Friends Play Free (February 6th - 13th)

  • Musicmee
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    Ahoy maties!

    Just in case you missed the Inside Xbox stream... you missed a good one!

    Friends Play Free in Sea of Thieves between February 6th and 13th! Know someone who would enjoy the pirate life but hasn't yet had a chance to try it? Now's your chance to hook them up! Find out more in the video and on the following website:

    https://www.seaofthieves.com/friends-play-free

    Grab codes for your friends right now! They'll need to wait until tomorrow to hop in and play though. Remember, game servers will be offline tomorrow between 10am and 2pm GMT for server maintenance and to allow us to update the game! We'll keep you informed right here.

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  • TH3xR34P3R
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    Already shared my codes on my twitter since all my current friends are already playing or have played lol.

  • Qui3tCool
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    @Musicmee

    Cool! A great way to bring back old salts that have stayed land locked and new pirates looking for fun times on the sea.

  • Aclassali
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    I will just share my codes on here when I get them.

  • Sgt Paloogoo
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    So let me get this straight.
    The codes are not permanent correct?
    Meaning anyone who I give it to won't be able to play the game permanently?

  • Asdzxc404
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    This is great, my friends always say they have no idea what I'm talking about when I ramble on out this game. Now I can show them

  • Qui3tCool
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    @Musicmee

    Very nice looking shop cosmetics too!

  • Qui3tCool
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    @sgt-palooggoo

    Yes just for the event.

  • Sgt Paloogoo
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    @x-crowheart-x
    Oh okay, thanks for the clarification mate!

  • NeedSmokes
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    I wouldn't send invites out until after the update drops tomorrow folks otherwise your friends will have to install the game twice in 24 hours, and that won't be a crowd pleaser.

  • NRWood
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    @needsmokes I got a code and can't download the game yet, so maybe I can only download it once the update hits.

  • RealStyli
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    Yeah, it doesn't go live until the servers come back online tomorrow around 2PM GMT.

    One thing they forgot to mention (whether it matters or not), is that you need to be an Insider or sign up to be one in order to get the codes.

  • drayman86
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    @musicmee said in Friends Play Free (February 6th - 13th):

    Mercenary Ship Livery....daddy likes.

  • Karloss00
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    @musicmee Am I right to assume that the mercenary voyage and bilge rat adventure is separate from the codes? Because all my friends bought into the game at launch so the codes are pretty much useless.

  • TH3xR34P3R
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    @karloss00 Yes the voyage and event as a whole is separate from the codes, the codes are just a bonus to give to people a chance to try the game whilst the event is live.

  • treefittymonsta
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    @th3xr34p3r said in Friends Play Free (February 6th - 13th):

    Already shared my codes on my twitter since all my current friends are already playing or have played lol.

    yah all my friends got fed up with the game when the inventory 'improvements' patch arrived.they said why do u play a game that is so aggravating and has infuriating bugs in every patch.

    sometimes I wonder why I still play when the infinite loading screen and cannon reload bug still exists. and doesn't seem to ever be fixed not matter how many times Ive reported over the year it's been out.

  • hammy hamstar
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    Good idea but pointless as you can only get three on a boat and can't choose to join the same server.

  • XxXEliteKB

    @hammy-hamstar maybe they need to add bigger bouts so 4 can get on.

  • hammy hamstar
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    @xxxelitekb Good spot I was working on the basis I was in the other slot :).

  • Fet 72
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    How do I get the codes?

    EDIT: Never mind, im dumb

  • Musicmee
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    The part I am struggling with is finding three people that HAVEN'T already played the game!

    ... I don't want to waste three good codes!

  • TH3xR34P3R
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    @musicmee Unless there is something linked to each one when redeemed you are not wasting them. I already had one claimed from the twitter post so far lol.

  • Ascawien
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    Am I the only one struggling to see what the point of this even is? If you have friends that MIGHT want to play the game but aren't sold on buying it, they can try it with the game pass for 14 days... what is the point of these codes? I honestly just don't get it...

  • Skulliah
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    Also, Windows Central is stating the following but I don't know where they got this information:

    Anyone who redeems a Friends Play Free code will receive a 35 percent discount when they buy the game digitally on Xbox Play Anywhere between February 6 to 27.

    :)

  • GhosstWalker
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    @skulliah That would be really cool, I have 2 friends that wanted to try the game and gave them codes.

  • SPACE ODDITY
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    @xot3rm1n4t0rox said in Friends Play Free (February 6th - 13th):

    Am I the only one struggling to see what the point of this even is? If you have friends that MIGHT want to play the game but aren't sold on buying it, they can try it with the game pass for 14 days... what is the point of these codes? I honestly just don't get it...

    They may have already used their game pass trials in the past.

  • Barnacle Blake
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    very cool

  • F0NG0RE
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    Can't sign up for it, because their system hasn't sent me a confirmation email for the insiders program.

    So they spam my email so my friends can play free... things we attempt to do for friends.

  • DottyRossie
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    @f0ng0re not working for either...

  • Musicmee
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    @f0ng0re @DottyRossie

    It does seem like the website is being pushed to the max today... just checking on the status of the emails!

    It's also worth trying the following to see if you can kick it into action...

    1. Head to www.seaofthieves.com/account
    2. Change your contact email to something else
    3. Change it back once more to your preferred email
    4. Request a new verification email
  • Holy McCloy
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    Hi Musicmee,

    I got the wrong email for verification (I missed a letter in my email).

    Now I changed it and send a new one, but finnaly I didn't get one for about 1 hour checking it over and over again. I know that, the verfication mails can take a long time today, but does that still work? Or did I killed the free codes by sending it maybe to the wrong not verified email?

    I dont hope so ^^

  • Musicmee
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    @holy-mccloy Ahoy matey!

    Nothing to worry about at all... as long as the code is unredeemed when you try to redeem it you are good to go!

  • F0NG0RE
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    Been over a couple of hours now & still have not received any confirmation email for the insiders program.

    Probably going to be over 24 hours before I can play with any friends anyways now. Game is forcing me to re-downloading a total of 27.96Gigs. So rip to "7 days" of playing with them. Because once Im able to give them a code, they will have to wait & download the the game too.

  • Holy McCloy
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    @f0ng0re Yeah, it seems that we are not alone with this issue. I checked the Twitter account and see other people. Maybe Rare will give us one day more after they fixed the issue. Maybe... Otherwise, some people have keys and they don't. I can live with 6 days for friends as well...

  • KattTruewalker
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    @f0ng0re The download today is for a reduction in the overall size, roughly half if you're on PC, announced a while ago now and everyone has had to do this.

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