end. I was torn. I kind of wanted to shout out to all of you but I also just wanted to experience it alone. I went the selfish route and just stayed at the wheel of my ship until it was over.

But I've got to give it up to those pirates on Abassa - in the final minutes that server was still full. There must have been some kind of party going on there. Way to go out, me fellow swashbucklers! They were partying like, well, pirates over there!



It was beautiful. I've taken more screenshots in the last week than I'd taken in my entire 6 years playing the game.

I don't know whether to curse Disney or bless them. What a great experience, but how bitter to have it slip away.