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Where has this been from the beginning?
I try to dedicate as much time as I can to helping other pirates, inside and outside of my guild. I am sure to personally help pirates in growing, becoming stronger, and experiencing the Caribbean with the kind of friendship and enjoyment I lacked in my earlier times in the game. Whenever somebody needs help, I'll do anything in my power to aid them - the only thing that can ever limit me is real life, and even then does it have just a little hard of a time.
Unity has always been one of my primary focuses in the Caribbean. But it's hard to establish such a union between all pirates not only because of such an expansive number to cover, from an expansion of so many guilds, but because it seems as though the game itself has become segregated, divided viciously between certain cliques that exist in the Caribbean. If you can't see it now, it's because your vision doesn't yet cover so many corners and nooks as mine has - and trust me, you'll know it when you see it.
I think the main problem is fear, that we are too afraid to not just become apart of other "communities" in POTCO, but that we are too afraid to become involved. And, in good reason - with every community, is a new group of pirates, with different opinions and outlooks on the game. It's kinda like back in elementary school, when you had your group of friends, and you wouldn't dare venture over to another, like it was too risqué or forbidden.
If you ask me, the first thing we need to do is abandon the titles we've carried with us. And no, I'm not talking about your guilds - I'm talking about, stop recognizing yourself and others as "Founders," or "Blue Tags," or "Gray Tags," or "Jumpers," or "Griefers," or "Cool Kids," or "Outcasts." Instead, see each other as fellow pirates, all on an equal level, regardless of guild, level, name tag, rank, and so forth.
We need to begin to scope ourselves in to other groups. Instead of passing by any regular pirate, or scowling every time you see "that person," say "Ahoy!" Maybe just by taking that step, we can start to shift towards creating a larger, stronger, better community, here on the forums, across all forums, and on the game.
We're all here for a purpose, after all: Enjoying our time here. So, let's enjoy it with one another.
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