Are you seeing the flashing ocean problem?

Boy, Rocktoonz, I feel like an idiot for not having thought of that. Kudos on the great suggestion!

BulletMagnet, can you please create a support request ticket, and attach your log file to it? It should be in your My Documents\Pirates of the Burning Sea folder.

Oh, and this may be obvious, but if people are having strange problems like this and live in Seattle, please make a note of that in the ticket. I'm not saying it'll result in anything, but sometimes it's nice to be able to set something up so we can look at the machine in question.

I have zero update for you, because I've been travelling for the last two weeks. Please post your specific ticket number and I'll try and jump on it, though jumping on it may be more effective Monday when i'm back in the office.

I always find it amazing that people who have a beef with the game only know other people who are leaving. Nobody ever writes in and says "boy, I don't like this game, though all my friends do."

On any MMO ever.

Rest assured Warham that you made me burst out laughing having read your edited post. :-)

By the way, I've been having all sorts of health problems that may force me to bow out, but does anyone want to do a meet up while I'm here in Sydney? You'll never believe all the juicy secrets I just toss out there when you get to talk to me in person!

Health problems: Another bout of kidney stones, and some sort of bad congestion problem. In fact, after a 15 hour flight on Air Canada ("Sorry sir, we don't upgrade based on medical problems") I staggered off the plane for 50 feet, and got handed a note that said they'd lost my luggage. 50 feet more and I was projectile vomiting in the exit tube. I got to my hotel and slept for 22 hours straight.

And since then? Well, cautiously, I've felt better. Monday was a great day for press, and today was another good day. I've started eating more regular food, and I have high hopes that I'll be able to avoid another serious attack while I'm here.

Yes. However, there is going to be a huge promotion here, you'll be able to get your hands on the game one way or another. And if you're a Bigpond customer, you'll be unmetered for the game.

And guess where I'm writing this from? Sydney! Where Burger King is Hungry Jack!

The Australian market is different from the US/EU market, and the Asian market. Bigpond has a vision for really jumpstarting MMOs in this territory, and is putting the money and marketing behind it to make it happen. The client here will be free, but it is restricted to the Australian servers and will be using a different launcher.

We're doing a LOT of press right now. Just today I did several print interviews, online interviews, a radio interview, and a TV interview. All of this is timed for the release date on the 27th.