Minichan

I prefer Rust™.

@previous (The Witch Doctor !6W1Zpe4MCM)
if you think that you're going to miss out on an officer's position while we're forming the crew and that you're going to come in later as a matey and somehow rise through the ranks and depose me as captain you are sorely mistaken. the cook will have a higher rank than you.

(Edited 4 minutes later.)

@previous (Capt. Squeegee)
And if I join immediately?

@previous (The Witch Doctor !6W1Zpe4MCM)
there are still 2 officer positions available. if you can tell the bow from the stern and starboard from port then you could be sailing master and help me sail the ship. you'll need to be comfortable with heights. or master gunner and handle the deck guns and stocking ammunition.

the only responsibility you'll have off the ship is to collect schematics for wings and make them for the boat builder when needed. you'll be free to explore as part of an away party and scout around for knowledge, but you won't be doing any resource collection, once you're done gathering knowledge you'd return to the ship and prepare to get underway when the mining party returns.

the ship needs to be manned at all times it is spawned, so we'll take turns (you and me) collecting knowledge and sailing the ship around the island as a patrol and to stay mobile so boarders don't find it easy to take the ship. all else fails hit the gas, unfurl the sails and we'll all suicide to get back to the spawners in the hold and we'll run.

Master gunner is just as narrow, you'll maintain the deck guns and ensure they are repaired outside of battle. you'll collect gun schematics and tech into the cannon tree. you'll build whatever gun the boat builder says they need. you'll make sure the munitions battery is full and the cannons are loaded, and during battle you'll focus on manning guns and calling shots (need more altitude, get us closer, bring us starboard, etc.) and you'll have discretion to order any player at a manned turret to fire/delay firing as long as there is a standing "fire at will" command. you will also be able to make requests of the boat builder to change cannon placements if you prefer them elsewhere.

the master gunner and sailing master each get 1 vote on all matters that get voted on, which will be everything. they are the last 2 votes available. all other positions get shares of the loot, but only partial shares and no votes on anything.

ultimately the sailing master, the master gunner and the boatswain are all chosen by the captain, and the crew in turn elects a quartermaster, so i could just assign you to a role but i think it's better for people to have a say in it until we really get a good idea what people are good at.

and the captain can be repealed and replaced and the new captain can reorganize the whole crew and even have the boat builder design a new ship or even replace the boat builder, so, there's plenty of room for advancement at the officer level.

unless you really want to be a matey. you can pretty much do whatever the fuck you want most of the time with the only responsibilities being to return to the ship when ordered to by the Quartermaster and to take part in battle by either manning the cannons, defending the ship against boarding parties, or boarding other players ships to steal their loot. mateys may also be ordered by any officer to help with repairs, restocking, or managing sails.

mateys need to be comfortable with heights, the grappling hook, and their pistol. mateys are also allowed to be drunk. i figure as long as the drunk cook gets a gun what's the harm in just giving one to everyone.

Sorry I'm not interested in your autistic pirate simulator

@previous (C)
if you really weren't interested you wouldn't be reading these obviously marked threads. you're interested you're just not willing to admit it yet. you'll continue to mock it but you'll keep reading these threads and eventually see how much fun you're missing out on and wish you weren't such a stick in the mud. so just go ahead and join the crew now and save yourself a small regret in the future.

you'll have fun, you have my word as a steampunk airship sky captain

(Edited 3 minutes later.)

ill play if you pay me

@previous (Sheila LaBeouf)
that's what the shares are for, your portion of the prize

@800,057 (Capt. Squeegee)

I like reading your reports but the idea of having obligations to a video game makes me want to poo pants

@previous (C)
"obligation to" is too strong a phrase, replace it with "a role in" and you'll be closer to the mark. no one is obligated to just be a cog in a wheel to facilitate gameplay for others. the goal is for everyone to have fun and for everyone to play the game how they want. not to put too fine a point on it but when we did Minecraft Minichanopolis it got pretty crazy at the end because i was deposed as dictator and replaced by a council of women. everyone played how they wanted to, and players were encouraged to take part in group activity but no one was obligated to it. people took part because it was fun and everything was within the scope of actual gameplay. everyone kinda did their thing and a group dynamic grew from there.

i expect kinda the same thing here, that we'll all pretty much just be doing normal game stuff a majority of the time, but with common purpose.

and i specifically am organizing this so that anyone can usurp the leadership by forming mini voting blocks with common interests. so if people aren't liking the common goals and direction of the group then everyone has some say in that. that might turn out to be a fun turn of events if it happens.

as far as roles and responsibilities go, we're trying to have fun not actually emulate a 17th century navy. the ship is named the Blowhard for a reason, you understand.

(Edited 14 seconds later.)

@800,249 (C)
i also want to point out that you seem to have the perfect outlook for a matey, and would make a strong addition to the crew. your only obligation would be to hang out and play with us when you're online. which is kinda the whole point of trying to make a minichan faction.

@800,265 (Capt. Squeegee)
> replaced by a council of women

The Lesbian Lynch Mob?

@previous (F)
it was chaos

Here's my grievances: I have a shitty, unwiped arse, Killer Lettuce hates US exports to the point he is willing to destory the country and everybody on this site is a fucking idiot (try to prove me wrong protip, you can't).

@previous ((Shitty Arse) Green !BEERiVqJJw)
i stopped reading at "my grievances." this is a thread for captain's grievances. if you have a grievance the proper channel is to report it to the Quartermaster. posting grievances to the ship's mast will be considered vandalism from this point forward.

(Edited 12 seconds later.)

@previous (Capt. Squeegee)
> bawwww, muh Nintendoes

@previous ((Shitty Arse) Green !BEERiVqJJw)
well that's just insubordination.