Wednesday - Nykkel's birthday and idiot PvP
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nykkel's birthday. He invited a bunch of us to go with him to Todai at Pacific Place, since they give a free meal ON your birthday (rather than a coupon for next time). That is, of course, where I went on my birthday this year too, although since I had an important Yankees-Mariners game to go to that evening, I went for lunch.
Anyway, it was actually pretty super-fun. I saw a bunch of people I hadn't seen in ages --kieferskunk was there with his girlfriend Elaine/Fire/whatever who I hadn't met before. She seems really nice and a great match for him and I'm happy for them. metroid23 and megami were also there, and I really *should* see them more... I'll have to remember to be inspired to call them some evening after work while I'm out here on the east side anyway. And best of all mwinzi showed up! I hadn't seen him since before MY birthday, as far as we can tell, since he says he still has something ducky for me from then. Oops.
Despite Kiefer's failed attempt at drinking sake, and a heartbreaking game where the Yankees beat the Twins on TV (though I suppose it's not that bad for me since it goes with my predictions), and a lack of jello (so we couldn't make Nykkel eat jello with chopsticks on his birthday), it was pretty good to see everyone and hang out and eat too much food. Yay for Nykkel's birthday. Afterwards I hung out for a while chatting with Nykkel and Mwinzi at Pacific Place, and I stopped by Barnes and Noble, where out of nowhere I found something I've wanted for ages -- a book about Walter Johnson and the 1924 Washington Senators. You'd think that there'd be more books about one of the greatest pitchers of all time, y'know?
Afterwards I came home and played a bit of PP. I was moving a ship back to Turtle, and in the middle of the Jorvik-Luthien leg, while expecting to be intercepted by red brigands, I got intercepted repeatedly by a player ship (cutter) - it was blue to me, then green as they called on a fourth person. Two yellows, two greenies, four swabbies on their ship, and just me and three swabbies on mine, and here's the transcript. I've cut out most things like ordering swabbies and hearties logging in:
[23:14:53] You are being pursued by 'Crazed Angelfish'.
[23:14:55] Janthina issued an order to turn about.
[23:15:04] You are no longer being pursued by 'Crazed Angelfish'.
[23:15:07] Janthina issued an order to turn about.
[23:15:29] Janthina issued an order to set the vessel to sail.
[23:15:33] You are being pursued by 'Crazed Angelfish'.
[23:15:34] You have been intercepted by the Crazed Angelfish!
[23:19:32] Janthina abandoned a duty station.
Okay, note that about 5 minutes elapsed from the interception -- this is like 7-8 turns in and I'm so far away this guy can't catch me in a million years.
[23:20:07] You told Jddogg, "so, hey"
[23:20:12] You told Jddogg, "any particular reason you intercepted me?"
[23:20:21] Jddogg tells you, "lookin for a player fight"
[23:20:29] Jddogg tells you, "any particular reason your running?"
[23:20:44] You told Jddogg, "because I don't particularly feel like fighting 4-1, and I'm carrying a bunch of stuff?"
[23:20:51] You told Jddogg, "if you want to fight a player, why not do someone you can actually catch?"
[23:21:04] Jddogg tells you, "i just got dont fightin someone else. dont be angry :)"
[23:21:10] You told Jddogg, "heh, i'm not angry"
[23:21:16] Jddogg tells you, "im a pirate :)"
[23:21:18] You told Jddogg, "i wouldn't have sent you a tell if you had any chance in a million of catching me :)"
[23:21:32] 10 turns have elapsed. The defender is now allowed to disengage from the battle.
[23:21:33] Jddogg tells you, "rofl if i hadnt just been in a grueling battle i coulda caught ye"
[23:21:34] Emcee Hammerhead disengaged from the battle.
[23:21:40] You are no longer being pursued by 'Crazed Angelfish'.
I fill my guns and get back on carp, not sails, leaving the swabbies to sail. I notice that the Angelfish has been trailing me, but I figure he can't be THAT dumb to re-engage. But what do I know...
[23:23:36] You are being pursued by 'Crazed Angelfish'.
[23:23:45] Janthina issued an order to turn about.
[23:23:48] You have been intercepted by the Crazed Angelfish!
[23:23:51] Janthina abandoned a duty station.
[23:24:40] You told Jddogg, "i'm serious. GO AWAY."
[23:24:46] Jddogg tells you, "lol"
I look at the board and think... "Hmm, I could run away again... OR I could see if he's dumb enough to do the predictable move, and shoot him for it." I decide, what the heck, doesn't matter if I win or lose, I need to get this guy off my back.
In the next two phases, he does all the predictable moves and I shoot him three times (sadly, my sloop to his cutter) and he rams me once. We both grapple. I'll put his losses in blue and mine in red:
[23:25:36] Emcee Hammerhead has grappled Crazed Angelfish. A melee breaks out between the crews!
[23:25:36] Crazed Angelfish has grappled Emcee Hammerhead. A melee breaks out between the crews!
[23:25:59] Jddogg has entered the puzzle.
[23:27:40] Atheena is eliminated!
[23:27:55] Brassy Kai is eliminated!
[23:28:01] Rustyjames is eliminated!
[23:28:15] Old Harmony is eliminated!
[23:28:24] Daisychain is eliminated!
[23:28:45] Patient Red is eliminated!
[23:28:45] Little Abe is eliminated!
[23:28:52] Plucky MacDuff is eliminated!
[23:29:15] Curious Bjorn is eliminated!
[23:30:26] Ruckrr is eliminated!
[23:31:15] Jddogg is eliminated!
[23:31:15] Game over. Winners: Janthina, Brassy Kai, Little Abe, Plucky MacDuff.
[23:31:20] You told Jddogg, "I told you not to attack me."
[23:31:20] Jddogg is sword fighting and might be too busy to respond.
[23:31:20] Jddogg tells you, "wtf..."
[23:31:30] The victors plundered 1,321 pieces of eight and 39 units of goods from the defeated vessel.
[23:31:30] You are no longer being pursued by 'Crazed Angelfish'.
[23:31:37] Janthina issued an order to turn about.
[23:31:42] You told Jddogg, "Not my fault you didn't listen."
[23:31:54] Jddogg tells you, "now u think u are good lol"
[23:32:03] Janthina issued an order to turn about.
[23:32:09] Jddogg tells you, "nice stats tho"
[23:32:32] You told Jddogg, "..."
[23:32:32] Jddogg is navigating and might be too busy to respond.
[23:33:58] Janthina issued an order to set the vessel to sail.
You know... you'd THINK maybe he'd look at the stats BEFORE attacking? I guess that is one downside to not being in BD anymore. People just didn't attack BD ships much, if you know what I mean. But, still. I felt pretty good about this fight. Especially because I bet he figured my "GO AWAY" was an "I'm scared of you," not an "I honestly think I have a chance of taking you out, and I'm going to fuck you up."
nykkel's birthday. He invited a bunch of us to go with him to Todai at Pacific Place, since they give a free meal ON your birthday (rather than a coupon for next time). That is, of course, where I went on my birthday this year too, although since I had an important Yankees-Mariners game to go to that evening, I went for lunch.Anyway, it was actually pretty super-fun. I saw a bunch of people I hadn't seen in ages --
kieferskunk was there with his girlfriend Elaine/Fire/whatever who I hadn't met before. She seems really nice and a great match for him and I'm happy for them. metroid23 and megami were also there, and I really *should* see them more... I'll have to remember to be inspired to call them some evening after work while I'm out here on the east side anyway. And best of all mwinzi showed up! I hadn't seen him since before MY birthday, as far as we can tell, since he says he still has something ducky for me from then. Oops. Despite Kiefer's failed attempt at drinking sake, and a heartbreaking game where the Yankees beat the Twins on TV (though I suppose it's not that bad for me since it goes with my predictions), and a lack of jello (so we couldn't make Nykkel eat jello with chopsticks on his birthday), it was pretty good to see everyone and hang out and eat too much food. Yay for Nykkel's birthday. Afterwards I hung out for a while chatting with Nykkel and Mwinzi at Pacific Place, and I stopped by Barnes and Noble, where out of nowhere I found something I've wanted for ages -- a book about Walter Johnson and the 1924 Washington Senators. You'd think that there'd be more books about one of the greatest pitchers of all time, y'know?
Afterwards I came home and played a bit of PP. I was moving a ship back to Turtle, and in the middle of the Jorvik-Luthien leg, while expecting to be intercepted by red brigands, I got intercepted repeatedly by a player ship (cutter) - it was blue to me, then green as they called on a fourth person. Two yellows, two greenies, four swabbies on their ship, and just me and three swabbies on mine, and here's the transcript. I've cut out most things like ordering swabbies and hearties logging in:
[23:14:53] You are being pursued by 'Crazed Angelfish'.
[23:14:55] Janthina issued an order to turn about.
[23:15:04] You are no longer being pursued by 'Crazed Angelfish'.
[23:15:07] Janthina issued an order to turn about.
[23:15:29] Janthina issued an order to set the vessel to sail.
[23:15:33] You are being pursued by 'Crazed Angelfish'.
[23:15:34] You have been intercepted by the Crazed Angelfish!
[23:19:32] Janthina abandoned a duty station.
Okay, note that about 5 minutes elapsed from the interception -- this is like 7-8 turns in and I'm so far away this guy can't catch me in a million years.
[23:20:07] You told Jddogg, "so, hey"
[23:20:12] You told Jddogg, "any particular reason you intercepted me?"
[23:20:21] Jddogg tells you, "lookin for a player fight"
[23:20:29] Jddogg tells you, "any particular reason your running?"
[23:20:44] You told Jddogg, "because I don't particularly feel like fighting 4-1, and I'm carrying a bunch of stuff?"
[23:20:51] You told Jddogg, "if you want to fight a player, why not do someone you can actually catch?"
[23:21:04] Jddogg tells you, "i just got dont fightin someone else. dont be angry :)"
[23:21:10] You told Jddogg, "heh, i'm not angry"
[23:21:16] Jddogg tells you, "im a pirate :)"
[23:21:18] You told Jddogg, "i wouldn't have sent you a tell if you had any chance in a million of catching me :)"
[23:21:32] 10 turns have elapsed. The defender is now allowed to disengage from the battle.
[23:21:33] Jddogg tells you, "rofl if i hadnt just been in a grueling battle i coulda caught ye"
[23:21:34] Emcee Hammerhead disengaged from the battle.
[23:21:40] You are no longer being pursued by 'Crazed Angelfish'.
I fill my guns and get back on carp, not sails, leaving the swabbies to sail. I notice that the Angelfish has been trailing me, but I figure he can't be THAT dumb to re-engage. But what do I know...
[23:23:36] You are being pursued by 'Crazed Angelfish'.
[23:23:45] Janthina issued an order to turn about.
[23:23:48] You have been intercepted by the Crazed Angelfish!
[23:23:51] Janthina abandoned a duty station.
[23:24:40] You told Jddogg, "i'm serious. GO AWAY."
[23:24:46] Jddogg tells you, "lol"
I look at the board and think... "Hmm, I could run away again... OR I could see if he's dumb enough to do the predictable move, and shoot him for it." I decide, what the heck, doesn't matter if I win or lose, I need to get this guy off my back.
In the next two phases, he does all the predictable moves and I shoot him three times (sadly, my sloop to his cutter) and he rams me once. We both grapple. I'll put his losses in blue and mine in red:
[23:25:36] Emcee Hammerhead has grappled Crazed Angelfish. A melee breaks out between the crews!
[23:25:36] Crazed Angelfish has grappled Emcee Hammerhead. A melee breaks out between the crews!
[23:25:59] Jddogg has entered the puzzle.
[23:27:40] Atheena is eliminated!
[23:27:55] Brassy Kai is eliminated!
[23:28:01] Rustyjames is eliminated!
[23:28:15] Old Harmony is eliminated!
[23:28:24] Daisychain is eliminated!
[23:28:45] Patient Red is eliminated!
[23:28:45] Little Abe is eliminated!
[23:28:52] Plucky MacDuff is eliminated!
[23:29:15] Curious Bjorn is eliminated!
[23:30:26] Ruckrr is eliminated!
[23:31:15] Jddogg is eliminated!
[23:31:15] Game over. Winners: Janthina, Brassy Kai, Little Abe, Plucky MacDuff.
[23:31:20] You told Jddogg, "I told you not to attack me."
[23:31:20] Jddogg is sword fighting and might be too busy to respond.
[23:31:20] Jddogg tells you, "wtf..."
[23:31:30] The victors plundered 1,321 pieces of eight and 39 units of goods from the defeated vessel.
[23:31:30] You are no longer being pursued by 'Crazed Angelfish'.
[23:31:37] Janthina issued an order to turn about.
[23:31:42] You told Jddogg, "Not my fault you didn't listen."
[23:31:54] Jddogg tells you, "now u think u are good lol"
[23:32:03] Janthina issued an order to turn about.
[23:32:09] Jddogg tells you, "nice stats tho"
[23:32:32] You told Jddogg, "..."
[23:32:32] Jddogg is navigating and might be too busy to respond.
[23:33:58] Janthina issued an order to set the vessel to sail.
You know... you'd THINK maybe he'd look at the stats BEFORE attacking? I guess that is one downside to not being in BD anymore. People just didn't attack BD ships much, if you know what I mean. But, still. I felt pretty good about this fight. Especially because I bet he figured my "GO AWAY" was an "I'm scared of you," not an "I honestly think I have a chance of taking you out, and I'm going to fuck you up."
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I get PvP'd occasionally when I'm running goods. Usually I just run, sometimes I fill 'em full of holes, but ... nothing like him.
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It would probably make good PvP sense to be very careful about attacking a ship with a custom name. The people aboard it probably won't be unskilled morons.
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On the other hand, he had plenty of time to look between battles.
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So, kudos to you!
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