Other people's bills are all about asking for leave and canvassing for votes, but mine seems to be all about explaining...
I saw a questioning comment yesterday and I thought about it a lot. At that time, I almost felt like I couldn’t write anymore. 【Read the latest chapter】
From the beginning of this volume, I solemnly stated that I just wanted to write a legendary pirate story, and I just wanted to have fun using cannons and giant ships. Naval battles, adventures and ship training are the three major themes of this world!
But just in the first chapter of this volume, some people started talking about the problem of homeboys kicking bolts. I said it was a pin, which is a metal rod inserted into a knot and a hole to prevent the cannon from moving. I don’t believe that everyone can’t understand this kind of thing. In order to make up the word count, some authors take the trouble to tell you the meaning behind every action and choice of the protagonist. Large paragraphs, repeated over and over again, we all know that he is filling in... I was tired of this when I was reading, so I just omitted what I could not write.
For example, why he ran away during the day? It was because as long as he didn't want to be a slave, he had to run away if he had the chance. First of all, as I said before, the weather conditions are cloudy. Secondly, everyone on the deck left, not even a lookout. The only one who looked at the sail was killed. At this time, as long as you get on the small boat, the big ship will move away by itself under the drive of the sail. The distance is more than 200 meters, and it will look like a small black spot on the vast sea. Where can you find it? It was a matter of luck that they were found.
I can tell you what issues must be ignored if you want to focus your enthusiasm on naval battles and adventures.
a. Time issue. At that time, the speed of the ship was only about 10 knots, and it took 2-4 months to circle the island of Haiti... Li Huamei came to Europe once, and she would be called "old aunt" when she came back... This must be simplified, all sailing games In this area, everything is turned a blind eye, and the speed on the big map far exceeds that of Aegis.
b. Language and currency issues have been discussed in this book.
c. Issues of religious belief. This is actually a hundred times more serious and cruel than what we see on paper. The existence of the United States, the demise of the Indians, and the separation of the eastern and western worlds are all because of this thing! If these things were written in depth, they would become historical and political novels.
d. Slave problem. Everyone should know that yellow people and black people were slaves by default in the Caribbean at that time. Some people say why Indians still go to Africa to sell slaves. That’s because the Indians have been tortured to death as slaves... The mortality rate of 80-95% among plantation Indians is much higher than that of black slaves bought with money. 10% mortality rate.
e. There are also ship problems, including problems with wood, keels, shipbuilding cycles, designer styles, and all kinds of weird attempts that occurred during that period...
In short, if I really write it like this, I know the story will not be good after thinking about it. Because Lao Lei was interested in navigation games, he had collected countless information on and off over the past few years, and quite a few of them were this boring stuff. Lao Lei was a career man a few years ago, and I believe that the level of military geeks must far exceed mine.
And wait, wait.
Well, Lao Lei will delete all the ideas that want to change his mind and continue writing my legendary story. Let’s just treat it as a game. The world is only as big as the Caribbean Sea, so let’s leave it at that.
If I continue to discuss the rationality, I will go crazy. Can I still have fun? In Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, 20 ships are boarded in one day, battle damage is repaired in seconds, single-digit crew losses in gang jumpers, artillery shells are as accurate as cluster missiles, the Jackdaw can turn without even operating the sails, and there are mortars. , mortar your sister? !
But this game is really enjoyable to play, isn’t it? Rationality and everything else are rubbish! (To be continued...)
