Tinga Island (Midnight)

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Tinga Island
Tinga Island on the Midnight Ocean
Large island in the Emerald Archipelago
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Information
Controlled by	Colder Than a Witch's
Governed by	Windwench
Navy color	White
Pets
	STEW
	Black Pearl
	Snoopy
	Heinz
Location
Epsilon Island Tinga Island Spring Island Orca Island (Opal Archipelago) Four leauges omitted
Outpost Medium Large Colonized Uncolonized Purchaseable chart Unpurchaseable chart

Tinga Island is a large island located in the Emerald Archipelago. There are three known routes from the island: Epsilon Island, Spring Island, and an inter-archipelago route to Orca Island in the Opal Archipelago.

Natural Resources

This island spawns hemp, indigo, madder, and sugar cane. These resources can be bid on at the market.

Buildings

Beyond puns, there was no specific naming scheme used during the initial colonization.

Apothecary 

I'd Rather Dye (bazaar)

Commodities market 

Bidder Suite

Distillery 

Rum for Cover (bazaar)

Distill My Beating Heart (upgraded)

Oh My Grog

Estate agent 

Raise the Roof

House 

Shack Full O' Nuts (right-facing shack)

Inn 

Inn yer Face

Iron monger 

What's yer Point (bazaar)

Balls of Iron (upgraded)

Palace 

Mind yer Manor

Shipyard 

Brig it on (bazaar)

What's the Brig Idea

Tailor 

It's Purely Fabrication (bazaar)

Needle This, Needle That (upgraded)

Weavery 

Standing Loom Only (bazaar)

Dusted buildings

Get a Loom (weavery)

History

The Tinga Island monument is located west of the palace.

Tinga I — 2004-05-01, in an uncontested blockade, of doom won Tinga.

Tinga was ceded to The Jolly Company on 2004-11-23. The Jolly Company won the island in a contest.^[1]

Tinga II — 2004-11-21, The alt flag Ayliv dropped a war chest on Emperor Island and Tinga simultaneously. Although the blockades were held very early Sunday morning (PST), both islands were defended relatively easily by The Jolly Company.

Tinga was ceded to Of Convenience on 2005-01-04. The transfer was informally completed on 2004-12-29, the same night Playing with Matches announced their intentions for Tinga.^[2]

Tinga III — 2005-01-08, in the first blockade of 2005, Of Convenience successfully defended Tinga from Running With Scissors. Running with Scissors was chosen as an alt flag with which to blockade due to alliance conflicts between Playing with Matches and Of Convenience that prevented war from being declared.

Tinga IV — 2005-01-15, Running with Scissors won control of Tinga on their second try. Following the blockade Of Convenience's royalty disagreed about the future of the flag after the loss, and the flag collapsed within the next week.

Running with Scissors transferred control to Playing with Matches on 2005-01-17.

Tinga V — 2005-08-21, Avalon attacked Tinga late in the weekend, but Playing with Matches successfully defended in three rounds.

Tinga VI — 2005-11-12, Notorious Fandango attempted to take Tinga, but were easily repulsed by Playing with Matches and their allies.

Tinga VII — 2006-06-04, Avalon attacked Tinga late in the weekend, but Playing with Matches successfully defended in three rounds.

Tinga VIII — 2006-08-19, DeathDrakkar attacked Tinga and successfully conquered Tinga in three rounds.

Tinga IX — 2007-08-05, Black Veil (monarch: The Widow Queen) attacked Tinga and was repulsed by DeathDrakkar in three rounds.

Tinga X — 2007-11-24, Fleet of his Imperial Scaled Highness (monarch: Admiral Finius) attacked Tinga and took it in three rounds.

Tinga XI — 2007-12-01, Avalon attacked the isle and won the isle in three rounds.

Tinga XII — 2009-03-16, Fairwinds and Suntne Vacci Laeti attacked Tinga, Avalon supported Suntne Vacci Laeti in their attack over Fairwinds. Suntne Vacci Laeti successfully won Tinga in three rounds.

Tinga XIII — 2010-04-03

Tinga XIV — 2010-06-27, Mystery Core attacked Suntne Vacci Laeti and won Tinga in three rounds.

Tinga XV — 2011-01-29, Curse of the Black Pearl attacked Mystery Core owned Tinga, which was being runned by Tlzallen of Booching Blaggards and won the island from Booching Blaggards in 3 rounds.

2011-07-30, Curse of the Black Pearl held an event to determine the new owner of Tinga.[3] Colder Than a Witch's won the event. The island was transferred on 2011-08-09.

Tinga XVI — 2011-08-20, Colder Than a Witch's successfully defended the island against Madam Yu Jian's flag The Jade Empire in a Brigand King attack.