Talk like a Pirate Day, DiLiGO style

It has been almost a year since the Staff at DiLiGO’s bloodcurdling encounter with “Black Tooth”, the creepy Black Toothed Pirate and his buccaneers. 

Luckily for the staff, the dedicated DiLiGO spinners have been working their fingers to the bone to get back all the points stolen by Black Tooth and his crew. They did this by spinning on Buccaneers Bounty, day after day. Layla Starr was overheard whispering to Blade Rider last week that “she is so thankful to all the spinners for getting all their treasured points from the Pirates and always knew they had her back.”

After a much needed team effort of outsmarting the ol’ Buccaneers, Guillermo, the head of the DiLiGO Programming Team, was reported to have received a rather sheepish “parrots tail between his legs” apology call from Black Tooth asking if he could make it up to his “ buckos”. Guillermo, very understandingly accepted his apology and furthermore suggested they come teach the staff at DiLiGO the in’s and out’s of how to “speak like a pirate” in preparation for “Speak like a Pirate” day on September the 19th, explained Louisa.

Louisa Lee and Missy Brown were initially concerned about this so called “lesson” and Louisa went as far as to say “one encounter with Pirates is one too many”. However with some reassurance from Alain Adams and Brian Blake, Missy and Louisa agreed.

Upon arrival, Black tooth’s side kick Cap’n Bully Hayes apparently kicked down the door and grabbed poor Missy by the arm and proceeded to grunt with a sideways grin “Aarrgghh, I’ve Sailed the seven seas and you’re the Sleekest Schooner I’ve ever sighted”. In the spirit of all the excitement happening around him, Alain shouted “Ahoy!”, and grabbed Missy to safety, “enough with yer Bilge, ye pox-faced Kraken.”

With that the room went silent, Black Tooth blushed  at Alains knowledge on what his lesson was all about and quickly said “Is my Laptop connected to the projector yet? Let’s get this lesson on the go.”

Lessons on how to speak like a Pirate as told by a Pirate himself:

•  Growl and Scowl as often as your sentence allows. We pirates are not elegant creatures; we mutter and growl great deals. Aaaarrrr!
• Make gestures with your hands. Our communication is mostly done on the deck of a ship with howling winds and crashing waves. Gesture’s help Pirates with clear messages.
•  Slur your words together.” Yer grog is yer bucko.” With all the rum on board it’s difficult to separate words, so practice your mush-mouthed sentences and you will sound like a true Buccaneer.
• Be as loud as pirately possible. Pirates are not shy - stand tall, me hearties, and be heard!
• Refer to yourself as "me" at all times. It is not piratically correct to say, "I have a headache." It is far better to utter, "Got me a case o'th'aches, 'ass rye!"

Play Buccaneers Bounty and test your true pirate abilities to get treasures. Win yer Doubloons with the treaaye chests and compasses. AAAARRRRRR!

Newsflash: DiLiGO to recapture Buccaneer’s Bounty

Yesterday, in a shocking turn of events, a crew of pirates turned on the DiLiGO Team and pillaged a large store of DiLiGO Slots points. Now DiLiGO is on a mission to recapture the stolen loot.

The pirates had been invited to DiLiGO headquarters as research consultants and language instructors for a new pirate-themed slot game. 

“Perhaps we should have been more prepared,” said DiLiGO’s treasurer. “They are pirates after all. We just thought that, what with it being 2010 and all, pirates were a lot friendlier in a Walt Disney kind of way. We never expected this.”

It was during a discussion on the modern usage of the Jolly Roger when the captain, a black-toothed fellow named Blacktooth, pulled out a cutlass and yelled “Argh! Where be the treasure?”

DiLiGO staff were initially amused and used the opportunity to practise their newly acquired pirate-speak, shouting phrases like, “Ahoy, me hearty!” and “Shiver me timbers!” at the pirate.

One DiLiGO designer who witnessed the scene said, “We were all having fun, and at first Captain Blacktooth seemed perplexed and a little frustrated. He kind of coughed and said, ‘No really guys we want your points.’ When no one took him seriously he grabbed Louisa Lee, DiLiGO's Communications Officer, held the cutlass to her throat and said, ‘Avast land lubbers, or I’ll send her to Davey Jones!’ That’s when we realised what was happening.”

The pirates made off with a huge stash of points from the DiLiGO treasury. But the story doesn’t end there. It would have been a serious loss if it weren’t for the ingenuity of the head of DiLiGO’s programming team, Guillermo. He had a few clever tricks up his sleeves, which he is now using to beat the buccaneers at their own game.

"During our research, the pirates unknowingly gave us all the information we need to be able to hack through their security,” said Guillermo. “As soon as the new game is up and running we can win back everything they took.”

So now DiLiGO wants everyone to be part of the battle to reclaim the pirate plunder. Play Buccaneer’s Bounty and win back your own share of the stolen loot! This is your opportunity to boost your score and take part in a major pirate adventure. The compass scatter symbol and the wild skull ’n cross swords are your secret weapons to recover the Buccaneer’s Bounty and be remembered in the DiLiGO halls of fame!

DiLiGO Interview: Guillermo

Name

Guillermo

Date of Birth

Some where in the seventies.

Who would you say your celebrity  doppelganger is?

Keanu Reaves

What do you do at DiLiGO Games HQ and how  much do you LOVE it?

I make stuff, and think about stuff (mostly food but also slot machines). And I love it soo much that I do it all day every day and even a bit in my sleep.

Which do you prefer and why - playing slots  at a casino or on Facebook?

The casino is where I fell in love with slots. But facebook, is so fun and light. I love the sense of being liberated from the big spending. Now when I pay to play it’s purely for the entertainment and if I get it right I can play for hours without losing money.

What is your favorite game on DiLiGO Slot  Machines and why?

I love them all, but if I had to choose one, I’d say Token Rocket. I really enjoyed making the intro for the bonus game. It is too long and caused me a lot of frustration, but it still makes me smile.

What theme would you most like to make?

I have sooooo many idea’s, its hard to say which one I’d like to see most. The oldest idea is an under the sea game, where you can dive deeper for a limited time to find awesome treasures and multipliers. Its magical and wonderful underwater, I like that.

What's  your best strategy for playing slots?

Before Pam showed us how it’s done my strategy was too embarrassing for me to describe.

EDITORS NOTE: Check out Ken's strategy too. It's awesome!