author: Nicole J. LeBoeuf

I'm late and I'm also at a location with verrrrry sllllowwww internet, so this blockade report is coming at about one third the usual speed. Alas and alack! But while I'm waiting for my login to the Opal Ocean to resolve, I can tell you this much:

• Dark Seas has launched on Steam!
• Steam exclusivity has gone into effect for Dark Seas!
• Blockades on the Obsidian Ocean are coming. Soonish.

So, yes, I have finally consented to download Steam and register a username there. Grumbling the whole while. Also, my username was taken. I ask you, who else in the history of the internet ever uses "vortexae"? Seriously? With an email address ending in @g***.a*? Is that "gmail.au"? Is that a thing? Has someone with an Australian gmail account taken the username I've employed since high school? Well. If you're looking for me on steam and you want to say hi, you can instead find me hiding under the very obscure username "nicolejleboeuf".

All right, I've finally given up and moved to a location with an internet connection that's somewhat faster than the speed of molasses in winter. Keep reading for this weekend's blockade schedule. Good luck, have fun, puzzle hard, shoot cannons, earn PoE!

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 30 ***

12:03 p.m. - Dendrite Island, Meridian Ocean
Brigand King attack!
Defender: Infamous
Attacker: Jinx (3)

3:00 p.m. - Windward Vale, Meridian Ocean
Defender: Trap House
Attacker: Puzzleholics Anonymous

3:00 p.m. - Surtsey Island, Meridian Ocean
Defender: Trap House
Attacker: Puzzleholics Anonymous

3:11 p.m. - Cryo Island, Emerald Ocean
Brigand King holds the island!
Defender: The All-Consuming Flame (2)
Attacker: Spoon Republic
Attacker: Unwanted Attention

3:55 p.m. - The Lowland Hundred, Emerald Ocean
Defender: Qlimax
Attacker: Marinha do Brasil

6:14 p.m. - Ashkelon Arch, Emerald Ocean
Defender: Bon Appetit
Attacker: Spoon Republic

6:14 p.m. - Ventress Island, Emerald Ocean
Defender: Bon Appetit
Attacker: Spoon Republic

6:55 p.m. - Sayers Rock, Emerald Ocean
Defender: Knockout
Attacker: Crayon Box

6:55 p.m. - Scrimshaw Island, Emerald Ocean
Defender: Knockout
Attacker: Crayon Box

6:56 p.m. - Admiral Island, Emerald Ocean
Defender: Knockout
Attacker: Crayon Box

7:43 p.m. - Ix Chel, Emerald Ocean
Defender: No Strings Attached
Attacker: Spoon Republic

7:45 p.m. - Blackthorpe Island, Emerald Ocean
Defender: No Strings Attached
Attacker: Spoon Republic

Subscription Ocean Blockades

*** Saturday, September 30 ***

12:03 p.m. - Prolix Purlieu, Cerulean Ocean
Brigand King holds the island!
Defender: Kismet
Defender: Fleet of his Imperial Scaled Highness (2)

5:00 p.m. - Dendrite Island, Cerulean Ocean
Brigand King holds the island!
Defender: Fleet of his Imperial Scaled Highness (1)
Attacker: Midnight Yacht Club