Time to add a little whiskey to my tea and put on The Foggy Dew.
While the world did gaze with deep amaze
At those fearless men, but few…
[quote=Jillius][quote=Kukapetal]Yeah, you’re right. Just bugs me that, out of the six candidates we’ve had in elections so far, 5 of them were very different but still okay people who I wouldn’t have minded having as a mayor, even if I didn’t vote for them. But the one candidate who’s blatantly evil is the one who gets the overwhelming support.
I know this would never happen, because it’s not fair to punish the people who supported the winning candidate, but I feel like the election of a foreign spy, slavedriver, and person who FORCES other to participate in bloodsports (remember that once you join the Black Ribbon Society, he won’t let you leave it), who ran on the platform "what can I say that will get these idiots to vote for me" ought to have worse consequences for London than just a different flavor of opportunity card. But of course that won’t happen.[/quote]
Very much this. I would pay to see Failbetter give this election a consequence. More than a "good" London, I would like to see narrative coherence, and I can not see how a Spy/Slavetrader in that position could not lead to something.[/quote]
I think there will be a special Story like with Jenny, and some really dark stuff will probably be there
[quote=Jillius]
I would pay to see Failbetter give this election a consequence. More than a "good" London, I would like to see narrative coherence, and I can not see how a Spy/Slavetrader in that position could not lead to something.[/quote]
So, just to make sure I have this right. You want Failbetter to deliberately screw over almost half of their entire playerbase for voting in the way that made them enjoy the game?
… somehow, just somehow, I don’t think that would go over very well.
[quote=Jillius]
I would pay to see Failbetter give this election a consequence. More than a "good" London, I would like to see narrative coherence, and I can not see how a Spy/Slavetrader in that position could not lead to something.[/quote]
So, just to make sure I have this right. You want Failbetter to deliberately screw over almost half of their entire playerbase for voting in the way that made them enjoy the game?
… somehow, just somehow, I don’t think that would go over very well.[/quote]
Narrative =/= gameplay. I believe Jillius wants stories in which Feducci screws over London or somesuch, but that the players would still be able to get rewards and progression from.
To my understanding, if we were to go down this route, Feducci should have plenty of high-risk high reward opportunities. Plenty of chances to make your fortune, or lose what you have.
I get the bitterness, I do, but uh… yeah. I think Failbetter could’ve chosen a better lineup for the election (if this many forum players could look a the announced three and pick out the one who’d win without a doubt, I know for sure the writers can), and it’s frustrating that opposing the one obvious favorite feels entirely futile, but them including "trap" candidates that screw over everyone if voted in is… not in their best interest.
Although many of y’all don’t get to complain, because I’d bet my nonexistent title plenty of you voted Jenny. You come here with a track record of Contrarian and then Campaigner and I’ll listen to stories of bitterness at the playerbase.
Why do I get the sense people think that will actually make his supporters feel regret? It won’t. Their characters are often the kind of people who’d laugh as London burned around them.
I get that a little liberty from the rules of real society can be refreshing, but I feel like that character trope is too cliché for me at this point. So I chose a different cliché. C’est la vie.
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Although many of y’all don’t get to complain, because I’d bet my nonexistent title plenty of you voted Jenny. You come here with a track record of Contrarian and then Campaigner and I’ll listen to stories of bitterness at the playerbase.
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I voted for Bishop, God bless him and our Empress!
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A fellow bishop voter eh? Maybe we’ll be able to take another crack at getting him in office in a few years.
We’ll drive Devils out of London yet, friend.
Sided with the Contrarian last year, watched his campaign burn to the ground from within in the course of two weeks.
That’s my track-record.
[quote=Infinity Simulacrum]Sided with the Contrarian last year, watched his campaign burn to the ground from within in the course of two weeks.
That’s my track-record.[/quote]
What happened there?
…I thought we’ve established that uptight and moral doesn’t work in London. Trying to elect a candidate from the Church, the epitome of moral uptightness, isn’t gonna happen.
BUT IT WOULD BE A GOOD FIGHT. THE BISHOP WOULD APPROVE.
[quote=Squarry][quote=Infinity Simulacrum]Sided with the Contrarian last year, watched his campaign burn to the ground from within in the course of two weeks.
That’s my track-record.[/quote]
What happened there?[/quote]
February started taking over his campaign, and he started funnelling election funds to the other candidates. This development only strengthened my support of him, as I became incredibly interested in seeing just how he would react to being elected mayor even after all that self-sabotage and pressure.
edited by Sara Hysaro on 7/10/2017
Well, Bishop of Southwark is a special case for me…
[quote=Jillius]
I would pay to see Failbetter give this election a consequence. More than a "good" London, I would like to see narrative coherence, and I can not see how a Spy/Slavetrader in that position could not lead to something.[/quote]
So, just to make sure I have this right. You want Failbetter to deliberately screw over almost half of their entire playerbase for voting in the way that made them enjoy the game?
… somehow, just somehow, I don’t think that would go over very well.[/quote]
Narrative =/= gameplay. I believe Jillius wants stories in which Feducci screws over London or somesuch, but that the players would still be able to get rewards and progression from.[/quote]
I’m in favor of the elections having significant narrative consequences, good or bad. They are narrative events and if they don’t have narrative consequences, then all the scandals and platforms are just window dressing, aren’t they?
Wow! Didn’t knew that happened. But he did a right thing.
To be fair, he might have started funneling funds even without February. I don’t think he ever intended to win. Just to argue with everyone.
His slogan was "Master Yourself." It was both a jibe at the Masters, and in general an entreaty to become someone who can truly be his own master. That means not blindly following a Mayor… or a Council.
Oh, definitely. But I definitely had fun trying to make him win anyway.
Ι will always vote for the good aligned candidate, it is that simple for me. There are plenty of Good Causes to be sure, but alleviating poverty always comes up as the more pressing need. As long as the candidate supporting the less fortunate is not a lorn fluke or Krampus himself, they get a vote.
Oh, and the church in Fallen London is not exactly the uptight institution of the Surface. Come to think of it, delve in history a bit and not even the surface church is as boring as we make it to be!
Same. Mostly because I thought if he did, he’d finally be forced to do something of real impact rather than stick to challenging everyone and forcing them to think.
I can say that I often enjoy debating with him at parties, when not dancing with a certain shroom-hopper girl. OH! Now there’s an idea for a mayoral candidate…
I agree, but that’s a topic people can rarely discuss with cool heads. Personal prejudices and beliefs taint a more neutral historical view of things. I’m no exception to that, either.
edited by Isaac Zienfried on 7/10/2017