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==Pirates of the Caribbean Online: Game Remembrance==
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Walking on the Edge Inc. Would like to thank John Foulroberts, or JFrProductions for this 3 hour video. It includes every inch of every Island, quotes from Pirates, caves, ships, Invasions, Quests, Ship customization, Ship Repair (Land & Sea). Every thing you can possibly think about POTCO (Except for Glitches maybe. :P) is in this video. It's a doozy to watch, as of the moment of editing, Im still watching it. :)
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Revision as of 18:43, 1 February 2014

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Pirates Online

Opened:

October 31st, 2007

Closed:

September 19th, 2013

Engine:

Panda3D

Developer(s):

Disney Interactive Media Group, Alberto Campo (Lead)

Publisher:

Disney Interactive Studios

Platforms:

Mac OS X, Windows

Genres:

Historical fantasy, MMORPG

This page is published by:

Walking on the Edge Inc.

This page is written by:

Captain Ned Edgewalker

     Not to be confused with: Generations of The POTC Fanon Wiki 

The Generations of POTCO is Under Construction!

This article or section is currently being edited by Captain Ned Edgewalker!

Please do not edit The Generations of POTCO unless it is a spelling or grammar issue











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So.. Here we are. I have decided to make this, because since Ive returned Ive realized that Pirates Online was somewhat more than a game for some people. Me for instance, from my brightest days, to my darkest hours, Pirates Online was there for me. Sounds somewhat pathetic right? But I know im not the only one. So, on this page, I will take a nice long recap of POTCO. - Ned Edgewalker 


October 31st, 2007

This date serves important to most POTCO players, as this was the day it all began. On Halloween many Pirates of the Carribbean fans signed up for this game that many of us was excited for came out. I had a founder account until August 2007, when I got banned with it. In the latter days of POTCO, seeing a founder became extremely rare.

The Glory Days, 2007-2009

"The POTCO legends, began there" - Remy 

The early stages of this game (2007-2009) are considered to be the best days for Pirates Online, for multiple reasons. One of the big reasons are the original Port Royal and Tortuga, widely considered to be better than they're 2009-2013 counterparts. We would like to thank General Lawrence, a former Rollback on this wiki, for these videos.

The game got off to a stong start,and it went as well as a 2007 game with 2003 graphics can go. Usually people were POTC fans, or Pirate fans in general, because B it didn't have the "It factor" that other games had. But at the time, the people online the game were the best. This was before Roleplay had a strong factor in the game. Fight's didn't happen often in public places, and it was amazing.

Country Roleplay Begins

The most popular form of roleplay in the latter days of POTCO, began in 2008, the first Country, being France. 

The Glory days started to become a thing of the past, as Country Roleplay became more popular, so did Pirates vs. EITC Roleplay. It was starting to be that you couldn't log in without some kind of war going on, or hearing something that the Pirates won this battle against the EITC, or vise versa. The game was becoming more populated, I remember when the first 2-4 servers would be full, this was back in the days when you would sit on your map waiting to get a spot in Abassa. You would ask your entire guild if they were in Abassa, and if you could Teleport to them if someone was. But this still was not the highest point of the game.

The Roleplay Era Begins, late 2009-2010

"As the game became more populated, players started to branch out people wanted to have their own stories... Unique individual stories and thus, Roleplay was born" - David McMartin

The roleplay era started to come into effect when two types of roleplay started to come into effect. The Pirates vs. EITC, and Country Roleplay. This was also the beginning of the high point in POTCO users. At the High point of POTCO, we had 500,000-600,000 users. Roleplay was always around in POTCO. It's a pirate game... Obviously.. Whether it was a guy named Remy being the POTCO equivilant of Captain Jack Sparrow, or you and your friends pretending to live on a ship, on a quiet server. Roleplay was in the roots of this game, but it was going viral. The estimate of players involved in Roleplay (all-time) is 60% of players. At the beginning however, it was most likely more like 15-25% of players. But the golden era, is still ahead of us.


Notable Players from the Beginning of the Roleplay Era: 

The Golden Age (2010-2012)

"This is when POTCO, got really, really busy." - Captain Ned Edgewalker

To be continued

Userboxes

Thanks to user: Reyes De Luz (Albert Spark) for these amazing userboxes! Copy paste the desired userbox's code from the code column onto your userpage or page!

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POTCOGen1 The Generations of POTCO is from the 1st POTCO Generation!
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POTCOGen2 The Generations of POTCO is from the 2nd POTCO Generation!
Beginnning of Role-Play (2009-2010) {{POTCOGen|2|nd}}
POTCOGen3 The Generations of POTCO is from the 3rd POTCO Generation!
Golden Age (2010-2012) {{POTCOGen|3|rd}}
These sections are still to be written
POTCOGen4 The Generations of POTCO is from the 4th POTCO Generation!
Downfall of POTCO (2012) {{POTCOGen|4|th}}
POTCOGen5 The Generations of POTCO is from the 5th POTCO Generation!
Deathbed of POTCO (2013) {{POTCOGen|5|th}}



Pirates of the Caribbean Online: Game Remembrance

Walking on the Edge Inc. Would like to thank John Foulroberts, or JFrProductions for this 3 hour video. It includes every inch of every Island, quotes from Pirates, caves, ships, Invasions, Quests, Ship customization, Ship Repair (Land & Sea). Every thing you can possibly think about POTCO (Except for Glitches maybe. :P) is in this video. It's a doozy to watch, as of the moment of editing, Im still watching it. :)