https://www.polygon.com/2018/3/20/17145098/sea-of-thieves-launch-servers-cinnamonbeard

Sea of Thieves garnered no small amount of hype over its development cycle, and launched late last night on March 19th. There’s just one problem with the game’s first days: players are struggling to connect.

The game offers a collection of color-beard themed error codes, which is cute but also a little confusing. Many players trying to start their adventure are running into the “Cinnamonbeard” error, keeping players in their launch lobby. Searching for Cinnamonbeard on Twitter brings up dozens of players complaining about being unable to connect. There’s also a ‘Greybeard’ error code, which also means that the player is unable to log on and access the server.