Arrr, pirates! With a stingy three-word phrase, the official Sea of Thieves Twitter handle arrogantly claimed, “Give us the loot.” Luckily, the image containing the tweet also showed five cannons aimed deliberately toward would-be trespassers. The responses to the tweets, however? Golden indeed. Players went on to unleash chaos, memes, and loads of demands.
For starters, this was a statement made in the style of Sea of Thieves: unduly context-less and purely vibes. These cannons are staring you down: “Try us.” Try, they did: some took it as a challenge, some considered it a pity, while others actually used the opportunity to berate the game’s stability.
At that point, one of the players, @StarboySOT, almost begged for mercy with a crying emoji and a picture of their loot stash, kind of like saying, “Fine, take it, just let me live!” After that would come @demonyouknow_ who demanded abduct-worthy pirate logic: “You’re sitting on 1250 gold, I have tens of thousands on my ship. Take the captain’s chest, but I’m keeping my ship. Stealing cannons? Not worth it. Bad Reaper. Bad.” I actually feel that.
Then @GiannottiJake demanded all of his 1200 dubloons back from the game’s legendary and mysterious loot-gobbling void: “Your game just robbed me.” And honestly, we feel the same. Every single person involved has stood there a couple of times going, “Where did my treasure go??”
The funniest part happened when @MutinousMel argued back to @MrWarskull. Mel responded, “No, this booty belongs to someone else!” This was accompanied by one very suggestive image of the kind of booty that is definitely not found in a treasure chest. MrWarskull replied, “Wrong booty, Mel.” Then Alice (@hikari_kinomoto) popped in with, “I will go to your flat with the sole purpose to bonk you in the head stinky.” No need for any context; that was just pure unfiltered pirate banter.
Almost no replies were filled with jokes and well-wishes, however. Some just took their turn airing grievances. @ItsBiiirdy just straight-up asked, “Give us a stable game,” and the clip showed the ship glitching into oblivion. @SpectroSixx escalated, “Where are the devs while hackers run amok and not a damn thing is done to stop them?” Damn right, oof.
Creative demands followed. @TheMrViews suggested a Robbie Rotten memorial clothing set (because “You are a Pirate!” really is a great song). @DHawkiin, meanwhile, wanted “pet cooking alive,” um, sure? @BananaStove highlighted one valid mechanic flaw whereby fast travel could effectively nullify any profits from loot.
The best part? The varying nature of responses. Some players threw in threats (“catch this” with a blunderbuss GIF), others joked about keg explosions (“INCOMING!!! 💥”), and a few wanted discounts (@AMfeyli: When is the next sale on steam?).
In reality, the tweet summarized how the whole lot of Sea of Thieves is: chaotic, hilarious, and no-frills. These guys demand loot, make fun of glitches, or simply meme—one thing is certain: these pirates are not at all shy to speak their minds. And I’d honestly wish it any other way.
So, Rare, if you hear us, loot them. You owe them that much. While you’re at it, patch up those servers. Just saying.
