Fleet Action off the Southwest Coast of Spain

Part 3
In which the actual pawnzorationing of knobs takes place.

After that last round of psyching ourselves up, nothing much happened for maybe 20 minutes. We talked about Chairman Mao and some other stuff until a little after noon, when things finally got good again.

12:14:Cyan: Yeah, but if even the dude who delivered your enchiladas has heard of
12:14:HAPPYTIGER:
12:14:Cyan: Chairman Mao, and you haven't, we can safely say that you are just ignorant.
12:14:LoneWolf: NO WAI! that's obscure trivia
12:14:m_cat: Signal the fleet: Pawnzoriate the knobs!
12:14:Ichiko:
12:14:BillTehCat: Can I just say "Pwn them?" It's in the signal book.
12:14:HahnSolo1983 (Quarterdeck): The filter doesn't work like I thought.
12:14:m_cat: MAke it so.
12:14:HAPPYTIGER:
12:14:BillTehCat: pwn them, aye.
12:14:FredMarryat (Quarterdeck): Yeah, it just cuts words.
12:14:m_cat (Quarterdeck): How does she type it so fast?
12:15:Speedy:
12:15:HahnSolo1983 (Quarterdeck): She's probably got it hotkeyed
12:15:StephenJAubrey (Quarterdeck): how dod you do that?
12:15:HAPPYTIGER:
12:15:HahnSolo1983 (Quarterdeck): type / define and then the number you want and then "what you want"
12:15:FredMarryat (Quarterdeck): Cool.
12:15:FredMarryat: / define 1 "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_gauge, n00b"
12:15:FredMarryat: Sorry!
12:16:HAPPYTIGER:
12:16:BillTehCat: HAPPYTIGER just spoiled the next episode of BSG
12:16:StephenJAubrey: What was that?
12:16:HahnSolo1983: What happens?
12:16:CaptainPeacock: WTF?
12:16:Cylon: wtf whos shootin?
12:16:~~=Wm Norrington=~~: xXxEnterprisexXx fired one gun
12:16:m_cat: Signal xXxEnterprisexXx: cease fire.
12:16:BillTehCat: Cease fire, aye.
12:16:Cylon: n00bz
12:17:Speedy:
12:17:xXxEnterprisexXx:
12:17:m_cat: What did they say?
12:17:BillTehCat: I cant' use Translate Signals until I finish up sending these ones.
12:17:Cylon: fuck man ima get translate signals next lvl u suck
12:17:BillTehCat: Hell, I'll just look it up online.
12:17:Speedy:
12:18:BillTehCat: xXxEnterprisexXx signals "Leroy Jenkins on board. Sry."
12:18:m_cat: Affirmative.
12:18:Cylon: n00b
Filter in place for user Cylon
Words: n00b n00b! n00bs n00bz n00bs! n00bz!
12:18:m_cat: Time for bathroom breaks if you need them.
12:18:Cylon:
12:18:HahnSolo1983: Anyone played "I've GOt a Gun"?
12:19:Cylon: ??
12:19:HahnSolo1983: It's a new FPS/RPG hybrid.
12:19:LoneWolf: pc or console?
12:19:HahnSolo1983: Wii.
12:19:LoneWolf: il bet it sux. wii+console rpg ftl
12:19:HahnSolo1983: Well, it's sort of a hybrid of PC and console RPG games, too.
12:19:HahnSolo1983: There *is* a plot. You have an actual *character* rather than just
12:19:LoneWolf: yep sux
12:19:HahnSolo1983: an arm holding a gun, but you can also kill anyone, at any time, for
12:19:LoneWolf: hmm...
12:20:HahnSolo1983: any reason at all. Even during cut scenes.
12:20:LoneWolf: ne1? gotta b merchants
12:20:BillTehCat: He's right. Legally, you can't use the term RPG unless you can kill
12:20:HahnSolo1983: Let me put it this way. I killed the doctor who was fixing me up my
12:20:BillTehCat: shopkeepers.
12:20:BillTehCat: lolz
12:21:HahnSolo1983: first play through. And yes, you can kill merchants.
12:21:LoneWolf: sweet
12:21:HahnSolo1983: Usually if you want to skip plot you have to click through a bunch
12:21:HahnSolo1983: of dialog. With I've Got a Gun, you tear through it, guns blazing.
12:21:LoneWolf: thats the 1st game i want to have lotsa cut scenes
12:21:Cylon: Anyone played Jug Band?
12:21:FredMarryat: What?
12:22:LoneWolf: jug band roxz0rz!!! i play spoonz
12:22:LoneWolf: is like rock band but jug band
12:22:*+*Legolas*+*: What is a jug band?
12:22:LoneWolf: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jug_band
12:22:FredMarryat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jug_band
12:22:LoneWolf: haha 1st
12:23:Cylon: I got the Action Pack, which includes washtub bass, spoons, kazoo, jug,
12:23:Cylon: banjo, guitar, washboard, harmonica, and guimbarde.
12:23:LoneWolf: basic pkg is jug spoons and guitar.
12:23:StephenJAubrey:<kosh>And so it begins</kosh>
12:23:*+*Legolas*+*: big guns on that one
12:23:.oOo.WiLlIaM NoRrInGtOn-SpArRoW.oOo.: yeah, ATeamVan looks nasty
12:23:Cylon: ateamvan cant shoot 4 shit
12:23:Cylon: firin 2 soon
12:23:HahnSolo1983: Hey, there's goign to be Jug Band for the Wii!
12:24:m_cat:Take us across ATeamVan's bow.
12:24:CaptainPeacock: Aye, sir
12:24:AmbrosiaSpike: Take a reef out of the mainsail!
12:24:Galactica69:
12:24:Galactica69:
12:24:Galactica69:
12:24:Galactica69:
12:24:LoneWolf: more polys on 360
12:24:Galactica69:
12:24:Galactica69:
12:24:Galactica69:
12:25:Galactica69:
12:25:AmbrosiaSpike: Somebodys got a real signal midshipman!
12:25:Galactica69:
12:25:BillTehCat: STFU
12:25:BillTehCat: Galactica69 signals, "ATeamVan sux."
12:25:FredMarryat: ROFL
12;25:HahnSolo1983: So it's easier to see that the art designers suck?
12:26:wilw: Hey, everybody.
12:26:Ichiko:
12:26:m_cat: Hey, Wil
12:26:Cylon: sup
12:26:DiscoWizard: hi wilw
12:26:ElfOfDeepshadow: glad ur finally here
12:26:SirLordBaronVonVaderham: welcome back
12:26:LoneWolf: willw u no who Chaimran Mao is?
12:27:FredMarryat: Hola, Wil.
12:27:ATeamVan:
12:27:StephenJAubrey: How you been?
12:27:wilw: Of course I know who Chairman Mao is.
12:27:Ichiko: Told you.
12:27:LoneWolf: u read 2 much
12:27:~~=Wm Norrington=~~: hi
12:27:HahnSolo1983: When will we be in range of ATeamVan?
12:27:wilw: I just made Jug Band my bitch with a washboard.
12:27:CaptainPeacock: about six mnutes minutes
12:27:DiscoWizard: thats enough for another round of katamari damacy brb
12:28:m_cat: dangit, DiscoWizard!
12:28:Cylon: agammenon gets 1 broadside in like 5 minutes those
12:28:DiscoWizard: ok, fine
12:28:FredMarryat: Lolz
12:28:HahnSolo1983: We get, what?
12:28:JeffVader: Like 3 in 5
12:28:m_cat: Venner, can one of your songs make us go faster?
12:28:Venner: Yep, "Rolling Down to Old Maui."
12:29:CaptainPeacock: Sweet thx
12:29:Venner: No problem.
12:29:Cylon: so shantymans r useful aftr all
12:29:Venner: Hold on, I think my Double Iron Concertina +7 would work better for this.
12:30:Ichiko: our shantymans, let me show you them
12:30:Cylon: venner u munch
12:30:Venner: Look, I've got one job on this ship
12:30:Venner: and I'm going to do it, okay?
12:30:Venner: It's a rough, tough life of toil and strife we whalemen undergo
12:30:Cylon: we just want buff not lyrics,
12:30:Venner: Uncultured lubber
12:30:Cylon: venner ur notmunch ur rper
12:31:m_cat: The Articles of War for this server say no excessive roleplaying.
12:31:CaptainPeacock: Awesome almost there
12:31:PatDemonKill (ATeamVan): How are you gentlemen!!
12:31:Ichiko (Speedy): stfu
12:31:Cylon (Speedy): STFU
12:31:DiscoWizard: SHUT UP!
12:31:Venner: Can somebody snipe him?
12:31:LoneWolf: on it
12:31:PatDemonKill (ATeamVan): All your base are belong to us.
12:31:JeffVader: Fucko ff or I'll kill you with this tray!
12:31:SirLordBaronVonVaderham (Speedy): Fuck off, or I'll kill you with this tray!
12:31:JeffVader: damn
12:31:Vados: Score!
12:31:LoneWolf: pwnt
12:31:Venner: Thanks.
12:31:Ichiko:
12:32:Vados: No prob
12:32:Cylon (Speedy): j00
12:32:Venner: Hey, why is it that hailing range is greater than musket
12:32:Venner: range, and both are greater than cannon range?
12:32:Bl4ck4ddz0r: i heard theyr going to fix that before betas' over
12:32:m_cat: STARBOARD GUNS FIRE!
12:32:Ichiko:
12:32:ElfOfDeepshadow: damn missed
12:32:DiscoWizard: w00t hit
12:32:ElfOfDeepshadow: u only hit mizzensail
12:32:*+*Legolas*+*: w00t hit mizzenMAST
12:32:ATeamVan:
12:32:*+*Legolas*+*: booya
12:33:SirLordBaronVonVaderham: ATeamVan didn't miss that time
12:33:BillTehCat: ATeamVan signals the whole stupid "All your base" thing, whihc I'm not going to recite.
12:33:m_cat: Good man.
BillTehCat has received 5,000 xp from the Captain.
12:33:*+*Legolas*+*: damn, last save point is buenos aires
12:33:-+-Kefka-+-: gun crew needs officer badly
12:33:*+*Legolas*+*: ne1 have res item?
12:33:Cylon: j00  res bottles dont work yet
12:33:m_cat: wilw, can you get beclow and command the gun crews?
12:33:wilw: No problem
12:33:*+*Legolas*+*: sry
12:33:-+-Kefka-+-: thx wilw
12:33:LoneWolf: heal plx
12:33:DiscoWizard: haha hit below waterline
12:33:LoneWolf: nm 2 late
12:34:iHEARTviggo: phone afk
12:34:-+-Kefka-+-: haha no jib 4 j00
12:34:m_cat: Marines concentrate on their riflemen
12:34:69MuSaShI69: np
12:34:+STriDer+ (ATeamVan): how u shoot cannon so fast?
12:34:m_cat: (Speedy): practice
12:34:+STriDer+ (ATeamVan): nowai ur haxiing
12:34:+STriDer+ (ATeamVan): i tell gm
12:34:ElfOfDeepshadow (Speedy): hax this
12:34:ElfOfDeepshadow: pwnt
12:35:VampyrePajamas: Nice use of cannister shot
12:35:69MuSaShi69: thx like half their 1/4dek dead
12:35:Cylon: gj
12:3:iHEARTviggo: shit i just got fired
12:35:ATeamVan:
12:35:wilw: Gun crews need cartridges badly.
12:35:Lady Turner-Norrington-Sparrow-Sephiroth-Potter: sry, was on AIM
12:35:m_cat: Are you supposed to be working today, iHEARTviggo?
12:35:ATeamVan:
12:36:iHEARTviggo: I guess I was.
12:36:GM-Barbossa: What's going on?
12:36:m_cat (GM Channel): ATeamVan thinks 3 broadsides in 5 minutes is cheating
12:36:+STriDer+ (GM Channel): speedy is haxing
12:36:Agamemnon:
12:36:BillTehCat: Agamemon signals "Heal plz"
12:36:GM-Barbossa: Speedy has better gunners. Make your time, ATeamVan.
12:36:VampyrePajamas: Damn, we needed that mast!
12:37:CaptainPeacock: Rudder doesn't answer!
12:37:Chandley:
12:37:Bl4ck4ddz0r: i tkae ur bra off
12:37:ElfOfDeepshadow: WTF?
12:37:~~=Wm Norrington=~~: Rudder's shot away
12:37:CaptainPeacock: X(
12:37:Bl4ck4ddz0r: sry wrong chat
12:37:+STriDer+ (ATeamVan): pwnt j00!!
12:37:ElfOfDeepshadow: battle now, cyber later.
12:37:Cylon (Speedy): even  get lucky sometime
12:37:Bl4ck4ddz0r: battle? all I do is hit f1 to swab gun every 1.5 minutes
12:37:wilw: Wives and sweethearts later. Don't make me quote the Articles of War.
12:37:KawaiiNekoHimeChanSama: I've got this pain in my leg.
12:37:Bl4ck4ddz04: all i do is hit f1
12:37:Chandley:
12:37:wilw: We gave better than we got:
12:38:wilw: looks like they took 3 below the waterline,
12:38:wilw: some rigging cut,
12:38:wilw: rudder damaged,
12:38:wilw: 1-2 guns hit.
12:38:Chandley:
12:38:Agamemnon:
12:38:BillTehCat: Agamemnon signals "Heal plx"
12:38:LoneWolf: ha shot their captin
12:38:wilw: KawaiiNekoHimeChanSama? You okay?
12:38:Venner: Should I switch from a speed song to an attack song?
12:38:wilw: Reloading buff, please.
12:38:m_cat: Reloading buff, Venner.
12:38:Venner: "Leaving of Liverpool" it is.
12:38:Cylon: wat evr jus don sng
12:38:Chandley:
12:38:wilw: Much appreciated.
12:39:BillTehCat: Chandley signals, "Iron Man is awesome."
12:39:StephenJAubrew (Quarterdeck): The carpenter says we have 3' water in the well.
12:39:wilw: The buff, that is.
12:39:xXxEnterprisexXx:
12:39:m_cat (to VampyrePajamas): How bad is it?
12:39:Dark Star:
12:39:BillTehCat: xXxEnterprisexXx acknowledges.
12:39:VampyrePajamas (to you): Water's four feet high and rising.
12:39:BillTehCat: Dark Star, too.
12:40:m_cat (Quarterdeck): HahnSolo1983, get some people at the pumps. Stat.
12:40:Agamemnon:
12:40:HahnSolo1983 (Quarterdeck): Stat aye, sir.
12:40:BillTehCat: Agamemnon signals "Heal pl0x"
12:40:.oOo.WiLlIaM NoRrInGtOn-SpArRoW.oOo.: Hildegarde's doing a number on Agamemnon
12:40:HahnSolo1983: Not sure who's commanding, but it'sno John Sheridan
12:41:FredMarryat: Lulz
12:41:wilw: KawaiiNekoHimeChanSama?

The fight went on for another half hour or so. Agamemnon struck at 12:47, and pretty much nobody could maneuver by 12:58, but we managed to carry the day. It took us another hour to get enough sail to take possession of our prizes, and then another two days to get back to Buenos Aires, pick up *+*Legolas*+* and a few others up, and sell the four ships.

The butcher's bill wasn't that bad. I think three people got fired, one missed a job interview, one missed the SAT and one missed the GRE, four people forgot to update their respawn points and got sent back to Buenos Aires again, and we still haven't heard anything else from KawaiiNekoHimeChanSama.

As you can see, this game has plenty of action. In fact, it's got so much action that games like StarCraft just can't compare.

Fleet Action off the Southwest Coast of Spain

Part 2
In which the action heats up and we prepare for battle.

Combat hasn't started yet, but you can see my elite crew begin to psych themselves up and get into the right mindset in this short usurpt. Note the results of my amazing leadership skills.

11:47:m_cat: All right! Time to pawn some knobs!
11:47:Ichiko: Rock!
11:47:m_cat: ...Sure.
11:47:m_cat: Signal the fleet: JAFFA! KREE!
11:47:StephenJAubrey (Quarterdeck): that's like 8 times today shes said rock!
11:47:BillTehCat: Kree, aye.
11:47:FredMarryat (Quarterdeck): Just set up a filter.
11:47:HahnSolo1983 (Quarterdeck): How?
11:47:StephenJAubrey (Quarterdeck): srsly? how?
11:47:FredMarryat (Quarterdeck): type / filter (one word) then
11:47:FredMarryat (Quarterdeck): Ichiko then {words you want to filter}
Filter in place for user Ichiko
Words: Rock!
11:48:m_cat (Quarterdeck): Thanks.
11:48:HahnSolo1983 (Quarterdeck): Thanks!
11:48:Speedy:
11:48:VampyrePajamas: Yeah, so anyhow, no shit, there I was,.
11:48:VampyrePajamas: trying to get out of the Ukraine.
11:48:VampyrePajamas: My friend had Northern and Southern Europe
11:49:Speedy:
11:49:VampyrePajamas: Too many armies in Ural, Afghanistan, and Middle East
11:49:FredMarryat: OMG, what ever did you do?
11:49:VampyrePajamas: I had to take Scandinavia and Iceland to get to
11:49:Speedy:
11:49:VampyrePajamas: Greenland.
11:50:Speedy:
11:50:FredMarryat: My word, what a struggle that must have been!
11:50:VampyrePajamas: You have no idea. Scandinavia had like VI armies on it!
11:50:FredMarryat: Good God, man! How could you take that risk?
11:50:m_cat (to FredMarryat): You're making it worse.
11:50:VampyrePajamas: Well, I threw all my troops into it, picked up the dice,
11:50:FredMarryat (to you): Sorry. At least it's not about LARPs anymore.
11:51:Speedy:
11:51:m_cat (to BillTehCat): How much xp do you need to max out Send Signals?
11:51:VampyrePajamas: and rolled a six and a four.
11:51:VampyrePajamas: Dave rolled a three and a one! I'm, like, "score, sucker!
11:51:BillTehCat (to you): sorry - two more levels, maybe 35,000 xp
11:51:Speedy:
11:52:VampyrePajamas: So now I'm in Scandanvaia, and it's just Iceland in my way.
11:52:~~=Wm Norrington=~~: Pizza delivery - AFK
11:52:VampyrePajamas: Dude on Iceland is like, "Oh, shit!"
11:52:Speedy:
11:53:~~=Wm Norrington=~~:Mmm... octuple meat with a cheese-stuffed crust
11:53:StephenJAubrey: octupal meat? WTF?
11:53:~~=Wm Norrington=~~: It's awesome. There's beef, pork, chicken,
11:53:~~=Wm Norrington=~~: sausage
11:53:~~=Wm Norrington=~~: hamburger, i guess
11:53:Speedy:
11:53:~~=Wm Norrington=~~: bacon
11:53:Speedy:
11:54:VampyrePajamas: Aren't those both beef?
11:54:~~=Wm Norrington=~~: ostrich
11:54:BillTehCat: Hey, when do you use a pooled t-test?
11:54:~~=Wm Norrington=~~: really?
11:54:HahnSolo1983: That's what hamburger usually is.
11:54:~~=Wm Norrington=~~: and duck
11:54:~~=Wm Norrington=~~: Oh, I thought you were talking about bacon.
11:54:HAPPYTIGER:
11:54:FredMarryat: When elements of your data come in pairs, like before and after
11:55:m_cat: I commandeer this pizza in the name of Great Britain.
01:55:FredMaryat: or left hand/right hand or something like that.
11:55:m_cat: and Northern Ireland.
11:55:JeffVader: Do you have a flag?
11:55:m_cat: Yes.

Fleet Action off the Southwest Coast of Spain

Part 1
In which we have discovered a strange fleet.

Since the logs of the time we stole HMS Victory seem fairly popular, I thought I'd share with you even more of our amazing adventures. This one took place a day or so after rollback.

06:07:.oOo.WiLlIaM NoRrInGtOn-SpArRoW.oOo.: Sails two points off starboard bow!
06:07:~~=Wm Norrington=~~: Sweet.
06:07:m_cat: How many?
06:07:FredMarryat: We have the weather gauge. ROFL
06:07:.oOo.WiLlIaM NoRrInGtOn-SpArRoW.oOo.: Three, I think.
06:07:~~=Wm Norrington=~~: pwnt
06:07:.oOo.WiLlIaM NoRrInGtOn-SpArRoW.oOo.: Make that four. One is quite small, and the other three don't look that big.
06:07:*+*Legolas*+*: Wppt!
06:07:*+*Legolas*+*: ^W00t!
06:07:Cylon: wtf is whether gage?
06:07:FredMarryat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_gauge, n00b
06:08:Cylon: stfu
06:08:FredMarryat: STFU, n00b!
06:08:m_cat: Belay that STFUing!
06:08:Cylon: sry
06:08:FredMarrayt: Sorry.
06:08:m_cat: Signal the fleet: Form order of sailing in two columns.
06:08:BillTehCat: two columns aye
06:09:JackVincent: So did anybody catch the last episode of Lost?
06:09:Cylon: that was awesome where do they come up with this stuff??
06:09:JackVincent: Crack?
06:09:JeffVader: Know what's so great about crack?
06:10:JeffVader: It's crack!
06:10:Speedy:
06:10:iHEARTviggo: im dl'ing lost now don't spoil
06:10:JackVincent: sry
06:10:Cylon: so you don't want me to tell you who died
06:10:Cylon: just kidding
06:11:HAPPYTIGER:
06:11:BillTehCat: HAPPYTIGER acknowledges
06:11:Hildegarde:
06:11:BillTehCat: Hildegarde acknowledges
06:11:Galactica69:
06:11:xXxEnterprisexXx:
06:12:BillTehCat: Galactica69 and xXxEnterprisexXx acknowledge
06:12:m_cat: Starboard watch, go below and get some food. Be back in 15 minutes.
06:12:iHEARTviggo: aye SIR!
06:12:Britannica:
06:12:m_cat: Port watch on deck!
06:12:Ichiko: Rock!
06:12:BillTehCat: Finally, Brittanica acknowledges
06:12:Ichiko: ^Aye, sir!
06:12:m_cat: Signal the fleet: Bear up and sail on course ENE.
06:12:BillTehCat: course ENE aye.
06:13:m_cat: Make our course ENE
06:13:CaptainPeacock: ENE aye
06:13:Cylon: ima get me a sammich
06:13:m_cat: Be sure you come back
06:13:Cylon: np is just in fridge
06:13:Speedy:
06:14:iHEARTviggo: 3 minutes til i get lost
06:14:iHEARTviggo: ne chance theres enough time 2 watch it b4 fight?
06:14:JeffVader: Does it have commercials?
06:14:iHEARTviggo: prolly not
06:14:m_cat: Either way, yes.
06:14:Speedy:
06:15:Cyan: Captain, as a weedy naturalist, I must insist that you delay combat until such time
06:15:Cyan: as I have had a chance to explore those islands over there. Who knows what kind of
06:15:Cyan: interesting creatures might live there.
06:15:m_cat: We started talking about combat like ten minutes ago. Where were you then?
06:15:Cylon: yea what took u so long? u usuall wine at first sign of combat
06:16:Cyan: Sorry, I was playing Starcraft in campaign mode, and Kerrigan just died.
06:16:JackVincent: Oh, god. He's going to cry again.
06:16:iHEARTviggo: No! Please, no. We don't need that again.
06:16:.oOo.WiLlIaM NoRrInGtOn-SpArRoW.oOo.: Again? What happened?
06:16:Cylon: cyan cried when palom and porom died in ff4 and totally wrekt our day
06:16:Cyan: That's a lie.
06:16:Cylon: dude i have transcript
06:17:m_cat: Post it and I have you trhown overboard.
06:17:Cylon: ill im u if u want transcript
06:17:Ichiko: You don't want it. Trust us.
06:19:Cyan: So about those islands I insist on exploring.
06:19:m_cat: You know, this is a RP-light server.
06:19:Cyan: Naturalists are an exception to those rules. YOu know that as well as I.
06:19:Cyan: Besides, now that they've got custom AI working, we might find some really sweet
06:19:Cyan: pets. Who knows?
06:20:m_cat: They broke pets last week after rollback. You can't eat them anymore.
06:20:Cyan: That's why I want to get some now. That and the AI.
06:20:m_cat: We can't eat the pets we capture, and the xp will almost certainly be better in
06:20:Cyan: It's not all about XP, you know.
06:20:m_cat: a fleet battle than on a couple of tiny islands. I'm sorry, but I just can't
06:20:Cylon: yes it is
06:20:InFeStEdBoRg: no its about drops 2
06:20:m_cat: justify losing those ships to explore your islands. We'll come back if we have
06:20:m_cat: time.
06:21:Cyan: What about discovery? The wiki doesn't have any details on these islands.
06:21:m_cat: I command a privateer ship, not a king's ship. My crew wants XP, drops, and
06:21:m_cat: zeny, and they want them now. We do not have time for your damned hobbies,
06:21:m_cat: sir!
06:21:m_cat: Tell the fleet to prepare for battle.
06:21:BillTehCat: Prepare for battle, aye.
06:22:.oOo.WiLlIaM NoRrInGtOn-SpArRoW.oOo.: Wait, king's ships aren't all about xp, zeny, and
06:22:.oOo.WiLlIaM NoRrInGtOn-SpArRoW.oOo.: drops?
06:22:*+*Legolas*+*: King's ships are all about spit and polish and fancy paint
06:22:*+*Legolas*+*: jobs and "correct" English.
06:22:*+*Legolas*+*: At least the ones I've served on.
06:22:Ichiko: Yeah, on HMS Namur, you'd get whipped for like 50 HP and 3,000 xp
06:22:Ichiko: if you used "they" as third-person singular
06:22:FredMarryat: Well, it is gramatically incorrect. It's like using "pwnt" in formal
06:22:FredMarryat: writing.
06;22:Speedy:
06:22:Cyan: Actually, third-person singular they was used by a number of famous authors
06:23:Cyan: throught history.
06:23:m_cat: Including the Bard, himself, I believe.
06:23:Cylon: yea shakespeare in romeo& juliet
06:23:Cylon: friar l: arise one knocks good romeo hide thiself
06:23:Cylon: romeo: not i unles the breath ofhartsick groans
06;23:Cylon: mistlike enfold me from teh srch of eyes
06:23:Cylon: *knock*
06:23:Cylon: friarr l: hark how they knock!
06:23:Cylon: wm makepeace thackary 2 in vanity fair
06:24:Cylon: "a person cant help their birth" rosalind replied
06:24:Cylon: u c it has long history iz just st00pid english teachers whine about it
06:24:LoneWolf: sigular they is all feminast conspiricy like herstory
06:24:Cylon: stfu, n00b. u think shakespere was feminist conspiratz0r?
06:24:Cylon: altho herstory is stupid. is done mostly 2 draw awareness 2 masculan
06:24:Cylon: dominanc of linguistic deffaults like always replacing man with woman
06:24:Cylon: like chairman/chairperson to chairwoman most ppl think sounds odd
06:24:Cylon: but isnt any odder than chairman just not what we r used 2
06;25:Cylon: history tho not the same cuz "his" is not morpheme for male posesive
06:25:Cylon: history is anglisiz0red latin "historia"
06:25:Cylon: historia is latiniz0red greek "histor" meaning knowing
06:25:Cylon: n00b
06:29:m_cat: I'm not sure what the hell just happned there.