Pirate Questions

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QUALTHWAR

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These are questions about pirates, not for pirates. But pirates can answer these questions if they wish. I mean, who better to answer questions about pirates than pirates.

You know when you go into the bathroom of a restaurant and you see like a list of employee names on the back of the door that shows who is supposed to clean the restroom on this day and that? Well, do you think they had a list similar to this for pirates who were responsible for cleaning the parrot crap off the captain and his clothes?

Why don’t we hear about wealthy pirates who own big castles, or countries, or whatever? You have these pirates sailing around raiding the ships that have gold and other valuables onboard. They have to come ashore now and then to get supplies, but then they’re off to sail around and raid more ships for more bounty. You would think something like this would happen: “Ted, you’re not getting any younger. What are you now, like 24 or so? You have maybe 3 or 4 good years ahead of you before you die of old age. Aren’t you going to settle down, get a place of your own, and spend some of the wealth you’ve acquired throughout the years?”

But you don’t hear anything about these wealthy, retired pirates. Are they spending all their money when they come ashore for supplies? Like maybe they spend the equivalent of 25,000 a night on women and booze?

If pirates spot a Cyclops sea monster, how do they know what to harpoon when a bunch of the pirates are running around with only one eye showing?
 

Twrecks

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Exactly, fictional characters are typically based on real people.
I mean, you wouldn't come out and say, "hey, I stole all this money which I never paid taxes on."
Being a sucessful retired pirate means no one knows you were a pirate. You pass the role of the pirate to someone else for the authorities to chase, leaving you in the clear to enjoy your early retirement. Genius really. And no cyclops involved, except the one on the back of the dollar bill.
 

QUALTHWAR

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I didn’t think the pirates would rat on themselves. I thought they would pay off the law like organized crime does. Then, others who knew the real story would eventually write stories about them, probably after the pirates died so they wouldn’t get whacked.
 

QUALTHWAR

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I suppose McGyver is a ninja!

Which begs the eternal question:

Which army would win in a war between pirates and ninjas?

I think that might depend on where the fight is fought. The pirates used to wear eye patches so one would be used to the dark.

Scenarios:
Ninjas hop onboard a pirate ship at dark and go below. If the lights are on below and the pirates awake, the ninjas will be at a disadvantage until their eyes get used to the light.

Ninjas hop onboard during the day and go below. Ninjas are at a disadvantage until their eyes get used to the dark.

Ninjas hop onboard during the day and pirates come up from below. Pirates are at disadvantage because their eyes are not used to light.

If pirates are on deck, they may have advantage if ninjas row up to boat because it will be hard to board and raid with pirates shoving swords in their faces.

That’s 3 for the pirates and 1 for the ninjas. Or 3/4 in favor of the pirates. However, ninjas are stealthy so we should cut that figure in half. So 3/8 in favor of the pirates, which means 5/8 in favor of the ninjas, so they now have the advantage.

However, what if they weren’t fighting on a pirate boat? Well then the ninjas would probably have the advantage there, too.

So the conclusion is that ninjas would win on the average.
 

Twrecks

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If it was a drinking contest the Pirates would beat the Ninjas!
For picking up ladies at a costume party, Pirates over Ninjas everytime.
Looting and pillaging, Pirates are better than Ninjas.
I've never heard of "Talk like a Ninja day", or Ninja Booty?
Sure, Ninjas might win in a fair fight, but Pirates don't fight fair.