My Promised Return!!!
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headrock
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:25 pm Post subject: My Promised Return!!! |
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YES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
The Scourge of the Oceans, the Menace in the Water, the bearer of unconditional affection to massive ships with loads of guns, the infamous Devil Chicken has returned to haunt the pages of HoP!
China was great (Except the Chinese are really annoying), but now that I'm back on duty, I have not a moment to waste! I have promised this to many of you for a long time, and so, without any further ado, the BIGGEST BOUNTY EVER.
Note that the game wasn't expecting me to reach that high - it's lacking a comma after the 1
The greatest thing was that this is the end of an 8-SOL-FLEET game, so it's an all-in-one. Having ridiculous amounts of money (Close to 1.5M) I was able to keep the whole crew content long enough to actually finish all the quests, making this a Triple:
* 1M Bounty
* 8 SotL Fleet
* 126 points.
The hard part, of course was getting the remaining ranks from the English (Who by now were upset enough to sell the queen to whomever catches me).
It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, though. I just sailed off to the Spanish Main and took ALL of it for the Limeys (Phew, the battle of Cartagena was nasty). Apparently owning half of the caribbean finally convinced them to forgive me for killing somewhere between 100,000 to 500,000 English mariners (I'm a sinker).
P.S.
Apparently, capturing enemies instead of sinking them is more lucrative in terms of bounty, so to speed up Bounty collection I had to let one SOL go and capture a War Canoe in its stead. I later caught ANOTHER SOL (This time from the french), and replaced the War Canoe before ending the game. Also, Merchants are less Bounty-Lucrative than warships (of any kind).
P.P.S.
It was only when I switched to killing Spaniards instead of English (Which I haven't done for a Looooo-hoooo-hooooong time) that I realized how much simpler it is to fight their ships. GOD those galleons are great targets for 48-gun salutes (Just thinking about those 48 salvos firing makes my spine tingle). And they don't sink half as easy as merchantmen and brigs.
P.P.P.S.
Soon to receive computer upgrades, so expect some good shots of the 8-SOL in the near future.
P.P.P.P.S.
It's great to be home.
Peace to all (Except in the Windward Islands). _________________ Blondebeard: "Madre de Dios! Es el Pollo Diablo!!"
<Spanish Guitar Riff>
Guybrush: "Si! He dejado en libertad los prisioneros, y ahora vengo por TE!"
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CGM3
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome back, Headrock! Nice timing... I just got this screenshot a few days ago, which I think you should appreciate:
Sometimes, the gods of random selection get it right _________________ I only do what the voices in my head tell me to do. |
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headrock
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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Heh heh heh, now how did you get that to happen?
(Or, more importantly, how do I?)
P.S.
Having two Pollo Diablos would be very confusing. I'm afraid I may have to blast your picture to smithereens (Reflex) _________________ Blondebeard: "Madre de Dios! Es el Pollo Diablo!!"
<Spanish Guitar Riff>
Guybrush: "Si! He dejado en libertad los prisioneros, y ahora vengo por TE!"
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Kristian95
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome back headrock
That sure is a mighty tale you share with us!! Congrats with a great result Cheers!! _________________ HaP! Real Pirates hang out there! |
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fossaman
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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Hola, El Pollo Diablo! _________________
Like my fossa? He's a pirate! |
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rupertlittlebear
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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fossaman wrote: | Hola, El Pollo Diablo! |
at last, food fit for a Fossa! |
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headrock
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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rupertlittlebear wrote: | fossaman wrote: | Hola, El Pollo Diablo! |
at last, food fit for a Fossa! |
But Devil Chickens eat Fossa. Then they explode violently with the fury of the underworld, and stuff.
P.S. Love the monkey _________________ Blondebeard: "Madre de Dios! Es el Pollo Diablo!!"
<Spanish Guitar Riff>
Guybrush: "Si! He dejado en libertad los prisioneros, y ahora vengo por TE!"
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rupertlittlebear
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome back home Headrock.
You going to enter the dance contest? |
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fossaman
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Don't worry. Last time my Fossa was on a poultry diet (Parrots) it got indigestion. I had to switch to Purina's Monkey Meat Fossa Chow. _________________
Like my fossa? He's a pirate! |
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Javi
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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I can´t say "welcome back!", because i didn´t meet you before -but i´ve read and heard a lot about you
Then, nice to meet you!!! (and, BTW, nice to see your GREAT mod of the spanish barmaid... could you say me when can i get it? _________________
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headrock
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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Javi wrote: | I can´t say "welcome back!", because i didn´t meet you before -but i´ve read and heard a lot about you
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Heh heh heh the legacy lived on, eh? Well met, I think I answered some of your posts sometime though. Oh yeah, the ones about getting 5 SOLs, congratz, that's quite an achievement. Now go get 8
Javi wrote: | Then, nice to meet you!!! (and, BTW, nice to see your GREAT mod of the spanish barmaid... could you say me when can i get it? |
It was so long ago... heh... I think I just surfed through the official site. I'll upload the mod to this site though, so no worries. _________________ Blondebeard: "Madre de Dios! Es el Pollo Diablo!!"
<Spanish Guitar Riff>
Guybrush: "Si! He dejado en libertad los prisioneros, y ahora vengo por TE!"
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CGM3
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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headrock wrote: | Heh heh heh, now how did you get that to happen?
(Or, more importantly, how do I?) |
There is a file stored in the Lang0.fpk file (in the Pirates! Assets folder) named, in the US version, shipnames_enu.txt (I assume the non-US versions have something other than the 'enu') which lists the names assigned to ships that appear in the game, grouped by nation (Dutch, English, French, pirate, and Spanish) and, within each nation, type (merchant, warship, privateer).
You can extract the file (using an FPK Packer utility), change the names that are there and add new ones, then put it into the Custom folder to override the "default". (I go into this in more detail in my thread on Modding the Text.Ini and Other Files, in the SMP Modding & Customization forum at The Pirate Haven: http://piratehaven.net/phpbb2/index.php).
headrock wrote: | P.S.
Having two Pollo Diablos would be very confusing. I'm afraid I may have to blast your picture to smithereens (Reflex) |
No problem, that El Pollo Diablo was sold as soon as I could reach port (impressive to look at, but a reasonably equipped brig could take her easily).
BTW, are Parrots classifiable as poultry? _________________ I only do what the voices in my head tell me to do. |
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Javi
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:44 am Post subject: |
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headrock wrote: | Javi wrote: | I can´t say "welcome back!", because i didn´t meet you before -but i´ve read and heard a lot about you
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Heh heh heh the legacy lived on, eh? Well met, I think I answered some of your posts sometime though. Oh yeah, the ones about getting 5 SOLs, congratz, that's quite an achievement. Now go get 8
Javi wrote: | Then, nice to meet you!!! (and, BTW, nice to see your GREAT mod of the spanish barmaid... could you say me when can i get it? |
It was so long ago... heh... I think I just surfed through the official site. I'll upload the mod to this site though, so no worries. |
ouh, true! I didn´t remeber it!! Do you remeber that i´m gonna try to get 10 SOLT.. .heee... after i got the sixth, well, i never see other again!! hehe
Thanks for the mods!!! _________________
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headrock
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:49 am Post subject: |
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Javi wrote: |
ouh, true! I didn´t remeber it!! Do you remeber that i´m gonna try to get 10 SOLT.. .heee... after i got the sixth, well, i never see other again!! hehe
Thanks for the mods!!! |
Heh, well, the funny thing is that after I got 8 of them in one fleet, I fought with at least 5 more over the next two years of gametime. I remember someone said not lng ago that SOLs are like girlfriends - when you don't have one, it's hard to get one, but once you get one, they all seem to be lining up. It's really sad to sink a SOL though, probably one of them most unpleasant experiences. Then again, a SOL-to-SOL fight is such a huge pleasure. _________________ Blondebeard: "Madre de Dios! Es el Pollo Diablo!!"
<Spanish Guitar Riff>
Guybrush: "Si! He dejado en libertad los prisioneros, y ahora vengo por TE!"
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Javi
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:52 am Post subject: |
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headrock wrote: | Javi wrote: |
ouh, true! I didn´t remeber it!! Do you remeber that i´m gonna try to get 10 SOLT.. .heee... after i got the sixth, well, i never see other again!! hehe
Thanks for the mods!!! |
Heh, well, the funny thing is that after I got 8 of them in one fleet, I fought with at least 5 more over the next two years of gametime. I remember someone said not lng ago that SOLs are like girlfriends - when you don't have one, it's hard to get one, but once you get one, they all seem to be lining up. It's really sad to sink a SOL though, probably one of them most unpleasant experiences.. |
Yep, for me, it´s the same when i had to sell all my SOTL (actually, i keep one in my fleet)... my treasureeeee _________________
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