How to Talk like a Pirate

DontPanic · Postby **DontPanic** » 21 Sep 2006, 12:03

Talk Like a Pirate = A++++ would recommend!

I still think my friend Riker wins on being king of the Geeks, as noted by this story:

During a raid in WoW (in which hes the GM) on a Friday night, he properly corrected someones use of Klingon.

Not to say I'm not the runner up, since I understood the joke and laughed my ass off while running a different, higher level dungeon.
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wooo Warcraft!

Melendwyr · Postby **Melendwyr** » 21 Sep 2006, 15:27

The three things I loved about this video (which are related):

First, it takes itself so seriously. Although I'm sure you guys had a blast making it, the humor appears to be totally unself-conscious, which makes things funnier. The very best jokes are those that manage to be told with straight faces.

Second, the illusion of being a low-quality education filmstrip is almost perfect. The static, the music (which is piercingly electronic and obnoxiously pretty, just like I remember from real filmstrips) - even the clothing seemed appropriate to the period.

Lastly, the fact that the video was genuinely both helpful and educational was the icing on the cake. The rules you presented not only matched but encompassed the pop-culture understanding of what piratespeech is supposed to be.

I found your site two days ago, after Pharyngula linked to a YouTube copy of your video, and I spent the next several hours giggling almost constantly (the 'almost' is because of intermittant bursts of wild laughter). You really have something here - I hope a lot more people try your address and appreciate what they find.

Pirate James · Postby **Pirate James** » 21 Sep 2006, 19:49

Wow, this video bumped the forums up a notch. New people everywhere! Makes me feel like I have actually been here a while.

Melendwyr · Postby **Melendwyr** » 01 Oct 2006, 12:58

Listening to the LRRcast again, I noted the talk about Revver and ad revenue. I'd been somewhat interested in a few of the ads, so I thought I might as well click on some of them.

Unfortunately, when the linked sites come up, they appear in the video window, which is quite small and doesn't permit the whole page to be seen. There's no way to make it larger that I can find, and it makes navigating some pages impossible.

Graham · Postby **Graham** » 01 Oct 2006, 14:52

Melendwyr wrote:Unfortunately, when the linked sites come up, they appear in the video window, which is quite small and doesn't permit the whole page to be seen. There's no way to make it larger that I can find, and it makes navigating some pages impossible.

We'll be fixing that soon.

Melendwyr · Postby **Melendwyr** » 07 Oct 2006, 13:15

The arrow keys seem to permit me to scroll the narrow window around the much larger screens, at least with the Vice City ads. It would be good if this were mentioned somewhere.

Jer · Postby **Jer** » 07 Oct 2006, 13:24

By the way, I love that Rockstar is, by extension, advertizing on our site.

AmazingPjotrMan · Postby **AmazingPjotrMan** » 07 Oct 2006, 13:29

Jack Thompson will be after you in a couple of weeks for advertising demeaning material etc.

Sable · Postby **Sable** » 28 Jan 2007, 10:02

Not to resurrect a dead thread, but the Mythbusters had a pirate special a wee bit back that I just caught. They had some "Pirate Speech Lessons."

Y'all did the job much better. Blowing stuff up? Not so much.

zombine · Postby **zombine** » 29 Jan 2007, 14:52

While its still up here, congrats on the Nanaimo victory.

xgollum · Postby **xgollum** » 01 Feb 2007, 16:36

But I'm thrilled to see the quality is just as high. This was truly brilliant. I'd love to see a follow up such as Pirate for the business traveler, but you might need a few more sets.

The setting of this as a genuine 70's language film replete with diagrams, was genius. I heart you guys.

The only thing I think you missed was YA-harr, as an expletive:

Ya-harr jim lad, I caught you plunderin me rum.

JesterJ. · Postby **JesterJ.** » 01 Feb 2007, 18:04

It's funny to go down the list of videos, you see 1k views, 2k, 1k, 2k....then 340k for How To Talk Like A Pirate.

Chris · Postby **Chris** » 06 Feb 2007, 11:32

Do you just have any plan on removing the video from Youtube? or are you using it as a way to increase hits to LRR?

Graham · Postby **Graham** » 06 Feb 2007, 11:47

There's so many copies of it on YouTube that aren't ours, so we figured we should at least have ours up there.

JesterJ. · Postby **JesterJ.** » 06 Feb 2007, 16:58

I think you should put Suspend Your Disbelief on YouTube

tigerlily · Postby **tigerlily** » 10 Feb 2007, 18:44

This is a few months late, but a friend of mine from back home sent me a link to the talk like a pirate video on talk like a pirate day. I opened it and went "Hey! I know these guys!" My friend was all "huh?" at my excitement, so I had to explain that you guys entered the film festival that my best friend organizes. I just thought it was awesome that he sent me a video that he just thought was hilarious, with no clue as to who you guys were, and it turned out I had seen so many of your videos prior to that.

zombine · Postby **zombine** » 23 Feb 2007, 21:23

slightly too soon applause for 350,000 hits on just this site (its at 349,995 right now)

edit:*applause*

JesterJ. · Postby **JesterJ.** » 24 Feb 2007, 23:48

*applause*

Iverix · Postby **Iverix** » 11 Jun 2007, 06:08

Lord Chrusher wrote:Arrr! Even bin to Sea Billy?

That be a fine video!

Having watched this video and not read the discussion had to correct ye!

"That video be fine!"

Always put your noun before your adjective. hahaha

The Pious Flea · Postby **The Pious Flea** » 18 Jul 2007, 15:17

Y'know, 'possessive' is misspelled in this video - it lacks an 's'.

Lord Chrusher · Postby **Lord Chrusher** » 07 Sep 2007, 08:36

Now over 400 000 views.

James · Postby **James** » 07 Sep 2007, 08:48

And that is just on our site.
If you go to youtube and add all the versions together you get almost another 175,000

meisbored · Postby **meisbored** » 07 Sep 2007, 22:19

Also, I posted the video, with a link to the site, on a Facebook event for Talk Like a Pirate Day. Figured you guys wouldn't mind as long as I promoted the site. I went ahead and tagged Matt and Morgan in it, and will tag Graham and Jer when/if they accept my friend requests

DontPanic · Postby **DontPanic** » 19 Sep 2007, 14:31

YARRRRRR Talk Like A Pirate returns to sail the seven seas of YouTube!

anotherearth · Postby **anotherearth** » 19 Sep 2007, 18:33

Hey, someone posted the vid to Milk & Cookies!
(a GREAT site to post LRR vids to to draw more attention to LRR, btw)
BUT....
This vid links back to a YoutTube upload...
Shouldn't somebody find out if it can be relinked back to the "official" Revver version? Or is a YouTube version ok...?

Here's the link....

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/51217/detail/

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