Twiggy
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Twiggy is a pirate on the Viridian, Midnight and Hunter oceans. His alter ego, Seduction, could be found on Sage. He began playing in December 2003.
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The Days of Midnight
Twiggy arrived on the Midnight Ocean during the month of December 2003, in the port of Epsilon. He spent over a year with the Blood Brothers of the flag Ruby Phoenix, which was the very first crew he jobbed for.
He initially became enthusiastic over the possibility of making items manually. However, he was informed that this wasn't possible due to crafting puzzles not being released at that time. To ease the disappointment, a pirate by the name of Buri gave him his first sword for free; a red saber. Upon receiving officer training, Twiggy's favorite activity was sailing every morning from Hephaestus' Forge to Namath Island. He would then forage wood (prior to release 2004-12-15) and sail it back for profit, making use of every available opportunity to use his sword.
As the Viridian and Cobalt oceans were announced, Twiggy sought after a fresh start. He proclaimed that he would go against popular choice and move to the Viridian ocean, rather than Cobalt. After an extended tenure on the Viridian ocean, Twiggy's return to Midnight was solely based around the Notorious Fandango reveulition. He spent significant periods of time in both Fandango Familiars and Hell Fire for Hire, and even navigated in a few blockades for them.
Twiggy remained with them until the day of their disbandment. In the post-Fandango era Twiggy aligned with Scupperer and Spirit of the Game and tried something new -- relaxing with hearties and not giving a single minute to ocean politics.
Viridian and Politics
Being a prince in Pay for Play allowed Twiggy to be thrown into the political circle of Viridian. His first full time position as a blockade navigator was at Tigerleaf I. Twiggy took a risk and attempted to gather a group large enough to defend Terra VI upon hearing the intent of the island owner to not contend. To fill the void, he also offered himself as land admiral. A collaboration of a vast variety of pirates, this blockade defense was organized and set in motion in just under four hours.
His actions impressed others in the ocean, and Requiem wasted no time in assigning Twiggy the role of a walk on admiral for the defense of Prolix VII. Several verbal contracts secured his position as one of the most in-demand and versatile admirals in the ocean. Most notable of these contracts was the colonization of Napi Peak, followed by Napi Peak II and III, all of which featuring Bigbertha and Twiggy as admirals. For a good portion of the year, any Viridian blockade was near guaranteed to have one or both of these pirates running the show. They were often enemies, but with such the two formed a tight friendship which helped to add a competitive edge.
Twiggy has navigated in upwards of sixty-five blockades, and has been admiral of fourteen using an uncommon style. He would often be both the board and land admiral, while helping with jobbing, pay, stock, and corresponding with both the blockade staff and navigational channels on external voice chatting software. The result of which was a higher ratio of ships lost in battle, but often with an incredible turnover rate from the time of the ship being sunk to the entrance of a new ship.
As a gift for efforts made at Terra VI, Antix gave Twiggy a red monkey named Saigon. It was given back after two months. On May 6th 2006, Twiggy lead his alliance back to the Jade archipelago and reclaimed Terra Island in a three round blockade. It came nearly three months after his crushing introduction to admiralling at the hands of Vanguard. In a bold move, Twiggy went against the community relief effort to save Terra and followed in the footsteps of Calais, further paving the island. All plot placements and shoppe upgrades went straight into Twiggy's pocket, with the palace profits split 50/50 between -Star Explorers- royals and Requiem.
June of 2006 was the fondest month of his career. On the 2nd of the month, Twiggy was promoted to the position of king in -Star Explorers-, and his birthday on the 19th was celebrated on the upper floor of the Terra palace. The event saw a total of 13 broadcasted tournaments with birthday messages, an Oceanmaster warning through global broadcast and 29 wrapped gifts with personal comments. When the gifts were placed in Twiggy's row house, they essentially 'broke the game', causing all nearby furniture to disappear; a mystery glitch that to this day has not been completely fixed.
After accusations that he lost Terra VIII intentionally, Twiggy stepped down as monarch and created the flag Christianity. Over the two separate tenures of this flag, 152 flags were declared on and a full state of war was achieved with 17 flags. The sinks were even more drastic, totalling 2,318,000PoE in damages in the form of 29 ships, with only three Christianity ships hitting Davy Jones Locker, serving patronage to the legendary days of the Black Sheep Brigade. This stunt resulted in a large mass of pirates referring to Twiggy as 'God', even across other oceans.
Inevitable to some, Twiggy joined the Phantom Cutthroats of the flag Vanguard in late 2006; the very enemy he had fought for so long. Old conflicts began to surface, and the ugly forum war of Twiggy versus Kalani and Bocara only got worse. Over a period of several months many issues including the renaming of Napi Peak shoppes, the loss of Harmattan XI[1], and the defamation of what remained of Star Explorers' political ties[2] dragged all sides of ocean into the conflict. He has since claimed to have 'destroyed what he created', on several occasions.
Twiggy has been the captain of several crews, including Forsaken Anarchy, Purple Haze and Lords of Dogtown (twice). None of these succeeded in any particular way, which left him believing he was better suited to leaving that role to somebody else. Giving it one last attempt Twiggy created the Azure Knights on June 14th 2007. The Azure Knights are a tribute to his original Midnight flag, Ruby Phoenix. On June 27th 2007, the flag Cervantes de Leon was created with Twiggy as monarch. With the help of Cherylshubby and many others, this flag rose to the top 10 famed flags within two weeks. The flag's existence was short lived, and the Azure Knights joined the flag Sea Wrath in a move deemed similar to his Star Explorers stint. On the contrary, little came from this venture.
The Azure Knights remain open to this day, now serving solely as a memory; the crew's original purpose.
Onward to Hunter
On December 1st 2007, Twiggy announced his retirement from Puzzle Pirates on the Viridian Parley forums. The date marked his fourth year anniversary in the game. After a two month hiatus from the game, Twiggy chose to return but not to his home ocean. Instead, he headed to Hunter, and joined the crew Eradico Omnis of the flag Incognito.
He can be found sailing his longship around the Orion archipelago, or jobbing for sea monster hunts.
Fun Facts
- Twiggy owns a cottage on Carmine Island, and could usually be found there either Drinking, Swordfighting or playing poker.
- The origin of Twiggy's name came from the popular bass player, Twiggy Ramirez, a member of one of his favourite bands, Nine Inch Nails.
- He set a new record on Viridian, being purchased for 303,000PoE in an officer auction organized by Requiem. Not a member of the flag, Twiggy was a last minute addition to the event. The amount was quickly surpassed three weeks later by Cyndiepet.
- During a blockade of Napi Peak, an executive officer error occurred with jobber payment, prior to the release of automated blockade pay. In an attempt to fix it, Twiggy asked over /crew for everybody who wasn't paid to send a /tell. After receiving more than 400 /tells, Twiggy's game froze and he promptly received a phone call from his internet service provider inquiring about the spike of network activity. After six days, everybody who hadn't been paid was compensated appropriately.
Sugar, we're going down!
Ships have been sunk by the hundred with the name Twiggy involved in some form. Given the nickname 'Whirlpool Wizard', a public claim was made in 2006 that stated, "If pvp had rankings, Twiggy would be top 10."
Some recognizable battles by Twiggy are:
- Summer 2006; during the Star Explorers versus Vanguard war, an arranged 6 versus 6 sinking PvP takes place between Twiggy and Jewzilla. After 1 hour and 40 minutes had gone by, Desmagicus tells Twiggy that he is almost out of stock. Twiggy says the same. The battle is mutually disengaged.
Approximate Damages: 5,000PoE
- Halloween 2006; Fenrir and crew hosts a grand frigate versus grand frigate battle followed by an El Pollo Diablo hunt. Jumping off early, Twiggy alongside Antix loaded a sloop and engaged one of the grand frigates; a 6 versus 150 pirate battle merely for laughs. It was the talk of the ocean for weeks.
Approximate Damages: None.
- December 22nd 2006; a drunken Twiggy sells his black painted war brig, renamed to 'Streetlight Manifesto', for 400,000PoE in November. It is renamed the 'Mad Cow'. After a declaration of war by Christianity, the Mad Cow is sunk by a sloop. The sloop used was a Christmas gift that had not been given yet to the recipient.
Approximate Damages: 335,800PoE
- December 23rd 2006; a target of the forum regulars for months, Arriel's war frigate is sunk by Twiggy on a sloop in a daring 4 versus 23 battle.[3]
Approximate Damages: 105,000PoE
- Blockade of Prolix; in what was said to be one of Twiggy's best blockades, his war brig held off two war frigates for close to 35 minutes while defensively guarding a 5 point cluster of buoys. As one frigate left the area, Twiggy was left to face off with Tristan, a pirate considerably more esteemed in blockade navigation. In what was a close battle, Twiggy trapped Tristan on the side of the board in a downward drift with enough rocks to allow only one way out. Tristan was sunk.
Approximate Damages: 90,000PoE
- Blockade of Admiral Island; using his alter ego 'Seduction', a relatively unknown Twiggy chose a random flag on a new ocean and coached the higher ranks. This resulted in an attack on Admiral, interfering with the colonization and dropping against the SMA, or super mega alliance, by the Rogues of Sage. Seduction used a very aggressive style of blockade navigation, dancing between upwards of 2 to 4 ships at a time. Though no rounds were won, Twiggy and the Rogues pushed Go with the Flow to the limit before running out of stock in the second round.
Approximate Damages: 445,000poe
Blockades
Twiggy has navigated or admiraled in the following blockades:
