it's kind of interesting with what they're doing with the blackbeard pirates.....they are the first pirate crew we've seen that is smaller in numbers than luffy's
Makes sense though.......blackbeard just recently left the whitebeard pirates afterall...........

Also, if you're curious, you can check out the first pictorial reference to blackbeard in ep 80 about 2/3 into the ep. You can kind of distinguish all the silhouhettes, but only Auge's seems the most accurate.

In other news: Nami just got knocked-up in this ep.