So today ive been off work with a touch of man flu, so decided to have a cheeky half hour collecting treasure... logged on, solo sloop, few bananas and look for a quick shipwreck to pilfer before the wife gets home from work (obviously, im ill so she needs to find me sprawled out on the bed just a breath away from my demise upon her return, not playing SoT, how else will i get dinner cooked for me?).... anyway, i find a shipwreck and karma clearly wants to teach me a lesson as theres only one skull on it.... never the less, back to golden sands i go.... now, im not sure if any1 else has this issue, but due to the geographical spread of golden sands i normally do several laps of it before i find the Oos tent and my sloop dont have sat nav and i dont seem to have high enough levels yet to have unlocked a compass with google maps on it! So as im running around in a fashion similar to what the love child of benny hill and capt. J sparrow might do i hear a cannon... as i glance round i see a galleon sailing by... now, i may not have the skills yet of basic navigation but i am savvy enough to know that some one is now on the island with me.... i sell the skull lively and have it on my toes back to the sloop...
When i arrive, there is a pirate on my deck... now anyone whos read any of my posts will know that combat aint my strong point so i dont want a fight... but i need to apoear confident so i point my pistol at him and walk towards him... he just stands and looks at me... so i think hes not shooting nor am i now i need to work out how to get rid of him.. knowing that an air of confidence normally conveys a message conducive with being double hard.. i begin to speak in my best east london accent ' bruv what you doing on my ship'.. he says nothing, maybe i need to get a bit guy ritchie on him 'if u dont wanna be counting the fingers that u havent got i suggest you get off my ship' I continue, alas, still nothing. So i figure ill just sail off... as me and my new friend sail into the distance.. i see their galleon in the distance... so i figure ill drop him back,
When i get there they invite me to their party chat and theyre a jolly nice bunch so off we go in an alliance. These chaps are a group of americans and my geographical knowledge of america is on par with that of my knowledge of gs outpost, so i have no idea where they are from although i do remember thinking they sound like extras from deliverance.
Now my gamer tag is nikjw, so most people in game call me nik but these fellas address me a j w ( pronounced jaaay dubyaa) which tickled me imensely.
We set sail and come across a galleon. My new friends are ahead of me and encounter the galleon first... i know we are now heading into combat as i hear them shouting 'jaay dubyaaa, jay dubyaa shoot shoot' i then become aware they have boarded the ship as i can hear their battle cries... as they obviously chase these pirates around their ship i hear the shout 'run piggy, run! Squeal like a pig boy' whilst one of them makes squealing noises!... i was laughing so hard that i didnt hear the wife come through the door ...until she said 'feeling better' and walked out the room cursing sot under her breath..... guess ill be cooking my own dinner tonight and ironically its gammon!
