Ping Pirates!

A clan on Facebook game "Battle
Stations" developed by Tyler Projects.

Feb 25, 2008

A Pirate Passes Away

Posted by ping pirates |

BREAKING NEWS!

“Imperial Authorities have discovered the location of the Pirate’s Covent Admiralty! Ping is reporting live as Imperial Warships surround the Clan Master wing of the Admiralty. The atmosphere is tense... surrender demands are being issued right now, but it seems unlikely they will be accepted.

We have not yet heard how the Empire has discovered this bay, but rumours are flying that a traitor exposed the location during promotion ceremonies. Wait... something’s happening now! Shots are flying, a bright flash has just shot through the roof of the Admiralty, it looks like the blast of a prototype cannon!

And there’s a ship! A ship has just crashed through the roof of the Admiralty, followed by another, and another! It looks like the Covent Admirals are fleeing! The Imperial Warships are firing and in pursuit, but their new stats haven’t yet been processed, and they don’t have the nav to catch up!

No, we're seeing that’s not true, one of the Covent ships has caught fire! Black smoke is belching and it’s going into a downward spiral! We’re being told it’s Kiss of the Covent! Kiss of the Covent is going down, and I think yes, yes, the Clan Master named Patrician was onboard... oh god! Kiss of the Covent has exploded... I repeat, exploded! No one could have survived that explosion! Oh, if only Patrician had invested more in craft, he might have survived to fight another day...

Pingsters are sad to annouce the departure of a great player, a well known forumer, and of course a good writer, who has departed from Battle Stations. Dimitri, you will be sorely miss by your clan and all other players who has sunk you for exp before, including the FAT COW.

Feb 16, 2008

Transcript: SSU interview with SPEEDY

Posted by ping pirates |

Speedy

hi ppl

Speedy

happy new years btw

SSU1

likewise. ;)

SSU3

Happy new year...

SSU3

can i ask a qn...just plainly out of curiosity....

Speedy

ok?

SSU3

wat happened?

SSU3

hahahaha

SSU1

way to go with the obvious SSU3. lol.

Speedy

regarding what? heh

Speedy

so much stuff happened

SSU1

specifics.. SSU3?

SSU1

okay. i'll go ask. "deleveling from lvl 73-65" ?

SSU1

did LL give any notice?

SSU1

or did u wake up one morning and go.. hey. im' a 65 again?

Speedy

pretty much the wake up one..

SSU1

did u question his motive?

SSU2

why didn't you jus quit after getting reset? I wouldn't have the haert to try it again.

Speedy

actually take the time back to when yuri got disappeared

Speedy

LL asked me if i we both want to take a delevel (by 1 level) to restore yuri

Speedy

i basically said no, because we were interclan pvping

Speedy

then we got into some disagreement and he kept on thinking yuri is my multi

Speedy

when he discovered he wrongly put yuri out for 3 days, he decides to delevel me by 8 lvls

Speedy

i was okay with that, since at one pt I said to him, you're the law so you can do whatever u want

Speedy

so one day i just woke up with -8 lvls

Speedy

i was okay with that, since I wasn't even playing for xp heh

Speedy

and we haven't talked since

SSU2

you and LL haven't?

Speedy

yeah pming

SSU2

I see.... so after you got reset..... why start over?

Speedy

just to take a crack back at him

Speedy

:D

SSU2

it took sooooo long to get where you were

SSU2

at LL?

Speedy

yup

SSU2

how are you gonna Revenge on LL :)

Speedy

5th amendment

Speedy

:D

SSU2

hhehe

SSU1

no comment?

SSU1

okay next questions. lol.

SSU2

5th amendment does'nt apply to non-Us Citizens

SSU2

but ill accept that

Speedy

but im us citizen

SSU2

fine... take the 5th :)

SSU2

do you think you could destro BS internally

SSU2

if so... i jus ask for notice of 1 week...so i can sell all my stuff

SSU2

:)

Speedy

lol

SSU2

oh yeah... of course

Speedy

im not that evil

Speedy

:D

Speedy

just sit back and enjoy some popcorn

SSU2

do you think you have done things that are Evil?

SSU2

hehe

SSU2

in the game i mean

Speedy

5th amendment

Speedy

LOL

SSU1

she wants to be the lvl 10 pirate ship that sinks clan EVA and CREED. :-#

Speedy

i'll need to work on that.. but it could be a possibility

SSU2

ouuu

SSU2

im excited

SSU2

do we hate EVA and CREED?

Speedy

i dun hate anybody

SSU1

well we need to take them down for warpoints. ;)

Speedy

i am just playing the game

Speedy

i hate waiting

SSU2

i see

Speedy

it gets mighty boring up top

Speedy

can't pvp, clan wars every 48 hrs and CMs no shows

SSU2

howdid you use your APs...while you were not clan waring?

Speedy

i explore some and fed some to others

SSU2

i see

Speedy

can't really feed at lvl 73 tho

SSU2

would you have done anything differently than you did?

Speedy

i dunno.. whatever i do wouldn't make much difference

Speedy

99% of my xp comes from forts anyways and i hardly use all my ap on sinking forts

Speedy

8 ap = 120k for me

Speedy

go figure

SSU2

wow

SSU2

go figure is right

SSU2

i meant...would you have done anything differently.... in terms of what led you to get deleveled

SSU1

yeah. we were debaiting on weither u could kill our fortress in less than 6 hits

Speedy

i'd do whatever entertains me rather than climbing the ladder

SSU3

back...

Speedy

so, what are my orders?

Speedy

haha

SSU5

we work in collective chaos

SSU5

not orders

SSU4

You'll be sinking the next fortress for us.

Speedy

yay

Speedy

sink creed with a lvl 10 ship

Speedy

:D

Speedy

so if u were admin for a day, what would u do?

SSU5

give the option of colour for ships

SSU1

i'm being pro-active. letting our smaller clansmen 'graze' on the carcass we leave of a dying fortress. ;)

SSU6

lol color for ships

SSU6

gonna make yours pink SSU5?

SSU3

i tink the game has become too complicated....

Speedy

i dun think admin has power to change ship designs

Speedy

haha

SSU5

lol

SSU1

bigger ships are the lions that take down the elephant. smaller clansmen are the vultures and scavengers that pick off the scraps. ;)

SSU5

build up a strong team

Speedy

technically for BS, you don't need a strong team

Speedy

just one giant godzilla

Speedy

is all it takes

Speedy

lol

SSU5

but that's no fun!

SSU6

i love attacking ppl with huge xp and low speed

SSU6

i mean hp*

Speedy

heh

Speedy

you luv sushi then

Speedy

46khp before he got reset

SSU6

lol

SSU3

sigh..

Speedy

2 immo 2 pistons too

SSU3

i need to go visiting..

Speedy

k.. u have fun!

SSU1

we need to conquer a city in Sios and claim it as our own 'bar'. like those other clans.

SSU5

I've always wanted my own bar

Speedy

i'd claim the resource auction

SSU6

pshh

SSU1

haha.

SSU6

as if they actually claim them

Speedy

btw, can anybody tell me why scripting is so bad?

SSU6

depends on the script

SSU4

It gives you an advantage over others.

Speedy

sounds like LL is endorsing ppl to train monkey to monitor your ship

SSU6

if its anything to make it easier for you when attacking/defending and such i think its a bit unfair for everyone

SSU4

Yeah. I got my monkey cheap...

Speedy

then spending more time on a game would make it unfair to everyone else too

SSU6

if everyone got the same script then its understandable

SSU5

monkey?

SSU5

I'm very confused

SSU4

grease monkey.

SSU6

*hires SSU5*

SSU5

Lol

SSU4

:)

Speedy

i was actually referring to the animal

Speedy

Heh

SSU4

Yeah, I know.

SSU4

But, grease monkey is cheaper than a real one.

SSU4

Just that it isn't allowed.

SSU4

Is using pets to play allowed?

Speedy

therefore its more rewarding to stare at the screen all day? heh

SSU4

(for those in the dark, grease monkey is one the favored scripting tools.)

SSU5

thank you

Speedy

Heh

SSU5

the light is now on

Speedy

i hardly use scripts, i just write them heh

SSU4

But, there are better tools than grease monkey.

SSU4

You "used to" write them. :)

Speedy

actually LL is challenging me to beat his new system

SSU6

not a good idea

SSU6

what is his new system anyways?

Speedy

his captcha thing he mentioned

SSU6

Hmm

SSU4

Ha. Good luck.

Speedy

i'd have to see how secure it is

Speedy

:D

SSU4

We can't have any members attempting to cheat.

Speedy

Im not saying i'm gonna cheat

SSU5

better no

SSU5

not

Speedy

i dunno if i'll still be around when the new system kicks in

SSU1

or you let us all feed on u when you're a lvl 20 and we're back at lvl 1 windriders.

SSU4

:):)

Speedy

Lol

SSU1

not sticking around for the fireworks to blow off.. is there something ur not telling us?

SSU4

(Checking whether I'm in a windrider yet...)

Speedy

im having a great time on my windrider

Speedy

what are you talking about?

Speedy

:D

SSU4

Yeah, probably it is pretty carefree back at in the lower levels.

SSU4

Compared to the 70s.

SSU4

I might just reset myself. :)

Speedy

its much more relaxing down here

SSU6

lol i remembered everyone hating you back then

SSU1

pump in all your gold to the SSU before u do that tho. ;)

Speedy

you should.. lvl 10 a whole different world then what I used to be in

Speedy

well do SSU1

SSU1

and i mean. sell all your stuff. and THEN reset.

SSU4

I had a whale of a time with 5" and 8" guns and some nav.

SSU6

kids this days

Speedy

*will*

Speedy

Lol

SSU4

That would be a lot of cash.

Speedy

actually its the same old 10 or so ppl hating me in the forums.. they just keep bumping the threads heh

SSU4

I have 2m without selling anything.

SSU1

oops. That was for SSU4 if he resets. :S Speedy u do what u like in our clan.. (just don't break any rules. ;))

SSU6

i want a cookie

Speedy

[Draws a cookie with one chocolate chip]

SSU6

ok

SSU6

looks like a boob

SSU4

:)

SSU1

one chip? arn't u stingy

Speedy

Wooops

SSU4

Only to you.

SSU6

sure SSU4

Speedy

chocolate is bad for your health

Speedy

just eat the cookie

Speedy

:D

SSU4

I thought it was a mid-drift.

SSU4

With a belly button.

SSU6

looks like a deformed boob to me

Speedy

heres a molded one then

Speedy

[Draws a better cookie.]

SSU6

lol

SSU6

ok...

SSU6

who want the molded cookie?

SSU1

so what's the verdict on her?

SSU6

shes ok to me

SSU4

Muh.

SSU4

We can certainly deal with her.

SSU5

seems nice?

SSU4

Yeah, it's not like she'll be pressuring us to do things we're unsure of.

SSU4

Somehow you expect (ex-) level 70s to start telling you what to do.

SSU1

yeah she made it clear to me in my early talks with her. she's pretty cool with how we run. she's not out to change our clan into a super 'hardcore' group. and vice versa

SSU5

that's cool - responsible gaming and all...

SSU1

she seems pretty cool. but yeah.

SSU1

she may bounce around to another clan eventually.. i asked about "WTF" (waking the Fallen) she's tight lipped about it as well..

SSU1

she mentioned she's still doing the 'forums' for that group.

SSU5

she's just looking for temporary lodgings then

SSU4

It would be cool to have her sink a fortress.

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