I know that you can't buy your ship from Stan without doing some bargaining.
I've been able to bargain enough to make it so that I can afford the ship, but I'm curious what the lowest possible price you can talk him down to is.
SPOILER:
You can only talk him down to 5000. He won't go lower. Sorry, but the game's gonna make sure you're broke before you get to Monkey Island itself. :)
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Are there more than one possible reply to the insults? I vaguely remember playing Secret of Monkey Island a long time ago and ending up in a sword fight against either a pirate or the sword master, unfortunately can't remember which one. They threw an insult at me which I didn't have the correct counter-insult for yet, so I replied with another one that was kind-of fitting. And won the match despite using an "incorrect" reply.
EDIT: I'm not sure if the insult was this one, but this is what I mean:
Insult: Only once have I met such a coward!
Reply: He must have taught you everything you know.
Alternative reply: I'm glad to hear you attended your family reunion.
I don't currently own a playable version of Monkey Island so I can't verify if they work myself.
Yes, some of the Sword Master's insults have multiple valid comebacks. I just tested these on the Special Edition, but they should work in the original game as well.
Insult: Only once have I met such a coward!
Comeback #1: He must have taught you everything you know.
Comeback #2: I'm glad to hear you attended your family reunion.Insult: I usually see people like you passed-out on tavern floors.
Comeback #1: I'm glad to hear you attended your family reunion.
Comeback #2: Even BEFORE they smell your breath?Insult: My name is feared in every dirty corner of this island!
Comeback #1: So you got that job as janitor, after all.
Comeback #2: Too bad no one's ever heard of YOU at all.Insult: My last fight ended with my hands covered with blood.
Comeback #1: I hope now you've learned to stop picking your nose.
Comeback #2: Your hemorrhoids are flaring up again, eh?
There might be more, but those are the ones I could find. I don't think any of the "regular" insults have multiple comebacks, though.
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In MI1, you can sink the boat where the three useless pirates are hanging out. I haven't seen this effect the gameplay in any way (I kept expecting to find them on the island somewhere). Then, in the end credits, I see what happened to these pirates, implying that I had to sink the boat in order to finish the game.
Where would I be stuck if I hadn't sunk the boat?
You can complete the game without sinking the boat. Should you not sink the boat, your crew will appear after LeChuck sets sail for Melee Island, and you will take your own boat back instead of Herman Toothrot's boat.
Canonically, you sink the boat. This is an important plot point early on in Escape From Monkey Island.
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When I get to the insult sword-fighting stage of The Secret of Monkey Island, do I have to learn every single insult and comeback in order to beat the Sword Master?
Thankfully no, you don't have to learn them all. It is a bit tedious to get all the comebacks.
This is because to beat the Sword Master you only need to do comeback for a subset of all the insults. But it requires some luck.
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I know that you can't buy your ship from Stan without doing some bargaining.
I've been able to bargain enough to make it so that I can afford the ship, but I'm curious what the lowest possible price you can talk him down to is.
SPOILER:
You can only talk him down to 5000. He won't go lower. Sorry, but the game's gonna make sure you're broke before you get to Monkey Island itself. :)
Check more discussion of this question.