News 
Machinima Magnifique!
08.27.08 
by Aether
The folks in IRC were ranting and raving about a machinima video titled: “Les Cheveux Au Vent”. It was created by Rik Vargard and submitted to Youtube, highlighting the adventures of Capitaine leBorgne, sailing for France by order of King Louis XV.
I had a chance to review the work, and I have to say- this is an epic video of an unusual quality! Entertaining, engaging and absolutely gorgeous, you simply have to watch it for yourself.
Click here to enjoy the video, and kudos to Rik Vargard for such an amazing piece of work.
Keep your eye on your email inbox Rik, Flying Lab Software will be sending you something special in appreciation of your efforts.
Enjoy, won’t you?
Aether
Build 1.7: Black Sails at Dawn Goes Live Thursday Morning!
08.27.08
by Rhaegar
We will be upgrading our live servers to build 1.7: Black Sails at Dawn during the usual maintenance window (1:30am-5:00am Pacific / 9.30am-1.00pm British Summer Time) on Thursday, August 28th.
When build 1.7 is deployed to our live servers, character copies to the testbed server will be active.
/ Rhaegar
PotBS at GenCon!
08.25.08
by Aether
Two great mentions of Pirates of the Burning Sea, taken from our meetings at GenCon!
First up, our friends at HeadGames Podcast. You’ll find their comments on our game at around 54:48. You can download the podcast by visiting this link!
Next, Becky “Tovin” Simpson of Allakhazam fame shares information she she gathered during her visit to our booth. You’ll find that interview at this link.
Enjoy, won’t you?
Aether
Testbed Event Tomorrow, with Prizes!
08.25.08
by Rhaegar
1.7 is getting very close to being ready, thanks in no small part to your participation in our previous Testbed events!
We want to make sure everything is working as intended, so tomorrow we’re holding another event to encourage you to log in and test the latest build. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the PvP experience.
As in previous events, we’ll be holding a raffle for those who attend; If you’re online on Testbed between 3pm and 5pm Pacific tomorrow (August 26th), you will automatically be entered. The longer you stay online between those times, the more chance you’ll have of winning, so stick around!
What are the prizes, you ask? Well, since several of you have requested a chance to win them, we’ve decided to offer one of our official Pirates of the Burning Sea maps, created by Johnathan White. We’ll also be giving out three 30-day game time codes to runners up, so you have several chances to win!
We will also be boosting characters up to level 20 and handing out doubloons for you to spend in the freshly stocked Auction Houses.
Thank you all for helping us in our quest to make 1.7 as bug free as possible!
/ Rhaegar
Support Site Fixed!
08.22.08
by Aether
The support site has been returned to normal working order. We appreciate your patience while we worked to remedy the problem.
Best,
Aether