maleclypse
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10/26/2017
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It's amazing! It's a hallowmas miracle!
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Maintaining a controlling interest in my soul requires a pretty constant negotiation between the various shareholder interests. Thankfully the Fingerkings 23% control makes a pretty good foil to unite the other factions enough to get to 51%.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Maleclypse
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gronostaj
Posts: 403
10/26/2017
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where can we see it?
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Gronostaj (pl. Ermine), a decadent duellist of mysterious and indistinct gender. Seeker. Willing to die- but not of boredom. Open to all social actions, including the harmful ones.
Soft-Spoken Surgeon, a doctor who owes an onerous debt. Professor of medicine at the University by day, at criminal employ by night. Open to all non-harmful social actions.
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maleclypse
Posts: 259
10/26/2017
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I saw it on Ask the Sardonic Music Hall Singer for help
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Maintaining a controlling interest in my soul requires a pretty constant negotiation between the various shareholder interests. Thankfully the Fingerkings 23% control makes a pretty good foil to unite the other factions enough to get to 51%.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Maleclypse
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a Nice Friend
Posts: 127
10/26/2017
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If you have any Zee-Ztories you can click on them in your inventory and take a look.
He's looking very amused and very red.
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Anchovies
Posts: 421
10/26/2017
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I am not at all pleased with this artwork. The new, more lifelike portraits have been generally very good so far. Thunderbrows? Superb. But this. Not so much.
There is a man who visited me in my time as governor of Port Carnelian. On a moon-bridge he stopped me, and there he promised me, "Soon."
That man's beard is brown.
edited by Anchovies on 11/2/2017
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Perhaps our role on this planet is not to worship God — but to create Him.
—Sir Arthur C Clarke
Lionel Anchovies. Character on indefinite hiatus.
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a Nice Friend
Posts: 127
10/26/2017
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In some circles he is known as the Crimson Furby.
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Reused NPC
Posts: 259
10/26/2017
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I... didn't even notice. Is there an old image somewhere for comparison?
On the bright side, this probably means something for the Reworks in terms of the Dilmun Club's expedition...
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Edmund Viric, a rather dreamy sort.
"I won't stay long, I shan't stay long! Tell me a secret."
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Sir Joseph Marlen
Posts: 575
10/26/2017
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I'm...confused. When I look at my Zee-Stories, all I see is the usual picture for him. Can anyone explain?
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Sir Joseph Marlen - The Romantic Sophist
Alexus Harven - The Defiant Fatalist
Rose Reinhelm - The Respectful Revolutionary
Cappuccino - The Perfidious Spycraft
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Kaijyuu
Posts: 1047
10/26/2017
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Sir Joseph Marlen wrote:
I'm...confused. When I look at my Zee-Stories, all I see is the usual picture for him. Can anyone explain?
Browser cache. Sometimes you can force the new image with ctrl+F5. If that doesn't work, you can go into your history settings and clear the cache manually. That will force the new artwork to be downloaded.
I like the previous art better. In fact I almost universally like the old art for things; it was shoddy and amateurish but it was full of life.
...With the exception of the old male devil; that one was pretty bad.
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suinicide
Posts: 2409
10/26/2017
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Probably in the middle of updating it. To leprechaun mode. (I love his new picture)
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A gentleman seeking the liberation of knowledge, with a penchant for violence.
RIP suinicide, stuck in a well. Still has it under control.
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Kukapetal
Posts: 1449
10/26/2017
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EEK! No more realistic artwork please! The cartoony style is what makes the artwork so endearing and gives it so much personality.
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Teaspoon
Posts: 866
10/26/2017
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Kukapetal wrote:
EEK! No more realistic artwork please! The cartoony style is what makes the artwork so endearing and gives it so much personality.
I must admit, I find this a sympathetic position.
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Anchovies
Posts: 421
10/26/2017
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The His Amused Lordship which FBG spent several years establishing in their game looks like this:
It's frankly a little insulting to get my own experience with the game trampled on without so much as a "hey, we're changing some character portraits". FBG doesn't exactly owe that to me or the playerbase at large, but it's still a shock.
edit: and yes, I too think that the lifelike portraits are good but should not be ubiquitous. This game ranges into styles which the slightly-cartoonish artwork can work very well for.
edited by Anchovies on 10/26/2017
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Kaijyuu
Posts: 1047
10/26/2017
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Looks reverted?
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Sir Joseph Marlen
Posts: 575
10/26/2017
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Kaijyuu wrote:
Sir Joseph Marlen wrote:
I'm...confused. When I look at my Zee-Stories, all I see is the usual picture for him. Can anyone explain?
Browser cache. Sometimes you can force the new image with ctrl+F5. If that doesn't work, you can go into your history settings and clear the cache manually. That will force the new artwork to be downloaded.
I like the previous art better. In fact I almost universally like the old art for things; it was shoddy and amateurish but it was full of life.
...With the exception of the old male devil; that one was pretty bad.
Nope, still not getting it, I've got the original image. Which is a shame, since I'd love to see how the Lordship looks with his new touch-up, but all in good time I suppose.
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Alexus Harven - The Defiant Fatalist
Rose Reinhelm - The Respectful Revolutionary
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Kaijyuu
Posts: 1047
10/26/2017
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They seem to have reverted to the previous artwork. Might just be coloring his beard brown instead of red.
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Kukapetal
Posts: 1449
10/26/2017
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I guess i just don't see the need for the realistic style at all. I mean, most of the new artist's work fits with the style of the game. It's a touch more realistic, but still cartoony enough where it still blends in. Even the realistic pictures are done well, they're just......REALLY jarring compared to the other pictures. And they're especially jarring when they turn characters we know and love (and who already have perfectly fine portraits) into people we don't recognize.
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Sir Joseph Marlen
Posts: 575
10/26/2017
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I personally have to disagree, I've been loving the new art style. For me, I've always loved the cartoony imagery in the game, so seeing the newer versions of the same drawings under a slightly more realistic take has been entertaining. It's let the artists take some creative liberty redoing popular characters that takes on as a new variant of the FL artwork we know rather than the permanent replacement to shove out the older stuff. That's not to say you're wrong, per se, since it mostly comes down to preference. I just think we have different tastes, is all.
On a side note, I feel personally robbed that I wasn't able to see His Lordship's recently-dyed red beard and will not rest until this curiosity has been sated.
edited by Sir Joseph Marlen on 10/26/2017
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Alexus Harven - The Defiant Fatalist
Rose Reinhelm - The Respectful Revolutionary
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a Nice Friend
Posts: 127
10/26/2017
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His Amused Lordship was always a Brian Blessed, and now he is more so.
edit: here is a re-hosted version for people who can't see
edited by a Nice Friend on 10/26/2017
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Anchovies
Posts: 421
10/26/2017
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Kukapetal wrote:
I guess i just don't see the need for the realistic style at all. I mean, most of the new artist's work fits with the style of the game. It's a touch more realistic, but still cartoony enough where it still blends in. Even the realistic pictures are done well, they're just......REALLY jarring compared to the other pictures. And they're especially jarring when they turn characters we know and love (and who already have perfectly fine portraits) into people we don't recognize. You've expressed my largely incoherent anguish in a very nice way. I agree on all points.
I think the lifelike portraits work very well for Exceptional Stories, because they're set slightly apart from the rest of the game. The striking realism makes for a great attention-grabber to stick at the top of a forum thread or in a banner at the top of the page. It can also seem out of place among the largely silhouette-based older artwork, much of which is not at all in need of replacement.
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