SpeakingWaters
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8/29/2015
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Hello forum people, I finally have my own newspaper and it's time for me to name it...only the "Name your newspaper" page has me a bit lost. There is a little drop-down box labeled "Choose which Affiliation:", which has the options "Gang Of Hoodlums", "Newspaper", and "Held In Esteem By The Crew Of The Galatea" (that's the one from "the Gift" Fate-story). I have Membership Of God's Editors, though it doesn't show up in the box, but that's aside my problem.
I need to know what choosing the affiliation does, like if I pick Gang Of Hoodlums, will it rename my gang instead of the newspaper? Or does it have some other effect? I appreciate any help, or if Failbetter made this bit a little easier to understand 
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Kittenpox
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8/31/2015
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When I encountered that, I selected Newspaper and picked the name I wanted, just in case.
It would make sense (mechanically) that you'd be able to use it to name your other things, if it gives the option to select them, even though that's not what that storylet is intended to do. From a narrative perspective, however, it's a little incongruous for someone to be like "So, what are you going to name your newspaper?" and you replying with "My gang is called _____." :-p
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xKiv
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8/31/2015
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Have you seen what they wrote in the Newspaper?
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SpeakingWaters
Posts: 4
9/12/2015
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marcmagus wrote:
I wonder what happens if you use it to rename a different Affiliation. Does your newspaper never get a name? Get a default name?
My newspaper is currently called "Newspaper" since I haven't named it yet, which I suppose is the default name
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CogDiss
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7/3/2018
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I know this is a three year old thread, but I just encountered this and was baffled. I'm glad I stumbled upon this thread so I didn't accidentally rename my Held In Esteem affiliation, but I wanted to remark I'm surprised this hasn't been fixed as it makes zero sense and doesn't seem intended.
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Sara Hysaro
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8/31/2015
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I would think that once you name something (whether its your Newspaper or a different affiliation) you'll conclude that storylet. So if you decided to name your gang instead of your newspaper then your newspaper just wouldn't get a name. It doesn't really need a name, so I don't think FBG would program in a default one. It can function just fine nameless, and might be kinda funny in terms of RP.
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dragonridingsorceress
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8/30/2015
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SpeakingWaters wrote:
I need to know what choosing the affiliation does, like if I pick Gang Of Hoodlums, will it rename my gang instead of the newspaper? Or does it have some other effect? I appreciate any help, or if Failbetter made this bit a little easier to understand
That is how I understood it.
In the Bazaar Side-Streets, you have the option of naming various affiliations, for a price. I suspect FBG have reused that storylet interface here.
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