Pirates · of · the · Burning · Sea

Waiting is never easy, and we’d like to take this time to thank everyone for their patience during this time. Below you will find the latest information on the Pirates of the Burning Sea Open Beta plan, information on the status of the NDA and the status of EU/AU PotBS pre-orders. We’ll update this thread with more information and any potential adjustments to the following plan just as soon as we know more. Read on for more!

PotBS Open Beta:
The first four days of the Pirates of the Burning Sea open beta will be reserved for our invited beta testers and members of the FilePlanet Founders Club. Open Beta is scheduled to begin worldwide on Friday, December 7th, 2007, at which point FilePlanet subscribers can get in. After that it’ll be open for everyone within a week.

You'll find our Open Beta forum here: http://www.burningsea.com/forums/fo...isplay.php?f=60

On December 7th, North American players that aren't currently beta testers will have a chance to give Pirates of the Burning Sea a spin. Please visit this link for download information.

The NDA is Lifted:
Monday, December 3rd signals the end of the Pirates of the Burning Sea Non-Disclosure Agreement. This means that as of today, individuals are welcome to share their Pirates of the Burning Sea experiences with people around the world! We hope you will take this opportunity to draft a blog entry, forum post, or anything else in which you share your experiences as a captain of the Burning Sea.

Regarding Australian and European Pre-Orders
We are still in negotiations with potential partners in Australia and can’t announce anything until a deal is done. This is a very high priority for us and we’ll share the news as soon as we get it. Rest assured that we haven’t forgotten about our Aussie friends!

We will be sharing information specific to European Pre-Orders as soon as we recieve the go-ahead from our partners in the UK. In addition, we are working with our friends at SOE to gather a list of retail locations and will publish that information just as soon as we receive it.

Thank You!
We started our closed beta in December of 2005. As we reach our second year and turn this into an open beta, we want to take a moment to thank you. As our beta veterans can attest, we have come a long, long way together since December of 2005. Even the last six months have seen momentous and continuous (and sometimes controversial!) changes. Your support and feedback throughout all these years has been a tremendous asset and very truly appreciated. We are looking forward to what the future will bring, and we can’t thank you enough for being here with us!

Best,
Aether

http://www.burningsea.com/page/home

I was really looking forward to playing this game over winter break, but oh well.  Hopefully this date stays solid (all indications so far are that it will) and we get to set sail early 2008.

Also keep in mind that if you get the pre-order box you actually get to start playing on the 5th, two weeks before everyone else.  Oh and you also get a parrot. 

Current Mood:

disappointed

Arrr, like Booty? Like Music? Well come stop by Booty Island Radio! Booty Island Radio is a station brought t' you by Gamin' Radio Network, Grn for short. Bir is a pirate themed radio that has music no matter what time it is 24/7. We have  that brin' you historical music t'  who play e'ery type o' music and e'en some  who do live mixes.

Booty Island Radio also has an IRC Channel where listeners can come enjoy some great talk about Booty and chat with the DJ along with the other listeners. So tune in( top left corner "Tune In" box) direct link- http://broadband.bootyisland-radio.com:8300) now and come join us in IRC(irc.coldfront.net 6667 #bootyisland-radio - tell us where you are from!) to chat about Pirates and Pirates of the Burningsea the game we follow.

Booty Island Radio was started to follow the game Pirates of the Burningsea, currently a MMO in production.[ Pirates of the Burningsea is currently in closed beta and expected release this year. We are always looking for more captains to man the streams if you think you got what it takes to DJ and love pirates visit our Recruitment Site and email recruitment@gamingradio.net for questions.

Well I know you love pirates and most likely love music! So come join us on the waves of the radio and tune in! Questions? Want different music? Want anything? Email me: steve.havill@gmail.com

Also if you follow Pirates of the Burningsea and want to talk about it we have an upcoming event/discussion with one of our , Toshiro, about what loot you want to see in game and in your loot box. Stop by booty.gamingradio.net for more info.

Avast!

Tagrun

Current Mood:

cheerful

I'm no graphic designer, but the prospect of getting something submitted to the game that's so personalized really sparked my interest. I fired up the Photoshop and this is what I came up with.

Any suggestions/comments/complaints are always welcome.

Contract status, and steady on course - Rusty's devlog on the game delay. Also, scroll down to read his previous devlog which discusses the State of the Game, the beta and distribution.

For Brendan's PVP devlogs - Open Sea Spawn Manager. Scroll down for his previous devlog, PvP and Conquest Systems.

Don't forget to check out Booty Island Radio, which is an internet radio station in support of PotBS. I'm doing three shows a week and they're looking for more DJs to join. If you're interested in an on-air or off-air position, go to the Gaming Radio Recruitment page. They're also looking for folks for Weathertop Radio, so if you play LoTRO, drop them a note.

I hope they can afford to restore it.

Broadcasting 24/7 with both live DJ's & automated shows, we hope to bring that extra dimension to your seafaring experience in PotBS! With both new & experienced DJ's covering a variety of genres, there will be something for everyone.

Come join us to celebrate the launch of our new station and be in with a chance to win booty such as PotBS mugs, t-shirts and even beta passes!

You can find out more about us at http://www.bootyisland-radio.com and why not swing by our IRC channel:

irc.coldfront.net - channel #bootyisland-radio

If you are interested in joining the DJ team at Booty Island join our IRC channel or visit our website for more information!

I will dedicate my very first hour on-air Saturday, May 12th at 2200 GMT (3pm PDT/5pm CDT/6pm EDT) to all period, piratical and nautical music.

I will be spinning every Friday/Sat/Sun at the same time. My show will consist of a lot of period music, bagpipes from around the world, 70's/80's and beyond.

I have created dj_danicia for playlists, requests and scheduling changes. I've also created a new MySpace page and you can find it here: DJ_Danicia

I expect that maybe once the game launches, we'll have more members. I did want to remind you all to check out the DevLogs. There's been some great news items lately and FLS will be announcing their final date/distribution information.

Cheers!
Dani

This is what Rusty said in response to one post:

"Remember all those business things I keep hinting at? Well, here's a whopping change to plan:

We're not licensing the game in Europe. We've decided to operate it ourselves with local assistance (name forthcoming). This means that when you buy the game (via a box or digital download) there won't be any issues with playing against any of the Western servers. We will be operating French and German language-specific servers, and the servers intended for the EU will be physically located there. But you'll be able to
play on any of the servers.

There's a lot more information coming, but I can't talk about it until we have signed contracts. Happily, we're past the LOI phase and we're now in the contract phase, so things are looking good for us to start talking about what we're doing soon."

Hopefully, this will help folks be a bit more patient and understand FLS knows everyone wants in the beta. *grin*

http://www.flyinglab.com/pirates/logs.php?log_select=62629

In the wise words of Aether

Enjoy, won't you?
-Addy

Come join the Cult of the Repeated MemeFace!

Also, here are some icons you can use for the FLS forum and for LJ if you wish.

Enjoy, won't you?

"Flog the poster above you"

Second, a GREAT interview with Content Director Jess Lebow. Click here for the Interview at MPOGD

If you don't have a fileplanet account, you can get the trailer HERE!

US Festivals

Florida Pirate Festival - Clearwater, FL
Gasparilla Pirate Festival - Tampa, FL
Pirates in Paradise - Key West, FL
Gold Coast Pirate Faire - Lake Casitas, CA
Mission San Juan Capistrano Pirate Festival - Mission San Juan Capistrano, CA
Tybee Island Pirate Festival - Tybee Island, GA
Portland Pirate Festival - Portland, OR
PyrateCon - New Orleans, LA
Lee Island Pirate Days - Lee Island, Ft. Meyer's, FL
Contraband Days Festival - Lake Charles, LA
Hampton Blackbeard Festival - Hampton, VA
Port Washington Pirate Festival - Port Washington, WI
Charleston Maritime Festival - Charleston, SC
Salem Pirate Faire - Salem, MA
St. Louis Pirate Festival - St. Louis, MO
Toshiba Tall Ship Festival - Dana Point, CA

International Festivals

Taranaki Pirate Festival - New Plymouth, Taranaki, NZ
Pirate Festival at Historic Fort York - Toronto, ON CA
Pirates Week Festival - Cayman Islands

Current Location:	"Dream Machine" - Mark Farina
Current Mood:	cheerful

I know, I've slacked badly as a community mod. Well, this isn't really set up as a place for news; it's always best to get it directly from the official site anyway. However, it would be great if we could get the community jumping, maybe talk about the nations we'll play, our goals for the game. FLS has done an excellent job updating the FAQ and keeping the players informed on the forums. *hugs teh awesome dev team*

If any of you folks are on Tribe.net, I've set up a tribe for PotBS. Come sign up there!

Any any rate, we've got just over 5 months until the game goes live, so we should start posting and getting to know each other. I can keep a list of the player names/countries once we go live and do all sorts of other things if you folks want.

Suggestions? Comments? Pictures of Aether that didn't make it to the official forums?