malthaussen
Posts: 1060
10/30/2015
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Somehow, I expect this has been asked before, but I'm curious anyway. Fallen London has been going on for quite some time, and it's clear from the forums that there are some serious veterans still playing the game. So fess up, how long have you been in the 'Neath.
Just three weeks for me, but they've been pretty intense.
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"Of two choices, I always take the third."
Will do all socials except Loitering or Private Evenings (all my Free Evenings are accounted for), and Affluent Photographer Betrayals only, please. I am not currently accepting calling cards.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/malthaussen
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NiteBrite
Posts: 1019
11/11/2015
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I started playing in August 2012. I've had my ups and downs, but I've largely played every action everyday. You couldn't tell this from looking at my account though. It's as if I've hardly progressed at all.
This is because I play this game as if I was Penelope, Odysseus's wife, weaving the burial shroud of his father to delay pushy suitors. By day I make progress, but by night I unravel my work piece by piece. They say my faith is misplaced, that the man is drowned. They say the traveller will not return. But for three years now I have kept faithful, weaving away eternity as for a reckoning that cannot be postponed. Not indefinitely. Not for long.
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I AM currently accepting calling cards.
Stats loss counter: reset, irrigo equivalent: none
[00:34] <@ortab> NiteBrite's laugh is that of a condemned soul gazing into the abyss.
Merciless Modiste avatar by Paul Arendt (based on an original image by Joe England)
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/TheBriteModiste
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Catherine Raymond
Posts: 2518
11/11/2015
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Danko wrote:
Almost exactly a year ago. I remember showing up at the end of Hallowmas, randomly picking a lame destiny and telling Huffam to bugger off. Ah, those were the days.
I've come a long way since then, but the people who's been playing for 3+ years fascinate me. I wonder, does it get boring? Do you still play 24/7, trying not to lose a single action?
I'll take a stab at answering that.
I don't play as religiously as I used to--except when new content becomes available! :-) Nowadays, I'm content to play just a few candles worth of actions a day--it feels like hanging out at a friend's house; odd, untidy perhaps, but familiar and fun.
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Cathy Raymond
http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/cathyr19355
Catherine Raymond aka Mrs. Rykar Malkus http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Catherine%20Raymond (Gone NORTH)
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Danko
Posts: 142
11/2/2015
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Almost exactly a year ago. I remember showing up at the end of Hallowmas, randomly picking a lame destiny and telling Huffam to bugger off. Ah, those were the days.
I've come a long way since then, but the people who's been playing for 3+ years fascinate me. I wonder, does it get boring? Do you still play 24/7, trying not to lose a single action?
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Danko
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The Duke of Waltham
Posts: 150
12/8/2015
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Kolanowski wrote:
Fallen London is the very first browser game to actually convince me to spend money on it.
Same here, and I avoided browser games in general because I didn't like the way they forced me to log in often to avoid losing my progress. What drew me into Fallen London, apart from its wonderful story, was that I could put it aside for however long I wanted and I'd find my character in pretty much the same place upon my return (no Notability to worry about then). Of course I never did put it aside, though it's still too early to say. I've been here just over five months, since 3 July, and I consider myself lucky for my timing: I had time to familiarise myself with the game without being affected by any great upheavals (and I could enjoy the Fruits of the Zee festival as a relative newcomer). I became a PoSI shortly before Hallowmas, at which point everything became frantic because of how the Festival of Masks works (which is when I started posting here), in addition to the flood of new options.
I was worried that I'd have no time to breathe afterwards, amid the preparations for Sacksmas and then the Exceptional Rose, though it turns out things are a little calmer than I had expected. Is there anyone else who resents a little how closely spaced the three festivals are? Or is it just for new players? I haven't had the chance to go to Zee yet, and I haven't started the Flint story either. I suppose this means I'll have material to go through for quite a while yet, but that thing about being able to look away for a while? I hate losing actions, but I also miss that a bit. I actually enjoy a little grinding when it gives me the opportunity to read something else. (A bit of a short attention span, I suppose; I enjoy variety in my activities.)
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The Duke of Waltham welcomes requests for assistance from those troubled by menaces, and His Grace's townhouse is always open to visitors who will not attempt to steal the silverware or extract support for yet another ill-advised scheme concerning photographers.
H. Cartwright, secretary.
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Lady Red
Posts: 517
11/1/2015
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Looks like I joined Twitter - because you needed to have a Twitter account to play, back in the day! - in December 2010.
That means it's nearly my fifth anniversary, aw. Thank you, failbetter, for enriching my life for all this time <3
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Lady~Red
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malthaussen
Posts: 1060
12/8/2015
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Having started a couple of weeks before Hallowmas and making PoSI just last week, I have never really been in a situation where things were not frantic (and plotting social schemes to exploit the holidays hasn't made it any easier!). On the one hand, it has allowed me to make a lot of progress quickly (I could never have picked up 4 Notability so quickly without the Sacksmas cards, for example), on the other, the social entanglements may have slowed my progress somewhat (especially taking off most of Hallowmas to send menaces to other people). On the gripping hand, there is a huge amount to do already, and I haven't even opened up Mahogany Hall or the Labyrinth. It can be a bit overwhelming at times, what? One does need to stay focussed.
-- Mal
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"Of two choices, I always take the third."
Will do all socials except Loitering or Private Evenings (all my Free Evenings are accounted for), and Affluent Photographer Betrayals only, please. I am not currently accepting calling cards.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/malthaussen
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JL
Posts: 30
12/9/2015
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malthaussen wrote:
You should be in the Young Turks, Morcant. It pays to be social!
-- Mal
I shall make my way there a propos. In fact I have considered it earlier, but, alas, forgot to actually make the post.
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Joseph Morcant, the Wan Detective -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Morcant
Joscelin Kenway, the Peligin Lurker -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Joscelin%20Kenway
Virginie Vernet, the Sceptical Artist -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Virginie%20Vernet
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Monsieur Dummour
Posts: 29
11/11/2015
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About 2 weeks.
*Noob alert turns on*
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Monsieur%20Dummour
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Lisbella Peridot
Posts: 138
11/11/2015
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August, 2015.
Time flies by? I thought I was here for years.
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Anatasia Swansong - fencing prodigy, extraordinary beauty, and very stubborn
Welcoming friends of all sorts! All independent now.
Kelly Siniature - grinning, deranged, elegant child of indistinct gender
Kelly is taking a long break on isolation.
I also play Town of Salem and a few other games - still Lisbella Peridot!
I finally regained stable internet access, so I should be around more often...
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malthaussen
Posts: 1060
12/8/2015
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You should be in the Young Turks, Morcant. It pays to be social!
-- Mal
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"Of two choices, I always take the third."
Will do all socials except Loitering or Private Evenings (all my Free Evenings are accounted for), and Affluent Photographer Betrayals only, please. I am not currently accepting calling cards.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/malthaussen
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Kolanowski
Posts: 148
11/2/2015
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I joined during the last Feast of the Exceptional Rose, in February, so it's been, what, nine, ten months? Nine, ten very thrilling months. Fallen London is the very first browser game to actually convince me to spend money on it.
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Kazimierz Kolanowski, gentleman, scholar, humble servant of the Maw. Chaotic Evil. Open to all social actions & accepting almost all requests. Might sell you to Satan for a single corn chip.
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lady ciel
Posts: 2548
11/2/2015
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I have played nearly every day since I found Fallen London. Unless I haven't had access to a computer or the internet and then I want to be back in the Neath as soon as possible. There is just something about FL that holds my attention and I love being here.
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ciel
Sorry RL means I am not a very active player at the moment. No social actions unless you are prepared to wait and definitely no sparring or other mult-action things.
No Calling Cards or boxed cats please. Will take dupes on the affluent photographers. Other social invitations welcome. Parabolan Kittens usually available, send me an in-game social action saying you want one and I will get one to you as soon as possible.
storynexus name - reveurciel
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Amyntas
Posts: 72
11/10/2015
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A handful of months. Some full days of research to sate a curiosity the pace of the story would not allow of me. Some more full days of getting friends into it and surreptitiously marrying one for the pretty stat bonuses.
Like Ciel, I'm on almost every day at least once, and even then I feel bad about not using up my actions as soon as they're filled up again. The Neath is a fascinating place both as a game and as a setting, and every little piece I collect about it makes me delight in it all the more.
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Amyntas. Zubmariner and aspiring romantic.
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Diptych
Administrator
Posts: 3493
10/30/2015
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Since August 2010, if Twitter's to be believed. Before People of Some Importance, the new economy, the Labyrinth of Tigers, Mahogany Hall, and who knows what else. Back then, actions had a daily limit and we died at 5 wounds!
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Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron.
Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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Rupho Schartenhauer
Posts: 787
10/30/2015
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@Sir Frederick: Those were the days! 
I think I joined a few weeks after that, September/October 2010. The original Knife-and-Candle game was still active when I joined (though I couldn't for the life of me remember now how it worked)... and on Christmas the actual Mr Sacks made its rounds, not those cheap lacre-imitations we get nowadays! (*shakesheadindisbelief*)
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Rupho Schartenhauer has killed a Master, well: most of it.
Cortez the Killer has killed a Master, definitely.
Deepdelver has become the progenitor of London's brightest star. It's... complicated.
Dr. Kvirkvelia, gone NORTH on 23/12/1894.
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Diptych
Administrator
Posts: 3493
10/30/2015
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Oh, man, original Knife-and-Candle! You chose a stance, and then the next day you logged in and all your money was gone! And, d'you know, I liked Actual Mr Sacks. He had urchin chums and he gave me a ride in his sack once.
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Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron.
Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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Rupho Schartenhauer
Posts: 787
10/30/2015
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Apropos early days: I recently saw a Primitive Hat on someone's mantelpiece, a memento for players from the very earliest days when the game was still black & white. I would love to know how the game looked at the time, if someone still had a screenshot or two saved somewhere?
Edit: link to profile
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Rupho Schartenhauer has killed a Master, well: most of it.
Cortez the Killer has killed a Master, definitely.
Deepdelver has become the progenitor of London's brightest star. It's... complicated.
Dr. Kvirkvelia, gone NORTH on 23/12/1894.
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Estelle Knoht
Posts: 1751
11/1/2015
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Hush, you! I better see that confession of timelessness within another 126 years.
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Estelle Knoht, a juvenile, unreliable and respectable lady.
I currently do not accept any catbox, cider, suppers, calling cards or proteges.
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