The Flying Dutchman

[darqen27]

Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Elder-Pirate had posted this pic in an earlier thread. Have not seen it myself.


RDP

I tried my all with this one, you cant do anything to it, cant even ram it

[darqen27]

Originally Posted by darqen27

I tried my all with this one, you cant do anything to it, cant even ram it

Also that cant be a pirate ship, too many gun ports, its more like a Ship of the Line

[I'm goin' down]

Originally Posted by darqen27

I tried my all with this one, you cant do anything to it, cant even ram it

Originally Posted by darqen27

Also that cant be a pirate ship, too many gun ports, its more like a Ship of the Line

darqen, do you know what you are talking about? I have encountered the ghost ship. I think the picture which you assert cannot be "a pirate ship" appears to be the same ship that I sighted, observed, fired at, and chased. See my post above.

[darqen27]

Originally Posted by I'm goin' down

darqen, do you know what you are talking about? I have encountered the ghost ship. I think the picture which you assert cannot be "a pirate ship" appears to be the same ship that I sighted, observed, fired at, and chased. See my post above.

Yes actually I do know what pirate ships look like, other then the queen annes revenge, pirates didnt have anything bigger then sloops, it may be a pirate ship in the game, but real pirates didnt have triple gun decks

[I'm goin' down]

Originally Posted by darqen27

Yes actually I do know what pirate ships look like, other then the queen annes revenge, pirates didnt have anything bigger then sloops, it may be a pirate ship in the game, but real pirates didnt have triple gun decks

You are mislabelling the ship. It is a known by most as a "ghost" ship. I have seen a video closeup of some of its crew, and they looked like pirate ghosts. Are you saying it does not exist? Or are you quibbling over the semantics of what someone has labelled it. As far as I am concerned it makes no difference. (i.e., in Homer's Iliad, he sometimes refers to chariots as "cars.")

[darqen27]

Originally Posted by I'm goin' down

You are mislabelling the ship. It is a known by most as a "ghost" ship. I have seen a video closeup of some of its crew, and they looked like pirate ghosts. Are you saying it does not exist? Or are you quibbling over the semantics of what someone has labelled it. As far as I am concerned it makes no difference. (i.e., in Homer's Iliad, he sometimes refers to chariots as "cars.")

naw. ur right Im just fighting over the details, I referred to it as a "ghost" ship in one of my other posts, because thats what it is, but I dont really like the reference to it as "the flying dutchman"

Sorry

[I'm goin' down]

the real issue is, in my opinion, the fact that a ghost ship was inserted in the game by ubisoft. Personally, I think it is a great move, and displays imagination with a sense of humor. I had heard about it for years before I appeared in the early morning hours and the coordinate mentioned in my post.

[peabody]

Originally Posted by darqen27

naw. ur right Im just fighting over the details, I referred to it as a "ghost" ship in one of my other posts, because thats what it is, but I dont really like the reference to it as "the flying dutchman"

Sorry

You can call it Hazel if you want, but this is what the developers called it:

[Unit 1]
Name=The Flying Dutchman
DOC=19410505
DOD=21001231

As for it not being a "pirate ship', the legend/story began hundreds of years ago, and it was a Dutch sailing ship not a 'pirate ship' in many of the early accounts. In fact in several of the first legends, the "Flying Dutchman' refered to the captain, NOT the ship, the ship was not named.
Of course over the years the ship name became the 'Flying Dutchmen'. But since the early legends have it as a Dutch ship, not a pirate ship, it could look like anything, after all it is only a legend.

Peabody