In a flash of brilliance I decided that my first blog entry needed to do something exciting or memorable. Unfortunately, that's where the flash ended. In general I'd like this blog to bounce between silly, serious, and totally off topic posts. So before I start on a more serious post, I thought I would answer the two most common questions I get via /tell.
Q: What is your favorite food? A: Hera. Demeter was a little too salty.
Q: Why do OMs hide on their ships? A: Petitions and complaints are dealt with in another window. When I'm on land I get a lot more tells that I end up accidentally ignoring because I'm not even looking at the window. I've even been known to fall asleep while standing on a random ship. I come back to the window to see that the ship I have just renamed is now pillaging and I'm in battle. To the sails!
Because so many people ask to come on my ship, I thought I would periodically show people some of the ships belonging to OMs. You can see a lot about our personality by our ships. For example, all of my ships are exactly the same. This is because my feeble mind can't possibly remember where things are if they aren't where they should be. I like to tell people that I chose a merchant brig because I was a harvest titan. However, the truth is that I could fit all the tables that I needed right next to the arrow. Here's a view from the top deck of my ship on Malachite. See, not very interesting. However other OMs have far more interesting ships.
Gaea for example, has no ship that looks the same, and the useful furniture is plunked around the deck in some random fashion I have yet to figure out. Some of her ships are painted, others not. Perhaps this is her way to remember which ocean she's on. I'll expect that she will soon write the name of the ocean out in hemp stacks. Here's a view of Gaea's ship on Cobalt.
I also went to her ship on Midnight and being the good guest that I am, I left her a little gift. Not to be outdone, she returned the favor and my Midnight ship now looks like a scene from the Jungle Book.
So what's the point of this post you ask? It's just a warning to not irritate Gaea unless you want to want to experience a whole new meaning of the phrase, "Go Green." Stay tuned for my next installment of my rambling, "Keeping Your Account Secure - i no getz haxx0rd ne mor".
Posted by Cronus in General | Aug 21, 2008 | 20 Comments | permalink
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Posted by Shannal, Midnight Ocean
Ahhhh office pranks. So awesome. :)
August 21, 2008 at 10:22 PM PDT | permalink
Posted by Gaea
There is indeed a logic and order to the way I have my game tables placed! It's "where the closest free space on the ship to my mouse happened to be when i realised I needed that game table." As for the ones I painted, that would be "ships I was standing on when I was in the middle of a conversation with someone after my shift and didn't have anywhere to go immediately so I had time to decorate."<p><p>See? Perfectly logical. As for your eggs, I was going to boil them and eat 'em, but that would make me no better than YOU.
August 22, 2008 at 06:14 AM PDT | permalink
Posted by Deedeeiam
I think you should have placed the plants in a strategic TD-type map, with random gifts along the way labeled "20% splash damage" or "Air attack only, loose parrot."
And going green isn't all peaches and gummy bears. One of the main solar panel production companies is in China, with little or no environmental regulation. Least, last time I checked. So, when we tally the damage and subtract the positives, the total is still pretty icky.
However, Reel Mowers rock. That deck would be cleaned in a Jiffy.
August 22, 2008 at 11:08 AM PDT | permalink
Posted by Surmuck
The name of your images themselves and their subtlety made me giggle.
Ahh, good blog! Good blog.
August 22, 2008 at 01:01 PM PDT | permalink
Posted by Pletoo
Hehe I like that it took three tries to get on board Gaea's ship on Cobalt.
August 22, 2008 at 04:31 PM PDT | permalink
Posted by Cronus
Ha, it took so many tries because I kept thinking she'd go with the LoL version of her ship name, Classik Rock Cod. Imagine my sorrow to find out that wasn't the case. My next prank, fixing the name of her ship to be suitably LoL'ed.
August 22, 2008 at 08:26 PM PDT | permalink
Posted by Gaea
haha i spel gud n u wer fewled.
August 23, 2008 at 10:49 AM PDT | permalink
Posted by Jazze
Like Mother, like Son?
How about some dual decorating? Eggs hidden within rows and rows of plants? OOoOooh EGG HUNT! /me gets giddy
August 23, 2008 at 03:15 PM PDT | permalink
Posted by Jazze
Yay for spam! :P
Anyways, the one thing that I wanted to know was are OMs allowed to rename ships for themselves? I'm suprised that there's no Root Beer Float out on Sage oceans.. yet :P
August 23, 2008 at 09:57 PM PDT | permalink
Posted by Hypnos
We are allowed to rename our vessels! I'm quite fond of the merchant galleon Merchant Galliano. Eventually I got lazy and renamed all of my vessels on all oceans that, regardless of size, so I could use the same shortkey to zip to work on multiple servers.
August 27, 2008 at 11:25 AM PDT | permalink
Posted by Bennyboi
i no get haxx00rd..... AHAHAHAHA! Loving that. XD
As far as I remember, Gaea knows leet speek too, so you should too. XD
Bennyboi and the rest of TOMS.
September 01, 2008 at 03:48 AM PDT | permalink
Posted by Addihockey of Sage
Ha! Nice ''Decorating'' Gaea. Yeah Cronus.... I saw your chat when you were trying to get onto Gaeas ship... and I saw your money! YOURE RICH! I could only dream of having that much. o.0 -Addihockey
September 07, 2008 at 07:39 PM PDT | permalink
Posted by Bennyboi
Cronus, I can't believe you grassed me up! Hera is going to effing murder me now! Grrrrr to you! Nao ai do mai angreh fayc!
>:(
RAWRRRRRRRRRRR!
Benneh and the rest of TOMS
September 08, 2008 at 08:33 AM PDT | permalink
Posted by Abcdefghdlas of Hunter Ocean
Cool i wish someone would leave OM eggs on one of my ships >=( Cronus care to leave me 1 ! ? LOL please :) hahaha
September 16, 2008 at 09:49 PM PDT | permalink
Posted by Randompanzy
Bad cronus Hera's are friends not food :o
but hehe cool ships ^_^ and i find it cool how you move to zones not wisking like us normal pirates hehe
September 17, 2008 at 06:26 PM PDT | permalink
Posted by Say no to drink driving! it wrooooong, drugs is wrooooong, your face is wrooooong rofl jokin jokin
Whats a TOM?
October 22, 2008 at 01:54 AM PDT | permalink
Posted by Niekie
Cronus can you do another post, I enjoy reading it. Also your egg is one of the OM eggs I need.
- Thanks
October 31, 2008 at 08:56 PM PDT | permalink
Posted by Niekie
On ice
October 31, 2008 at 08:58 PM PDT | permalink
Posted by Reeko
umm cronus plz get me unsuspended i said i was 12 but i was just kidding and somone reported me and so now i cant play for 366 days umm my username is pwells79 plz help mei was unfair.
November 06, 2008 at 07:44 PM PST | permalink
Posted by Princessina
Cronus, where do you get your skillz0rz? ai leik ned em pl0x. kthxbai.
@Say no to drink driving! it wrooooong, drugs is wrooooong, your face is wrooooong rofl jokin jokin: Teh Oshun Mastarr Stakurrz.
I'm one ;o
November 09, 2008 at 04:50 AM PST | permalink