Bjgamer, I was only asking you to speak for yourself who was so inspired to make this thread. I didn't need you to speak for anyone else.

Ah. Okay. Then I misunderstood. The answer to why I was so inspired to make this thread is in the first paragraph of the OP. bjgamer referred to my husband, B, and myself, J, both of us gamers. My husband, B, did a giveaway and for fun based it on International Talk Like A Pirate Day in 2018 and everyone seemed to have a great amount of fun and camaraderie. So the next year, 2019, B hosted it again - he talked pirate much better than I. Shortly after that giveaway, again in 2019, Doc0075 held a giveaway D&D dungeon game and used B's Pirate Penguin character from the Pirate Day GA as a boss minion in his dungeon game. We all had a lot of laughs and a fun time. In 2020 my husband, B, passed away one week before he was going to do this Pirate Day giveaway again. I was not in any state of mind to host it alone that year, instead I donated the games and gave permission and several other very kind members hosted GA's in B's honor. This year I am finally able to host it again, for my deceased husband's memory, to let those who knew him 'hoist a Grog' in his name and to remember and have fun. So yes, this is important to me because it was important to him, and because like him I like to get creative and help people have fun. I hope that now answers your question as to why I am hosting this.

lol - nicely done.

Avast ye scurvy scumm! The first mission of the Cursed Crew is about t' launch! Come an' read o' them there tale and cheer 'em on in their adventurin' by yer posts in this here current Yarr! Talk Like A Pirate Day GA thread!
(Below is the link to the game thread. Please post any observations, comments, jokes, etc. in this thread though, so to keep the game thread easier to follow for the players (and GM). Thank you.) Yarr! P-)

Voyage of the Cursed Crew

And while ye be at it, ye lily-livered, mermaid-mooning scoundrels - it be far too quiet in here. Give us a joke, a rhyme, a story to pass the time at sea, or ye'll be walkin' the plank sure! Ye have a little over 3 days to enter for Dock Hand prizes and Best Pirateer Award! Just post "I be in fer Dock Hand" by midnight-7 UTC, 19 September 2023 - (7AM UTC 20 September). Arrrrrr!

Arrr, reading all the rules was quite a challenge! :D It took me a while. I thought I experience a language barrier for English, but it seems to be even more a case for Piratish ;)

Ahoy! I'll stay in Dock Hand.

I'm Bartholomew Cleanington and I dream to establish a pirate state one day.
I asked my Chatee-geepeetee Parrot for help to start writing the text of the constitution so that I will be ready when the political winds are favorable. Here it is! A round of rum for everyone!
Let's raise a toast to freedom and our future Pirate State!

- - -
Edit:
Arrr, me heartie! I be forgettin' 'bout the treasure!
An' that "Abandoned ship" and me mate "Cleo - a pirate's tale" might just come in handy fer me political quest! ;)

Cooling his heels by the water's edge, Captain Radaggarb scribbled madly with his quill on a piece of dirty parchment.

Occasionally he'd curse, then slash wickedly with the ink as if to send down the offending passage to see Old Hob. Other times he'd cackle in laughter with the progress. Sitting beside him on the empty crate was a loose collection of similar parchment, weighed down with a stone. Floating in the water other discarded notes bobbed like floatsam from a wrecked ship.

Re-reading the line he just wrote, he hummed a tune under his breath, then a smirk formed on his chapped lips.

His final song was ready.

Radaggarb gathered up his parchments and tucked them into his grubby tunic. Back to work; A performance will hold until tomorrow.

*whistling*
*murmurs* Soon may the Blues will come...

Arrr Matey! Ye did quite well! A round o' rum fer everyone indeed. A toast to ye and the future Pirate State!


Sure an' we be lookin' forward to Captain Radaggarb's new ditty. Yarr!

All right m'laddies, gather 'round!

I've got a final song I've penned in the tune of a shanty some of you might already know. The Best Privateers need to be strong-backed and sharp-witted, but music is what a seadog's soul needs when morale is low.

*Radaggarb's motley crew members manned their instruments*

*Radaggarb pulled a piece of parchment, its ink still wet in places, out of his tunic and drew a deep breath*

There was a for-um, posts were free
The name of the site was G-O-G
The threads blew up, her code broke-down
Hell-o, good friends, hell-o (Huh!)

Soon may the Blues will come
To post and mod-er-ate our fun
One day, when the forum is done
We'll take our games and go

Was it too much to ig-nore?
Upon the threads, bot-post encore
Users called staff to impore:
Bring the bots down-low (Huh!)

Soon may the Blues will come
To post and mod-er-ate our fun
One day, when the forum is done
We'll take our games and go

[Chorus Repeat with Da-Da-Das]

Savvy price caught eye of spotter
Cashed-up Whales swooped in and bought her
Download-in' ran servers hotter
Buy at sale-price-low! (Huh!)

Soon may the Blues will come
To post and mod-er-ate our fun
One day, when the forum is done
We'll take our games and go

A slow support-bot/email speed
A patrons mind was full of need
DM-a-Blue-quick to expede
To get the game to show (Huh!)

Soon may the Blues will come
To post and mod-er-ate our fun
One day, when the forum is done
We'll take our games and go

[Chorus Repeat with Da-Da-Das]

Tho sudden-ly went up a roar
Updates missed, flags-dark-once-more
We re-fuse a client-eye-sore
Most fra-gile site I know (Huh!)

Soon may the Blues will come
To post and mod-er-ate our fun
One day, when the forum is done
We'll take our games and go

But what do you know: the store's still on
A sale is hot, all whales not gone

The staff will newspost on the wall
To encourage the pat-ron, dev and all

Soon may the Blues will come
To post and mod-er-ate our fun
One day, when the forum is done
We'll take our games and go

Soon may the Blues will come
To post and mod-er-ate our fun
One day, when the forum is done
We'll take our games and go

*Captain & Crew take a bow*

Well that be it. I bid all those who came here to honour the late Captain B and partake in this adventure good humour and good fortune. Go easy on the rum, lads. It warms the body and spirit, but dulls the nerves!

This shantie was great fun. Really good.

I be in fer ...Dock Hand.

Ahoy, I be Sammy! While I been, trully, the parrot o' Blind Ed, Cap'n B's main gunner, I did spend quite some time in the cap'n cabin, keepin' 'im company an' lookin' fer crackers. 'E did not mind an' actually found it jolly. 'E been also the one who taught me to fly around the ship an' say "SHARK ALERT!" repeatedly when they was makin' someone walk the plank. Oh, the crew found it so jolly!

So I been asked to come an' tell a story o' the jolly old gentleman o' fortune days. Cap'n B been a nice man who, while a man o' the sea, cared about 'is crew. 'E made sure Blubber Fred an' Troublesome Tom adjusted Blind Ed's cannons without 'im knowin'. Ye see, Blind Ed really been blind, but Big Sir Brandon kept 'im in 'is role even after that there accident, sayin' 'is expertise mad 'im more valuable than 'is accordion playin' skills. Also, 'e made sure to credit 'im with at least 'ome cannon 'it after each battle, even when 'e been orderin' we fired to the other side! That there really made Blind Ed feel useful. An' 'e ne'er did learn 'ow to play the accordion. Good fer us!

'Owever, one night, when in Grenada with the lads, Blind Ed's lack o' aim really cause trouble as 'e mistook the governor's dearrr niece fer the barrr wench. Oh, no! Let us say things escalated quickly, confusion came about an' the lads 'ad to set sail in a jiffy, with some armed thugs on the chase! I guess Blind Ed got confused an' went in with another crew an' limped along to the wrong ship.

By the time Blind Ed finally understood what 'ad 'appened, we was grabbin' a shipment o' live alpacas to Amsterdam! It took some time, but Blind Ed told me Cap'n B 'ad some 'uge cracker just fer me, an' I just 'ad to reach the boat to get it. Well, ye see... I be a parrot, not an albatross. I be a land bird... an' I got lost. When I finally made it to land, I could not find Starcraft (that been the name o' the ship). But I did find Kiki, a beautiful Cuban macaw an'... well, that there be another story. Ye'll 'ave to buy a keg o' rum to 'earrr that there one. But I can say that there I still enjoy flyin' around yellin' "SHARK ALERT!" when I spy people jumpin' into water. That there ne'er gets old! Hah!

So raise yer specs to these darin' men an' their numerous exploits! An' pass me the 'ardtacks, will ye? I can smell them from o'er 'ere. Ye can't 'ide them from me, ye know?

In fer:
Escape from Monkey Island™
Sunless Sea
Abandon Ship
Spirit of the Island + Spirit of the Island - Beach Resort
WAVECADE
ISLANDERS
Don't Starve: Shipwrecked

I be in fer Dock Hand.

Ahoy, laddy! Come 'ere, to raise a jolly old grog to Cap'n B! Me gentleman o' fortune cook Long Joe; I wield big pan, that be 'o 'o, as them I've 'it in the 'ead might say; nobody stand then, even the toughest arr, matey. Ye look at scratches on me leg. Don't be shy, brin' grog an' sit 'ere, an' 'earrr...
Some time ago I've served under a Cap'n Slimy Eel, may devil not let 'im go out o' 'ell, in "See Foul Beast". Yarr, ye 'ear, inside... Pour me a grog... Cap'n been the devil incarnate an' an' no one plundered ships an' widows like this here slimy scoundrel. Raise a grog to Cap'n Eel! An' 'earrr...
Once upon a time we set sail on the "Yellowed Pearl" pinnace, when an island with a geyser started chasin' us in the middle o' the ocean. Everyone turned as pale as baby pissin' in 'er stinkin' diapers, but the Cap'n 'e laughed daft like a devil an' ordered us to attack an' board damned rocky stalker. Suddenly, the island opened its 'uge mouth an' with one snap it crushed an' swallowed our pinnace.
Gimme mug! Me throat went dry...
In a belly o' the big fish - ye be clever as damned, arr, matey, so ye already know, that there been the big fish - Cap'n gathered all survivors an' claimed this here beast to be our new gentleman o' fortune ship, an' named it "Sea Foul Beast". So we started collectin' the treasures from all the ships in the belly o' the sea foul beast. What been there? Jolly Spanish galleons with their 'olds full o' gold, gentleman o' fortune sloops 'eavy with booty, English an' Dutch merchant ships with chests filled to the brim with gold coins, even French barques with perfumes an' jewelry in the damn to the depths ladies' cabins. An' the big foul beast, under the command o' Cap'n Eel, continued to attack new ships, which 'e apparently confused with the whales on which it fed.
An' we would 'ave remained rich fer the rest o' our damn to the depths days if it weren't fer that there German Old Graf, this here scoundrel from the deepest, darkest abyss. When we found 'im in the belly o' the fish, we demanded a ransom as we would from any castaway, who survived the beast's attack. But 'e just laughed an' took a snuffbox out o' 'is 'ose's pocket, 'e took a 'andful o' snuff an' blew it out into direction o' the big fish nostrils. The hurricane of a gargantuan sneeze shot us 'igh, 'igh into the damn sky, an' then we started plummetin' down...
Where did I end tellin' story up? Let's start there.
I woke up in the middle o' the sea, surrounded by a few gentlemen o' fortune, who 'as survived fallin' into the water. All desperately swimmin' in a deep water, without a lifeboat, grub, an' the cap'n damned command, we 'ad no chance o' survivin'. Suddenly, a dead man's chest fell into the water next to us. Don't flinch! In the belly o' the "Sea Foul Beast" our ship's carpenter made o' wood from some swallowed ships a 'uge an' strong chest fer the treasure. Alas, right after that there, the poor arr, matey woke to the sky a 'uge octopus in the 'old o' the wreck, 'e been searchin' in the foul beast's belly; 'er tender embrace proved fatal. We divided 'is share an' belongings fairly, but no one wanted to take the chest, cause dead's man chest always brings bad luck. An' it be true, because 'er loud splash attracted a 'uge shark to us. We climbed onto the dead man's chest: fifteen men on a top an' one bottle o' rum, which I found inside it. Now ye should order a bottle o' pure rum fer us...
The situation been 'opeless, mine arr, matey: in the middle o' the sea in a big box, bein' circled by a 'uge shark, without a sail or an oar, without any weapon - we was railin' against the damned fate brought by the dead man's chest. Then I came up with a devilish idea: I extended me leg towards shark an' 'e grabbed it with 'is damned teeth...
One time, while I been searchin' the wrecks in the „Sea Foul Beast”, a large fish 'iccupped, causin' an earthquake in its guts. Shipwrecks began to drive aft an' forth across the belly o' the beast. I been tryin' to be gone, ye filthy dog o' their way, but one o' them stroke me with a mast an' crushed completly me damned left leg. Fortunately, the ship's carpenter cut a new one fer me from ironwood; 'e found it by accident, when 'e been surprised to see a broken tooth o' a damn to the depths sea beast on one o' the wrecks - that be 'ow 'ard ironwood be.
So, the shark's bite couldn't penetrate me leg, but 'e dug 'is teeth into it an' 'eld it with all 'is might. Then I grabbed the dead man's chest tightly an', usin' the powerful shark fin, directed it towards the nearest port, which we reached in a short time, an' there the 'arpooneers killed the fish; 'ence the deep scratches on me wooden leg…
What be the matter about ye, laddy? Ye be lyin' under the table...?

The Booty I be after:
1. Cleo - a pirate's tale – Deluxe Ed.
2. The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Ed.
3. Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™
4. Escape from Monkey Island™
5. Don't Starve + Don't Starve: Shipwrecked
6. Abandon Ship

Captain Radaggarb, ye be back to gift us another o'yer creative shanties! A very fine ditty indeed! Ye gone and got the tune a stuck in me head. I be thankin' ye fer yer fine work, and raise a grog to ye and the crew!

Ahoy Sammy! We be wonderin' where ye flew off to. "SHARK ALERT!" Good times.
Ah Sammy, ye be crackerin' me up. That was a great story. Thank ye fer the memories as they say.
Now ... about that other story ... Kiki, was it? I have a whole barrel o'rum fer ye right here. :P

Ahoy, Long Joe! That be a right tall "See Foul Beast" tale indeed. Such adventurin', in a belly o' the big fish. It be such a tale the likes o'which I have not heard since that fine Cap'n Jack o'the Black Pearl tried to tell us he be a king o'some cannibal island once. ;) I be thankin' ye fer it and yer toast to Cap'n B. Here, have another rum.

Ahoy Mateys! I be wishing all ye old salty, nattering blaggarts, and yer land-lovin', fish-kissin' cousins, a rousing International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Now polish up yer listenin' or I'll hang ye by yer ears ...

**Time to batten down the hatches, secure the riggin' and make sure yer powder is dry. If ye have not taken a crack at the Pirate's Challenge, now be yer chance! Ye have barely 24 hours to enter for Dock Hand prizes and Best Pirateer Award! Just give us yer pirate name and tell us a piratey tale, joke or rhyme with at least 3 pirate speak words and post "I be in fer Dock Hand" by midnight-7 UTC, 19 September 2023 - (7AM UTC 20 September).

Lift a tankard to Cap'n B and do the Grog Brethren proud! Yarrr!

And those of ye entered for Best Pirateer Award - DO NOT EDIT your entries after midnight-7 UTC, 19 September 2023 - (7AM UTC 20 September), until the vote has been cast and the Winner announced!

Just for fun:

Blackadder II's "Potato" episode (Captain Redbeard Rum)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EfW9znJYjw

Shiver me timbers! Piran Jade and the GOG Crew be celebrating Talk Like A Pirate Day with a treasure chest full of pirate themed games, but kindly also added a bounty of loot to our own Booty! Heave Ho and take a look at 5 new games added to the prize list and marked with a ! ... but remember, if you are entering for the Best Pirateer Award, DO NOT edit your entry after midnight UTC-7, 19 September 2023 - (7AM UTC 20 September), until the vote has been cast and the Winner announced! Ye'll have time after the vote to edit yer prize list!

A hearty, Thank Ye, to Piran Jade and the GOG Crew, and a toast of the GrOG t'ye! Yarrr!