The Legend of Glitterbeard - Sea of Thieves

Here is my first reaction to the finale of Glitterbeard.
Rest in peace James!
Rare, the developer studio behind the swashbuckling action-adventure game Sea of Thieves, is paying tribute to one of its employees who tragically passed away with an in-game commemoration, "The Legend of Glitterbeard." James "Jim" White, an apprentice data analyst at Rare described by his contemporaries as "exceptionally bright and friendly," and always focused on the players of Sea of Thieves, died in March of last year.
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[@OblivionWalkerVerified]

I can’t help but cry to such a beautiful and amazing tribute to Jim... just seeing this it is amazing.

[@McSpankelton]

Rare definitely produced and honorable tribute indeed! Much love to Jim's family and friends. He will forever be remembered. ♥️

[@Bill_YouTube]

@@McSpankelton same, even that journal, the words within are a tear jerker

[@caitlynborder8600]

Good to know that I'm not the only one that cried. Sail on gentle giant, you will be missed

[@itsJOKERhahaha]

No disrespect or anything but who was Jim?

[@jellymidfan1882]

@@itsJOKERhahaha Glitterbeard, he worked and focused on players to make their experience better

[@Gojimon630]

Never in a thousand years would I think that a silly pirate game would make me cry, and yet here we are. So long Jim, until we cross paths again

[@WysteriaASMR]

I had a team that did this yesterday, we all raised a tankard in Glitterbeard's name, rest in peace James.

[@McSpankelton]

Good memories made! 🍻

[@TomClarke1995]

Jim isn’t gone… He’s just becalmed. He’ll have the wind in his sails again.

[@caitlynborder8600]

Hey think of it like this a pirate never leaves the seas, they just adopt it in a new way. He will be missed, sail on gentle giant

[@n8zog584]

Nah he's just a good stowaway. And like all good stowaways he's not gone, You just can't find him right now.

[@stonwall9065]

He’s gone, but that’s okay. I hope he trusted God in the end

[@Minutewave]

It's beautiful when game devs do this stuff, it's nice to see that James immortalized into the game

[@McSpankelton]

I agree! Absolutely!

[@DynoSkrimisher]

James 'Glitterbeard' White will never be forgotten. It's moments like this that help us remember the fallen. And for the fallen, we carry on.

[@McSpankelton]

Absolutely!

[@firecapgaming2617]

Every time I watch this, I go into tears just thinking about it. It's insane what effect a video game had on me, this memorial is incredible

[@McSpankelton]

Absolutely! I'm grateful that I had the chance to experience such a fantastic memorial.

[@ketinakat]

It's my third day ever of playing this game, and yesterday I had already happened across one of Glitterbeard's journals at one of the outposts. But today, me and my friend came across a small alliance, and decided to join them in their adventures as well. Our first stop was here, gathering around the tree and preparing our instruments, playing as the sun set. I knew that the bottles would light, but I wasn't prepared for everything else that followed. And it was absolutely, undeniably, amazingly beautiful. The chills I felt as her voice came in, the excitement among ourselves as the tree began to glow, lighting the circles around our feet... I am so glad I was able to be a part of such a breathtaking tribute to someone that the team clearly adored. I raise a tankard to James White, and another to the Sea of Thieves team for immortalizing him in this way. Thank you for letting me be a part of it, may the wind forever fill his sails.

[@McSpankelton]

Thanks for sharing your story! That's awesome!

[@KirbySmasher48]

its such an amazing experience, his wife has such an amazing singing voice

[@slick3dstr1ngs74]

Honestly one of the greatest things I've seen a game do for one of the tributes of an employee passing away, gotta love it.

[@Bill_YouTube]

Jim sounds like a good man and I can understand why he was loved by the people at rare. I bet people (much like myself) strive to be the kind of gentle soul that he was

[@gamerhex7335]

You helped make the game I love so so much. You have my gratitude. Godspeed Jim. May u sail forevermore in the endless sea of paradise.

[@somevaultdwelleridunno1750]

Rest In Peace James, you’ll always been a pirate legend with all of us. We’ll all join you someday.

[@skysthelimit536]

Got together with some friends yesterday doing an alliance we sailed and sold treasure, but in the end, to celebrate a successful alliance we went to Plunder Valley to sing together...the moment the bottles lit put I knew something amazing was going to happen, but when her voice started singing it sent shivers down my spine, What an amazing way to remember a member of the team. Rest In Peace James and God Speed.

[@skarmex3439]

Glitterbeard. May you sail on the winds of tomorrow and rest in peace sailor.

[@theshadow5055]

Did this last night, 4 crews met by complete coincidence. 3 sloops and a galleon, my friend and I were the only ones who were not open crew. Absolutely worth staying up until 6 am. May have cried

[@nate4numbers890]

not a day goes by where i dont adorn the glitterbeard sails and a shipset mix of aristocrat and wildrose as it's my way of making my ship some sort of a constant memorial for jim.

[@McSpankelton]

that's beautiful!

[@markusjanz4226]

I am sad with happiness this was so great

[@thegearboxguys6602]

I miss Jim a lot. Never met him but he sure was a great sailor if he got this sending off. Sail far brother ❤️

[@PaletteBegonia]

Possibly the greatest tribute of any game. The effort needed really stands for more than just getting a crew too go pay your respects, you need too band up with another crew and put aside your differences too work together.

[@whanngabrylsanoy721]

Even when glitterbeard isn't here,he thought us one thing,the true treasure isn't the gold or the gems and jewel,its the friends we made along the way and the friends that sticks towards the end of the journey

[@pitoyatux]

We just did this the other day, and ended up becoming friends with the random crews we recruited for this. It was such a sweet tribute, probably one of the sweetest I've ever seen in a videogame.

[@McSpankelton]

No doubt! I have many new friendships now because of sea of thieves.

[@nerouma21]

Did this today with friends so emotional

[@WeebsArePathetic]

This made me cry pretty hard.

[@ImMewingg]

I remember when I do this it was amazing

[@smileys9010]

this game makes me cry so much its so beautiful

[@virtualgaming7921]

my man was about to cry

[@_JTK_]

Its just great when devs show respect to the people that pass (the selling in the back round making that music got me giggling tho)

[@McSpankelton]

Right!? Haha!!!

[@frickfart]

rip James white :(

[@L3X1899]

Tonight I had the good fortune of doing this myself, and I made some new friends while I was at it, the game may be called Sea of Thieves, but that doesn't mean we can't settle down and have a grand old time, sadly there are those that want to see it die, not because they hate it, but simply because they want to, they'll take advantage of new players, getting them banned with duplicated items or just generally going out of their way to ruin the experience for others, simply because they can, I would urge you all to protect new players from these kinds of people, especially with a fresh batch of players on a new console coming just around the corner, it's what James would have done, not because he had to, but simply because he wanted to.

[@jacobcallahan2140]

My xbox tag is named after this man. May he rest in peace. Finally got ab alliance together last night to see it for myself.

[@McSpankelton]

Awesome tribute!

[@hollenhundcerberus2784]

R.i.P James

[@soundisweird6773]

Im not crying i just got Somthing in my eye😭

[@juliogarcia-pg8ye]

everyone who played that part knows that feeling.

[@prich0382]

I keep seeing Glitterbeard as Honeydew from the Yogscast

[@lordspencer6195]

Never seen this on any other game. 🥺

[@McSpankelton]

Choked me up. I could barely speak out loud. ❤️🤘

[@lordspencer6195]

@@McSpankelton you did great 🥺👍

[@McSpankelton]

@@lordspencer6195 thank you!

[@vargaslestrae7900]

This Easter Egg is immortalized proof that this game was meant to bring people together and share in the spoils and victories over the Sea and its dangers, not to fight and kill each other in a greedy race for every coin and bloodshed. I wonder how James would feel if he saw his creation become a toxic waste dump of a community.

[@MegahNevel]

I want to add that thieving, fighting and killing is also part f the game, and its encouraged by game developers with the reapers and reapers events. Tho this not means that you need to do this all the time, its a game, and sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes you just hang in there with strangers and find a beautiful easter egg...

[@vargaslestrae7900]

@@MegahNevel Yes, but to argue that, once in a while, it sucks, but it's part of the game. What's NOT part of the game are players who constantly chase you down, even after sinking you, to do it over and over again for no other reason than to keep doing it. Pair that with one of the hacks that PC has access to, tracking other ships, even when not flying a Reaper's Emissary. How about the ones that don't abide by one of the unwritten courtesies, don't bother Tall Tales players? There is literally no gain in going after TT players. They more than likely only have a small, if any, amount of treasure, only enough supplies to run the TT with and the artifacts needed for the TT which have no other value to anyone else that are not on the TT. This community is toxic because of these players that can only have fun by ruining the fun for others.

[@liquidanimations3397]

@@vargaslestrae7900 ah quit your whining.

[@vargaslestrae7900]

@@liquidanimations3397 Case and point

[@stevenzwiesler8085]

@@vargaslestrae7900 I did the tall tales, realized how annoying they were at times, and it was at that moment that my crew and I vowed to never sink another crew if we boarded them and saw they were on a TT.

[@leannepratt35]

My the lad rest in peace drink up me hearties yo ho good bye lad may you sail the seas again

[@McSpankelton]

🍻

[@malytheson]

I raise my tankard in respect! YO HO Jim!

[@splash883]

That was awesome. Feels good, man. 🙂

[@NESClO]

This is the type of burial I want

[@fearzblacklist7530]

I like it so mush

[@olmy_]

I'm gonna cry

[@mateui3003]

RIP

[@prich0382]

One of the few beautiful moments you can experience, too bad 90% of players are cut through try hard PVP griefers who just want to stomp on everyone else as they don't know how to have fun with others

[@bryanblue2587]

Wow

[@oldmancorecentral]

This is amazing, how do you find another 7 people to do it though?

[@joeycarlson201]

Just got to find the right people. Start adding chill people you meet til you get enough.

[@AzurWhite]

Le pirate qui n'est jamais revenu.

[@robertstay2k114]

Anyone else tear up

[@flappybonkers521]

Her: it’s just a stupid video game The “stupid” video game:

[@Zruzils]

800TH LIKE!❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤

[@Randaddy25]

I need people to do this with! I'm on the Northeast America servers. How the hell am I gonna get 7 people to cooperate with me on this lol

[@DarkEclipse223]

Where do I go to do this and what shanty do I use

[@p0rtalsg4ming59]

I don't know where to go, but it's Becalmed

[@Kzstro]

Plunder valley u need 8 people and all circles correspond to instruments

[@zacharyhurd5914]

Go cardinals

[@akwlf4362]

How did glitterbeard died☹️

[@Erratos]

He died of covid 19

[@akwlf4362]

Oh

[@akwlf4362]

🙁

[@mrbiggle2656]

@@Erratos do you know that or did he just die during the lockdown? Please check before posting (if not)

[@lobsterfoot7416]

Nothing has been released on how he passed and I think it should stay that way

[@zeroguardianoftheomniverse7082]

To the sea of thieves players…i beleve this is Athena’s fortune…the good memories and the adventures we have on the seas not the gold and not the blood…but the stories we share in a fire lit taven having a grog if you can find me on the seas i shall make our own group that celebrates the good memories of the sea and its history formally called…”Athena’s library” if you wish to join please contact me or find me on the sea of thieves…we shall explore every part of the sea looking for relics of the past from the very beginning to current history to tell future generations of our tails by word of mouth…cheers and good luck on your adventures

[@kinglich1353]

We shall sail together