Puzzle Pirates weekend blockade roundup: Accusations and cannonballs fly
Sat 2015-08-29 13:51:23 (in context)
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