The Pirates

**The Pirates** are a criminal organization of miscreants and hoodlums which operate within the Gobcord Discord server. They are captained by Alex, AKA Canadian Catboy, a former moderator. Members of The Pirates are selected by Captain Alex Catboy and have their own distinct role in the server. Members are chosen based off how much Captain Catboy likes someone.

## History

The Pirates date back to the early days of the server during the Kris administration. During a manic episode, Kris temporarily gave all administrative powers to Catboy, who took it upon himself to give himself mod. When Kris returned to reassume ownership of the server, Catboy's position as a moderator remained. Attempts from Kris to strip Catboy's position away was met with backlash.

As a mod, Catboy created The Pirates on 14 January 2021. "I... was listening to sea shanties," the captain claims as inspiration for his creation, "and I was like, I'm going to make a crew. Now I have a pirate crew to steal with." The Pirates' creation was a symptom of the Kris administration and its moderators' abuse of power in arbitrarily favoring certain members over others. Similar to The Pirates was The Kris Gang -- a group of real-life friends of Kris from Miami who were given special distinction based off their relationship with Kris. Despite once making up the server's largest national-regional group (Floridian Americans), almost all of the members were completely inactive in the server. The Kris Gang was wiped out during the January 29th Great Purge.

The Pirates was used as an instrument of compromise in the transition of power during the June 2021 Congressional Elections, in which Catboy lost renomination. Outgoing congresspeople were given certain privileges as to facilitate a peaceful transition of power, a precaution which, in retrospect, was basically unnecessary. One of these privileges was the maintenance of The Pirates.

## Activity

Captain Catboy is what can be described as a eugenicist, who has called for the genocide of people he doesn't "particularly like." When asked what he meant by the specific people he didn't like, he refused to comment.

Crewmembers of The Pirates were brought to testify in a 1980 criminal trial pertaining to members of the Teamsters Union's charges of labor racketeering, believing they were accomplices. No charges were brought up against The Pirates on crimes connected to the Teamsters Union.

The Pirates released a press statement on 11 October 2020 endorsing Donald Trump's presidential reelection campaign.

Captain Catboy was seen participating in the January 6th Capitol insurrection in Washington D.C., USA, with his likeness and identity confirmed by law enforcement. Despite this, Catboy adamantly denies claims of his attendance at the insurrection.

On 16 April 2021, The Pirates were among a list of public officials, officers, and organizations revealed to have donated money toward the acquittal of right-wing militant vigilantes convicted of killing Black Americans, including Kyle Rittenhouse. Captain Catboy and other officials among the ranks of The Pirates refused to comment.

On 18 December 2021, The Pirates were implicated in aiding Starbucks' intimidation of the Starbucks in Buffalo, NY attempting to unionize. When questioned on their involvement in Starbuck's anti-union actions, The Pirates refused to comment.

On 6 February 2022, The Pirates announced they were creating a line of NFTs in order to support Mr. Beast's #TeamSeas initiative.

1. ↑ https://imgur.com/a/ZdXnA3I
2. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/31/us/teamster-leader-in-delaware-guilty-of-labor-racketeering.html
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/ThePirates/status/32095923558?s20
4. ↑ https://www.insider.com/all-the-us-capitol-pro-trump-riot-arrests-charges-names-2021-1
5. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/16/us-police-officers-public-officials-crowdfunding-website-data-breach
6. ↑ https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/starbucks-workers-allege-union-busting/609638/
7. ↑ https://twitter.com/ThePirates/status/1490355242902429698