“Radiating” is the word Rare’s captioned image tweet read. Supposedly, no skeletons lay within that visual-gift wrapping. But of course, players weren’t having any of it. The replies quickly became a humongous blend of meme, disbelief, and doubt.
The tweet was meant as a simple tease showing a seemingly calm island scene, but with the Sea of Thieves community and all their keen-eyed appreciation for hidden details, they simply couldn’t contain themselves. They quickly became storytellers indicating signs they thought were sneaky skeleton clues. Some joked about “skinny legs” in the bushes, while others took a silly jab about the hardly ever seen Shrouded Ghost: the tragically rare megalodon in the game.
@DemonQAurora asked, “Then why are those bushes moving??? Is this a new disguise?” and @MutinousMel responded sarcastically, “I see them bones just like I’ve seen the Shrouded Ghost,” basically mocking those barely ever seen mythical creatures in the game.
Back then, the real dispute concerned the background clouds. Several players had detected what seemed to be two skeleton fort clouds-the really good loot events indications in the game. @ZettoKuzuuya bluntly asked: “Two skelly fort clouds?? On the same picture??” That opened up a discussion if one of them was FOTD—a very difficult to obtain raid.
Not everyone was serious about the tweet; @ZachOfLaughs joked, “I think I finally see John Cena,” and @BuryinBen sarcastically replied, “Oh thank goodness,” pretending they actually believed the original claim.
Then came a completely random D&D reference—the Sea of Thieves folk wouldn’t miss a chance to go off-topic, as @juggaloinmydna posted a random one of their Dungeons & Dragons parties captioned “My DnD Party! ✌️😁.”
Of course, someone chucked the utterly bizarre political perspective into the mix: somehow, @Flighttrac56924 connected skeletons-are-or-aren’t-arguments into a rant about “gay butt pirates,” which… sure, why not?
But while Rare’s insisted there weren’t any skeletons lurking about, the reactions and shows from the profitees were finally an admission that in this part of the world, the Sea of Thieves players believe nothing anyone has ever said here about anything. On moving bushes, suspicious clouds, or a promise of a calm island, they’re all ready to shout that they’ve been had.[citation needed]
So were they hiding something? Somehow. Most probably not. But the whole point was watching the players carve every single pixel, bicker over cloud shapes, and spam the reply section with utterly random memes. A typical Sea of Thieves mess.
And hey, if there were skeletons in that picture, they would have been spotted by now. Or maybe the skeletons are just Internet-level superstars when it comes to disguise.
So, I guess Rare did their job-warm people up to their good-natured chit-chat and laughter over analyzing that simple screenshot. And isn’t that, after all, what gaming communities are good for?
Looting again. Or running away from skeletons. Or pretending they don’t exist. Whatever suits you.
