author: Nicole J. LeBoeuf

In the last minutes before high noon, the Emerald Ocean was deafened with the clang, thump and clatter of A THOUSAND WAR CHESTS DROPPING SIMULTANEOUSLY. Well, maybe not a thousand. More like... *counts* ...seven. Seven declarations to blockade. All by different (though varyingly allied) flags. And all on Bacon Strips. Because they don't bring nobody flowers anymore.

Seriously, watching these blockade declarations come down the chat screen while I was playing the Shipwrightery puzzle was kind of jaw-dropping.

On the Meridian Ocean, Legacy (currently of Life but this has been known to change) is reopening the Blockade Pond. What's that, you ask? Heck if I know. Click the link, read the forum post, you'll know as much as I do. In any case, the first "pond island" will be Havoc, which means the first ~_victim~ student flag will be The Warriors.

Also on Meridian, Peanut Butter Jelly Flag wants you to know that they're back, and they're coming for Lilac. Dunh dunh dunnnnnnh!

On Cerulean, A Song for the Deaf intends to transfer ownership of Winter Solstice to Babylon at the earliest opportunity. However, they can't do that if Dies Irae take it from them this weekend! Here's their intent to defend, plus jobber raffle details. Meanwhile, Hephaestus' Forge is under attack, and Midnight Yacht Club find themselves unable to defend. They encourage you to join in the sinky-sinky fun and "job for anyone that's not Babylon." Of course, the latest from Babylon is that they're not going to be blockading at all, no way, no how. So they say. For now. Which isn't going to stop Dies Irae from moving in on Nu Island, mind you.

OK, that was a lot of forum babble. Time to get this post up and run away to sea! (pew pew)

Standard reminders: Schedule is given in Pirate Time, or U.S. Pacific. Player flags link to Yoweb information pages; Brigand King Flags link to Yppedia Brigand King pages. BK amassed power given in parenthetical numbers, like so: (14). For more info about jobbing contacts, jobber pay, and Event Blockade battle board configuration, check the Blockade tab of your ocean's Notice Board. To get hired, apply under the Voyages tab.

Doubloon Ocean Blockades

*** Saturday, September 12 ***

12:00 p.m. - Wissahickon Island, Emerald Ocean
Brigand King attack!
Defender: Hysteria
Attacker: Chthonic Horde (3)

2:00 p.m. - Stormy Fell, Meridian Ocean
Defender: Sink or Swim
Attacker: Barely Dressed

4:00 p.m. - Penobscot Island, Emerald Ocean
Defender: Pirate King
Attacker: Keep the Peace

11:14 p.m. - Maia-Insel, Opal Ocean
Defender: Ursa Major
Attacker: Glare

*** Sunday, September 13 ***

12:00 a.m. - Havoc Island, Meridian Ocean
Defender: The Warriors
Attacker: Legacy of Life

9:17 a.m. - Raven's Roost, Meridian Ocean
Defender: Imperial Coalition
Attacker: The Forums

9:55 a.m. - Arco Ascalón, Jade Ocean
Defender: HIPOCAMPOS
Attacker: Courage

11:22 a.m. - Isla Spaniel, Jade Ocean
Brigand King holds the island!
Defender: Sortilegio (1)
Attacker: CORSARIOS DE POSEIDÓN

11:54 a.m. - Sayers Rock, Emerald Ocean
Defender: Bacon Strips
Attacker: Illuminatti

11:54 a.m. - The Lowland Hundred, Emerald Ocean
Defender: Bacon Strips
Attacker: This Means War

11:54 a.m. - Bowditch Island, Emerald Ocean
Defender: Bacon Strips
Attacker: Loose Lips Sink Ships

11:55 a.m. - Alkaid Island, Emerald Ocean
Defender: Bacon Strips
Attacker: This Means War

11:55 a.m. - Armstrong Island, Emerald Ocean
Defender: Bacon Strips
Attacker: The Crazy Department

11:58 a.m. - Kasidim Island, Emerald Ocean
Defender: Bacon Strips
Attacker: The Crazy Department

11:58 a.m. - Aimuari Island, Emerald Ocean
Defender: Bacon Strips
Attacker: Illuminatti

Subscription Ocean Blockades

*** Saturday, September 12 ***

1:02 p.m. - Hephaestus' Forge, Cerulean Ocean
Defender: Midnight Yacht Club
Attacker: Babylon

1:13 p.m. - Winter Solstice, Cerulean Ocean
Defender: A Song For The Deaf
Attacker: Dies Irae

2:00 p.m. - Nu Island, Cerulean Ocean
Defender: Babylon
Attacker: Dies Irae

2:00 p.m. - Jorvik Island, Cerulean Ocean
Defender: Resurgence
Defender: Dies Irae

Note: Apparently my Puzzle Pirates Examiner gig got terminated last week, but I never noticed until I tried to post the Blockade Schedule this morning and the drop-down menu for assigning an article to one column or the other was missing. Alas! I suppose I'll have to focus more on Boulder Writing Examiner, just like I meant to.

Some YPP players have expressed appreciation for the blockade roundups, though, and I certainly get some benefit out of having a single place to reference the blockade schedules for all 5 oceans; so I thought I'd keep right on publishing them here. Enjoy!

Ahoy, mateys! What's this? Why, there's a blockade on the Jade Ocean this weekend--that of Saturday, August 29--and it's by a flag that your humble chronicler has never had cause to mention before! HIPOCAMPOS is attacking Horda Catatónica on Arco Ascalón, and sending a message to Barnabás el Pálido under no uncertain terms that he needs to get off their lawn. I mean island. That's going down at 4:14 p.m. Pirate Time, but it probably won't be going on for long, since the Brigand King under attack is shown at a fleet strength of 1. Get in on this while supplies last, is what I'm saying.

Speaking of blockades in other languages than English, the Opal Ocean's one blockade of the weekend is currently underway, having begun at 10:04 a.m. or thereabouts. It also is an attempt to wrest control of an island--in this case, Paihia-Insel--back from a Brigand King, and that BK also is down to a fleet strength of 1, so its days are numbered. Its minutes, too.

On the Cerulean Ocean, Babylon has just a moment ago announced the intent not to defend Delta and Ostreum Islands from Dies Irae. (This is a change of stance from an earlier post asserting the intent to "blockade every island Dies Irae holds.") They assert unsporting conduct on DI's part, and intend not to defend against or attack DI for the foreseeable future. DI have responded in the mature, measured manner which we are accustomed to seeing from them.

Meanwhile we have four blockades on the schedule for Emerald and a couple on Meridian--wait, make that five on Meridian; three got added right before the noon deadline, they'll take place round about noon tomorrow--though not a lot of forum chatter to give it much context. Regardless, you know what to do: Get in there, earn some PoE, and spend it on fancy fun things--like the brand new furniture items that were added to the game this week!

Standard reminders: Schedule is given in Pirate Time, or U.S. Pacific. Player flags link to Yoweb information pages; Brigand King Flags link to Yppedia Brigand King pages. BK amassed power given in parenthetical numbers, like so: (14). For more info about jobbing contacts, jobber pay, and Event Blockade battle board configuration, check the Blockade tab of your ocean's Notice Board. To get hired, apply under the Voyages tab.

Doubloon Ocean Blockades

*** Saturday, August 29 ***

10:04 a.m. - Paihia-Insel, Opal Ocean
Brigand King holds the island!
Defender: Die Erleuchteten (1)
Attacker: Forcas Armadas

12:00 p.m. - Iocane Island, Emerald Ocean
Brigand King attack!
Defender: Rebound
Attacker: Jinx (3)

1:00 p.m. - Duat Island, Meridian Ocean
Defender: Devil's Advocates
Attacker: Per Angusta Ad Augusta

1:56 p.m. - Corona Reef, Meridian Ocean
Defender: Chocolate Coated
Attacker: WE ARE UNITED

4:08 p.m. - Cryo Island, Emerald Ocean
Defender: Why So Rich
Attacker: This Means War

4:14 p.m. - Arco Ascalón, Jade Ocean
Brigand King holds the island!
Defender: Horda Catatónica (1)
Attacker: HIPOCAMPOS

5:40 p.m. - Doyle Island, Emerald Ocean
Brigand King holds the island!
Defender: Fleet of his Imperial Scaled Highness (2)
Attacker: This Means War

*** Sunday, August 30 ***

9:24 a.m. - Blackthorpe Island, Emerald Ocean
Event: 1 round, nonsinking
Hosted by: No Offence Intended

11:43 a.m. - Havoc Island, Meridian Ocean
Defender: The Warriors
Attacker: Per Angusta Ad Augusta

11:58 a.m. - Harmattan Island, Meridian Ocean
Defender: Indifference
Attacker: Imperial Coalition

12:00 p.m. - Carmine Island, Meridian Ocean
Defender: Indifference
Attacker: Imperial Coalition

Subscription Ocean Blockades

*** Sunday, August 30 ***

10:02 a.m. - Ostreum Island, Cerulean Ocean
Defender: Babylon
Attacker: Dies Irae

10:02 a.m. - Delta Island, Cerulean Ocean
Defender: Babylon
Attacker: Dies Irae