Announcing the Crimson Ocean!

Considering the number of times I've read a variation on being told 'My toddler is playing bilge while sitting on my lap', this makes too much sense.

Yes, yes, that is a TOS. But the account owner was at the keyboard so ... ?

Anyhow, I think the mini games DO have appeal for those under 13 and it is going to be interesting watching how this plays out. Especially in cross ocean doubloon traffic with that stipend, and controlling account access to the blue and green servers - as well as all the social stuff. I have NO IDEA what personality Crimson is going to end up with.

Perfect. This will be the perfect way to play with my grandchildren without contaminating my own crew.

Wow Tongee. That's not very nice. :O

Anyway, awesomeness. Now I'll have a chance to get some ultimates. Hahaha.

This ocean will kind of be the opposite of the Ice Ocean standings wise.

Is removing sinking activities really necessary?

This shouldn't be added. Lots of kids like poker and like sinking ships. A Lot of kids Think Sea monsters are awesome

I only have one fear with this. You're giving underaged player a chance to play which is great, but what is going to stop new Under 12's finding the "Family" version signing up to play, then realising there is an "explicit" version and moving to a blue/green ocean. I think this may just result in more underage players on the current oceans.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that this will further decrease the number of players in the smaller oceans like Malachite, Midnight and Cobalt.

Second though, you may not want to give Crimson a Parley ;)

act why not just kick all the kids off dubloon oceans period make em 18 or over and supply a family friendly ocean for the rest i am personally tired of kids 18 and under all over the oceans no personal responsibility for one send em packing

WOW! An ocean for younger kids. No offense, but don't you think the 10-13 year olds who play are immature enough? Why attract more? They are only going to be intrigued with the 'big-kid' oceans...

This is very good news indeed - I know I have a few youngsters in my life that would love to play - I look forward to checking it out.

if kids start playing on crimson and realize there is so much <more> to do on the green/blue oceans... wouldnt you think they would simply move there? also since its family older people are going to play t here and just destroy all the kids at everything -.-

You would think after seeing the new oceans get no more than 300 people on at busy times, they'd stop producing oceans, let alone servers that are meant for kids. Oh well, it's Three Ring's time and money lost.

I like the idea of the Crimson oceans, but some kind of limit would have to be put to prevent them from just switching over to the blue green oceans like people have mentioned. But a kid server is a nice idea i wanna see what the oceans come out looking like

Awesome. Can we require that EVERYONE under 18 play there, away from the adults?

Okay, I'll be generous... make it 15.

So now when a seven year old kicks my booty, I can't even pretend they're over 30?
Egobash++

Yes, I agree with Basho. For parents who like to restrict what their children do and those who monitor what their children are doing, this would be a good idea to release an ocean where there are limitations that parents are more comfortable with. Especially the filters. ;) I would definitely enjoy this new ocean feature for my younger cousins, who have expressed a desire to play Puzzle Pirates. Unfortunately, they're only seven, so they can't play the other oceans just yet. Adding Crimson would solve this problem. And having no poker is a plus. :)

GREAT IDEA !!! This should have been done long ago .
Removing Sinking , poker , Drinking and specially Wagering is an very awesome thing.
About Sea-Monsters I would suggest to make it like a NON-Sinking Flotilla , well and Timing is what is needed most , I really think Three Rings should make producing skills and items be produced much more faster there . I don't suppose there are parents who would like to see their children playing PuzzlePirates 3-4 hours a day or even more. And please try to make it as friendly as possible , DON"T allow them to create opponents . Just make it as they get together , fight together and defeat Enemies . That is how they like it I guess

I want the Orange Ocean. We were here before CT. I feel so dejected. Congratulations Rome, we all know you are much cuter and a better leader than I am.

Congratulations on the forsight to create an ocean where the basics of the game can be learned by our younger audience. Being An OLD person myself my seven year old Granddaughter has asked numerous times about if she can play now i can tell her yes.
At long last the refraim "six years until I can play" will no longer be heard.

The only down side is now we will argue over who gets to use the computer to play Puzzle Pirates and she will probably be better than me at it.

Good idea! I don't think I'll be able to get my kid sister into it, but I always panic when I hear swears on normal PP. Except I'm not sure about the sinking-games-being-removed thing.

my 11 year old grandson plays on my ocean, can he take his poe to new area34

How about a Gray (Grey) ocean for all us greybeards playing Puzzle Pirates. You can replace Rum with Prune Juice...

This is a truly amazing idea! This will draw so mant New Piarets!

hey

Konraduxas on Viridian ocean

Lol. I san say, thats the most of ideas are stupid:

1.Removing SMH will delete atlantean clothing
2.Ships do sink (real life), so it would be stupid to make them non-sinking even when blasted by TNT
3.Most money is earned by poker, so i suggest making poker with open hands :P
4. Removing rum will kill all the distileries

AND

5. Kicking -18 from thy other oceans will kick 1/2 people out

Excellent idea, now can we get a black flag ocean for adults only?

This will be a great new server for the puzzle pirate community. Especially for family only. But the only thing I disagree is about the poker...sea monster....and sinking activities is a bit overboard in taking it away. Reason is cause I do see alot of younger kids nowadays playing poker (Texas Hold''em)...Especially at my work in which I deal with kids ages 6-12yrs old at a group home. As for sea monsters...same thing....kids love monsters. If they like watching Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokeman in which there monster in them then they should allowed monster in the server. As for sinking activities....think about the game battleship which kids do love playing also. (B-7) YOU SUNK MY BATTLESHIP....BOOM. :)

Freesia I totally agree with you about this one beacuse its the same thing in real life and it should be the same here.

Ive read all theses comments and most are negative...why??
If OOO are doing something to get all the kids who are wanting to play a safer enviroment to play in then why not??? How many times has an underage player been scammed or thrown of the ocean?

I myself have a child who wants to play. So the only thing Id like to see done is for some age checks to be put inplace or this ocean is by invite to keep the rather sad and often nasty scammers off so that the kids get a chance to experiance pirates as its meant.

By the way Freesia it Pokemon :)

this is pointless just put an optional better chat filter on the existing oceans, so when the parents set it up they just click a box instead of making sure the kid goes on the right ocean every time they play the game!

I think even an 8 year old can figure out how to change to a normal ocean and play poker, sea monster hunt and whatnot.

Ults are gonna be too easy to get on that ocean to...

I think it is a good idea. I have kids who want to play, but I feel that they need an ocean where people will be a little more patient with them. If you play any of the other games out there that are family friendly you find yourself more patient with less skilled players knowing they may be very young.

I hope OOO is considering the option for parents to choose text or non text talking for children. This is another good way for people to know if you are talking to a player under 13. Some of the games out there now for kids have wonderful chat filters.If you dont like the limitations then this is not the ocean for you and isn't great you have options. Yes kids sometimes find ways around the chat filters, but it is a pain to find rhyming words for everything. Plus in some games you can't read any text chat unless you are given the privilege and the menu chats are good.

I look forward to an ocean my younger kids can play and enjoy.

What'll replace the rum?

Swill-Milk
Grog-Apple Juice
Fine Rum-Chocolate Milk?

cool!!!!!!!

I think some commenters here may be looking at this the wrong way. You complain about how the economy will be ruined, etc; I don't think this ocean is intended to have a typical economy. Very few young kids are going to have the understanding and desire to engage in shoppekeeping, and parents interested in shoppekeeping will probably prefer other oceans. I imagine that many things on Crimson will be different since it is geared towards a different audience.

I think it should be the way it was 3 years ago, i play on the midnight ocean and everything is way to different. i had alot of friends that quit YPP becaue of the changes

Overall sounds a great idea; obviously if there are a fair few differences in structure the economy may require quite a lot of tweaking to settle down. To those who wonder why poker should be taken out - I do NOT want my 6 yr old learning how to play poker! Full stop! But as so many people above have commented, quite young children are attracted by some of the games. I often find myself playing in a tournament with a little person cheering me on in the background ... I'm not sure when I would investigate it for my two, was thinking of letting them learn similar games on simpler game sites first, but once it settles down I'll certainly have a look.

But what will replace the rum?
Also, what if you're under 18, you have adult friends on the green and blue oceans, you're an SO or FO in a crew, making money, loving Atlantis, just generally having fun. Then, one day they declare the blue and green oceans are for adults only and that you'll be put on an ocean that is occupied by tons of little kids. This'll make OOO lose TONS of customers this way, because they must start all over again and can't enjoy the sea monsters or anything, now that's a little harsh. Man, some of you guys are just jerks thinking that's okay or justifiable, especially if most people under 18 are jut playing to have fun and are innocent.

i think this will be horrible cause no sinking i mean yah the no poker thing is great it will attract jobbers for pillys. what wont work is the fact whats the point of waging wars??? that means no point in cades alot of people like cades that means no sinking floats which are the ones that make money. and the no SMH thing is dumb alot of little kids are facianted with fighting and shooting monsters i mean they probably dream about it all the time

They wont FORCE u to leave the blue/green oceans mostly the deicision of the player or the players parents. But I'm guessing the age will range from 6ish-11 and I too know kids that are under the TOS age but still enjoy the game. It will mostly be a decision of the player :D

Is there going to be any outreach to pirates previously banned for being under 13? It is okay for them to be young now, and you already know they are interested.
Or naaaawww, don't encourage rule breakers to come join the fun?

this shouldn't be allowed because as a 13 year old will have a bunch of adult friends in the other oceans (unknownly) and they won't ever see them untill about 10 yrs later! >:@

Crimson, no Sea monsters? Purely Lame ( no more bravery badge less doub buyers) no poker? also lame ( some people buy parlor badge just to play poker. so that means less buyer of doubs.)
no sinking? lame ( people tend to buy ships to go on SMH, flotilla and blockades. no ship delivery less doub buyers.
No wagering, ultimate lame. less people will play parlor games because they play it to earn money( meaning less parlor badge buyers = less doub buyers)

so think about it...

Well, i guess OOO dont listen to our comments. they just making us fools to comment, comment, comment. so if youre not reading our comments, remove the comment-comment thing.

I just wanted to put my .02USD in on this.

Non sinking will result in overt amount of ships and result in shipwriting to be worthless and an obsolete stat (Unless done for fun, but really... no one will do that.)

You'll have to find more ways of sinking the PoE currency to regulateinflation/deflation.

I think not having sinking/SMH is probably designed (this is to the people who were asking for it) this way because a 12 year old leading a SMH, can you say phail?

I mean, 40% of the adults sink in a SMH.

I am thinking there will be alot of blockading as well because ships can't be sunk, thus no one has really anything (except the petty war chest) to lose.

amirite?

Btw, the "simple math question" is extremely challenging when I am drunk. >_> Even with a 138 IQ. :P

Reading these comments it would seem that most of you have a problem with the 'Crimson' ocean which they are releasing soon. I have also noticed that most of you have FAILED to see that this ocean is a BETA. Thus making change inevitable.
A bit off topic, the response about teenagers is pretty horrible, really. You all say teens are terrible etc. but the adults were them too, right?
Back on about Crimson. Sea Monster Hunts are not essential. Nor are any of the other things! This is supposed to be about the family getting involved in pillages etc. I think it's a good idea which WILL be improved!
Slashbuckled on Sage.

Reading through the comments I see a common point is a concern over the moving of Dubs. I didn't see anywhere that this was documented as happening.

I think you will find the Crimson oceans to operate their own, totally independent economy from both Blue and Green.

Heck, I'l probably go there and play a bit? Why? I'd like to get the confidence up to try taking a ship into Atlantis but hate the thought of loosing a ship! Running a shipyard on Midnight I KNOW how much effort goes into both getting the commods AND the labour to make a ship!

While i think the over all concept of this is great my problem is now the population of the sub oceans will fall even more. Every day it gets harder and harder to load ships on midnight and more people leave and are closing shops because there isnt enough laborers. I really wish more energy was put into promoting the sub oceans then continuously adding new oceans and pulling people away from the subs.

Wow.
Most people start playing this game at really young ages, ya know. I started heaps young, and i wasn't immature or what-not. Poker was my first love, even if you lose, it's a GREAT social activity and really fun.
haha, come on, taking away sea monsters? thats like the only fun thing to do on a ship now; to go out and SMH.

Also; I think this is a really really bad idea.
What about pedophiles and online stalkers?
What if these kids give out personal information?
It's REALLY unsafe.

And yeah, don't move under 18s. Adults created the game, under 18s MADE the game. It just wouldn't be fun.
I still don't understand why adults with children play this game.. why not go out for a walk with your kid instead of teaching them bad habits?

I would like to point out, to some of you newer members, that there was a time before poker and SMH in YPP and it was still a fun game. I believe the point of the crimson ocean is to allow people to play some of the games, without having to deal with the other stuff that comes along with it. There are a lot of nights when I come on, find a pillage, and carp relentlessly because I enjoy the carpentry game. Not because I really want to help the boat I'm on. The point is to provide a place for kids to play some of the games, because the games are fun, without subjecting them to the issues and drama of the adult oceans. The Crimson ocean will have a completely different feel to it. The focus will be on playing games, not making poe and pirating.

first of let me appologize to many younger players on the oceans,i lumped all younger players in with the ones who have no respect for others, i think the younger ocean is a great idea and my thots went to how about an adult only dub ocean with an 18 year old age limit, again sorry for the assumption all under 18 should leave

This sounds like a great Ocean. But I don't think that you have thought all the possibilities for younger people on this Ocean.

1. You need to disconnect the oceans because people can own the ocean by using Dubloons to get rich from other oceans.

2. I have already met many people on other oceans that are 13 years and younger, so what will this do to actually make people say the truth about their age.

3. Is this "family ocean" really safe for younger children?

4. Sea Monster hunting is a great experience, and without it, many pirates would miss a lot of experience.

So, any changes??

-Nat
P.S. sinking ships is AWSOMELICOUSLY COOL!!

yeah crimson must die

I wish Puzzle Pirates had families, if you could get a last name and have pirate kids, that would be awesome!
They should make Puzzle Pirates more 'Sims' like. I would play forever if that happened.

This new ocean sounds good, but it might attract a few weird people, being a ocean with young kids, if you know what i mean.

Sweet! Now I can play with my nieces & nephews.

hi hi hi ani llo mavrn

Guys, i have 3 cousing(7-8 years )who play GTA.You say swords and rumble are going to traumatize then? I doubt of it.
The idea is actuly good, as it opens the game to a youger public. Besides, if they like the game it might actulay get them out of some more violent games.I do think that the non-sinking will have some efect on shipyard economy.Taking poker and Wagers out is okay for me ( though they rather put a limit in wagers like 100 poe).I belive they should do some Extra smh stile puzzle to compensate for the lack of smh( there is where you realy learn how to Bnav and also get a lot of money, by the way if is not sinky, you could use it as "trainig" for real SMH, thats why they should have something that stile.)
Besides puzzling helps a lot in some aspects( like motor control, logical thinking, quick finger ... ) , but its more efective when you are a child.

yay my little sister can go on

I'm 16 and have been playing for around 4 years. When I started playing people thought I was in my late teens. The people stereotyping under 18s should take another look at there output, as the under 18s that play add a lot to the game. About 50% of the people I know well in game are under 18.

I think that this new ocean is a good idea, as long as the younger children have people who are older to look up to and learn from etc.. When I started playing I made friends with a group of people in their 20s and 30s, who helped me in game as well as with RL things, and so if there aren't older people on the ocean then it won't have the same feel as the current oceans.

Surely its better that OOO are being cautious about what they remove (SMH etc), as they can always add things in if they feel it is appropriate, but they can't really remove them once they are there.

Well i think they should keep the "adult" puzzles in there, sea monster hunting and poker are one of the biggest ways to get PoE.
And their parents would probably be monitoring them too.

i agree younger players will have more freedom 2 talk without adults

Now there will be a place that children under 13 can get more experience on the puzzle and social level before coming over to midnight. A big plus.

Now you will have children under 13 getting online the green/blue oceans once they think they have the experience to play coming from a "red" ocean. A big minus

I see alot more parental/OM controls that will need to be implaced for this release.

Oh yea just wondering... is everyone auto knocked down to red ocean or what is going on >_>

I am 15 and have been playing for a couple of years. It took a while to adjust to the puzzles but I had older pirates helping me out. They have also helped me through life issues. There will definately be a lack of adults on the "Red Oceans" so how can the kiddies really benefit? In a sense this game has made me quite mature and have learned to not be judgemental before you get to know somebody. That is a great life value to have, since it is such a problem in our modern society. Where will the adults to lead these children in so many different aspects..?

Won't these oceans attract more pedophiles, since they now know exactly where to look?

Just something to think about...

i have an idea!
lets not remove SMHs, but so the economy wont fail, instead of the ships sinking, they like need to recover for a month or something like that. or even more. and maybe add a low chance of the ship not being able to be repaired? like a 5%.

I might try out this new ocean... it's definitely going to take the support of playing parents and other patient people to get the ocean started. However, it will be nice to play without the necessary unwritten disclaimer about the inevitability of travel and ending up with other pirates.

i like the idea but i hope its pretty normal and may eweryone joine there? well thats not somthing that gonna afect me and i hope u still got flotss and blocs there. well thats al bye bye.

Seriously, I've been playing since I was like...9 (im 13 now) and I didnt lie about my age at all back then. Nobody came up to me and was like "Look theres the under-aged kind! Ha ha ha!" because many many players started under-age. Crimson I think would actually be pretty pointless. I agree with many people saying that when the kids find out the better things on blue/green oceans, they can simply just move.

I HATE THIS GAME!!!!

HAHA I THINK U ARE AN IDIOT IF U PLAY THIS,,

IF THE ADMINS TAKE A LOOK OF THIS BAN ME NOOBS xD I AM AGUANTEJACKO OF THE VIRIDRIAN OCEAN

It's a nice idea, but the chat filters should be turned down a tad to allow for typos. Also, it might be a good idea to hold off making a website for it until some experienced players get in and basically set up the oceans economy. What will you have otherwise? Bunch of kids stuck on naval missions because they can't get good pillies with a crew? Sounds quite sad indeed.

Drinking needs to go but is sinking and sea monsters really that bad? They're just pixals.. it isn't scary or anything..and the chat filter isreally bad. You can't even type the letter "c" for c ball. Pleasure edit that ALOT. I hate typing out "got to go" when I can type gtg. Really needs tweaking.

I think this new family ocean is a great idea, the chat is very strict though... strict... but safe :D -Addi