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Feanaro Anwarun
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As some of you might have noticed and others might already know for ages.. We have credibility here at gameamp.. and the more credibility.. the higher your credibility lvl, which gives you a more awesome title (well normally..)!
Now they are just plain
lvl 1
lvl 2
lvl 3
etc..
So we need everyone to come up with some titles and we'll try to put them from 1-20 in a good order.
Of course they have to be nautic/pirate like!.. From parrot to eyepatch! From matey to Black Beard! From yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!! To buccaneer!.. Give us some creative funny or just plain awesome titles and you might see them implemented!
So show us what you got!..
Oh and this doesnt come without a nice perk of course.. 50 credibility is awarded for every suggestion you made that gets implemented :D
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| 10/12/07 03:59 |
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Drucila
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I vote for Drus First Mate
Some interesting stuff I found online while looking around for Pirate Nouns:
scalawag sea bass
mutinous swab
parrot-loving kraken
salty swabbie
scrappy bucko
pox-faced swab
Cockswain - the captains attendant who would row him to and from the ship, later became the helmsman
Drivelswigger - one who reads about nautical terms too much
Filbustier - term the french gave pirates of the golden age
freebooter - dutch for free and plunder - reference to a pirate
Jack Tar - early sailors tarpaulin clothing was infused with tar, which some say deflected sword blows in addition to shedding water, similar to joe blow.
Landlubber - lubber is an old english word for a big slow clumsy person. The term was aimed at people on who are not skilled or able to ease into ship life.
Picaroon - spanish for rascal, was used to talk about pirates in a satirical way.
Powder Monkey - gunners assistant
Addled -- Mad, insane, or just stupid. An "addlepate" is a fool.
Bosun -- Boatswain; a petty officer
Buccaneer -- A general term for the Caribbean pirates.
Bucko -- Familiar term. "Me bucko" = "my friend
Cap'n -- Short for "captain."
Jack Ketch -- The hangman. To dance with Jack Ketch is to hang.
Piece of eight -- A Spanish silver coin worth one peso or 8 reales. It was sometimes literally cut into eight pieces, each worth one real.
Privateer -- A ship bearing letters of marque (q.v.), or one of her crew, or her captain. Thus, she can only attack an enemy ship, and only in time of war, but does so as a representative of her country. A privateer is theoretically a law-abiding combatant, and entitled to be treated as an honorable prisoner if captured.
Sea dog -- An experienced seaman.
Shark bait -- (1) Your foes, who are about to feed the fish (q.v.). (2) A worthless or lazy sailor; a lubber who is no use aboard ship.
Swab (noun) -- A disrespectful term for a seaman. "Man that gun, ye cowardly swabs!"
Wench -- An individual of the female persuasion. "Saucy" is a good adjective to add to this, and if ye can get away with "Me proud beauty!," more power to ye.
Wench: a lady, although ye gents not be wantin' to use this around a lady who be stronger than ye.
Cackle fruit - chicken eggs
Holystone - bars if sandstone used to scrub the deck, softer areas wore away and left holes. Sailors were also known to pray as they knelt to scrub the deck.
Salmagundi - dish made of chopped mean, eggs, anchovies, onions, grapes, cabbage, salt, pepper, oil and vinegar.
Corsair: a pirate who be makin' his berth in the Med-...Medi-...that sea 'tween Spain and Africa, aye!
Fiddlers Green: the private heaven where pirates be goin' when they die.
Scallywag: A bad person. A scoundrel.
Son of a Biscuit Eater: a derogatory term indicating a bastard son of a sailor
Sprogs: raw, untrained recruits
Pyrate - A robber at sea. Any act of theft while on the oceans is pyracy in the most general sense.
Privateer - a privateer is a sailor with a "letter of marque" (see below) from a governement. This letter "allows" the sailor to plunder any ship of a given enemy nation. Technically a privateer was a self employed soldier paid only by what he plundered from an enemy. In this, a privateer was supposed to be above being tried for pyracy. Tell that to Cap'n Kidd. Most often, privateers were a higher class of criminal, though many turned plain pyrate before all was said and done.
Buccaneer - originally a term for those privateers who fought against the Spanish, later a general term for pyrates of the atlantic, specifically the Caribbean. The buccaneers were first hunters of pigs and cattle on the island of Hispanola, but were driven off by the Spanish and turned to pyracy. Buccaneers were said to be heavy drinking, cruel pyrates.
Corsair - This term was used for Christian and Muslim privateers in the Mediterranean between the 16th and 19th centuries. The Barbary corsairs centered on North African states and were often "hired" by Muslim nations to attack Christian ships. The Christian Corsairs were known as the Maltese corsairs and they took their orders from the Knights of St. John to attack the Turks.
Landlubber - a term given to one fond of land as opposed to sea. The terms doesn't derive from "land lover" but rather from the root of "lubber" which means clumsy or uncoordinated. Thus, a landlubber is one who is awkward at sea for familiarity with the land. Of course, this terms was used to insult the abilities of one at sea.
Yellow Jack - like any "jack" or flag, the yellow jack was used to indicate a particular disposition of a ship. In this case the yellow was to signify the yellow fever. A yellow flag flying meant that there was illness aboard. Often this was used to trick pyrates away from potential targets.
:-D
Dru
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| 10/16/07 09:27 |
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Skittle Cody
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Crew-mate
Captain(for high level)
Parrot (lvl4)
I'm not too imaginative.
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Mimori for prez.
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| 11/06/07 20:55 |
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Feanaro Anwarun
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I defenitly want parrot :D
We can ''pimp'' Captain with one of the things Dru suggested..
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| QUOTE | mutinous swab
parrot-loving kraken |
I really like those two, Dru hehe...
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Check out Pirates of the Burning Sea... Yarr! We got some interestin stuff goin on!
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| 11/07/07 06:23 |
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Drucila
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I like son of a buscuit eater myself, oh and powder monkey! :-)
now taking applications for those who want to be Dru's Powder Monkey!!!
:-P
Dru
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| 11/07/07 09:20 |
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MikesterBrau
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Great line to start discussing and I agree that the level names here need some updating as well. At level 1 mine is "arrr You Suck!" which is to some people may not encourage a return visit.
Here are my 2 cents worth.
1= Captain's boy
2= Swabbie
3= Deckhand
4= Seaman
5= Cockswain
6= Sailor
7= Master at Arms
Well heck just a few at least...
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| 11/07/07 16:29 |
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| QUOTE | I like son of a buscuit eater myself, oh and powder monkey! :-)
now taking applications for those who want to be Dru's Powder Monkey!!!
:-P
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*Runs toward Dru and smacks against door* Am I too late?!?!?!?
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| 11/07/07 18:03 |
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Drucila
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lmao...well giles I think your only competition is technically fea right now...but you did delete my siggie mr. i like to clicky clicky....
<3
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| 11/07/07 21:14 |
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Feanaro Anwarun
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People always tell me I make a great monkey..
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Check out Pirates of the Burning Sea... Yarr! We got some interestin stuff goin on!
Always enjoyed the credibility titles here on GameAmp? Help us with your suggestions for some funny or awesome titles over here at PotBS!
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| 11/08/07 03:25 |
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| QUOTE | lmao...well giles I think your only competition is technically fea right now...but you did delete my siggie mr. i like to clicky clicky....
<3
Dru |
Isn't it supposed to be <1.5? >.>
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| 11/08/07 16:12 |
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lvl 1 = Bilge Rat
lvl 2 = Cabin boy
lvl 3 = Swabbie
lvl 4 = Deck Hand
lvl 5 = Sea Dog
lvl 6 = First Hand
lvl 7 = First Mate
lvl 8 = Captain
:P
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| 01/01/08 11:13 |
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Feanaro Anwarun
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Alright im gonna try to make a full list by the end of the week and pass it on to the ''higher powers''. So if you got anymore ideas, or want to show your full list, do it this week! :)
Check out Pirates of the Burning Sea... Yarr! We got some interestin stuff goin on!
Always enjoyed the credibility titles here on GameAmp? Help us with your suggestions for some funny or awesome titles over here at PotBS!
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| 01/08/08 04:27 |
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Grifter0408
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Ok, sometime ago....well when I started populating the site. I was asked by Jeni to create a list....I did this. Then I turned over this intel to the Devs and such.....but nothing ever came about. I understand things get busy. I dont have that list anymore because it was on my comp I destroyed.
So I can try to come back up with some more and then add then. Plus I think there are some other sections that need vast fixing...unless that has been done since I lasted visited.
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| 01/08/08 17:09 |
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Feanaro Anwarun
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I dunno when you last visited. :)
Check out Pirates of the Burning Sea... Yarr! We got some interestin stuff goin on!
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| 01/09/08 04:27 |
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DazUltra
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errr let me think, in no particular order
Whers my eye patch?
Pink beard
Captain Jack Parrot? :P
meh all i can think lol
PS: love the 1st lvl title "Arrrr you Suck!" lol
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| 02/05/08 07:43 |
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Lvl 1- Arr you suck? How pirate is that? Geez, even in CotBP, the Barbarosa had a cool insult "We named the monkey Jack".
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| 04/04/08 19:00 |
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