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Special Post!
This post is special! It’s a break from the straight storyline on William, and soon I’m going to start posting as my Swashbuckler, Evan Keeler, as well. But this time, it’s Cool Ranch Privateer Gameplay! Thanks to Boochbeard, I got to jump right over here. This is my first time as a Privateer, though. In special posts, I may include videos as well as lots of screenshots for special posts. Enjoy! 🙂 (Note: Full video is in two parts.)
I uploaded (to YouTube) a twenty minute long one, that has ingame sounds and music. The second video is sped up to seven minutes, but has no music.
After where the video left off, I had to sail to a new island and skyway in Cool Ranch. I found a new tribe, and I was lead to the chief, in his tent. He didn’t think I was worthy of knowing where Merriweather was, so I had to do this fight. I couldn’t record this because I kept losing connection, so I decided to take a couple screenshots. After I defeated these bison, the tribe leader thought I was worthy, but one of the bison didn’t. He rose with some of his friends and we had to duel them too.
When we finished them, the tribe leader told me that he thought Merriweather took ancient relics from the graves of the elders. This is very disrespectful so they took him prisoner. I went outside to Merriweather who told me that he didn’t do it, and I needed to defeat Red Sash ships to get to Hidden Valley, which is where their headquarters is.
I leveled up and set sail! That’s all I’m doing in Cool Ranch today, thanks for reading the special post!
NDA Lifted!
Well, anyway, the Pirate101 Beta NDA has been lifted! That means, I can provide you with as much info and pictures as I want! Wooooohooooo!!! I’ll just give you a couple for now, including that Pirate101 flag from the intro sequence. Guides, etc will be posted later.
After you’ve entered a Stormgate, you go through this space-like area towards the next world. Make sure to stay away from those vicious Jellyfish! 😉
This is a picture of my Skiff, The Shining Castaway, sailing on a Windlane in the Tradewind [Skull Island] Skyway.
Now that, that is a flying pear. Just kidding! That is a Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum Fruit. Wait, just two Yums. But it’s so yummy! So yummy it regenerates your health or Mojo. I’ll get into that later. (Lots to cover, as you can see 🙂 )
This is me on my Galleon ship in Valencia, with my Scorpion Pet Cuddles. 🙂 (Yes, there are both companions AND pets.)
I will go over everything you need to know about Pirate101 [Beta] in more posts. Keep a look out, yarr!
BETA BETA BETA!
It’s out! BETA IS HERE! The official press release on the Pirate101 website was just released today! I’m soooooooo happy! Thank you KingsIsle for finally doing this! 🙂 The only bad thing is, that I can’t post images, even if I get in. I think I can tell you, but I’m not sure. Time will tell. The press release is here, or below.
PLANO, TEXAS (August 3rd, 2012) – Avast me hearties! KingsIsle Entertainment is pleased to announce the Beta for Pirate101 is officially underway. The first round of Beta invitation emails has gone out to testers, and a variety of additional Beta key giveaways are planned over the next several weeks.
“The start of our closed Beta testing marks a massive step forward for Pirate101,” said J. Todd Coleman, vice president and creative director at KingsIsle Entertainment. “Design, art, technology, story—our teams have worked tirelessly to craft this fantastic new online experience for families. I cannot wait for our testers to get in and experience the new world we have created for them.”
In Pirate101, players take the helm of their very own pirate ship as they pursue an epic storyline of grand swashbuckling adventure. Intended to entertain a broad and cross-generational family audience, Pirate101 is accessible and simple to play for casual gamers, yet simultaneously offers systems with great depth and complexity for more sophisticated audiences.
Access to Beta:
Pirate101 is currently in closed Beta testing and will launch later this year. To be considered for closed Beta access, please sign up at http://www.home.p101. As part of KingsIsle’s partnership with AMD’s Gaming Evolved program, AMD will be giving away a limited number of Pirate101 Beta keys. More information about this exclusive chance at early Beta access is available at blogs.amd.com/play/2012/08/03/pirate101. Finally, ongoing updates regarding Beta access promotions can be found at http://www.home.p101/free_game/closed_beta_keys.
Also, a few new images have been released on J Todd Coleman’s and Pirate101 Central’s Facebook pages. Voila!
Zeke’s in Pirate101 too! Yay! I’ll have to see if I get into beta… That’s all for this week! Since beta is out, I may be posting more with updates from around the Spiral or around the Internet. 😛
New Pictures!
KingsIsle has released some new Pirate101 images on Pirate101 Central! The thread is here. Also, they’re posted with very nice analyses on Swordroll’s blog. The particular post is here. There’s not much else to post about Pirate101, but I’ll keep trying my best.
In this picture, it shows the tutorial, at the very beginning. Boochbeard is to Ambrose as Gandry is to Gamma.
After you’ve left there, they’ll send you on a ship. You fly/sail to Skull Island. Gandry is telling you what to do.
After you get to Skull Island, you can get to Avery’s office. “One-Eyed Jack” posted two similar pictures of these on Central.
Last is the Character page of what would be, in Wizard101, your Spellbook.
Also, I have a quote from One-Eyed Jack. Remember, this is an exact quote. I did not write this.
Heya Pirate101 fans! It’s fun to see you all guessing at things from this screen capture. I don’t want to stop the fun, but I also just want to say that you’re looking at an Alpha product of the Pirate101 game. I think you’ll find the final UI a little different when playing the actual game . . . in fact, I was just at the interface designer’s desk a few minutes ago, and he had a giant folder full of old screenshots of the different generations of the interface. It’s amazing to see how much it has progressed and how it is changing all the time while the game is still being designed. I got permission to post a few screenshots of the game to show you how the interface is looking these days. It’s almost finished and there could be further tweaks, but check ’em out! Have fun with these!
So basically, the UI (User interface) might change, and probably will look a lot different before Pirate101 is released to everyone.
Open Post
Since there’s lots to know about pirate101 and only, let’s see, 5 informational posts, there’s got to be more about Pirate101. That’s what this blog’s about!
Give me some creative ideas about what to post about in the comments! I’ll do my best to explain it in full detail. Please, I want some user interaction here, and I think it would be nice for once to do a post from the viewer’s side!
Pirates in the Sky 
