Shanghai


 * The shanghai system was replaced with rogue marks.

A shanghai or shanghai point was given to a crew when one of its members subscribed or bought doubloons for the first time. They were replaced by rogue marks in, eventually being removed completely on June 22nd, 2011. For any crew that had shanghais remaining on that date, the captain of the crew was given three rogue marks for every shanghai remaining - if the crew had no captain, the rogue marks were split evenly between all pirates who held the highest rank in the crew.

Each account had only one shanghai to give; at the time of an account's first payment, the shanghai was awarded to the crew of the pirate most recently logged in on the appropriate type of ocean (subscriber or doubloon). Shanghais were used for renaming ships and crews. The number of shanghai points a crew had (as well as the crew's total accumulation) was visible on the crew's information page by the captain and senior officers.

Shanghai Use
Shanghais could be "spent" to rename ships and crews.

Ship Renames
Howto


 * Only captains may use their crew's shanghai points. If the crew has no captain, please name a person who has authorization to use your shanghai Points in your crew's private statement.
 * Shanghai points cannot be traded between crews and may only used for renames.
 * Shanghai points can only come from up to two crews per rename.
 * Captains may grant permission by posting in their private crew statement:
 * the name of the player who has permission to use the shanghai points
 * the specific number of shanghais that may be used by this person
 * Players who have permission to use shanghai points must use them all at the same time.
 * Petitions for renames must have the following information:
 * Proposed ship name
 * Current ship name
 * Size of vessel
 * Location of vessel
 * Source of the shanghai points if you are not a captain
 * Do not shop around to different Ocean Masters if your rename has been denied. A rename denial from one Ocean Master is final.
 * The revisions to the policy mean that some previous names that were granted are no longer valid or the cost for them may have been changed. No retroactive renames will be granted in such cases.

Crew Renames
Crew names must be between 2 and 24 characters long.
 * Full: 2 shanghai points
 * Partial (Minor change): 1 shanghai point

Trading and Selling Shanghais
Shanghais could be traded or sold by crews, however the shanghai points could not actually be transferred to another crew. What was actually being traded is the right to use the shanghai points for a rename service - they could not be in turn resold. The exception to this was in the case of a crew merge, which combined the Shanghais of both crews.

It was advisable to petition unless it's a "X can use shanghais as much as he likes" situation. Granting permission in the private statement works fine if it's a trusted first mate or something, to save petitioning regularly.

The Ocean Master performing the rename would deduct the number of sold shanghais from the seller's crew as well as any additional shanghais needed for the rename(s) from the purchasing crew. Remember that shanghais for renaming purposes can only come from up to two crews.

Historical Notes
Shanghais were introduced with.

Crew renames were added to shanghai usage on March 3, 2004.

External/Other Links

 * Commonly discussed ideas from Game Design
 * Cleaver's Shanghai Announcement Post
 * Current Shanghai rules
 * Viridian Ocean Shanghai market
 * Sage Ocean Shanghai market
 * Midnight Ocean Shanghai market
 * Malachite Ocean Shanghai market
 * Hunter Ocean Shanghai market
 * Cobalt Ocean Shanghai market
 * Paste the following link to Add Fishbase.org as a Search Provider in IE7 http://www.fishbase.org/ComNames/CommonNameSearchList.php?crit1_fieldname=COMNAMES.ComName&crit1_fieldtype=CHAR&crit1_operator=CONTAINS&CommonName=TEST