For more people to ask donations from, you can take a look at the Google Doc that Infinity Simulacrum has kindly made for us, and I’m available for a donation as well. If I recall correctly, you only need six major donations to bring your influence to 10, so we’ll get you there in no time.
edited by Azothi on 7/2/2017
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For more people to ask donations from, you can take a look at the Google Doc that Infinity Simulacrum has kindly made for us, and I’m available for a donation as well. If I recall correctly, you only need six major donations to bring your influence to 10, so we’ll get you there in no time.
edited by Azothi on 7/2/2017[/quote]
Yes, that document really is a marvel. I’ve been perusing the collected information on the candidates as well. And thank you! I was not expecting this much support so quickly – I tend to be a bit of a lurker / shy online, but this is really making me rethink where I want my level of forum participation to be.
You know, I know it’s not for everyone, but the level of forum activity and groups getting together to offer support is what got me active, too.
…I lie. What got me posting here for the first time in over a year was that I wanted to gripe about how lopsided these elections often are. But I stayed for the support!
Edited to be less freakin’ hypocritical.
edited by Isaac Zienfried on 7/2/2017
Awwwww ^_^
But I must confess, the document was all Infinity Simulacrum’s idea and work, so they’re the one deserving congratulations.
It’s the second election!
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edited by Anne Auclair on 7/2/2017
Here’s a letter I’ve written for the specific purpose of pouching Detective supporters. They’ve been really hard to crack. I’ve encountered a lot of soft Feducci supporters, some of whom I’ve switched. But when I try and persuade Detective supporters I run into a wall of "Only logical conclusion!" So here’s my attempt at breaching said wall:
“My friend, I appeal to your sense of reason. In medicine, which is the superior approach, to address the underlying problem or merely treat its symptoms? Our city’s Constabulary, like every other police force, only shows up after things have gone very, very wrong. They are like a surgeon that can only protect the patent by amputating an infected limb. Consider how the Velocipede Squad has undercover Constables sleep among London’s homeless drunks in a vain attempt to discourage thieves from robbing them. Consider how so many Urchins grow up to work for the Cheery Man, the Gracious Widow, and the Topsy King. Rather than focus on arresting people now, we should focus on preventing the criminals and victims of the future. If we are to properly fight crime and disorder, we must drain the swamp of desperation and poverty wherein the criminal population feeds, hides, and breeds. The alternative is, what? More addicts? More broken families? More homeless people? More Urchins in the Flit? More future prisoners in New Newgate? The only logical conclusion is the program offered up by the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner, as she seeks to solve London’s problems at their source.”
Here’s a letter I’ve been using to frame the Campaigner’s positions in hyper-patriotic terms:
“My friend, I regret to inform you that London lays prostrate before the Infernal powers of Hell. The Devils dominate us not because of their superior weaponry, but because we have allowed them to colonize us with cheap gin and prisoners honey. Each and every day these vices remain unregulated, our city becomes that much weaker, morally, physically, and politically. Hell’s influence in London has grown to the point that the Brass Embassy feels confident that it can foist one of their agents upon us to be our Mayor! (I speak of course of Feducci, the false-Tomb Colonist and Infernal spy) If London is to ever declare its true independence from Hell, it must first break from its addictions.”
Here’s a letter I wrote to argue that the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner would be good for the Rubbery Men:
“I have many a times seen the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner on Roser’s Wharf, spending hundreds of echoes buying terrifying live Zee creatures who would otherwise end up in aquariums or chopped up and sold to Monsieur Hearts. Zee creatures are held in even worse regard than Rubberies, so if she can find the sympathy and spend the money to repeatedly help those poor beasts, I don’t believe she will be blind, deaf, and dumb to the needs of the Rubberies. She is a good woman through and through – I hope you will support her.”
Anne recounts the usual scene.
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[note, this is a Roser’s Wharf encounter in Sunless Sea]
A Dauntless Temperance Campaigner is cooing at your Live Specimen
She was here to protest against the shadow-puppet production of The Honey Harvest, but passes her placard to one of her supporters. "How much for the beastie?"
Room in her heart
"I never did like to see anything locked up." She searches her purse for payment, as two of her burlier supporters heft the cage. The thing inside is remarkably still. The Dauntless Temperance Campaigner hands over the fee, and pats the cage. "Come now, dearie. Let’s get you out of here."
Here’s a letter I wrote pointing out that the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner would be good for London’s children and Urchins:
“Your concern for London’s abandoned, orphaned children is admirable. While it is true that the Campaigner has not laid out a plan to assist the Urchins directly, many of her proposals would indirectly assist them as well as greatly reducing the number of future Urchins. One of the leading causes of family disintegration, breakdown, and poverty is addiction to either gin or prisoner’s honey. Often this addiction is the consequence of desperation driven escapism, where exploited people in financial straits take temporary refuge in a honey dream or a gin bottle and get hooked. The result is a perverse debt driven downward spiral, with the parents separating and the children taking refuge in the Flit.
“The Campaigner has pledged not only to do battle with gin peddler and honey dealer, but also with the slumlord, the factory boss, and the loansharking banker. For the impoverished people of London, which includes those Urchins who have permanently lost their families, the Campaigner has pledged to set up homes of help and healing.
“So, as you can clearly see, the Campaigner offers the Urchins far more than Feducci or the Detective. The first offers gambles most of them cannot hope to win (they’ve already lost life’s greatest gamble), while the Detective has nothing for them but a future jail cell.”
Here’s a letter I wrote to address concerns that the DTC is overly prejudiced against prisoner’s honey, which has many useful and desirable applications:
"Your concerns are quite valid. I myself am reliant on honey for my work involving dreams and mirrors. For many people it is profitable experience or a diverting pass time. But for many others it becomes a ruinous and all-consuming addiction. You will regularly see these poor, "honey-mazed" wretches wandering our streets or permanently haunting the honey-dens, scarecrow thin, confused, and smelling of stale honey. Prisoners Honey is called Prisoners Honey for a reason - it imprisons. Many honey addicts try to flee their addiction by turning to Devil’s gin, only to end up falling into a new inescapable dependence. You will find many of these drunks sleeping on the streets of Spite.
"Adding to the perversity, life in our poor Hades can be quite hard and so many people are tempted by unscrupulous landlords, grasping bankers, or merciless factory bosses to take temporary refuge in dream. Financial desperation leads to escapism that leads to addiction that deepens financial desperation and destroys families, the children ending up Urchins in the Flit. Honey is at the root of so much of London’s poverty.
"The Dauntless Temperance Campaigner has no plans to ban prisoners honey, but she does desire to make it less glamorous, to reduce the supply, and relieve the social and economic pressures that lead ordinary people to seek temporary but potentially ruinous escape."
edited by Anne Auclair on 7/3/2017
Just popping in quick to say chuffy McAvory-Dauntless was just confirmed to be her grandson :)
Where?
Where?[/quote]
The new investigation result.
[quote=suinicide]Just popping in quick to say chuffy McAvory-Dauntless was just confirmed to be her grandson :)[/quote]Thank you :) Already added to the DTC document.
Where?[/quote]
The new investigation result.[/quote]
Actually, it might be that she’s his grandmother:
Just want to say that I’m more than happy to help with any menaces that you have (although I’m not a campaign fixer, so just message me if you want nightmares/wounds dealing with)
I’m also willing to donate a little to any campaigners, but I’m not super well-off. Apologies!
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/wibbymuffin
edit: I’ve had my suspicion fixed, thanks a lot!
edited by Wibbymuffin on 7/3/2017
Quick question, can fixers take care of Nightmares, or are they suspicion/scandal only? Cause I wasn’t paying attention and hoo boy someone’s not sleeping for the next While.
No, you need to get that taken care of the old fashioned way.
The good doctor should have an offer for assistance at her doorstep shortly.
Thankye kindly! Also, something I just noticed, idk if anyone else has: If you’ve been ignoring the invitations to a party, you know that one opp card? Don’t! If you get up to ToT 12, you can trade in for Favors, Public Attention and a whole boatload of MW. I got jumped from 15 to 17.
Made some edits to our standard letter, to take into account Jenny’s endorsement:
"Friend, I regret to inform you that London is in dire straits. Despite the best efforts of Sinning Jenny, the poor of the city remain oppressed by the wealthy and powerful. They are subjugated by factory bosses who underpay them for their labor and by landlords who overcharge them for their rent. Is it any wonder that these wretched conditions drive them to the easy escapes of drink and honey or the easy money of spirifage? In order to right London’s wrongs we must dissolve this whole vicious system. It’s Teatime for London: won’t you join us at the table?
“The Campaigner and her platform have recently been endorsed by Sinning Jenny, the Mayor of London, as the best means to safeguard and build upon her legacy.”
http://community.failbettergames.com/topic24547-sinning-jenny-endorses-the-dauntless-campaigner.aspx
http://community.failbettergames.com/topic24325-election--the-dauntless-temperance-campaigner.aspx
http://community.failbettergames.com/topic24470-the-honeywell-dauntless-temperance-headquarters.aspx
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edited by Anne Auclair on 7/3/2017
My read is that support for the Detective has plateaued, while the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner’s campaign has much more room to grow thanks to the support of many different types of voters:
- Jenny first voters.
- Clay & Rubbery rights voters.
- Late deciding voters (who have been breaking our way)
Some of these voters will no doubt come out of Feducci’s support. We Campaigner supporters can beat Feducci by winning more late deciding voters and persuading Feducci’s less enthusiastic voters to switch to us. It’s very doable, I’ve done it a number of times already and it’s going to a bit less difficult now.
I’ll be resuming fervent activity starting tomorrow afternoon. There’s a lot of wrongs need righting, and I’ll be here to lead the charge.
I’d like to send a forward request for all new flash-lay and investigation snippets to be added to the document.
Tomorrow I’ll get started on a new list for PoSI players who’ve gained Notoriety so our fixers will be on-hand to assist on wednesday.
edited by Infinity Simulacrum on 7/3/2017
[quote=Infinity Simulacrum]I’d like to send a forward request for all new flash-lay and investigation snippets to be added to the document.
[/quote]No need, I already added them to the document. What’s missing is the candidates’ Campaigns new opportunity cards.
I think Jenny’s endorsement should also be added to the document AND the front page of this thread.