At Polygon, Cass Marshall shared their hilariously excellent strategy for provoking players in the pirate game, Sea Of Thieves.

“What am I supposed to do, just chase people down? Am I supposed to yell cusses in an attempt to provoke them? Should I accept that they don’t want to fight me, like some kind of coward? Look, I’m a pirate of honor. I’m not going to harass people or say anything rude. I’m also not going to run down some poor sloop. If they want to go about their business, I respect that. But at the same time, sometimes I just want to fight! Maybe I want the sweet pink lantern flame that only comes from dying at the hands of another player. Or perhaps The Arena is too chaotic, too “on” for me. Or I might see the glimmer of treasure on their ship, and I want to acquire it. It became clear that I needed a siren’s song, a way that I could yell through my speaking horn and ensure that my prey would come to me.

I found the answer to my urgent need by accident. It all comes from a single word.”

Read more here. It’s worth reading all Marshal’s Sea Of Thieves posts. I especially enjoyed the ones from 2019-21.