Blind Mew on Jun 21, 2016 wrote:

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As I was saying, I need your help.

This game has an amazing community of players - I will forever be humbled by your support, your loyalty and your patience. And the truth is: the more of you we have, the more content we can create. We're probably going to be painting on a smaller canvas in any potential future updates, but I want that canvas to be as big as possible. That's where you come in.

Go out and recruit new players. We'll keep reaching out as well, but we need your help. Tell your friends how much you like this game. Grassroots evangelizing was a big part of Wizard's success, and it can work for Pirate too. If even half the people reading these words bring in just one player and help them get through the first chapters, so much becomes possible. You want more content, and we want to produce it. The best way to get that content made, and made quickly, is to fill the skies with new ships.

Okay, so maybe this post isn't as long as I originally thought it would be. There's a lot more to say, but I figure this is a good point to open it up for conversation. Any questions?

what if kane never died? I mean kane is the smartest being in the spiral he would know not to mess with us! But why did he? kane has easily made some sort of daupleganger so he could already be in el dorado!? Waiting for us to "TRY" to defeat him. SOOooooooOooo when he said queen was his GREATEST creation he wasn't lying he made queen to KILL us. so he made the queen in el dorado along with another version of rooke and deacon and kanes daupleganger! Case closed kane is in el dorado and the queen went to him after she came back to life! THIS IS JUST A THEORIE I USED INFORMATION I KNEW TO PUT IN THIS THEORIE AGAIN THIS IS FAKE ALL OF THIS POPPED INTO MY BRAIN! But what do you think

also in wizard101 in kishibe village we learned of a monk called chang su who abandoned his post to help fight for mooshu during the emperors sickness. could he make a comeback in pirate? we never even met him in wizard, all we saw was a picture of a gerbil. he seems perfect for pirate, a warrior, a rouge monk, perfect pirate material.

So, About Book 15...yeah right. Mew should change the title to "Question pileup".

Anyways, Mew, did you play any Star Fox games? What did you think?

ValkoorTheVictorio... on Aug 3, 2016 wrote:

I just thought of a couple other "purely curious" kind of inquiries.

A while back it came to my attention that Captain Avery had an interesting first name. Well, more specifically that his name, Horace, meant Timekeeper in Latin. At the time that proved thought-provoking & I had wondered if it was merely a, "this would be cool to go along with the game's ticky-tocky story", kind of thingy. Or was this merely a case of happenstance. Or...or...hopefully, perhaps was this done by intentions? And giving Avery the name of Horace --again meaning Timekeeper-- indeed held a deeper mystery to which we would possibly uncover later on, as the story unfolds? Also, if by some chance it was a "hidden gem", did the altering of the story's course thus alter us pirates unearthing the gem? Again-- probably merely a clever insert. But curiosity always nearly does in this cat.

Also...

Did Phule, or his name, come from Asprin's series of books? I know there are many nods to many Sci-fi works, in the game & I was just wondering if this was one of those? I had also read somewhere that in biblical terms phule can interpret as "tribe/family". Is there any significance within the character Phule & the use of that name?

I know that I am probably digging waaaaay to deep...but I am a pirate after all.

***EDIT/NOTE*** Thank you, BM, for the awesome reply to my first post. I did actually know about Cagliostro (the real-life figure). I had just stumbled upon the comics- warlock, Cagliostro (also based upon the historical "version")-- and had even read about a Cogliostro. The Cog part sparked interests. Many characters found in P101 --Desdemona, Contessa, Mordecai, Deacon, Bishop, Kane and more-- share their names with comics/literary counterparts. So, I guess I kind of hoped that I had stumbled upon something pretty cool (more cool than the story already is) and that maybe the story/characters had been driven from the comics universe.

Again, thank you for the wonderful link to your past.

Hello there, Mr. Mew! I wasn't sure if maybe you missed my last batch of questions or maybe they were a bit too peculiar in nature to warrant replies. And trust me, I would understand if the latter was the case-- heck I thought them up, so I know they are rather odd questions. But they are based upon my research and interesting findings.

But if given the time, would you be so kind as to reply, if even just for the sake of entertaining a nutball like myself? I quoted the post in which I asked the questions, for easier referencing.

But just to sum up....

Is there any significance in Avery's first name, Horace, meaning Timekeeper? Was it done by design? And if so, was it done just for cool kicks or does it possibly bear some "that would be telling", greater importance left for us to discover in the future?

Also, did Phule's name appear as a nod to Asprin's series of books?....and as a way to tie in to the jester aspect of The Court. Also, did you know that Phule is interpreted in some biblical aspects, as meaning 'family' or 'tribe'? If you did happen to know that, is there any hidden significance to giving him that name (besides the obvious)?

Again, I realize these may be strange questions but I'm digging for hidden treasures, here. And I believe you once said (recently I believe), "always question everything"...or something like that.

Thank you!

Why were Boochbeard and Gandry looking for us?

Anne Radcliffe on Aug 26, 2016 wrote:

Thank you for taking the time to answer all of our questions, Blind Mew.

I have another one, which is probably very inconsequential... but maybe there is yet more intrigue hidden within! Why is Martin Chambers' ship named 'The Pretender'? Mr. Chambers appears to be a Marleybonian by world origin. Does the name of his ship give honor to another claimant to the throne of Marleybone, one who is of oh, say, 'Sheepdog' origin rather than 'Corgi'? Is there another internal conflict in Marleybone with others challenging Queen Ellen's (if I remember her name correctly) right to the throne, particularly from an Albion claimant?

Yes, good question! Is there a "Jacobite" element in P101?

You know, Blind Mew, when we first heard about Valencia II, we were excited to go back there, and undergo many adventures to learn how to defeat Kane. It sounded amazing.

Then when we heard word it would be arc 1's end, we were heavily baffled to hear that, until you cleared all that up.

While we understand all that, we had thoughts on it's outcome before it went to Test. I didn't even get the feeling o' being completely sick of Kane, the Armada, and their evil ways & ultimately want to take them all down once and for all.

We thought the shortened ending would segue the events into a False Ending, like Kane not being really gone and someone within the Armada would rise up to take his place while he's "gone", whereas the new villain would already become the next Big Bad by the time that's done.

That kinda gave the "False Victory, Act 1 False Ending" vibe upon some that made it there that made it look like the main enemy was believed to be gone, but in reality, he wasn't gone, he only hid in a secluded place to prepare for another go at the heroes, that kinda thing.

So, I have to ask you this, is this the case with the "False Victory, Act 1 False Ending" bit? Some sure seem to think so.

Plus, I may need to ask you, think we may see some incomplete palaces as lesser villains' lairs in the 2nd arc along the way? I really liked the idea of infiltrating a lesser enemy lair while it's still incomplete, like in Zafaria's Black Palace in W101. Why, Librarian Fitzhume even liked the idea o' seeing more like that later on.

I would like to see those made in some later story updates, & maybe even some side content updates, to come. Would you imagine incomplete lesser villains' palaces in the 2nd arc's storyline & ongoing? I would.

Hope you can answer these questions. Thanks!

Oh! There is one other question I almost forgot to ask...

Thinking about Valencia II, this led me to ask this, will there be planned trips to past worlds while the story goes on time to time? I'm fine with exploring more new worlds, but these words led me to think of whichever possibilities of returning to past worlds to explore new Skyways & lands, like Monquista II, Marleybone II, MooShu II, Aquila II, E.G..

There's plenty o' possibilities for expansions to past worlds, & I can imagine so many. Can you? I know they're inevitable someday, & may be P101's mainstay.

Questions for Blind Mew:

1) Cadiz!! I fully expected us to visit there, but we never did. Will we, eventually?

2) Weak Valencian Steel. I thought this would be a part of the plot to defeat Kane. No?

3) Will we ever meet Erika the Red?

4) The seers below Delphi. They erased early memories. What was the purpose of that? So we could ignore the differences of how our parents died?

5) Why do all of the shops in Marleybone have sharks hanging from the ceiling? Even ones that supposedly sell fruit!

Hello Blind Mew! I'm not sure if anybody has asked this yet or not, but I had a couple questions about Krokotopia.

When we finished Aquila, I was always under the impression that the Rosetta Stone would lead us back to Valencia firstly, and then to Krokotopia, since one of the languages is Krokotopian. I've always wondered, were we every meant to visit this world? And if we were (without giving any details of course), how would this have affected or shifted the story?

Also a question about Monquista: I always felt like this world was very short, and there is at least one more skyway at the end of Tierra Primata Skyway. In the original books 15-20, would we every visit these skyway(s)?

anecorbie on Sep 9, 2016 wrote:

There was no reason to visit Krokotopia - as you remember, we got the translation to the languages in Marleybone.
The Stone was there to allow us to learn the coded message on the clockwork birds, that's all.

Yeah, I suppose that is true. I guess I just saw them introducing something of Krokotopia like that that there would be more reason than just translating, but in retrospect that doesn't make much sense to me now that I think about it.
Thanks for clearing that up for me.

That island was off the coast of Sumatra. Even having it be to home of the pirate republic of Avery. In the real world, Henry Every's pirate kingdom was believed to be on Madagascar. So I suppose that my question from this is did Skull Island start out as the Caribbean to be in line with the current mega franchise and evolve to be an "every ocean" being what ever large body of water fit the story. Or did you always mean it to be something different and only those that dug deeper by reading and watching and researching would find out? And you just stated Caribbean to give the easy answer that everybody expected.

My third thought is to beg you, PLEASE, please please !! DO NOT scrap Able. I know you wrote about him because you thought that there was no use for him, but he may be more useful than you realize. I know that a pirate at this point would have no use for him since his brother is defeated, but I believe Pirate has much use for him. Able seems to be the very thing that could kill two birds with one stone. The community is asking over and over for a Clockwork companion, and devs are looking for recruitment. As I said pirates have no use to go looking for Able and quest for his missing parts, he's of no use to them now and pirates aren't the type of people that do things that don't profit them. But, there is a whole base of people who would look into that just for scholarly pursuit. Of course, I mean wizards. I think you should definitely look into the marketing ploy used by tv producers and comic book publishers for decades to draw people from a higher rated title to another. The almighty cross-over. And I'm not talking having players interact. Already know that doesn't work. But, bringing a piece of the story over to Wizard, whetting the appetite of some of the players there for the story beyond the FTP areas. And what self respecting wizard wouldn't want to study how to build a person a la Frankenstein. Continued.