Silly title; please forgive me.
Now, no one should talk 'trash'. A bit of banter can be alright (especially a little bit of pirate talk, to add to the fun experience of the game - pirate voice not required).
Otherwise, just play the game, have fun, be a good sport (even if you're being a completely immoral murderous pirate - good on ya!). Have your competition, and smile afterward, win or lose. It's just a game and your minor achievements within the game don't make you great outside of it.
However, if you are a player seeking PvP and like to talk trash, haha, please make sure your game is good enough to back it up. Still, don't actually talk trash. And, especially, do not be rude.
My wife and I had just finished up her 5 Gold Horder Voyages in the Devil's Roar (she's been slacking, and finally decided to hop on and get those done). She was solo slooping them, before I joined her. We made quick work of it, actually.
While we were approaching Morrow Outpost, we saw a sloop with a Reaper's Mark, heading towards the outpost as well.
We were done for the day, but we knew we could unload the treasure before they would arrive, so we decided to just do that and see what happens before we log out.
We sold everything but one skull (A Hateful bounty skull we found on the shores) before the Reaper's Mark sloop rammed into our sloop.
Okay, interesting strategy for attacking an empty ship, haha, but now we know that they came to PvP, haha.
Not being worried about defending the boat or anything, I swam to my sloop and grabbed the skull and turned it in (my wife was still on the island when they arrived, and headed back to the boat to cover me while I took the last of the loot). Sure, I was a bit torn about defending the boat, or just taking my loot, but we were decidedly done for the day, so I made that decision (it was time to snuggle up and continue watching The Haunting Of Hill House!!). :D
PAUSE
Now, we could have been prepared... and we could have decided to meet them head-on and possibly take their loot, instead of doing what we did... but we didn't want to. I was hoping they were just working on Reaper's Mark Voyage Commendations. shrugs
RESUME
:D
Anyway, my wife was killed while she gave me cover (she really does not care for PvP, but fully understands, and accepts, that it is part of the game - no worries!).
Then I came back and landed an Eye Of Reach shot on one them.
He said something like, "Awwww, where's your boat?? Is it gone??? Awwww!!"
So, I replied, "Haha, Oooohhhh, congratulations, you sank our ship, but all the treasure is already gone and we're done for the day!".
To be honest, I don't think highly of pirates that automatically attack other sloops, especially ones that attack parked sloops, but I understand it situationally, and it's not grief'ing or anything - the seas be free! So, my congratulations was, indeed, fully sarcastic. I tend to only PvP with people ready and willing to engage - but that's just me being a nice pirate.
The same attacking pirate (I use the term lightly) called back, "Ooohhh, you were done for the day? Well, you're still a F - ignorant-derogatory-word-for-h*********s) - T!".
I told him he, "shouldn't use such words; it'll get you banned", as I shot him and slew him with my cutlass, while their sloop also sank. (I couldn't believe it... they didn't repair their own sloop. I didn't even need to do anything further to it for it to sink).
His crew-mate (wisely) remained quiet, as he (feebly) attempted to kill me, but utterly failed and fell to my blade, as well. During my attacks, I asked him "What sort of friend do you have??", and lastly, I said, during his death throes, "Do NOT talk trash, if you ARE trash! If you are trash, DO NOT TALK TRASH!".
(I can't help it - I get a little pumped when PvP-ing. And I get angry when people toss out bigoted terms - or, really, any offensive attempts at insults when playing a game - never mind when playing it poorly).
OF COURSE, they had NO loot of their own. How sad. And a bit disappointing as well, lol.
My wife, re-spawned with our sloop on a nearby island, looked at the map and reported to me that their ship re-spawned at an island just two squares (or so) to the south-east from me. So, I hopped onto my rowboat to hunt them down - strictly for one reason... I wanted to see what the loud mouth pirate's (again, I use the term as lightly as can be) name was, because I did not catch it, and wanted to report him.
Pathetically enough, as I was rowing towards them, they exited the game. sad trombone
I wish there was a way to get a list of names of pirates you encountered (not just your own crew-mates), after the fact.
I need to set up shadow play too. I imagine video & audio evidence would be required.
Anyway... don't be like the nameless fool that attacked us.
Have a good time out there, and remember that others are trying to have a good time as well. Attack, if that's what you want to do, but be friendly despite it.
And never use bigoted language.
Lastly... get gud scrub. (lol, kidding!)
