Reach out that hand of yours and become Enriched in Heart and Soul

Mr DReifois ,always passionate almost ignited when you let him talk, uttered something different, something that made me fall of my chair ,almost.i'm an old guy , and we oldtimers have the bad reputation to be stuck in our time. That is partly true , partly...Let me tell you what had pushed me off the chair...

We had talked about the threshold of language many of his Italian Brothers and Sisters posses toward English speaking persons, their fears to become ridiculized and so. We decided it was time to hit the Sea, now i love the Brigantina ship but we need three people...Still not looking forward to meet the new , because i was too weak and afraid to take that road again, we decided to invite Friends. Alas, my friends were already in a crew, playing something different ,or just not playing at all.Mr Dreifois looked to his list and had the same problem except one person...A young Italian girl...But we both decided not to invite her and i tell you why...

We both aren't young anymore , still very young in our minds , playfull ,almost childish ,well that goes certaintly for me, but we are both aware that since years girlgamers get a lot of slander for who they are ,sound like, their playstyle or ...just because they are female and are treated like they are some kind of dirtheap where you can stack all the dirty words upon that the dictionary forbids...Many girls are therefore and totally understandable not keen on jumping on invites of two starngers ....Certainly not older guys....Wich is perfectly understandable...No offence.

We both agreed we would take the Brigantina and let a space open for Friends, she was a shy person that felt comfortable with Mr Dreifois because he treats her as an equal without talking rubbish to her...But she is welcome but has to come on her own initiative...So as usual we talked about things and Mr dreifois said that , although she is a much better player than him ,certain crews don't want to take her in because ....She is a girl " and girls, don't play as good as boys or men"...
Now, i am a dinosaur , a blunt yokel , but this was an unbelievable lightingstrike on the cheek....
Really????!!!!! Girl gamers/ Female gamers aren't good????!!!! Are we playing this game in 1618 instead of 2018?? i am without no doubt , the dumbest soul that ever entered this Forum but not even i would sell such foolishness. Female / Girl gamers can be the hardest pirates to beat , they think twice before they act, they plan ahead while 90 percent of the guys just rush in like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( * Dumb yokel, that comparison is way too old, you don't talk to dinosaurs like you , moron).

i play regurally in a crew where a Mrs is Helmswoman, she can not only steer the ship perfectly without crashing, but can in battle situations,steer the ship in a way that we almost always have one or more cannons ready to fire and have the angle to hit as well...She has become such a Pillar of our Crew that when she leaves for a drink or a smoke ,that when she comes back ,we already have done or are still busy repairing a hole in our boat because we crashed something...
It's funny for her when , she caught her "two little children" repairing the ship after being away for just four minutes, like children we blame eachother but the fact is that without her playstyle ,our crew is simply crippled...
So DON'T say female gamers aren't that good, its a lie, they are equal and have finer tactics than most of us.Have a different approach to a game but don't let their voice misguide you ,they are pirates to be reckoned with and i wouldn't want to feed all those unfortunate lad pirates that got overconfident when hearing an " enemy pirate , equipped with a fine voice ,that they will take out in a jiffy"...Whole cemetaries are filled with pirates that became victim of the lass pirate....Play together ,without revulting them with dirty words...You will see once again, how your crew will become enriched and how you will learn some tips and tricks by stealing with yer ears and eyes, it can only benefit your own playstyle...

Now yesterday , i was without my usual crew, another Friend of mine , was playing something different so i didn't dare to ask to play with me...After all , who am i , to get people from the games they play ( Oh oh, me ,me ,over here moron, i will answer that question...Hold on, trying to find my Robert de Niro voice again...Okay, here it comes ....You are nothing....NOTHING!!!!....Oh , God how did i miss this , it's so fun to slander our moron, i feel alive again...Thank you fool, to start boring people again with your lenghty and worthless opinions...You are the greatest ...fool - Sunshine, you are such a pig * i know but what are you going to do about it , hey? Cry a river again maybe, like usual? - Oh , get of my back will ya? Vinegarpisser).

So i scraped my courage together and went to an open Sea.And as we spoke above about this , i jumped on a boat with a female gamer.i started talking, like i usually do in only this game, with a little tremble in my voice, and i learned that she could hear me but not talk to me because of the abscense of a microphone..No worries ,i can talk for two ( * Oh, poor lass). She answered frequently with the keyboard ...No problem, that is also talking for me...Our thirth person was a bit like a , how do you say, alternating pirates ...They came and ...went away , sometimes 5 minutes , sometimes 10, but for some reason, maybe my toecurling accent again ( * No ,really , such a nice ...cold, flat ,uninspired ,stupid voice like yours would send people off? What a blasphemy ,hey? ...moron)...But after a while a young lad came in, let's call him JJ...

Now, the young lad stole my Heart immediatly, he told me it was his first day that he played SOT, he was given this game for his Birthday because he had reached the Magical age of 14...Waw, like a big , older brother ( * Yokel , you triggered the wrong feeling, you should have pushed Grandad mode, dumb fool) i tried to get him "into" the game. He loved the X mark the Spot quests a lot, he loved fighting those skellies and he would have attacked a Galleon if i didn't pointed to him that he was sailing with the worst pirate ever , and would therefore lose all the treasure we already amassed...

It was so great to see that this fella was immediatly also talking toward the silent girl ,without coming over "though boy" like. i think , that he didn't realize that he had stolen her Heart too...
Kids are the best gamecritics one can find, they play a game , try it for an hour and become in love or bored...He became bored...But somebody upthere knows that i'm so devoted on sharing my great feelings about this game and that Guardian Angel just switched my gear up...i told him about the Bilge Rat adventures and about a certain Wanda that got missing...i could feel the twinkling in his eyes , and to my amazement our silent girl pirate also never heard of Bilge rats adventures...So a long ( * Sigh, read massivly long, toecurling, boring to the border of death) explenation followed and i gained both attention, we started the quest but then the playtime of our piratelass became expired ...She had to go...She typed that but all of a sudden, totally unexpected , she said goodbye to both of us ...

She had a microphone after all, but propably the bad reputation old man ,and boys alike have on the internet , must have pushed her defences up, but since during two hours we played , and not one verbal dirt word was uttered towards her nor uttered in general as well, she gave up her defences and talked to us , it was only a goodbye ,but i saw it as a victory in the hopes to one day be able to play all together without fears and thresholds...

Our piratelass got replaced by Mr Fernandez, a good calm and tranquil guy in his twenties that could get along well,with Captain JJ...

Then in the corner of my eye ( * But yokel, you always look in the "corner of yer eye", but it's the wrong corner , you always look on yer nose , you cross eyed fool) i saw a Skull Fortress popping up...i was hoping the server was not that populated so we could get a chance to gain that treausre so i popped my question towards Captain JJ. " Oi, laddie , you feel like becoming a rich pirate , a filthy rich one?" You don't have to ask that the answer was a big YES...i was fearing that we would become ambushed and robbed but i wanted that young JJ could open the " Vault"....We sailed off and of course those wretched skeletons were good upon shooting, i pointed the young pirate to listen to that Epic Musicscore of a Legenday Musical Genius that is working at Rare Pirate Headquarters and carrying the Magical name Mr Beanland.

In the turmoil of the fight young JJ agreed that this music was " Awesome" and that made my day twice, a young man that like classical music is a smart lad...So we landed and fought with foam upon our mouths , we regurally saved eachother behinds in an unrelentless fight in wich Mr Fernandez proved to be a great melee pirate ....i too did my tricks , although they were more deployed upon the deck of the Ferry of the Unfortunates , since this stupid cencorating machine that get's the blood from undermy fingernails since it's cencorates it's own gamemechanics and titles...Think harder before you deploy those unseen strict rules , i can't write Ferry of the Damned , what harm can that do?...

At last we beated the Captain of the Fortress, amazingly he fell by my sword, i had made an agreement with Mr Fernandez that Young JJ would open the vault since he had just turned 14 and played his first day ever in an adventure that i would like that he will remember this on his 111th Birthday ( * Young JJ, isn't a Hobbit, you mix up yer stories ,moron).

Now , you should have heard his voice when that music that goes along with the opening Vaultdoor was played through our headsets , and you should have heard his amazed, but happy voice when the glinstering rays of Treasure started to dance on this boys eyelenses....That " OOOH and WAAAAAW" are the two words that made my day, yes , a small happy tear fell out of my eye , Both, Mr Fernandez and me had turned this young fellow day into something he will remember for ever ... Sea of Thieves can have that impact on people but it cant' do it without pirates that accept every age and every gender; nationality and religion....

i know that this sound arrogant, but since a very long time i had come to peace with myself....i will never be able to make you ALL see in the Dark, some of you will keep hating SOT with an unseen passion and dedication...My English knowledge ,nor my writingstyle will ever turn that negative tide, but i leave that to my much smarter Friends...They have that power and knowledge to do that .

And me? Well, i enjoy and will try by trail and error to bring over the feels i have missed for so long and once again became so addicted to.i will turn opinions by showing what this game can do for every gender; age and mind....This game is a Healer and it once again healed me from a growing fear ....The Fear ,and therefor staying away from open games , was ungrounded, Sure there are bad people but also so many great Gems to unearth...

i thank Mr DreiFois for explaining the fears so many non English speaking persons, like me ,possess...i thank him that he showed me that so many of our Brothers think Our Pirate Sisters aren't good enough...Poor souls , i really feel sorry for you...i thank all the Great Legendary persons that keep fighting to try to gain controle again and hopefully restore this Forum as the Friendliest Forum in was in the Old Days....Deckhands, Boatswains and all who spend time to make this a better place, you have no idea how much i look up to many of you...

i thank Jssster ,the pirate lass, for playing and speaking in the end, i hope you realize that not all gamers are agressive towards you , i thank Mr Fernandez for being a great sport into adding towards our young pirate first day of adventuring and Young Captain JJ , i thank you to play without any threshold, with an innocense that warmed my Old Heart...You made my day in so many ways that you will have to grow very old to understand how much joy and inspiration your meeting has given me...You inspired me to fight on, on a very small scale , since i lack all the atrributes of smart people , to try to bring that Magical Healing over to people without forcing them...It has to seep through their pores , not spoonfed and only then the Full Arsenal of Magic will Embrace them and guide them to the Heavenly Plains where i once walked upon, and thanks to you , laddie , i have walked there again yesterday....

And of course , nothing of this couldn't have happened if Rare wasn't sitting around that table and decided that Athena has to be called Sea of Thieves and is based on pirates ....Remember ....Don't let the Darkminded ones bring you from your path....Don't make my mistake, be happy , stay happy and fight with a welcoming ,grudgeless smile, That is the only way to enjoy this game at the fullest...

I was so blind, The Dark Ones, well...Like Charles Vane once said " They are few....We are many" ....And by the Gods, that man ...was right...Take care...All of you.

@saltyseadog13
No, my fellow pirate , i never report people, i try to turn their view without punishment. Reporting won't change a view , good or wrong. Banning people from the game because they were angry or humiliating to me will not redirect their thinking, i try to get to them in my own silly way, sometimes it works , mostly i fail ...But at least i try again...

@clumsy-george Hello Mr George, I really appreciate your very long posts, the passion you put into it and I also like your evil alter ego (does he have a name?).

From the multiple posts I read from you, I can feel that this game is something very special to you. I hope you will continue to find out what you are looking for as long as possible on the Seas of Thieves.

I've met you only once in game during the beta and that's a moment I'll remember, I was alone on my sloop and I wanted to meet people, so I sailed to the Ancient Isles, that's where I saw two galleons fighting West of Plunder Outpost.
I decided to help a random one as I knew I could maybe be friend after the battle. To my surprise, mighty legends were on this galleon, @Musicmee, @J4dio, a crewmember I can't remember and you of course. I was micless but I laughed a lot this night, you sure know how to make this game awesome.

À plus dans le bus!

@jetorchidee97
Hello Mr JetOrcidee97, i remember you too, not the details of course , for remembering details i have to have a good brain wich i haven't ( * Oi yokel, what do you try to say with that ,huh? Thanks to me you don't need dipers , but i can undo that privilege in a snap with my fingers , moron - Keep it cool , Sunshine, you cannot say that he was blessed by the Gods if you only have two braincells in yer head * Oi, Captain Tearface , that's his own bloody fault, he should have been more careful in his life and don't fall as much as he did...That stupid yokel almost killed us both in 2014 by falling,). But i remember we all had a lot of laughs that day and that is what i have been looking for for sooo long...A game where you don't have to be afraid to be yourself or be ashamed of the little knowledge you have of a foreign language....

@clumsy-george Hey George I wasn’t aware you left the forums, I did notice you wasn’t posting as much and thought you had activated lurker mode.

It sucks that you felt you had to go to that extreme length. I found myself in a very similar position A few weeks ago but for different reasons and on quite a few occasions I had my finger over the delete account button as I felt there was no alternative, fortunately I was able to pull myself out of it. (Much to the displeasure of many others im sure 😏) But I’m glad you found your way back. And I to am also very sad that some of my great friends got banned to.

I’m going to try to answer some of your points with my personal views, as compared to you I am a lot more critical of the game. But I would also like to say as a little disclaimer, it doesn’t mean I don’t love it, as if I didn’t I wouldn’t be around or logging in to have discussions with people. I guess my passion and wanting for this game to be something of legend does mean I can be a little over critical and impatient at times.

Firstly when you talk about people not necessarily wanting to play with you because of your colourful accent and with your friends I think that’s such a shame, and you know what that’s there loss I’ve heard many great stories from multiple people who have shared adventures with you who cannot praise you high enough and always remark on the passion and energy you bring to the crew. And like I have always said since we first stared talking on these shores there will always be a space on my ship if you want it.

It’s the same about women sailers, this one completely blows my mind i generally do not understand the mentality of people who would assume a difference in gender would in anyway impact the way someone can play a game. I personally have probably played with more females on Sea Of Thieves than I have with males and each one of them are far more compatent, understanding and knowledgable of the game then me and always teach me new things and ways to explore and experience the world, they also have the patience for my general clumsiness at the game. A few honourable mentions @stacky-a who will always invite me and help me out during the events and basically keep the ship afloat while I’m falling overboard! @katttruewalker @lizalaroo who where kind enough to show me the ropes and introduce me to the game and world on my first ever forage into the world and a few times after. I have a friend called Dizzy who isn’t on the forums but she’s as fierce as Blackbeard and can show most the reason pirates where a force to be reakoned with! And obviously the cucumber @DevilsTassia needs no introduction! there’s So many more but I’m digressing off topic.

But yeah try not to get upset by people’s predjudices whether it be gender/Race or creed the only Experiences they are hindering are there own and those kinds off attitudes won’t get them far in life.

Now when it comes to the “attackers” against Rare I split these into two categories personally, you have your people to join the forums to just complain and start drama because the game isn’t what they wanted/expected and are not that productive in giving valid feedback they just want to argue. Then you have your critics these are the people who have been around a while but do have issues with certain aspects of the game and are not afraid to be vocal about them. (I put myself in this category personally) the problem is and you could probably say the same about people who get called white knights, and all that is, are just people getting stereotyped and catergorised, which is never good for anyone and because of that then people on both sides just see the whole group to have one specific mentality and don’t treat them as an individual with there own views, opinions, loves and hates for the game. They are either White Knights or Haters and that is so detrimental to everyone and nothing good comes out of it. I believe most people around here have been guilty of it at times including myself and it’s up to us to personally try moderate ourselves and not fall into that pit.

But in defence of people who are more critical with the game I believe a lot of it comes down to miscommunication. So remember when the game was In it’s beta stages. There was worries about content back then as to what will be in the full game. You had some people saying this is basically it and panicking you had others saying no no this is only 10% of the game and no one ever stepped in to clarify for us. So expectations grew and we only found out once we had purchased the game and it launched. And that in my opinion was the point in when the forums turned dark. There was a lot of anger and conflict between people and lines and divides where made within the community every thing went into overdrive. Rare tried to remedy It but for a lot of people it was to late for others it was not.

They are as of now remeding these concerns, maybe not as fast as some would like and maybe not in the way some would like but you can’t say they are not trying and that’s something I’m sure everyone can agree on no matter what your views and stance on the game is.

That’s just my personal views anyway, but on a ending note my heart sank abit when I read that you said you had a friend on another game and didn’t invite them because why would they want to come over and play with you. That is not a mentality you can afford to have mate you cannot put yourself down like that no good will come out of it. You should have sent an invite and if they joined brilliant if not it there’s always next time. Don’t let your self confidence get in the way of you getting yourself out there you have more to give than you realise so get out there and give it! Fake it until you make it my friend, I will say it again Fake it until you make it

Also you probably don’t realise this but if you put up a post on the looking for crew section saying I need a crew, I think you would probably fall off your seat at the sheer amount of people who would try and crew up with you just because of the name you have made for yourself around these parts. The one legacy you have on these forums is your reputation for kindness and love for Rare, you may not see it yourself but others do. So try it One day and sit back and be surprised!

Also one last note (If I haven’t bored you to death yet) As humans it is a natural defence of ours to focus on the negative experiences in life to try and protect ourselves from danger. It’s an ancient reaction we needed to survive before we had modern society. While we loved the positives we don’t focus on them so much because they was never a theat to our exsistence. So you have to teach yourself to look out for them and remember them. I promise you there is a billion times more good in this world than there is bad we just haven’t taught ourselves to see it yet. :)

As a P.SS I saw you mentioned a hobbit quote by Bilbo, and being the immense Tolkien enthusiast as I am I cannot nor will not simply let a quote go by without returning one back!

So here is one of my favourite quotes which I believe is remoltey relevant:

Frodo: “I wish it had never come to me”

Gandalf: “ So do all who live see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us”

Tolkien literally saved my life! And I love escaping to ME as often as I can. :)

@knifelife a dit dans Reach out that hand of yours and become Enriched in Heart and Soul :

As a P.SS I saw you mentioned a hobbit quote by Bilbo, and being the immense Tolkien enthusiast as I am I cannot nor will not simply let a quote go by without returning one back!

So here is one of my favourite quotes which I believe is remoltey relevant:

Frodo: “I wish it had never come to me”

Gandalf: “ So do all who live see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us”

Tolkien literally saved my life! And I love escaping to ME as often as I can. :)

My favourite quote along with this one "Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement."

@jetorchidee97 Hahaha I was thinking off putting that one down because it’s just such a beautiful line. If memory recalls it’s when they are in the Mines of Moria when Frodo says Bilbo should have just killed Gollum.

This is probably my favourite text it really helped me through a lot of things. The power of words will never fail to amaze me!

PIPPIN: I didn't think it would end this way.

GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.

PIPPIN: What? Gandalf? See what?

GANDALF: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.

PIPPIN: Well, that isn't so bad.

GANDALF: No. No, it isn't

@knifelife a dit dans Reach out that hand of yours and become Enriched in Heart and Soul :

@jetorchidee97 Hahaha I was thinking off putting that one down because it’s just such a beautiful line. If memory recalls it’s when they are in the Mines of Moria when Frodo says Bilbo should have just killed Gollum.

This is probably my favourite text it really helped me through a lot of things. The power of words will never fail to amaze me!

PIPPIN: I didn't think it would end this way.

GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.

PIPPIN: What? Gandalf? See what?

GANDALF: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.

PIPPIN: Well, that isn't so bad.

GANDALF: No. No, it isn't

That's beautiful. Who wouldn't die with excitement after hearing that from Gandalf lol

@ant-heuser-kush It’s not that bad is it? I mean it was around launch but I think it’s in a pretty good place right now. Maybe it’s just me haha

There’s just a lot of people with strong views on certain subjects but that will happen in all walks of life. But even those people are slowly finding middle ground and starting to get on.

Don’t walk away bud, make a stand. Be the change you want to see on he forums. :)

@ant-heuser-kush I can see what you are saying I’ve had that feeling a lot as well. But I stopped caring and ya no what I feel good for it I’m enjoying my time in game and here now. I don’t care about badges or rep if I’m being completely honest the only thing I miss is the pioneer sessions.

Like usual ,i was a bit unclear in my writings....After all, it's been put down without any preparation, in one go. That also takes hours but it's still shorter then prepare it first , that would take double time but i don't have 6 hours of time to perfectionize this writing...

Now, to come back to clear things out....i don't mind strong visions or views on games ...Who doesn't remember Mr Daimyo Do Ri Ma San , who made very long reviews for PC, in wich he complained how his processors and stuff started to run hot after a while...He had also a strong vision about the way the game was evolving and how he didn't liked that...
But all this was done without one dirty word....Wich means that he is very smart and i liked his views, i mean i liked how he formulated this...

Now many Topics ,since the release , are started in a positive way , sometimes they too bring a dissapointment to the surface but they start in a fair and honest way...In the past ,those opinions weren't burnt down, but we tried to make the person stay , and keep him or her hungry towards what was yet to come...

But ever since the release many, no very many topics that started off in a positive way , become trenchwars after a few replies...There was always one that laid bait or simply ridiculized the Topic maker or one of the people that replied with his or her honest thoughts...Maybe, if i would allow to test myself, doctors would call me oversensitive ( * No , George, if doctors catch you again, well then yer one way ticket to the asylum is already been printed ....They would put you back where you belong...looneybin escapee), but all this bickering started to lower the courage to read the next day ....This went on for months , it changed my mood too, i've always been a darkmooded fellow ,when i was young, and that fight to stay out of it's clutches will be fought untill i die...No problem, sometimes it wins, but i always come back...Now this Forum , and this will sound strange , is a part of my daily life, in the beginning i had spend many hours a day , now i read two or three and if the Topic is once again thrashed , then i call it a day....The attacks and humiliating remarks from newer Forummembers towards eachother can really bring my mood down....It is simply not needed , you don't agree , then write your opinion down without thrashing a person or his/her ideas....If the dumbest yokel amongst you all can do it, why can't so many smarter people can't ...That is one of my problems that made me leave ...

@clumsy-george Just thought I would pop in and let you know George that I just had one of the best sessions I’ve had on SoT.

And i don’t think it would have happened if I hadn’t read this post.

Me and my friend where both sailing a sloop and we came across 6 German speaking friends spread across two brigs. None of us could speak each other’s native language. Usually I would have just sailed in the other direction and got on with my voyages but I remembered what you wrote here about understanding different languages and how it can be hard to play games with language barriers.

So I told my friend we would go over and see if they wanted to alliance. They where currently at a skull fort and obviously they had two fully crewed brigs and we where on our little sloop so we expected to get sunk.

We jumped on the land and joined there alliance and said Ahoy, we are friendly with the non verbal communication wheel. Me and my friend are both on Xbox so we are limited to what we can say.

But they didn’t attack us and we helped them finish the fort. When the door opened they all turned and looked at us probably expecting for us to make a move to betray. We just waved and said the Well played comm and got on our sloop and left, we wasn’t interested in the loot but by doing so we earned there trust.

For the next couple of hours all 3 ships went there separate ways and just done normal voyages we kept bumping into each other and waving and saying ahoy.

Until we saw them at the top left corner of the map. We knew they was about to start a skelly battle so we put our Shores O plenty sails on and I equipped my “Protecter of the shores o Plenty” title. And started sailing. We was in the wilds so it took us a while. But as we arrived one of the brigs has just sunk. We rescued one of the crew and he joined us until his new ship returned. We all had a laugh dodging each other and crashing into each other, all screaming random slurs..I couldn’t understand them they couldn’t me. But I could tell by the way they was speaking and prounoncing there words they was having as much fun as us. Obviously the meg joined in and took a bite out of us all but eventually we won.

Once again we left all the loot for them (The rep was more than payment for us) and we trailed behind them on the way to golden sands.

Out of knowhere a Galleon emerged and tried to gain on them to take there hard won prize and since me and my friend had no loot on board we intercepted to buy them time! We sank the honorless Thieves with our boom booms and bought them time to cash in. We then caught up to them at the out post and all had a drink together played some tunes and danced!

It was brilliant, and it was all done through communicating through the consoles Non verbal wheel and it worked well!

I don’t believe it would have happened if it wasn’t for your post so I just wanted to pop in and let you know you made a difference! To me anyway! :)

The picture is small but here is a little shot of us all celebrating at the end of our grand adventure!