History:Sandbox

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Blockades
Cleaver wrote:

"Initially only Emperor and Byrne islands will be open for blockades. The notice period is 24 hours, so we expect that the first blockades will begin at around 10am Thursday and last for 24 hours, concluding around 10am Friday. To start with there will be one 50 minute round followed by a 70 minute break, i.e. one round every two hours, a total of 12 rounds, and to seize the island a contending party will have to win 7 rounds.

If all goes well we will open all the islands in the Diamond and Emerald Archipelagoes, with the exception of Alpha and Epsilon, plus Jorvik in Ruby, to blockades on Friday afternoon at around 2pm PST, such that blockades announced immediately would begin 2pm Saturday PST and end 2pm Sunday PST."

April 29

 * Emperor I
 * 0 - Defender - none
 * 7 - Contender - The Jolly Company
 * First island to be blockaded.


 * Byrne I
 * 1 - Defender - none
 * 7 - Contender - Tyr's Own

May 1

 * All blockades started on this day were completed in two parts due to server problems.
 * Wrasse was blockaded by of doom and Innuendo, but the blockade was aborted after the server crashed.
 * Guava I
 * 6 - Defender - Vilya
 * 2 - Contender - Hell's Outcasts
 * First blockade of a colonized island.
 * First successful defense.


 * Jorvik I
 * 0 - Defender - none
 * 7 - Contender - Looterati


 * Oyster I
 * 0 - Defender - none
 * 7 - Contender - Eccezionale


 * Spring I
 * 0 - Defender - none
 * 7 - Contender - Imperio


 * Tinga I
 * 0 - Defender - none
 * 7 - Contender - of doom

May 5

 * Papaya I
 * 0 - Defender - none
 * 6 - Contender - Rudder Hell
 * 6 - Contender - Bloody Seas
 * First blockade to go the full 12 rounds.
 * First blockade to have two contenders.

May 14

 * Turtle I
 * 0 - Defender - Vilya
 * 7 - Contender - Crimson Tide
 * 1 - Contender - Nyx's Scions

May 21

 * Cnossos I
 * 0 - Defender - Vilya
 * 3 - Contender - Equinox
 * 7 - Contender - Black Sails

May 28

 * Jorvik II
 * 6 - Defender - Looterati
 * 0 - Contender - Tyr's Own
 * First blockade of a player-controlled island.

June 25

 * Gaea I
 * 6 - Defender - Vilya
 * 0 - Contender - Mercenaries


 * Guava II
 * 0 - Defender - Vilya
 * 7 - Contender - Equinox

July 23

 * Byrne II
 * 6 - Defender - Tyr's Own
 * 1 - Contender - DOOFIS


 * Jorvik III
 * 6 - Defender - Looterati
 * 0 - Contender - Tyr's Own
 * First island to be blockaded three times.


 * Wrasse II
 * 6 - Defender - Cold Steel
 * 1 - Contender - Pirates of Roundtable
 * Sinking blockade.

July 24

 * Eta I
 * 0 - Defender - none
 * 7 - Contender - Silver Dawn

Pirates of Roundtable formed as a splinter flag from of doom due to internal arguments over shop issues and personality conflicts. They had no shop ownership issues with Cold Steel, but wanted to win an island to gain shops. Pirates of Roundtable also were not allied with Of Convenience, rather they had tried to ally without mentioning they were dropping on Cold Steel, a long-time ally of OC.

August 13

 * Turtle ceded to Vilya by Crimson Tide. Vilya ceded it to Death's Gate.

August 14

 * Xi I
 * 0 - Defender - none
 * 7 - Contender - Crimson Tide

August 15

 * Turtle II
 * 6 - Defender - Death's Gate
 * 3 - Contender - Free Turtle

August 28

 * Remora I
 * 6 - Defender - none
 * 2 - Contender - Widows and Orphans

August 29

 * Chaparral I
 * 6 - Defender - none
 * 3 - Contender - Royale Fortune

September 11

 * Cranberry I
 * 5 - Defender - none
 * 1 - Contender - Tyr's Own
 * 1 - Contender - Trans-Atlantic Empire

September 15

 * Remora II
 * 5 - Defender - none
 * 0 - Contender - Heros of Midnight
 * 7 - Contender - Blood Eagles
 * First island to be won in the twelfth round.

September 17

 * Park II, Winter III, and Oyster III were timed to run simultaneously.
 * Park II
 * 6 - Defender - Midnight Armada
 * 0 - Contender - Buri Armada


 * Winter III
 * 6 - Defender - Midnight Armada
 * 0 - Contender - Buri Armada


 * Oyster III
 * 6 - Defender - Nidiata Dei Draghi
 * 1 - Contender - Nidiata Dei Buri

Notburi was confirmed to be a front used by Robertdonald.

September 18

 * Zeta I
 * 0 - Defender - none
 * 7 - Contender - of doom
 * 0 - Contender - Midnight Horizon
 * First time that a flag has controlled two previously uncolonized islands.

September 18

 * Cranberry II
 * 0 - Defender - none
 * 7 - Contender - Trans-Atlantic Empire
 * 0 - Contender - Tyr's Own
 * Tyr's Own dropped a war chest moments before round four began.

September 25

 * Nu I
 * 0 - Defender - none
 * 7 - Contender - Epic
 * 0 - Contender - The Pirate Mafia

October 2

 * Nu II, Cranberry III, and Luthien I were timed to run simultaneously.
 * Luthien I
 * 0 - Defender - none
 * 0 - Contender - No Homers
 * 1 - Contender - Ruby Phoenix
 * 7 - Contender - Carpe Noctem
 * First blockade with three contenders (excluding Epsilon I).


 * Nu II
 * 6 - Defender - Epic
 * 2 - Contender - Saga


 * Cranberry III
 * 6 - Defender - Trans-Atlantic Empire
 * 3 - Contender - Trans-Pacific Empire

October 9

 * Cranberry IV
 * 6 - Defender - Trans-Atlantic Empire
 * 0 - Contender - Sea The Constellation
 * First island to be blockaded four times.

This blockade wasn't similar to Wrasse as this was a direct result of an argument over shop ownership with the island's owners. (See comments on July 23/24.)

October 9

 * Beta I
 * 0 - Defender - none
 * 2 - Contender - Allied Foundation
 * 7 - Contender - Water Sleeps

October 22

 * Cranberry V
 * 6 - Defender - Trans-Atlantic Empire
 * 0 - Contender - DOOFIS
 * First island to be blockaded five times.

October 23

 * Cleo I
 * 0 - Defender - none
 * 7 - Contender - Boochin Katfish
 * 3 - Contender - Skulls and Sticks

October 29

 * Cnossos II
 * 6 - Defender - Black Sails
 * 1 - Contender - Scallywag Syndicate
 * Sinking blockade.

November 6

 * Papaya III
 * 2 - Defender - none
 * 0 - Contender - Technicolor Armada
 * 7 - Contender - Don't Panic


 * Cnossos III
 * 1 - Defender - Black Sails
 * 7 - Contender - Scallywag Syndicate
 * Sinking blockade
 * First large island to be taken from another player-controlled flag via blockade.


 * Angelfish II
 * 0 - Defender - Fear and Loathing
 * 7 - Contender - Dream Reapers

November 9

 * Eta II
 * 0 - Defender - Silver Dawn
 * 0 - Contender - Silver Dusk
 * 7 - Contender - Merciless Exploit of War
 * Sinking blockade.
 * Silver Dawn reciprocated only Merciless Exploit of War's declaration of war.

November 13

 * Gaea II
 * 2 - Defender - Vilya
 * 7 - Contender - No Homers
 * 0 - Contender - Warriors of the World
 * First time that all available islands have been under player control (excluding when only Emperor and Byrne were available). Gaea was available for twenty-nine weeks.

November 13

 * Tinga ceded to The Jolly Company by of doom.

November 21

 * Emperor II and Tinga II were timed to run simultaneously.
 * Emperor II


 * 6 - Defender - The Jolly Company
 * 1 - Contender - Ayliv


 * Tinga II
 * 6 - Defender - The Jolly Company
 * 0 - Contender - Free Tinga

The flag of doom offered up Tinga as the grand prize in an event race with a fee called the Tinga Tango.

December 19

 * Zeta II
 * 3 - Defender - of doom
 * 0 - Contender - Scallywag Syndicate

January 4

 * Tinga ceded to Of Convenience by The Jolly Company.

January 8

 * Tinga III
 * 3 - Defender - Of Convenience
 * 1 - Contender - Running with Scissors

January 9

 * Zeta III
 * 3 - Defender - of doom
 * 2 - Contender - Scallywag Syndicate

of doom won the third round at the last minute. Reportedly Robertdonald pulled out as a financial decision after spending over 1 million PoE on jobbers.

January 15

 * Endurance ceded to Final Stand by The White Tree.

January 15

 * Tinga IV
 * 1 - Defender - Of Convenience
 * 3 - Contender - Running with Scissors

January 27

 * Zeta Island ceded to Bloodmoon Immortals by of doom.

The flag of doom tired of the serial blockades associated with island ownership, so they raffled off the island while making it known to all participants that the island was under blockade threat. Developer permission was secured before announcing the raffle. The number of raffle tickets sold was not disclosed, but due to the looming blockade threat, not many were sold.

Guppymomma and Dracai made the decision to retire the flag of doom before the raffle took place. At the same time, Guppymomma decided to retire due to RL time constraints. The remaining active crews were encouraged to stick together and chose to reform as Phoenix Reborn.

Bloodmoon Immortals sold the island to Robertdonald, but because it had not been approved prior to the deal, the developers wouldn't transfer island ownership.

January 29

 * Nu III
 * 3 - Defender - Epic
 * 0 - Contender - Notorious Fandango

February 6

 * Remora IV
 * 3 - Defender - Allied Foundation
 * 0 - Contender - Notorious Fandango

February 6

 * Endurance II
 * 0 - Defender - Final Stand
 * 3 - Contender - The Midnight Sun
 * Final Stand disbanded after the war chest was dropped, but before the blockade started.

February 12

 * Zeta IV
 * 0 - Defender - Bloodmoon Immortals
 * 3 - Contender - Lost Legacy

February 26

 * Emperor III
 * 3 - Defender - The Jolly Company
 * 2 - Contender - Avalon
 * Sinking blockade.

February 26

 * Ostreum II
 * 2 - Defender - Ragnarok
 * 1 - Contender - Black Sheep Brigade
 * 2 - Contender - Notorious Fandango

February 27

 * Gaea III
 * 3 - Defender - No Homers
 * 0 - Contender - Carpe Nox
 * Sinking blockade.

March 13

 * Endurance III, Jorvik IV, Luthien II, and Zeta V were timed to run simultaneously.
 * Endurance III
 * 0 - Defender - The Midnight Sun
 * 3 - Contender - No Homers
 * 2 - Contender - Notorious Fandango
 * Sinking blockade.
 * The Midnight Sun reciprocated only No Homers' declaration of war.


 * Jorvik IV
 * 3 - Defender - Looterati
 * 0 - Contender - Scallywag Syndycate
 * Sinking blockade.


 * Luthien II
 * 3 - Defender - Carpe Noctem
 * 0 - Contender - Scallywag Syndycate
 * Sinking blockade.


 * Zeta V
 * 0 - Defender - Lost Legacy
 * 3 - Contender - Carpe Noctem

March 19

 * Cnossos IV
 * 3 - Defender - Scallywag Syndicate
 * 0 - Contender - Harbingers

March 29

 * Cnossos ceded to Scuppering Seven Seas by Scallywag Syndicate.

April 2

 * Heph's Forge II
 * 3 - Defender - Seraph's Nightmare
 * 0 - Contender - The Uprising

April 9

 * Angelfish III
 * 3 - Defender - Elysian Fields
 * 0 - Contender - Blockade Practice


 * Cnossos V
 * 3 - Defender - Scuppering Seven Seas
 * 1 - Contender - Raptus Regaliter

April 10

 * Jorvik V
 * 1 - Defender - Looterati
 * 3 - Contender - Scallywag Syndicate