[Minsc]

India (7 Pirate Attacks)
It doesn’t take a speed boat to steal from a ship that’s sitting still. The six pirates who attacked the Maersk Visual, seen here, arrived at the anchored tanker just before 7 a.m. in a long, wooden boat with a sail and oars. The Maersk Visual’s officer of the watch spotted the boat alongside and ordered a sailor to investigate. The sailor spotted two strange men hauling ship property across the deck and gave chase. The pirates jumped into their wooden boat and started rowing. Crewmembers on Maersk Visual raised an alarm and called Visakhapatnam Anchorage port control, but amazingly, the back-to-basics pirates got away with their booty.
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[gemmaljh]

Somalia (31 Pirate Attacks)
Somalian piracy isn’t as widespread as it was five years ago, but it’s still a serious problem. The mostly Ukrainian crew of MSC Jasmine was underway in broad daylight when six pirates in a skiff began chasing their ship. Shortly afterward, the attackers opened fire with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades. The master of MSC Jasmine raised an alert, sent most of his sailors to the ship’s citadel, and ordered his security team to return fire. The pirates retreated, but didn’t get far. Two warships responding to MSC Jasmine’s distress signal, the American USS Halyburton and French FS Surcouf, intercepted the skiff and caught its mother ship to boot. Twelve pirates were taken into custody.
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[telyni]

Also changed are the tactics used to combat piracy. National navies have become much more active in the fight against piracy, and commercial tankers and cargo vessels increasingly employ armed security—a concept that was rare and even discouraged in many maritime circles as recently as 2008.

[hippich]

When CNBC first examined the world’s most dangerous waters in 2008, Somalian pirates operating in the Gulf of Aden and coastal Somalia easily dominated as the globe’s most prolific, according to data compiled by the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre. Somalia and the Gulf of Aden still have treacherous waters, but no longer the worst: Over the last five quarters, examined here, a new country’s national waters have become the most heavily pirated on earth.

[Psychoactive]

Like the Caribbean of old, the waters near Somalia used to be the most heavily pirated in the world. Now there's a new king of the pirates that's quickly become a headache for governments, shipping companies, cruise lines, energy firms, global conglomerates and—perhaps most immediately—for sailors trying to ply trade.

[marywilliams937]

- There are references to cursed treasure in the ride: old pirates speak of cursed treasure and how you probably don't believe in it, and the line "Who knows when that evil curse will strike the greedy beholders of this bewitched treasure."

[Waterfox]

- Three uses of the song "(Yo Ho, Yo Ho) A Pirate's Life for Me" by X. Atencio and George Bruns in the opening scene (sung by young Elizabeth), when Jack and Elizabeth are marooned on the island, and in the end by Jack. here

[Syke]

- During the battle scene between the two ships, Black Pearl and the Interceptor Captain Barbosa refers to his crew as "bloomin cockroaches" just like the captain in the ride does when his ship attacks a local town fort.

[JonCage]

- The line "Dead men tell no tales", said by the macaw, which is repeated throughout the ride's narration [links]

[ehaileyyatesn]

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[gregschoen]

Following the end credits, in a final scene on Isla de Muerta, Barbossa's pet monkey, Jack, climbs out of the water and onto the Aztec chest, where he takes a piece of the treasure. Jack's skin sloughs off and the now cursed monkey glares straight ahead for a moment before pouncing forward, the scene disappearing into his mouth. This explains why Jack the monkey is still cursed in Dead Man's Chest. here

[djclintoris]

There are other, smaller, annoyances as well. The sounds are nothing to write home about. There's no specific voice recording for the game's dialogue, which means that every character greets you with one of four or five generic greetings. The loops are also repetitive -- some guy in one town kept bellowing something about "French craftsmanship" over and over so many times it made me dislike the French even more than I usually do. The text is also huge and filled with typos, grammatical errors, and obvious placeholder dialogue.

[GoldRush]

The last, of course, assumes that you actually manage to play the game at all. Put simply, this is a game that's so incomplete and badly balanced that it's almost impossible to play at all. First, the interface is simply atrocious. The default keyboard setup is nearly impossible to use. Even when the keys are remapped, though, it seems like to you have to press an awful lot of keys to do even the simplest things. The buy/sell screen layout, for example, is awful, and makes it really tough to figure out just what's in your cargo hold. Even better, when you buy and sell personal inventory items, you won't be able to sell them unless they've been unequipped -- meaning you have to go to another screen (two or three key presses), unequip the item, and then come back to sell it (another two or three presses). Then there are the things that are simply missing -- like a map of the entire game world. While navigating my ship on the ocean, it'd be nice if I actually knew where I was going rather than sailing at random hoping to find the right island. here

[e_cockroach]

I can't emphasize enough what a terrible solution this is. By the time you get yourself reoriented to the new situation, the enemy ship will have enough time to get off what is essentially a free shot at you. If you've got more than one ship in your fleet, the problem is even worse since there's no effective overview of the battle you can use to plan strategy. There's also no level governor on random encounters (and there are lots of those). It's very common, especially at the beginning at the game, to be confronted by ships or fleets that you simply can't handle and can't get away from.

[Sultan]

It gets even worse once you get into combat. Despite the game's supposed RPG-Like emphasis on improving your ability scores, swordfighting is all about reflexes, movement, and timing. Players have control over attacking with a sword, blocking, dodging and moving, and firing a pistol -- which would be fine if the game had been an action game. As it stands, though, your control is so iffy that the best you can usually do is hold the block button until you hopefully get an opening to swing your sword. Leave yourself open for an instant, though, and you're almost guaranteed to get hit. Even so, this system would have been okay if you only fought one or two people at the same time. The problem is that you'll frequently be faced with seven or eight people whaling on your back while you're dealing with the guy in front of you. When that happens, its time to fire up a saved game. [links]

[Jacob Boersma]

Blending role-playing elements with the strategy of ship-to-ship combat, Pirates of the Caribbean offers players a chance to set sail on the high seas as a treasure-hunting pirate. The player's career is not locked into one path, however. Players can work for a European power to lead a squadron, or forgo the pillage and plundering altogether for merchant sailing. Those with a taste for blood and vengeance can become a bounty hunter, or the true freedom of a pirate's life can be enjoyed with no strings attached.

[yebyen]

The game's also a graphic standout -- although not as much as it could have been. First, the developer focus on the Xbox rather than the PC first becomes obvious when you realize that there's no option to change the game's resolution without quitting and using a separate program. When you do crank up the resolution, though, the game becomes quite good looking. The ship animations are lovely, with sails billowing in the wind, explosions, smoke and fire, and a great sinking effect with cargo and drowned sailors floating in the water. The environments at sea are suitably spectacular, particularly at night with the seas rippling against the hull and a gorgeous moonlight effect. On land, however, things aren't quite as good. The towns and jungles Hawk travels through look good enough (and their looks vary based on their European mother country -- a nice touch), but the movement animations on human models look stiff and unrealistic. here

[lilomar]

The stories were to be populated with familiar characters from the films and also introduce some new characters, such as Blackbeard, who factors in heavily to the plotline of the new movie. Although it was still early in development, stories were said to include dueling Jacks (Sparrow and the monkey that is), Barbossa and the skeleton curse. In preparation for the fourth movie, Blackbeard and other yet-known characters will also be included in the stories. [3] Though the book was still in its early phases, Disney did promise a cover by Eric Powell (of The Goon fame) and at least one story featuring "zombie monkeys". Both of these promises were met with enthusiastic applause from the audience. [2] [links]

[RobHu]

The graphic novel was scheduled to be released on April 19, 2011 [3] , but it was delayed because the production was not satisfied with the artwork. It is unknown if the plans to publish it are on hold or not.

[gazoakley]

The name and details of the story in issue #1 is currently unknown. more

[bittechconsulting]

Pirates a'plenty are gathered at the infamous Faithful Bride tavern in the pirate haven of Tortuga, and as the night wears on and the rum keeps flowing, tales of Captain Jack Sparrow and his cohorts spill forth from drunken pirate mouths. These six stories are a kind of Canterbury Tales for the seafaring, swashbuckling set—and fans of comics and Pirates everywhere!

[leryn17]

Months later, websites had given the graphic novel a different title, Pirates of the Caribbean: Six Sea Shanties: A Graphic Novel Anthology, while stating it would reveal what went on in the Pirates world since At World's End ended and On Stranger Tides began. Several stories were revealed as well: Captain Barbossa and his crew sit around a table in Tortuga's infamous Faithful Bride tavern, throwing back mugs of rum, a tale would be told that dated back to before The Curse of the Black Pearl. When this crew of cutthroats came across a mysterious castaway who - through his own encounter with the Fountain of Youth might then hold the key to lifting the terrible curse that Barbossa's crew were under. Plus readers would have learned how Ragetti actually lost his right eye. [1] [links]

[jtimon]

On October 8, 2010, Disney Publishing held an intimate but lively panel at New York Comic-Con, where one of their projects revealed included a graphic novel titled Pirates of the Caribbean: Six Sea Chanties. The book was to fill in stories throughout the Pirates of the Caribbean canon, featuring tales from before the first movie (The Curse of the Black Pearl) and at least one story that served as a prequel to the fourth film, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The book was to be an anthology, with a large cast of creative talent including big names like Tom Mandrake, Bryan Q. Miller and Rob Kidd, the author of the Jack Sparrow and Legends of the Brethren Court series. One of the Disney presenters noticed artist Andy Kuhn in the back of conference room. Quickly announcing that Kuhn was one of the artist to be featured in Six Sea Chanties, the Disney crew asked Kuhn why he agreed to the project. Kuhn yelled in response, "Because pirates are cool!" [2] [links]