Current News: Nov 3 '09

[Midhav]

Originally Posted by Speedway Master

I'll just threaten Cromwell with Holy Water so he'll give me ALL the gold!

Then he'll just knock you out

[Capt Seafury]

Just met the Captain myself. He was on Abassa and floated to the Governor's Garden in the form of an orange mist. He just stood there and asked us (yes, there were others) what we knew about John Moses. When I finally remembered the words, I said them to him (but I learned you have to say them in local chat, not a whisper!). He gave me a long code that took forever to type, and it only gave me 500 gold. Then he went on scolding the others about how greedy they were. So I don't think it's really worth it to go hunting for him. If you stumble across him like me, then it might be interesting to see what happens.

And, sorry, but I couldn't get any screenshots. My main computer is suffering technical difficulties and macs can't take screenshots.

[ex8404]

Originally Posted by Capt Seafury

Just met the Captain myself. He was on Abassa and floated to the Governor's Garden in the form of an orange mist. He just stood there and asked us (yes, there were others) what we knew about John Moses. When I finally remembered the words, I said them to him (but I learned you have to say them in local chat, not a whisper!). He gave me a long code that took forever to type, and it only gave me 500 gold. Then he went on scolding the others about how greedy they were. So I don't think it's really worth it to go hunting for him. If you stumble across him like me, then it might be interesting to see what happens.

And, sorry, but I couldn't get any screenshots. My main computer is suffering technical difficulties and macs can't take screenshots.

Sounds like the gold is first-come-first-served? Let me know if I'm wrong...

I agree that it might be interesting to stumble across the Captain but I won't be seeking him out anytime soon. Abassa is crowded enough when nothing is going on...Now. When does the Founder's Feast start?

And Macs CAN take screenshots...You just have to make sure nothing is already mapped to the F9 key.

[MacIronhawk]

I saw a thread about Cronwell... and instead of giving people money he knocked them out.

Not exactly a good use of my time if I'll get knocked out instead.

[Capt Seafury]

But he only knocks you out if---

...Look at it this way. Most people who play the game are little kids who see that a GM is giving out gold. Naturally, they assume he gives gold to everyone he sees. So a bunch of noobs might go to Abassa Port Royal dock and wait for him. If, by an extremely lucky chance, they see him, a bunch of these lucky noobs will circle around him demanding gold (trust me, I saw it firsthand).

The Captain tells them that "[their] greed will ensure [their] days will end like [his]". These noobs are confused because they thought that Cromwell was simply giving away gold for nothing. He won't knock you out if you just say the magic words: "I've come to help innocent John!" and Cromwell whispers a 21-letter code to you. Without the magic words, Cromwell is just another player (another player who knocks you out if you irritate him). It just seems that Disney wants to start using these new powers to show what kind of "personality" the GM has.

[molly the half ghost]

smiley35wow just gold? o_o i think they should give out a prize like redeem a tonic that makes you invincible or something.. or maybe bring back john from jolly's army? idk but man... JUST GOLD???