VCO, ready? get set... START!

Lift the skin up, and put into the bunt the slack of the clews (not too taut), the leech and foot-rope, and body of the sail; being careful not to let it get forward under or hang down abaft. Then haul your bunt well up on the yard, smoothing the skin and bringing it down well abaft, and make fast the bunt gasket round the mast, and the jigger, if there be one, to the tie.

-The Seaman's Manual (1844), by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

I have just recently started playing VCO. I did not start to blog right away as I was still discovering the game. I've always wanted sailing-exploring-trading games, where you discover, trade and fight pirates so VCO was quite a fit for me.

It wasn't as visually appealing to me as other games, but it sure is a lot of fun firing cannons into a pirates broadside. ^.^ Many of the places here are based in the RL world and map, so it helps to know your geography. However, you'll find that the translation is indeed lacking. For example, Alexandria, the famous port in Egypt is named Alexander. Interface labels are mistranslated as well. At first, I guessed that the game is based in Korea or Japan. Man, was I surprised to find out that it is based in China!

I'm still a newbie to VCO so it's natural that I'll be making mistakes in interpretation. You're welcome to comment about them, but please refrain from being rude--not for my sake, but for the other readers sanity. I don't want this blog to turn into an online slug fest.

I'll be blogging about my character, Rio_Locsin. So stick around and I'll tell you more. Shiver yer timbers, Cap'n Rio's aboard!