I must say, they really went all-out with the faction card frequency increase. I feel like they’re coming up more often than the Sardinic Singer.
While that’s fantastic for the couple of factions I’m still grinding renown for, it’s making it even harder to actually participate in the election itself.
edited by Dudebro Pyro on 6/19/2018
The problem might have been fixed. I just got the Advancing Your Reputation card and used a Favour: Constables; it gave me 2 Reputation. If the next one doesn’t give you that result, file a bug report.
With the first election I had two candidates I liked (Contrarian, Bishop) and one I despised (Jenny). Second election, I had one candidate I adored and two I loathed. This election…I don’t really mind who wins. It’s a strange thing.
I honestly don’t know who to vote for… LIke, I like the Princesses’ platform for turning London into a giant Versailles and I approve of her bloodthirsty, warmongering authoritarianism (in-character, mind you, in character). But Mr. Slowcake is also magnificent and there’s a lot of talk amongst his supporters of shaking up London with very imaginative reforms!
[quote=Anne Auclair]
I honestly don’t know who to vote for… LIke, I like the Princesses’ platform for turning London into a giant Versailles and I approve of her bloodthirsty, warmongering authoritarianism (in-character, mind you, in character). But Mr. Slowcake is also magnificent and there’s a lot of talk amongst his supporters of shaking up London with very imaginative reforms![/quote]
Having supported those exact ones you fought against the last two times it feel strange to read your election posts and nodding along in agreement to pretty much all of them. It’s always nice to find allies where once there were rivals.
I will be voting for the Princess, but I do feel that Slowcake is an interesting character that I wouldn’t mind see winning and the Contrarian has policies this time around that while perhaps not as fascinating are laudable enough.
I’m not sure if the "who would you like to have a drink with at the Medusa’s Head" question tells us much about voting intentions. I picked the Contrarian, because he wouldn’t be out of place there. The Medusa Head is just not Mr. Slowcakes or the Princesses scene, frankly. Drinking with them would be awkward as hell!
But I’d rather a Mayor who felt out of place in a grubby bar then one who would feel familiar there.
edited by Anne Auclair on 6/19/2018
Agreed - I myself voted for the Princess for the sheer absurdity of it, even though I have no intention of voting for her.
I shall cast my lot in with Mr. Slowcakes. It will surely be…exceptional. He reminds me of Feducci. Feducci was a radical that would be quite entertaining to watch his policies unfold. Slowcakes is a radical who’s policies promise to be quite entertaining as they up-end existing social order. What larks!
Truly our other options are The Princess and a revolutionary. Truly what choice do we have if we do not want to advance the great work?
Two years ago I cast my bid for Jenny. Last year I supported Feducci. Let’s see if I am a kingmaker with this year.
There sure are a lot of candidates with apiological interests this year.
Sunday night, talking with friends about the fact we don’t know who to support in the next election in our country.
Monday morning, seeing these three candidates pop up - one less palatable than the other.
Damn you, irony, you did it again!
That pesky Furthering your Reputation card has so far refused to show itself. I must be unlucky this week.
I wonder if we’ll see endorsements. I’m honestly interested in what the Bishop, the Campaigner, the Detective, and Mayor Jenny think of the various candidates.
btw, for anyone who wants to make a difference beyond their own election reputation and forum arguments, the slightly deranged but fun letter writing campaign I launched last year did demonstrably move votes. And I think it’s success would have been much greater if there had been an "undecided" period before people hard committed to particular candidates and faced the psychological barrier of "switching" and losing election rewards.
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edited by Anne Auclair on 6/20/2018
I’ve gotten, like, five or six of them today. You’re just having a streak of bad luck. On the other hand, I’ve only gotten one Princess card and two Slowcake cards, despite wanting to see those the most. The Contrarian has apparently taken over my neighborhood, as I keep getting his card -_-
edited by Anne Auclair on 6/20/2018
I have finally found Furthering Your Reputation, although I’m still waiting to see the Princess and Slowcake cards. (Be kind, random number generator.)
Maybe it’s just me, but it’s pretty boring, gameplay-wise this time. Doesn’t really feel like anything much is happening at all. The cards just aren’t appearing often enough to make me feel I’m involved in the election in any significant way. The election feels like it is something happening somewhere else, and I am just occasionally hearing about it. Didn’t feel like that the previous times.
And this is more personal and subjective, but this time I really don’t care who wins. That hasn’t happened before either. Before there has been someone I wanted to win, or last year someone I didn’t want to win. I have no clue who I am going to support, if anyone.
[quote=Plynkes]Maybe it’s just me, but it’s pretty boring, gameplay-wise this time. Doesn’t really feel like anything much is happening at all. The cards just aren’t appearing often enough to make me feel I’m involved in the election in any significant way. The election feels like it is something happening somewhere else, and I am just occasionally hearing about it. Didn’t feel like that the previous times.
And this is more personal and subjective, but this time I really don’t care who wins. That hasn’t happened before either. Before there has been someone I wanted to win, or last year someone I didn’t want to win. I have no clue who I am going to support, if anyone.[/quote]
Well,Mr. Slowcake is a puppet of the devils while the Contrarian just wants to make people talk about him while trolling everyone,so there is only one real choice this year.
Plus I heard that if you support the Princess you’ll get a bee as weapon…I know you want it. :D
edited by Nagaretsu on 6/20/2018
Everyone keeps calling Slowcake a sockpuppet of hell, which they seem to be phrasing as a bad thing? Honestly, you people…
There is no sock-puppet. There is no Mr. Slowcake. There is a cabal of devils in the Brass Embassy who run Slowcake’s Exceptionals…
People always act like Hell conspicuously collating information on the most notable citizens of London is somehow suspicious- why, it’s a public service! Why would anyone hesitate to invite the strange, nameless little man he sends around into their home…?
Wait a second, can we see the results of Huffam’s polls anywhere? I seem to recall someone mentioning the outcome of the first, but I can neither remember what it was nor can I find it for myself anywhere.
In the main election storylet, click on the Huffam’s Dailies option.