Hallowe’en Pranks

The tradition of Hallowe’en weirdness continues on Star Pirates and SpyBattle. Tricks, Treats for online players, and scary stuff are all part of the fun. Check it out.

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Why do the Members of SHG Work so Hard?

Lots of reasons – we like to eat. We have bills to pay. We are obsessive with quality. These are facts, but they are not the true reason we work our butts off. It’s because 98%+ of communication we get from players goes something like this. From “Player Name Erased”[…]

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NOM NOM NOM – Upgrade Parts now Findable in StarPirates.net

The SHG cats are hungry? Nope, instead all NOMs are now findable in StarPirates.net. “Huh?”, you say? NOMs are Nano-Optimisation Modules. They are used, along with some other ingame items, to upgrade weapons, shields, engines and other equipment. They can be used to push items up to Mark V, just[…]

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Qilapid’s StarPirates Blog

Arguably the top volunteer writer in the Snakehead community, Qilapid now has a blog outside it.  Check it out at: http://spwanderer.blogspot.com/.  I wonder if the WSN, SP’s best rag will make it’s way there. If you are the owner of a blog, and have a page or two devoted to[…]

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Immortals – adding Angua von Uberwald

Starpirates.net exists to give a chance to have fun, and forget about the cares of the world.   Sometimes though real life can’t be ignored. On the weekend we had another great of the game pass: Angua von Uberwald.  She was ill when she joined us, but she didn’t complain about[…]

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Player Created “SP How To Video”

Players often as us how to help promote the game.  Well one player got creative and created a video.  The video outlines the game basics. You can find it here on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQE0hBAyD1Y

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Upgrade to Thread Notifications

In both StarPirates.net, and SpyBattle 2165, a new option has been added to player account profile – Forum Thread Notifications. Players now have the option of being notified through real life e-mail (previously the only option), through in-game PM (in game private message) or both.  Players can also turn off[…]

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AWEful NOMs?

NOM NOM NOM – what’s this, LOLcat jokes in StarPirates?  No way.  More like a way for players to upgrade their equipment. In StarPirates there is a limit to the number of items that you can equip on your ship.  So what’s a hardcore gamer to do?  Or even a[…]

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Updates and Lego Contest

A lot of enhancements lately – some heavy behind-the-scenes work for speed improvements being one, the spying/disguise/online bonuses (including reduced energy costs) in Spy Battle: 2165 and a host of other subtle game improvements. Probably the most exciting (and visible) improvement in the past while is upgradeable items. Rares, Rare+,[…]

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Shipyard 3000!

Every once in a while, even pirates can work as a team. June 12th was one such very rare occasion, as 270-odd Star Pirates collaborated to break the previous Shipyard record of 2109. A timer counting down to 13:00 set the tone for the event, and generated lots of excitement[…]

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