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Election 1896 has begun!

Absintheuse Moderator Posts: 348 6/18/2018	Delicious friends, a full year has passed: Election begins today! Feducci is through and a new mayor will be chosen! We cordially invite you to Fallen London’s third official Election. “A hustings stands in Hastings Square, festooned with bright banners and garish posters. Some depict the amiable grin of Mr Slowcake, others the crowned head of the Captivating Princess, others still the white smile of the Jovial Contrarian.” The Election is free and is open to all players. It will begin today, Monday 18th June and end on the 2nd of July. Mr Huffam will be polling people throughout Election and releasing the results periodically via the main Election card. CHOOSE A CAREER & INCREASE YOUR REPUTATION Whether Campaigner, Fixer or Agitator, your efforts will be required. Advance your Career from the main Election card. At the end of the Election, your combined Election Career level and Notability will be counted towards whichever candidate you chose to support! And as this is politics, the strength of your Reputation is everything. Gain Reputation through the Further your Reputation card in your Opportunity Deck. Reputation can be spent to advance your Career, gather information on the three candidates, and to acquire useful items. Calling in Favours can also increase your Reputation, and each Career type can call on different factions: Campaigner: Society, Bohemian, Hell, Constables, Church, Great Game Fixer: Society, Hell, Urchins, Tomb-Colonists, Revolutionaries, Great Game Agitator: Rubbery Men, Bohemians, Criminals, Urchins, Docks, Revolutionaries CHOOSE YOUR CANDIDATE Use the first week of Election to find out about the candidates and their platforms via The Mayoral Election 1896 storylet. This year’s brave contenders are: Mr Slowcake, The Jovial Contrarian, and The Captivating Princess. At the start of the second week, Monday the 25th of June, you’ll be able able cast your vote! We look forward to seeing who wins your loyalty. THE OUTCOME On the 2nd of July, Mr Huffam will announce which candidate has been successful! The elected Mayor will reign for one year, after which another election will be held. The winning candidate will have a Mayoral influence in your Opportunity Deck until next year's election, so be certain to investigate all their platforms vigorously. edited by Absintheuse on 6/18/2018
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Chris Gardiner Administrator Posts: 539 6/18/2018	Dear lord. - We knew the Princess would be an officer in Skies, and needed a new portrait for her. - Since we knew she was in Skies, we thought it'd be fun to use her more in Fallen london, too (we did this with some characters for Sea and Zubmariner too). - The art for her in Fallen London was very old, and the art department weren't fond of it. - We asked the artist who did her Skies portrait to modify it into a Fallen London version representing her before the tumult of going into the heavens. - We specifically asked the artist to use the Skies portrait and modify it slightly, to make very clear it's the same character. - This helps make the character consistent across both games. We hope, as happened with Sunless Sea, that Skies will bring new players to Fallen London, and we want them to recognise some faces. I appreciate some players were fond of the old portrait. I'm afraid we weren't, and this was a good opportunity to update it. Any rude accusations of sloppiness or laziness will be treated exactly as the forum rules say they should be. I have zero problem with people critiquing our work, or preferring one piece of it to another. Everyone who works here has, without exception, had their heart broken when something we made wasn't met with the resposne we hoped. That's part of the job. Our audience is large and diverse, and different pieces of work are received with different amounts of enthusiasm by different people. But I can tell you (through gritted teeth, because I am amazed it is necessary) that not one person at Failbetter - nor any of our freelancers or collaborators - is lazy. Everyone here busts their ass to provide the best stories, art, and games we can. You can critique the work without impugning our work ethic or diligence. If you want to do that, you can do it somewhere else. I now return you to the shameful shennanigans and outrageous antics of election season.
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millea Posts: 45 6/18/2018	Oh man, I have so much beef with those portraits! With all due respect to the artist, whose skill is undeniable, they look just plain bad when we take into account the characters they're supposed to portray. Every single character looks terribly off-model, and in some cases (like the Princess) the new appearance goes against everything that was previously established. The Princess looked like an elegant woman in her mid-twenties, with brown hair that gleamed red (a trick of the light? or red honey?). She had a distinctly eerie feeling about her. Now? She looks like a teenager, with her hair and eye colour dramatically changed. Slowcake's Amanuensis also looks vastly different - but I suppose I can understand that, given he didn't have an unique portrait before. But the Contrarian - much like the Princess - did, thanks to the previous election he appeared in. And his facial features have changed a lot - notably his slim nose and hairline. I understand the need to update art, but must we really throw consistency under the bus (or, in this case, carriage) while doing so? Last election, the Implacable Detective got an absolutely lovely new portrait that kept everything that made herself, well... her. Why not this time? -- Elvira Blake, the Pariah's Doctor. ༺⚜️༻ Anne Meredith, the Disfigured Captain.
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babelfishwars Administrator Posts: 1152 6/18/2018	Hi, I'd appreciate it if people could keep posts on topic and friendly. The forums got rather unfun for a few last year, and took a lot of moderation time. Our moderators are volunteers, and our forums are usually excellent places for role-play, game tips and criticism of the work. If this place gets heated, we cannot leave all the work to the volunteers. We'd like to keep the focus on the elections - the more we feel obliged to supervise the forums, the less time we can spend actually making content. We appreciate the enthusiasm, we read all the feedback even if we don't respond to it all personally. But we'd much rather be creating things for you than looming here. Thanks. -- Mars, God of Fish; Leaning Tower of Fish
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Diptych Administrator Posts: 3493 6/20/2018	Akernis wrote: I have to give them that I like these ongoing polls. I find the current one particularly entertaining: [spoiler] "Were they trapped in a burning building - really burning, incandescent, in fact - which of this years candidates would you rescue first?" Jovial Contrarian - 'He's likely to stay in the building out of bloody-minded temperament, while everyone else rushes for the exit.' Heh, I could actually see that happening. [/spoiler] See, I voted Contrarian in that one, because, with his wheelchair, I thought he might need some assistance managing the stairs. Also because the Princess probably set the fire and Slowcake's unlikely to be harmed by it, but that's by the by. -- 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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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/21/2018	I really like the much slower start to the election. Previous elections tossed us right into the action, with you choosing a candidate and campaigning before you'd really learned anything about them. The actual campaign's story-lines were somewhat undermined by these mechanics. Before the candidates could get their messages out or the scandals could surface, the game created a huge psychological barrier to switching - losing progress, having to redo said progress, possibly missing out on rewards (unless you paid fate). So in a sense the election's trajectory was governed mostly by first impressions. This also made the election season somewhat more frenzied as you had to push your chosen candidate now now now lest they be left in the dust. Now we're actually given a week before being asked to commit. So, there's actually time to stop and think things over and discuss. Like, at the moment I can't make up my mind between the Princess and Mr. Slowcake. If I had been forced to choose between them at the start, I would have selected one of them based on very limited information and that likely would have been that (the reasons would come later, hopefully they'd be what I guessed them to be). Now I can actually watch and weigh the candidate's respective campaigns and promises. The previous election mechanics made us partisans from the get go. The current mechanics make us voters in the first week, partisans in the second. Though I do rather miss the social actions of being a Campaigner - collecting donations was rather fun. It also encouraged players to organize. Though I understand things were a bit unbalanced for Fixers (more doctors than patents) and Agitators (constantly under attack). I don't really miss the debates - they were fun, but we have the same mechanics with chess and duels and debates would seriously clog your inbox. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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millea Posts: 45 6/18/2018	Sir Frederick wrote: millea wrote: Slowcake's Amanuensis also looks vastly different - but I suppose I can understand that, given he didn't have an unique portrait before. But the Contrarian - much like the Princess - did, thanks to the previous election he appeared in. And his facial features have changed a lot - notably his slim nose and hairline. I think the Slowcake portrait is meant to be the """"man"""" """"himself"""", rather than his Amanuensis? Also, that first Contrarian portrait also isn't unique - it's used for a number of other characters. So the real change is between the second and third portraits. And the second is rather stylised, even abstract. I realize that, but the portrait was used as basis for his appearance in the election poster. And stylised or not, you should keep facial features consistent. Stylisation isn't changing the entire facial anatomy of a person. -- Elvira Blake, the Pariah's Doctor. ༺⚜️༻ Anne Meredith, the Disfigured Captain.
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Diptych Administrator Posts: 3493 6/18/2018	So Slowcake's claiming the meritocrat position, the Contrarian's running for conservative law-and-order ideals, and the Princess... just wants to funnel public funds into her parties? This will be an odd election. -- 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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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1784 6/28/2018	Anne Auclair wrote: The Fourth Poll continues the trend witnessed thus far! Londoner's are torn as to which of the Jovial Contrarian or the Captivating Princess they'd maroon on an island with them, with a small but devoted coterie of Mr Slowcake aficionados coming in third place. Why in god's name would anyone want to be trapped on a deserted island with the PRINCESS?! The sex, Lady Auclair. It is always the sex. ...aaaaand I just understood that Captivating has a double meaning in her case. Go me! -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/29/2018	Some of you might get a kick out of this :P My boyfriend read some of my forum posts and sent me the following: Anne: I sincerely think the Princess is best for London. Princess: Hey, wanna hang out? Anne: Get the F&% away from me!!* . edited by Anne Auclair on 6/29/2018 -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Akernis Posts: 255 6/19/2018	Catherine Raymond wrote: Can you tell me what kinds of Items can be turned in to increase Reputation? Everyone Cellar of Wine -- 5 reputation Silent Soul -- 5 reputation Vital Intelligence -- 5 reputation Short Story -- 2 reputation (Thrilling, Exceptional, or Compelling) Making Waves (2 levels) -- 1 reputation Agitators Blackmail Material -- 5 reputation Criminal favour -- 1 reputation Docks favour -- 1 reputation Rubbery men favour -- 1 reputation Urchin favour -- 1 reputation Campaigners Magnificent Diamond -- 5 reputation Bohemian favour -- 1 reputation Church favour -- 1 reputation Constables favour -- 1 reputation Great Game favour -- 1 reputation Society favour -- 1 reputation Fixers Favour in High Places -- 5 reputation Great Game favour -- 1 reputation Hell favour -- 1 reputation Revolutionary favour -- 1 reputation Tomb-Colonies favour -- 1 reputation Urchin favour -- 1 reputation Note - all favours says they grant 1 reputation, but I have gotten 2 each time I have tried. . edited by Akernis on 6/19/2018 -- Vena's profile - http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Akernis
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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1784 6/18/2018	Evil, eviler and chaos? Ouch. Don't get me wrong, I assume this is going to be fun still, but I was really hoping for a candidate I could support like we had in the previous elections. I honestly cannot see myself supporting any of these guys or what they stand for. Unless they were deliberately chosen so as not to ignite the fires of the previous years, of course. -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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James Sinclair Posts: 253 6/21/2018	Anne Auclair wrote: Though I do rather miss the social actions of being a Campaigner - collecting donations was rather fun. It also encouraged players to organize. Though I understand things were a bit unbalanced for Fixers (more doctors than patents) and Agitators (constantly under attack). I don't really miss the debates - they were fun, but we have the same mechanics with chess and duels and debates would seriously clog your inbox. I was also really looking forward to the social aspect of this festival. With social actions having been removed (unless they make some sort of comeback next week, which there hasn't been any indication of), there's virtually no difference between the three electoral careers. Campaigning for donations last year and getting menace help from Fixers was a blast, and launching jolly attacks on other players as an Agitator would have been fun this year, too. And last year, solo players could still spend items and favours to gain election resources without needing to interact with other players. For this election, spending those favours and items is the only way to advance, so we're essentially all solo players. I liked the debates (although there were some mechanical problems with them; namely, being only able to debate one player at a time caused problems when your opponent took too long to respond, limiting the number of debates you could participate in). With a few tweaks they could have remained a fun addition of the festival. Regardless, I hope that the loss of social actions is not a trend, and that they return in some form or another in future elections. -- James Sinclair Curator of the Sanguine Ribbon Society 🗡 A fully-fledged rêveur of The Night Circus. Wines is red Spices is yellow But old Jack-of-Smiles Is a murderous fellow ☠
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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/29/2018	My boyfriend had another remark: "So you plan to elect the Princess by writing extremely damning criticisms of her?" I hate him :P -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Lady Sapho Byron Posts: 770 6/21/2018	James Sinclair wrote: I was also really looking forward to the social aspect of this festival [snip] ... I hope that the loss of social actions is not a trend, and that they return in some form or another in future elections. I entirely agree. Election-based social actions were phenomenal fun for me last year as a Campaigner (although I do understand things were a tad clunky for Fixers and Agitators) and during the debates (even if these, too, were a tad clunky). I do very much hope FBG tweaks the mechanics and brings Election social actions back for 1897. -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Lady%20Sapho%20L%20Byron Fighting the Menace of Corsetry Since 1892.
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Aardvark Posts: 119 6/21/2018	Aniline wrote: I joined FL about a year ago, and, having participated in every festival, I must say this version of the election by far the best of them all: actions more profitable than the box grind / orphan chowder, free money for new characters and free higher-tier items for more advanced ones (one of mine has gotten herself kicked out of the Uni, and implications are hard to come by), a stream of favours, extremely helpful no matter what it is that you grind (even scraps, apparently!), a fun career progression that doesn't hit a wall (I only wish the initial free career levels were explained better), and, of course, the writing - supporting, undermining, talking to the candidates, polls, different reputation actions for different careers, even those that use the same favours. Whoa. As for it being luck-based -- here I am with six characters, one created during this year's FotR and four newer still, all in the upper teens of their careers halfway through the first week. It is small consolation if you're bizarrely unlucky, but the math does in fact work. No, I am sorry, but I have to disagree with you here. While I love the creative aspects of this year’s festival, as always, I do not think that mechanically it’s been executed very well so far. I’ll try to explain my reasoning within spoiler tags for those interested. [spoiler] While I understand the reasoning behind the faction card frequency increase, I think it is doing the festival a disservice. The gripe I have is that any progression regarding the election so far, from raising your election carreer to even being able to find out anything deeper about the candidates and their relations, actually is locked behind a wall – wall of being able to draw a single Abundant-frequency card in a deck that has been inflated by other twelve cards (with the faction cards effectively being doubled). There is no way around that one card, no matter how much grinding you’d be willing to do – except paying 15 Fate, which even for myself is a little bit too much for simply forcing a card draw. The thing is, if you are an enfranchised, long term endgame player, you don’t have very much novel stuff to do. Apart from the monthly exceptional stories (delightful, but seldom repeatable), I’ve come to look forward immensely toward every seasonal festival, only for the break from the routine. I genuinely enjoy doing something different than grinding echoes for the Cider, and I imagine many other players in a similar position do as well. For the last few months, with the exception of the Feast and other seasonal events, my routine pretty much consisted from flipping cards, getting favours, turning them in for rewards and shipping orphans to the tigers, simply because I’ve done most the other stuff. (Also, all that stuff I’ve done has given me a lot of cards that again make drawing any particular one that much less likely.) So now, for this festival, what I‘ve been presented with is… almost exclusively being able to obtain even more favours, even faster than usual. And each favour you obtain effectively takes two actions to proces, if you don’t chance upon a conflict card. Thus, your actions get depleted that much faster and you have fewer of them usable for refreshing cards, e.g. via the Finishing School. I may get to the point where I start automatically discarding any and all favour giving cards on sight, only hoping to draw the Reputation card. I probably need not say that will make the process even more frustrating… Make no mistake, the election has been insanely profitable with the extreme stream of favours incoming. This is no doubt a great opportunity to achieve a lot of stuff, such as renown grinding or even straightforward money grinds. That is all completely election-unrelated, however, and none of that actually helps you take part in the festival proper. Even if you’d be solely relying on favours for reputation gain, the rate at which you gain favours is disproportionately higher than the rate you can actually turn them in for reputation. That could of course be improved by raising the Reputation card’s frequency to Ubiquitous. [/spoiler] Since I‘ve started counting, I’ve flipped 180 cards (most of them on my main), not hitting Further your reputation card once. Is that bizarrely unlucky enough for you? Or could it be that at least for endgame players with fat card decks, the frequencies are unbalanced? Either way, it’s been way more frustrating for me even than the notability madness of last year’s Hallowmas, and no, my BDR was nowhere near high enough to be able to obtain everything. To end on a positive note, as always, I enjoy all the new text, images and story tidbits we’ve been given immensely. I only wish I could actually enjoy these facets of the festival more instead of being flooded with what I’m doing all year round anyway, except incomparably more frantically. All that said, I still think people at Failbetter are doing a marvellous job producing delightful games, and I of course understand a lot of their capacity is right now focused very much on Sunless Skies, which I look forward to playing, and the website redesign, which is quite understandable as well. So kudos and thank you for all the hard work! edited by Aardvark on 6/21/2018 -- Sir Reginald Monteroy, Paramount Glassman, Courier's Footprint, Poet-Laureate and Cider owner. http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Sir Reginald Monteroy If you desire a sip of Hesperidean Cider, PM me in the game.
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Diptych Administrator Posts: 3493 6/18/2018	millea wrote: Slowcake's Amanuensis also looks vastly different - but I suppose I can understand that, given he didn't have an unique portrait before. But the Contrarian - much like the Princess - did, thanks to the previous election he appeared in. And his facial features have changed a lot - notably his slim nose and hairline. I think the Slowcake portrait is meant to be the """"man"""" """"himself"""", rather than his Amanuensis? Also, that first Contrarian portrait also isn't unique - it's used for a number of other characters. So the real change is between the second and third portraits. And the second is rather stylised, even abstract. -- 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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Kaijyuu Posts: 1047 6/18/2018	So our choices are a sockpuppet of hell, a literal monster, and the Contrarian. Well, guess I'll be Contrary this time. -- Be of good cheer. Our contacts have assured us that your sins are forgiven.
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silurica Posts: 210 6/18/2018	Sir Frederick wrote: millea wrote: Slowcake's Amanuensis also looks vastly different - but I suppose I can understand that, given he didn't have an unique portrait before. But the Contrarian - much like the Princess - did, thanks to the previous election he appeared in. And his facial features have changed a lot - notably his slim nose and hairline. I think the Slowcake portrait is meant to be the """"man"""" """"himself"""", rather than his Amanuensis? Also, that first Contrarian portrait also isn't unique - it's used for a number of other characters. So the real change is between the second and third portraits. And the second is rather stylised, even abstract. As far as I can tell, the Contrarian didn't have a nose as big as now even in the stylized Election 1894 portrait. I don't have any way to say it better now and honestly it might sound rather petty, but I'm kind of annoyed he isn't depicted as handsomely in the new portrait. This portrait isn't of the Contrarian I knew. edited by silurica on 6/18/2018 -- Meika Osborne, the Reckless Researcher Leonard West, the Scarlet Informant Chizuru Nishiooji, the Rueful Ex-Diplomat
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nyana Posts: 11 6/18/2018	silurica wrote: Sir Frederick wrote: millea wrote: Slowcake's Amanuensis also looks vastly different - but I suppose I can understand that, given he didn't have an unique portrait before. But the Contrarian - much like the Princess - did, thanks to the previous election he appeared in. And his facial features have changed a lot - notably his slim nose and hairline. I think the Slowcake portrait is meant to be the """"man"""" """"himself"""", rather than his Amanuensis? Also, that first Contrarian portrait also isn't unique - it's used for a number of other characters. So the real change is between the second and third portraits. And the second is rather stylised, even abstract. As far as I can tell, the Contrarian didn't have a nose as big as now even in the stylized Election 1894 portrait. I don't have any way to say it better now and honestly it might sound rather petty, but I'm kind of annoyed he isn't depicted as handsomely in the new portrait. This portrait isn't of the Contrarian I knew. edited by silurica on 6/18/2018 The Princess' portrait bothers me the most because, if memory serves me right, she's described as having bright red eyes. And out of honey, her eyes are brown. I know it's a very small detail, but the fact she has blue eyes here feels off to me, to put it mildly. And then Contrarian... eh, he might have seen better years. :') -- → The Ethereal Versifier ; Glasswoman & writer. Bohemian-alligned. Friendly and dreamy, known to many a devil or thug. Open for chess games, coffees, packages and loitering. → The Rambunctious Navigator (Bag a Legend) ; Monster-Hunter & cartographer. Ex-naval officer, always followed by two-fisted rats. Open for sparring, coffees, loitering and chess games. → The Lethargic Enforcer (Nemesis) ; Licentiate & ocassional undercover. Weary but dangerous, has a fondness for honey. Open for sparring, loitering, coffees and boxed cats.
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Qube Posts: 29 6/19/2018	SLOWCAKE IS CREEPY DON'T LIKE HIS FACE I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO CONTRIBUTE -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Qube Rat-Catcher by profession, treasure-seeker by diversion. No depth too low, no height untouchable. Send me your catboxes, I need them for catching rats. Don't ask how. Trade secret. Gloria In Latrones
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Vryl Posts: 52 6/18/2018	PSGarak wrote: NinjaComedian wrote: If the rumors that the JC is a Revolutionary are true, I'd rather support either of the other two than see the revolutionary cause advanced at all. It's hard to call it a rumor. The game literally goes out of character and tells you to play "The Calendar Code" to learn more about the Contrarian. If it wasn't clear from the title, the meat of the story consists of [spoiler]veiled descriptions of every member of the Calendar Council, and it is abundantly apparent that the Contrarian is one such person described.[/spoiler] The relative lack of people who morally not complete monsters is likely to favor the Contrarian. It boggles my mind that people consider him the lesser evil, but then again that's the same reason I voted for Feducci last year, which it seems boggles many minds in turn. It's a choice between the open hand of Hell, a very literal monster and a revolutionary who has, as far as I could see, always been a moderating influence who doesn't support things like bombing buildings to make a political statement. I may be wrong about that, but since he tends to spend his visible time attending society parties and writing arguments for and against things like Clay rights, he doesn't seem likely to be a vicious person. If it weren't for the very real possibility that other revolutionaries will take advantage of his position, I'd have almost no qualms supporting him over Slowcake or the Princess. That said, I'll probably work against him most of the time is he is elected. -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Vryl
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Rhode Wardwado Posts: 27 6/18/2018	It kinda sucks to hear that people are taking shots at the work ethic of the artists who did the candidate portraits, because I really like all three of them. Especially the Princess's. She looks like a Disney Princess, and I love it because I've seen firsthand how monstrous she actually is. And therein lies the conundrum for me, or at least my character, who's opposed to the Princess for personal reasons, Hell for moral reasons, and the Revolutionaries for practical reasons. I'm probably going to throw my support behind the Jovial Contrarian, but largely just to stop the other two from gaining office. Just going off of my limited interactions with him, I really don't trust anything he has to say. I think I'm gonna give The Calendar Code a purchase and see what else I can learn about him. -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Rhode%20Wardwado
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Greg M Posts: 197 6/18/2018	Another person who had no problem with the portraits (and yeah, the FL folk work their butts off.) From a story standpoint, I'm delighted by the Captivating Princess and Slowcake being on the ballot (do we have confirmation that Slowcake actually exists? Because if he doesn't, that'd be even more awesome.) That said, for those who are dissatisfied with all three candidates, GregM will cheerfully accept write-in votes for Mayor. There is no in-game mechanism to do this, and I would not expect the Masters to permit any write-ins in-story, but it'll be a moral victory... you can walk into the voting booth thinking, "darn, if I had the ability, I'd write in 'GregM.' He is not a vampire-like creature, not Satan, and doesn't change his mind for random purposes. GregM '96: Not literally Satan or a soul-eater. -- Profile: GregM. http://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/GregM Available for any non-harmful social interactions.
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Henricus Posts: 38 6/18/2018	wrondo wrote: Although I would otherwise never vote for a candidate who advocates for law and order, his epiphany seems sincere, and I would posit that his willingness to run against his own prior platform shows a certain flexibility of mind, that I appreciate. edited by wrondo on 6/18/2018 Ha. Hahaha. Hahahahahahahahaha.
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Akernis Posts: 255 6/19/2018	Greg M wrote: ... is not a vampire-like creature. Hah! Now I feel like I should be ashamed for not noticing the similarities. She is notoriously beautiful and alluring, perpetually young, would die from sunlight, and drinks red liquid. Yep, the Captivating Princess is definitely a vampire. Sheesh, as if I needed another reason to like her XD. -- Vena's profile - http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Akernis
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Kaijyuu Posts: 1047 6/18/2018	Re: Contrarian appearance. Honestly I interpreted it as him getting older. And with the Princess's less than ethical practices, she may very well be getting "younger". -- Be of good cheer. Our contacts have assured us that your sins are forgiven.
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Siankan Posts: 1048 6/18/2018	Kaijyuu wrote: So our choices are a sockpuppet of hell, a literal monster, and the Contrarian. Well, guess I'll be Contrary this time. Basically. I never thought I'd be backing the Jovial Contrarian, but here we are. -- Prof. Sian Kan, at your service.
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Lady Sapho Byron Posts: 770 6/18/2018	Jolanda Swan wrote: Unless they were deliberately chosen so as not to ignite the fires of the previous years, of course. Just so. The moral high ground for this year's suite of candidates is defined not so much by the height of peaks as by the depth of troughs. -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Lady%20Sapho%20L%20Byron Fighting the Menace of Corsetry Since 1892.
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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1784 6/29/2018	Marry him. -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1784 6/25/2018	I voted for the Campaigner with all my heart, I even got a bit sad when Feducci was elected, but I must say his agenda was child's play compared to Slowcakes's and the Princess' agenda. Next year's candidate: the Vake. 'Sit still. I just want to eat you.' -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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genesis Posts: 924 6/25/2018	In case of interest, the three failures: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Lapsus%20Londinium?fromEchoId=14298067 http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Lapsus%20Londinium?fromEchoId=14298070 http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Londinium%20Lapsus?fromEchoId=14269488 -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/mikey_thinkin Keeping track of incomplete content and loose ends in Fallen London
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Skinnyman Posts: 2133 6/18/2018	Mr Slowcake's Amanuensis which was the most wanted person and refused to appear when needed. The Contrarian who doesn't need any other introduction. And a junkie Princess. This is going to be interesting! edited by Skinnyman on 6/18/2018 -- ESs items and quality requirements sheet. Please check if there are errors or if something is missing Achievement list if you're feeling bored! I am accepting Plant battles, Neath's Mysteries card, Starveling Cats and boxed cats. No suppers, no second chances gain and no need to cure my menaces!
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Estelle Knoht Posts: 1751 6/18/2018	silurica wrote: Honestly, I'm bummed we don't have social actions anymore this year but notability, a mechanic that only benefits late game players, is here to stay. (Or perhaps mid-late game, but we all know notability is even more annoying when you just recently became a PoSI and barely have BDR gears.) Disappointed, really. Most likely, they pulled the plug on social actions this year because of how chaotic and potentially buggy it is - too many people stuck in a debate, and so on - which demands immediate attention from support. It is not a happy combination with the new website revamp, where things might also go awry :P -- 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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datarama Posts: 18 6/18/2018	Captain Octavian III wrote: Slowcake = Satan That's his entire appeal! -- Professor Anton Moebius, the Antidisciplinary Scientist
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Aardvark Posts: 119 6/18/2018	I'm sure I'm talking for a lot of silent people who are quite happy with the portraits. I for one do think the Contrarian is very in-keeping with his previous depictions and his overall character. As for the princess, she looks very princess-y in her portrait, and definitely in a way she'd plausibly affect to lure electioners with the whole "innocent lovebird" seeking the sort of appreciation and attention her sweetheart had gotten last year. Also, a Sunless Skies officer??? Whew, interesting times ahead! What interests me more, however, is this year's mechanisms. I still hadn't had the good fortune to draw any card that would allow me to gain this Reputation. I take it the election currencies of the past years have been removed? Is there any reliable way to help along your election carreer? Or are we completely at the mercy of the RNG? And the election career choice mentioned favours; can someone explain how these come into play? Thank you kindly, Sir Reginald Monteroy -- Sir Reginald Monteroy, Paramount Glassman, Courier's Footprint, Poet-Laureate and Cider owner. http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Sir Reginald Monteroy If you desire a sip of Hesperidean Cider, PM me in the game.
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a Nice Friend Posts: 127 6/19/2018	The Jovial Contrarian is capable of killing a man through the power of being incredibly irritating. I believe he is to be feared and respected. I also laughed out loud at his return and his new platform. I saw it coming and it was still hilarious. I can't participate this year or ever again because I went a bit too far North, but I really want those bees. You can equip bees as a weapon! That's amazing! -- Definitely a nice friend - http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/a%20nice%20friend
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Gerlak Posts: 21 6/18/2018	Greg M wrote: Another person who had no problem with the portraits (and yeah, the FL folk work their butts off.) From a story standpoint, I'm delighted by the Captivating Princess and Slowcake being on the ballot (do we have confirmation that Slowcake actually exists? Because if he doesn't, that'd be even more awesome.) That said, for those who are dissatisfied with all three candidates, GregM will cheerfully accept write-in votes for Mayor. There is no in-game mechanism to do this, and I would not expect the Masters to permit any write-ins in-story, but it'll be a moral victory... you can walk into the voting booth thinking, "darn, if I had the ability, I'd write in 'GregM.' He is not a vampire-like creature, not Satan, and doesn't change his mind for random purposes. GregM '96: Not literally Satan or a soul-eater. You have my vote, just for that slogan. Finally, a candidate you can fully trust! -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Gerlak
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Purvis Posts: 11 6/18/2018	Does...does this mean the Jovial Contrarian has vowed to become a tyrant we can trust? Will there be ponies?
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Dudebro Pyro Posts: 755 6/18/2018	wrondo wrote: Although I see that he's a sockpuppet of Hell, but I do not know if that counts against him. All I know about Hell is that it is home to Devils, who have an adorable penchant for souls.) I have never heard of the Captivating Princess, and restoring London to magnificence seems a noble, shallow, and harmless goal. I see her as the candidate with the potential to do the least bad, if also the candidate with the potential to do the least good. I've been somewhat partial to the Jovial Contrarian for what few days I've been in London. Although I would otherwise never vote for a candidate who advocates for law and order, his epiphany seems sincere, and I would posit that his willingness to run against his own prior platform shows a certain flexibility of mind, that I appreciate. There isn't much else to know about Hell. I mean sure there are history lessons and detailed lore, but none of that changes the core of what's it about. Do you mind devils walking around London trying to con its citizens out of their souls (which has a very adverse effect on the victims' wellbeing), and meddling deeply in all sorts of political affairs to further their ends? The answer to that question should guide you on your stance on hell. The Captivating Princess has a few (very, very nasty) skeletons in her closet. I'm not going to spoil more here out of the blue, in case you want to inquire for yourself or even remain ignorant. The Contrarian likes debates and arguments, and hasn't been known to sincerely hold any opinion. He makes no secret of that, though. Chances are the only reason he's adopted his stance is because it's the opposite of what he campaigned for two years ago. Make of that what you will. -- Dudebro Pyro, eccentric scholar Spare Starveling Kitties always welcome. I collect them. For that matter, send me your unwanted cat boxes too.
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Aardvark Posts: 119 6/20/2018	As much as it pains me to be a critic, I've got to say I am not overly fond of this year's change in the mechanics. Particularly the removal of any and all ways to reliably take part in election by doing one of several grinding options stings. I admit I dislike all events that are solely card-draw-based, since I seldom get lucky with the draw and it's somewhat frustrating to flip card after card without any relevance to the election. I think upgrading frequency of the favours-giving cards is hurtful in this regard. Don't get me wrong, it makes this election excessively profitable and is cool for the lower-tier players who might rely on favours for reputation gain and especially reown grinding. But with such a large number of cards suddenly upping their frequency, I don't think the Reputation-furthering card is frequent enough. In effect, even if you were relying only on the favours to build Reputation, you'd still never be able to convert the favours as fast as you gain them. Today, I've flipped perhaps 50-70 cards. Reputation card has shown up exactly zero times. IMO, Abundant frequency is not enough for those of us who have our deck cluttered with the chaff that comes from years of playing. And not being able to improve the chance of drawing in a reasonable way makes one feel stuck and powerless. Not a good feeling to have, even if it does loads to make the whole affair more like a real election than a game... -- Sir Reginald Monteroy, Paramount Glassman, Courier's Footprint, Poet-Laureate and Cider owner. http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Sir Reginald Monteroy If you desire a sip of Hesperidean Cider, PM me in the game.
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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1784 6/19/2018	Sunday night, talking with friends about the fact we don't know who to support in the next election in our country. Monday morning, seeing these three candidates pop up - one less palatable than the other. Damn you, irony, you did it again! -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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Plynkes Posts: 631 6/20/2018	Maybe it's just me, but it's pretty boring, gameplay-wise this time. Doesn't really feel like anything much is happening at all. The cards just aren't appearing often enough to make me feel I'm involved in the election in any significant way. The election feels like it is something happening somewhere else, and I am just occasionally hearing about it. Didn't feel like that the previous times. And this is more personal and subjective, but this time I really don't care who wins. That hasn't happened before either. Before there has been someone I wanted to win, or last year someone I didn't want to win. I have no clue who I am going to support, if anyone. -- "Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop, but don't tell me."
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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/20/2018	I wonder if we'll see endorsements. I'm honestly interested in what the Bishop, the Campaigner, the Detective, and Mayor Jenny think of the various candidates. btw, for anyone who wants to make a difference beyond their own election reputation and forum arguments, the slightly deranged but fun letter writing campaign I launched last year did demonstrably move votes. And I think it's success would have been much greater if there had been an "undecided" period before people hard committed to particular candidates and faced the psychological barrier of "switching" and losing election rewards. . edited by Anne Auclair on 6/20/2018 -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Lady Sapho Byron Posts: 770 6/19/2018	There sure are a lot of candidates with apiological interests this year. -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Lady%20Sapho%20L%20Byron Fighting the Menace of Corsetry Since 1892.
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Ivica Posts: 67 6/20/2018	Seems to me that most of Londoners complains on moral integrity,sincerity,humaneness... of all candidates (vote for less evil). And that same Londoners vote for Feducci last year ??? -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Sincityster
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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1784 6/20/2018	Akernis is correct - Feducci would not be elected if he was just a monster. His badassitude was in the forefront. Plus, you know... he was not a literal monster, like the princess and Slowcake. Whom I will never forget for making me consider the Contrarian as a viable option. -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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Hattington Posts: 210 6/19/2018	Qube wrote: SLOWCAKE IS CREEPY DON'T LIKE HIS FACE I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO CONTRIBUTE To be fair, the unholy lovechild of Dolores Umbridge and a mouldy pudding representing him is just his amanuensis. For all we know the actual Mr. Slowcake could be a young Adonis. Or a very incognito Master. The point being, it's not his fault that his most notable notary happens to look like a Snuffer wearing too many human disguises on top of each other. -- The Dawnburnt Vake-Rider: https://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Hattington
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Dudebro Pyro Posts: 755 6/20/2018	Jolanda Swan wrote: Feducci [...] was not a literal monster, like the princess and Slowcake. That's highly debatable. In fact, given that the Princess is likely human (just... changed), and Feducci may well not be human at all, I think he might have the better claim to being a monster. One could also argue at length as to whether a nonexistent entity can be classified as a monster. edited by Dudebro Pyro on 6/20/2018 -- Dudebro Pyro, eccentric scholar Spare Starveling Kitties always welcome. I collect them. For that matter, send me your unwanted cat boxes too.
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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1784 6/21/2018	Also, re-instating the cases next week? Lots of people were waiting for those to grind case notes. I am not one of them but I would feel more involved in the elections if they gave me something to actually do. As Sir Monteroy said, great text, great depiction of London (and is it my idea, or is the feel more modernized?)but little to do election wise. -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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Gul al-Ahlaam Posts: 225 6/19/2018	Just to inject something gooey and bubbly into the debate, I was wondering if we'd consider the adverse effects of being ensouled? What effect the actual removal of the soul has on the subject in question seems entirely variable, and even Devils' descriptions of the matter seem to lean more toward what they feel their conversational partner wants to hear than what they actually believe. And indeed, the effects as observed in subjects seem to be primarily psychosomatic, depending mostly on what the subject in question feels they ought to experience given the circumstances, with the narrator providing you a variety of choices as to how you deal with your own soul's absence, without any concrete description of any particular way you might be feeling or acting as a result. After all, [spoiler]One's soul isn't really one's soul. It's an alien spore, feeding off of your importance and transfiguring into a law-speaking, eye-burning beast of light and glory. It's manufactured in a 'forge' and inserted into you. If you die with it, you're condemned to what seems like a tedious and mind-numbing eternity at best, and an un-living nightmare at worst.[/spoiler] The act of "taking souls" isn't in itself negative, nor does it, as I've heard it said, necessarily produce a "negative effect." It's a complex grey area, with people falling on different sides depending on their philosophical and spiritual views, not a simple matter of divinity against devilishness. After all, the whole Devil bit is more of an ironic joke than an earnest representation of their nature. -- The Uncanny Hierophant. The Jewel-Eyed Prince.
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hwoosh Posts: 104 6/18/2018	Siankan wrote: Kaijyuu wrote: So our choices are a sockpuppet of hell, a literal monster, and the Contrarian. Well, guess I'll be Contrary this time. Basically. I never thought I'd be backing the Jovial Contrarian, but here we are. Honestly I can't see myself getting behind anyone but JC either; but now I'm getting worried that FBG anticipated this reaction, expect the Contrarian to win in a landslide, and have secret ultra-dastardly plans for him that we won't see coming. Then I get myself twisted in knots wondering whether it's reverse psychology or not...! -- Persona: hwoosh R Fellow Oswho. Don't ask what the "R." stands for. The poor fellow is sensitive about it. And violent. Most social requests gladly and promptly answered.
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Manu Traveler Posts: 29 6/18/2018	My only beef with the Captivating Princess portrait was that she reminded me of someone and I was racking my brain to find out who it was. Fortunately, I just came upon it: she bears a passing resamblance to actress Ashley Williams. I can rest now. As for the Contrarian, I like that he looks older. It feels natural that his rather stressful intrigues have taken a toll on him. Now I have to look for more info on the candidates, their platforms and their secrets. So far, the only of my characters that has a clear choice on who to support is A Morel, who will be on the Princess' corner. Debauchery and sucking up to powerful (and monstruous) people are so very much his style. -- Manu Traveler, the inquisitive professor Red Christine, the conflicted revolutionary Tyler Glen, God's mad disciple - GONE NORTH A Morel, the unrepentant heartbreaker Omphale the Magnificent, the titanic crossdresser
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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1784 6/18/2018	I can buy the Princess' change as election propaganda. No problem with the Contrarian's aging either, but making him uglier was a very weird choice. Again, unless they are deliberately doing eveything they can to make everyone unattractive this year. -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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millea Posts: 45 6/18/2018	nyana wrote: silurica wrote: Sir Frederick wrote: millea wrote: Slowcake's Amanuensis also looks vastly different - but I suppose I can understand that, given he didn't have an unique portrait before. But the Contrarian - much like the Princess - did, thanks to the previous election he appeared in. And his facial features have changed a lot - notably his slim nose and hairline. I think the Slowcake portrait is meant to be the """"man"""" """"himself"""", rather than his Amanuensis? Also, that first Contrarian portrait also isn't unique - it's used for a number of other characters. So the real change is between the second and third portraits. And the second is rather stylised, even abstract. As far as I can tell, the Contrarian didn't have a nose as big as now even in the stylized Election 1894 portrait. I don't have any way to say it better now and honestly it might sound rather petty, but I'm kind of annoyed he isn't depicted as handsomely in the new portrait. This portrait isn't of the Contrarian I knew. edited by silurica on 6/18/2018 The Princess' portrait bothers me the most because, if memory serves me right, she's described as having bright red eyes. And out of honey, her eyes are brown. I know it's a very small detail, but the fact she has blue eyes here feels off to me, to put it mildly. And then Contrarian... eh, he might have seen better years. :') Yup, her eyes are described to 'gleam red' in the text where you meet her. Here's an echo from someone's journal: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/fortluna?fromEchoId=3207665 -- Elvira Blake, the Pariah's Doctor. ༺⚜️༻ Anne Meredith, the Disfigured Captain.
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Absintheuse Moderator Posts: 348 6/18/2018	Kharsirr Lynx wrote: Will there be 'free' Fate-locked items, as per previous years? There will indeed, but these won't appear until the second week
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CogDiss Posts: 12 6/18/2018	Regarding the poll question: "Which candidate would you most like to go for a drunk down the Medusa's Head with?"; I don't see how anyone could not pick the Contrarian. -- Joss Marr - Writer, investigator, scholar, cynic and idealist
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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1784 6/18/2018	Oh God... you are right. It is one human Vs several monsters. Not much of a choice, unless one is aligned either with Hell or in love with the Princess. -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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Lady Sapho Byron Posts: 770 6/28/2018	"Come the Feast of the Exceptional Rose, the Fruits of the Zee, Hallowmas, or even the bl__dy election, he's never going to take his Christmas jumper off." It's true! He's still wearing it! -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Lady%20Sapho%20L%20Byron Fighting the Menace of Corsetry Since 1892.
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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1784 6/30/2018	No you don't. Marry him. And then vote Contrarian. That way, you can campaign against him all year long. -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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Henricus Posts: 38 7/1/2018	How long will we have to cash in our excess Reputation after the results are announced?
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Diptych Administrator Posts: 3493 6/28/2018	Jolanda Swan wrote: ...aaaaand I just understood that Captivating has a double meaning in her case. Go me! ...ohhhhhhhhhhh. The Gaoler's... yeah. -- 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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Lady Sapho Byron Posts: 770 7/1/2018	Dudebro Pyro wrote: Oh by the way is there anything I can spend like 800 spare CP of MW on after I invite the Princess? You can convert MW CPs (also costing Compromising Documents and Intriguing Snippets) to Nights on the Town at the Bridge Without in the Bazaar Side-streets. Nights on the Town can be converted back into MWs on some Lodging cards. -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Lady%20Sapho%20L%20Byron Fighting the Menace of Corsetry Since 1892.
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Skinnyman Posts: 2133 7/1/2018	Well, it took a while as I was too busy, but I finally update the candidate sheet and few extras stuff I found on the forum. Many thanks to those that echoed the results! I'm sure there is a lot more, but it's the best I could do! 1) On a matter of questions, is anyone aware if it's oki to link Fate locked Echoes? 2) Any info regarding the left over Reputation? Except cashing it! -- ESs items and quality requirements sheet. Please check if there are errors or if something is missing Achievement list if you're feeling bored! I am accepting Plant battles, Neath's Mysteries card, Starveling Cats and boxed cats. No suppers, no second chances gain and no need to cure my menaces!
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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/24/2018	Something I can't help but notice. This election is almost like the Campaigner/Detective have been combined, while Feducci has been split in half. The Princess has all of Feducci's dash, charm, ego and general wickedness, while Mr. Slowcake has Feducci's devil in plain sight cover, egalitarian rhetoric, and unappetizing foreign associations. Which is an interesting dynamic when you consider that Feducci only got 45%. It also highlights just how awful Feducci was and is - the current candidates are only half as bad as he was :P -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Sara Hysaro Moderator Posts: 4514 6/25/2018	I'm in the curious in-character position of the Captivating Princess being the only sensible choice, so that vote's squared away. I'm not really sure who I'd find the most interesting from a player perspective, so I'll just go with what makes sense for my character and see how all this plays out. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Sara%20Hysaro Please do not send SMEN, cat boxes, or Affluent Reporter requests. All other social actions are welcome. Are you a Scarlet Saint? Send a message my way to be added to the list.
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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/26/2018	One thing I definitely miss is being able to use Talk of the Town and my Newspaper to get election resources. Those things and social actions made the election feel a lot more encompassing. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Akernis Posts: 255 6/18/2018	millea wrote: Yup, her eyes are described to 'gleam red' in the text where you meet her. Here's an echo from someone's journal: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/fortluna?fromEchoId=3207665 While I do like the idea of her eyes being red, there is also a fate locked echo (when you invite her to your salon) saying she has "eyes of no singular colour." So they could be blue normally but gleam red, or simply shift with the light, or how recently she has had red honey, or some other reason. http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Akernis?fromEchoId=11264145 . edited by Akernis on 6/18/2018 -- Vena's profile - http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Akernis
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Cthonius Posts: 362 6/18/2018	We talk a lot of what the candidates appear right now but that's only right now. We still have two weeks of secrets and surprises of each. For all we know even the Princess could come out looking the most captivating candidate. I'm eager to see how the existence of Slowcake is handled, what could possibly be the Contrarian' closet skeleton this year, and in general the legal matters of the Princess even running. -- Cthonius, gone North. Gone. Oneiropompus, a Scarlet Saint, eager to help make your dreams realities. Accepting all social requests for now.
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TeaFiend5 Posts: 21 6/18/2018	I'm really fascinated that Mr. Slowcake is a candidate this year, given that last year devils seemed so involved with Feducci's campaign, but then he appeared to drop them the second he became mayor. I wonder if fielding this candidate is reaction to that, to ensure the new mayor is actually cooperative.
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PSGarak Posts: 834 6/18/2018	NinjaComedian wrote: If the rumors that the JC is a Revolutionary are true, I'd rather support either of the other two than see the revolutionary cause advanced at all. It's hard to call it a rumor. The game literally goes out of character and tells you to play "The Calendar Code" to learn more about the Contrarian. If it wasn't clear from the title, the meat of the story consists of [spoiler]veiled descriptions of every member of the Calendar Council, and it is abundantly apparent that the Contrarian is one such person described.[/spoiler] The relative lack of people who morally not complete monsters is likely to favor the Contrarian. It boggles my mind that people consider him the lesser evil, but then again that's the same reason I voted for Feducci last year, which it seems boggles many minds in turn. -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/PSGarak
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Siankan Posts: 1048 6/19/2018	Greg M wrote: GregM '96: Not literally Satan or a soul-eater. Your old patron would vote for you. Just sayin'. [spoiler]No, Slowcake does not actually exist.[/spoiler] -- Prof. Sian Kan, at your service.
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Zack Oak Posts: 205 6/19/2018	I have no idea what the problem with the art is, frankly I love it. -- Roland Banning, The Ambitious Operative (Profile) Tumblr RP Account Ask me about the Delicious Friends RP group! Open for social actions (no cats or photographers, please. Currently taking a break from K&C.)
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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1784 6/18/2018	If nothing spectacular turns up on week 2, I am definitely voting for Greg... the slogan is magic. -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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Daedalus_Falk Posts: 234 6/18/2018	I fully intend to vote for the Princess, because it's what I'd do in character (she did get me back into the Empress' court and I repay my debts), but for what it's worth, I'd vote for the Contrarian IRL. -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Daedalus_Falk ---- For I was hungry, and you gave me rats. I was thirsty, and you gave me rats. I was naked, and you gave me rats. The rodents were gathered together, the cats slept in the Sun’s blindness, and the rats rose like the Moon, in the light at the edge of the cheese.
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James Sinclair Posts: 253 6/18/2018	Rudiger wrote: Are there no free items this year? Looks like we'll get one next week (June 25th) when we're able to select a candidate to support. -- James Sinclair Curator of the Sanguine Ribbon Society 🗡 A fully-fledged rêveur of The Night Circus. Wines is red Spices is yellow But old Jack-of-Smiles Is a murderous fellow ☠
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Skinnyman Posts: 2133 6/23/2018	Made a sheet to track the results of the candidates card. Spoilers, of course, but missing the last two options of the Contrarian. I didn't want to look around before I get the results myself. If anyone wants to have a more extensive sheet about our candidates feel free to pop some messages or anything and I'll try to make a complete recording of our beloved. edited by Skinnyman on 6/23/2018 -- ESs items and quality requirements sheet. Please check if there are errors or if something is missing Achievement list if you're feeling bored! I am accepting Plant battles, Neath's Mysteries card, Starveling Cats and boxed cats. No suppers, no second chances gain and no need to cure my menaces!
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Aardvark Posts: 119 6/21/2018	Aaand, just to demonstrate how the RNG works, within 5 minutes of posting my tally, I've drawn the card in question 4 times across my two characters. The general points still stand, however. -- Sir Reginald Monteroy, Paramount Glassman, Courier's Footprint, Poet-Laureate and Cider owner. http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Sir Reginald Monteroy If you desire a sip of Hesperidean Cider, PM me in the game.
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Aniline Posts: 144 6/21/2018	I joined FL about a year ago, and, having participated in every festival, I must say this version of the election by far the best of them all: actions more profitable than the box grind / orphan chowder, free money for new characters and free higher-tier items for more advanced ones (one of mine has gotten herself kicked out of the Uni, and implications are hard to come by), a stream of favours, extremely helpful no matter what it is that you grind (even scraps, apparently!), a fun career progression that doesn't hit a wall (I only wish the initial free career levels were explained better), and, of course, the writing - supporting, undermining, talking to the candidates, polls, different reputation actions for different careers, even those that use the same favours. Whoa. As for it being luck-based -- here I am with six characters, one created during this year's FotR and four newer still, all in the upper teens of their careers halfway through the first week. It is small consolation if you're bizarrely unlucky, but the math does in fact work. -- Melantha Prescott, the Suspicious Statistician. "3% failure chances crop up nine times out of ten." Francesca Ayers-Kernighan, bat-hunter, cat-whisperer
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NNNnobody Posts: 103 6/21/2018	Drat. I thought about changing careers and entered the storylet to get another look at the other careers again. I then perhaps-not-ted out of it but still lost 10 reputation. Be careful with that one, guys. -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/NNNnobody
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Akernis Posts: 255 6/21/2018	NNNnobody wrote: Drat. I thought about changing careers and entered the storylet to get another look at the other careers again. I then perhaps-not-ted out of it but still lost 10 reputation. Be careful with that one, guys. You might want to call support about that, it might be something they would want to know about. -- Vena's profile - http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Akernis
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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/19/2018	I'm not sure if the "who would you like to have a drink with at the Medusa's Head" question tells us much about voting intentions. I picked the Contrarian, because he wouldn't be out of place there. The Medusa Head is just not Mr. Slowcakes or the Princesses scene, frankly. Drinking with them would be awkward as hell! But I'd rather a Mayor who felt out of place in a grubby bar then one who would feel familiar there. edited by Anne Auclair on 6/19/2018 -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Catherine Raymond Posts: 2518 6/20/2018	Aardvark wrote: As much as it pains me to be a critic, I've got to say I am not overly fond of this year's change in the mechanics. Particularly the removal of any and all ways to reliably take part in election by doing one of several grinding options stings. I admit I dislike all events that are solely card-draw-based, since I seldom get lucky with the draw and it's somewhat frustrating to flip card after card without any relevance to the election. I think upgrading frequency of the favours-giving cards is hurtful in this regard. Don't get me wrong, it makes this election excessively profitable and is cool for the lower-tier players who might rely on favours for reputation gain and especially reown grinding. But with such a large number of cards suddenly upping their frequency, I don't think the Reputation-furthering card is frequent enough. In effect, even if you were relying only on the favours to build Reputation, you'd still never be able to convert the favours as fast as you gain them. Today, I've flipped perhaps 50-70 cards. Reputation card has shown up exactly zero times. IMO, Abundant frequency is not enough for those of us who have our deck cluttered with the chaff that comes from years of playing. And not being able to improve the chance of drawing in a reasonable way makes one feel stuck and powerless. Not a good feeling to have, even if it does loads to make the whole affair more like a real election than a game... You make a good point. As one of those folk whose deck is "cluttered with the chaff that comes from years of playing," I can say that I don't think I'm getting the Reputation card enough to be able to build career stats from it--and I've seen the card about 5 or 6 times now since Monday. -- 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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Shaerys Posts: 65 6/20/2018	Plynkes wrote: Maybe it's just me, but it's pretty boring, gameplay-wise this time. Doesn't really feel like anything much is happening at all. The cards just aren't appearing often enough to make me feel I'm involved in the election in any significant way. The election feels like it is something happening somewhere else, and I am just occasionally hearing about it. Didn't feel like that the previous times. And this is more personal and subjective, but this time I really don't care who wins. That hasn't happened before either. Before there has been someone I wanted to win, or last year someone I didn't want to win. I have no clue who I am going to support, if anyone. Personally, I've been enjoying the week, if only for the challenge of trying to figure out how to deal with the barrage of favours! Far from being bored, I'm overtaxed running around trying to cash out the d___ed things. With Favors in the Flit at frequent now, I think I've seen that card more this week than all of the rest of this year combined. So it is a novel week that shakes up my usual grinds, if nothing else. Granted, that isn't directly election-related. But even there the pacing seems relatively fine. I'm halfway up my electioneering ladder, I've done about half of the exploration options on each candidate card and would guess I'll have time to finish both tasks (leveling up and learning about candidates) by the week's end, in time for the second week. Huffman's polls are amusing. I will admit that my choice of electioneering profession seems inconsequential and there isn't much involvement there other than leveling it up, but I presume that will change next week. The jury is still out on that. The candidates seem interesting too. I've never really considered Slowcake before, so was intrigued to realize I've never actually met the "man". I've always been a fan of the Contrarian and was pleased to see him back this year. That a royal is running is amusing. I'll be interested to see how things play out next week. And thank heavens, I don't feel compelled to do that b___y notability grind again! So kudos to FB thus far for a relatively interesting (and at least non-enraging) first week of the election! edited by Shaerys on 6/20/2018 -- http://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Shaerys Courier's Footprint, pleased to offer introductory Correspondence instruction to Orphans, Urchins, Waifs, Scamps, and other Tatterdemalions.
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Seneca Lane Posts: 5 6/20/2018	Everyone keeps calling Slowcake a sockpuppet of hell, which they seem to be phrasing as a bad thing? Honestly, you people... -- Seneca Lane, an extraordinary mind offering lessons whenever I remember people might want them. No such thing as too many friends.
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Dudebro Pyro Posts: 755 6/19/2018	Agreed - I myself voted for the Princess for the sheer absurdity of it, even though I have no intention of voting for her. -- Dudebro Pyro, eccentric scholar Spare Starveling Kitties always welcome. I collect them. For that matter, send me your unwanted cat boxes too.
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Dudebro Pyro Posts: 755 6/19/2018	I must say, they really went all-out with the faction card frequency increase. I feel like they're coming up more often than the Sardinic Singer. While that's fantastic for the couple of factions I'm still grinding renown for, it's making it even harder to actually participate in the election itself. edited by Dudebro Pyro on 6/19/2018 -- Dudebro Pyro, eccentric scholar Spare Starveling Kitties always welcome. I collect them. For that matter, send me your unwanted cat boxes too.
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Akernis Posts: 255 6/19/2018	Anne Auclair wrote: I honestly don't know who to vote for... LIke, I like the Princesses' platform for turning London into a giant Versailles and I approve of her bloodthirsty, warmongering authoritarianism (in-character, mind you, in character). But Mr. Slowcake is also magnificent and there's a lot of talk amongst his supporters of shaking up London with very imaginative reforms! Having supported those exact ones you fought against the last two times it feel strange to read your election posts and nodding along in agreement to pretty much all of them. It's always nice to find allies where once there were rivals. I will be voting for the Princess, but I do feel that Slowcake is an interesting character that I wouldn't mind see winning and the Contrarian has policies this time around that while perhaps not as fascinating are laudable enough. -- Vena's profile - http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Akernis
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Barse Posts: 706 6/19/2018	The Key of Dreams is the dev lock they put on branches when they're being changed, messed with or aren't ready for release yet - seems like the fix has been implemented and progressing your career is now working as intended. -- The Scorched Sailor, up for most social actions and RP. Not as scary as he looks.
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Lady Sapho Byron Posts: 770 6/20/2018	During the current election I can't stop thinking about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPNrRbQ4sqU -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Lady%20Sapho%20L%20Byron Fighting the Menace of Corsetry Since 1892.
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Gul al-Ahlaam Posts: 225 6/21/2018	Dudebro Pyro wrote: Feducci may well not be human at all... Feducci's as human as you or I. Well... perhaps more so than I, but that's hardly the point. He's from the Elder Continent and thus immortal, and has the peligin eyes expected of a former monster hunter, but neither of those things preclude humanity. If anything, they enhance it, like a fleck of gold in a painted sky. -- The Uncanny Hierophant. The Jewel-Eyed Prince.
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Amneiger Posts: 16 6/21/2018	If faction cards really have had their frequency increased and it's crowding out the actual election card, maybe the election card could be changed to one of those always-available storylets? Then people could get the more-frequent favours and cash them in immediately. On the other hand, that'd also greatly tilt things towards people who have been playing longer and have the money to just dump cellars of wine down the election's throat twenty actions at a time. edited by Amneiger on 6/21/2018 -- My main - https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Amneiger Seeker alt - http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/The%20Hungry%20Northerner
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wrondo Posts: 11 6/18/2018	Since I've only been in Fallen London for a little over a month, I appreciate that you can spend Making Waves to gain Reputation, since there seems to be little use for it otherwise. For the same reason, I know very little about the candidates. At first I was intrigued by the mysterious Mr Slowcake, but I cannot support a candidate who dismisses persons of little notability. (Although I see that he's a sockpuppet of Hell, but I do not know if that counts against him. All I know about Hell is that it is home to Devils, who have an adorable penchant for souls.) I have never heard of the Captivating Princess, and restoring London to magnificence seems a noble, shallow, and harmless goal. I see her as the candidate with the potential to do the least bad, if also the candidate with the potential to do the least good. I am against voting for monarchs on principle, however. I've been somewhat partial to the Jovial Contrarian for what few days I've been in London. Although I would otherwise never vote for a candidate who advocates for law and order, his epiphany seems sincere, and I would posit that his willingness to run against his own prior platform shows a certain flexibility of mind, that I appreciate. edited by wrondo on 6/18/2018 -- F., an inescapable and terrifying lady. “There are ghosts in the architecture, stuck in the firmament.” W., an irresistible and sinister individual of mysterious and indistinct gender. “Truth is strong and will prevail.” Blocked; blocked; blocked; blocked; none of you are free of sin
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hwoosh Posts: 104 6/18/2018	The economy of Reputation-raising makes no sense at all. What possible reason would anyone have for spending Favours in preference to spending 2 CP of Making Waves for a single point of Reputation? EDIT: Besides doing it just once to see the result text for each option, of course. edited by hwoosh on 6/18/2018 -- Persona: hwoosh R Fellow Oswho. Don't ask what the "R." stands for. The poor fellow is sensitive about it. And violent. Most social requests gladly and promptly answered.
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James Sinclair Posts: 253 6/19/2018	Zack Oak wrote: Candidates aside, I am giving fixer one last try. Here's hoping it's finally on par with the other two. I will say though, I am not a fan of advancement being opportunity card based. It makes prep and advancement very random. I mean, do I just hope for one card and be out of luck if I don't get it? I do miss the social action aspect of advancing one's electoral career, especially since last Hallowmas also considerably toned down the social actions. I was looking forward to having fun as an Agitator! Trading in Favours and Blackmail Material isn't nearly as much fun as setting crowds armed with rotten fruit and insults on other players, or soliciting for donations, or helping fix Menaces. Hopefully we'll be able to make use of career-based social actions next week after choosing a candidate to support. Also, it looks like all of the faction-based opportunity cards are now appearing at Frequent frequency, instead of the usual Standard. I assume this is to allow players to get extra Favours to trade in for Reputation. For those looking to build up Renown with one or more factions, this is a great time to do so. -- James Sinclair Curator of the Sanguine Ribbon Society 🗡 A fully-fledged rêveur of The Night Circus. Wines is red Spices is yellow But old Jack-of-Smiles Is a murderous fellow ☠
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Hattington Posts: 210 6/19/2018	Siankan wrote: Kaijyuu wrote: So our choices are a sockpuppet of hell, a literal monster, and the Contrarian. Well, guess I'll be Contrary this time. Basically. I never thought I'd be backing the Jovial Contrarian, but here we are. If I've learned anything from the Contrarian's secrets from last season, it's that someone probably really, really wanted him to win this year and saw a golden opportunity. Anyway, I'll be voting for the literal monster out of sheer fascination at how she could possibly make London any worse. -- The Dawnburnt Vake-Rider: https://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Hattington
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cleanfear Posts: 17 6/18/2018	I myself will back the Princess. She is likely to transform London in a honey induced dream full of excess. At least with her we'll be getting some excitement! And nightmares.. lots of nightmares.. -- Elduin, Paramount Presence extraordinaire accepting applications for patronage. Send me a calling card: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Elduin Currently reciting poetry in the language of the stars to his Übergoat
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Diptych Administrator Posts: 3493 6/26/2018	Catherine Raymond wrote: The top three are the Contrarian, but I thought the last one was the Melancholy Curate, not the Contrarian. It's both, in fact - both that and the leftmost of the newer portaits are generic ones used for a number of different characters. -- 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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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/28/2018	The Fourth Poll continues the trend witnessed thus far! Londoner's are torn as to which of the Jovial Contrarian or the Captivating Princess they'd maroon on an island with them, with a small but devoted coterie of Mr Slowcake aficionados coming in third place. Why in god's name would anyone want to be trapped on a deserted island with the PRINCESS?! -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/26/2018	I'm morbidly curious as to how well the Captivating Princess does in today's poll. "Mr Huffam would like to know which of this year's candidates you would choose for company on a lonely island out at zee." My brain immediately started screaming "NOT THE PRINCESS! NOT THE PRINCESS! BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN!!" -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Diptych Administrator Posts: 3493 6/28/2018	God, I forgot how horrific that destiny is. The eating people alive is dropped in there so casually. -- 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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dov Posts: 2580 6/28/2018	Sir Frederick wrote: God, I forgot how horrific that destiny is. The eating people alive is dropped in there so casually. It's OK. "They were basically dead" -- Want a sip of Hesperidean Cider? Send me a request in-game. Here's an_ocelot's guide how. (Most social actions are welcome. Please no requests to Loiter Suspiciously and no investigations of the Affluent Photographer)
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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/22/2018	Hattington wrote: Sinnouk wrote: I... don't understand the third poll. Ablutions? Edit: picked Slowcake anyhow. edited by Sinnouk on 6/22/2018 Old fashioned word for baths. I went with the Princess, not only because she is ironically the more contrarian choice than the actual Contrarian but because frankly she probably has the best baths in the whole city. I wouldn't trust the Palace plumbing, to be honest. Most of that place is a complete wreck. I would however trust the plumbing at the Brass Embassy. They have a truly marvelous heating system there, so sleek and modern! And I'd trust Mr. Slowcake to set the water to the perfect temperature. As for how baths came to be involved in the Gazette's polling - it's been implied that the Captivating Princess has been deliberately trolling Hufam since the start of the election and giving him fits :P -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Gillsing Posts: 1203 6/28/2018	Sir Joseph Marlen wrote: Sir Frederick wrote: Also, the pollster appears to have a crush on the Contrarian? You say that as if it's out of the ordinary. Jolanda Swan wrote: Anne Auclair wrote: The Fourth Poll continues the trend witnessed thus far! Londoner's are torn as to which of the Jovial Contrarian or the Captivating Princess they'd maroon on an island with them, with a small but devoted coterie of Mr Slowcake aficionados coming in third place. Why in god's name would anyone want to be trapped on a deserted island with the PRINCESS?! The sex, Lady Auclair. It is always the sex. I suppose that's why her and the Contrarian are neck and neck. Now there's an island vacation I wouldn't mind. I for one picked the Contrarian because if I get tired of the conversation I could always come up with a pretense to take a leisurely walk to the other side of the island, while his wheeled chair would most likely be stuck where it is.
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Absintheuse Moderator Posts: 348 7/2/2018	Henricus wrote: How long will we have to cash in our excess Reputation after the results are announced? You'll have until the 9th July, delicious friend
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Hattington Posts: 210 7/2/2018	Gillsing wrote: Hattington wrote: If nothing else I am relishing the look on the Amanuensis' face when it becomes clear just how unpopular Mr. Slowcake is to the common man. But if they're telling the truth about the 'true objective' of their candidacy, they wouldn't care about how unpopular he is with anyone? If anything, Mr Slowcake being popular enough to win might become a slight inconvenience. Oh I'm not talking about the purpose of the outcome. A while ago some folks speculated that the Amanuensis self-inserts into the role of "Mr. Slowcake" as a more respected, successful and influential version of himself. I'll have a laugh if his heart breaks over his self-insert receiving little respect. -- The Dawnburnt Vake-Rider: https://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Hattington
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dov Posts: 2580 6/28/2018	Anne Auclair wrote: Why in god's name would anyone want to be trapped on a deserted island with the PRINCESS?! Probably for the same appeal of the Liberation of Night Appetite destiny. It's not for everyone... "You have nothing to fear but each other" indeed. -- Want a sip of Hesperidean Cider? Send me a request in-game. Here's an_ocelot's guide how. (Most social actions are welcome. Please no requests to Loiter Suspiciously and no investigations of the Affluent Photographer)
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Azothi Posts: 586 6/28/2018	Sir Frederick wrote: A Pollster wrote: Mr Huffam wants to know who – all things considered – would be your second preference? If we had a sensible voting system, of course. There's a thought. I wonder who'd be mayor now if Fallen London had preferential voting? It's difficult to say, I think. Jenny still would've won because she had an outright majority, foregoing the need to engage in vote transfers. On the other hand, all Feducci had to do to win under a single transferable vote system, at least, is secure the support of approximately a fourth of the Dauntless supporters. Judging by the intense polarization on the forums, I'd suspect that the Implacable Detective may have been able to secure a coalition victory, in essence, but the odds are still fairly steep. Of course, it's no use to speculate because it's not in the Masters' interest to produce mayors governing with the mandate from the masses. Ideally, the election should be as close as possible to ensure mayors govern with only plurality rule, dividing the city and reducing their capability to create real change, which is better suited for our current first past the post system. -- Azoth I, the Emissary of Cardinals - A Paramount Presence (not currently accepting new Proteges) Away to where the Chain cannot bind us. Hesperidean.
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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1784 6/28/2018	On whether Londoners are hedonists: the players are definitely assumed to not be the saintliest types (the game would be unplayable given the many storylets that have you breaking the law) but we assume there are non-player Londoners in the city as well... Plus there is hedonism, and there is hedonism. Honey is hedonism. Red honey, which the Princes uses, is monstrous. You are not merely losing yourself in it: you are destroying lives for your pleasure. So it is not a question of pursuing your own happiness anymore. Would most Londoners be monstrous enough to condone that? -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1784 7/1/2018	All ES discussions link to their echoes. I doubt it is prohibited. -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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navchaa Posts: 561 7/1/2018	Skinnyman wrote: Well, it took a while as I was too busy, but I finally update the candidate sheet and few extras stuff I found on the forum. Many thanks to those that echoed the results! I'm sure there is a lot more, but it's the best I could do! 1) On a matter of questions, is anyone aware if it's oki to link Fate locked Echoes? 2) Any info regarding the left over Reputation? Except cashing it! Wow thank you for the spreadsheet. Love love loved the Slowcake encounters under extra info. Makes me regret throwing my hat into the ring for the princess... -- Paramount Presence (London's Marrow 2, London's Nerves 2, London’s Sinew 3, London’s Blood 3) and mercenary Notary Married to Myrto :: Exchanging Surprise Packages with anyone interested :: Exchanging cat boxes with Kitty Rambunctious http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/navchaa
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Azothi Posts: 586 6/28/2018	MrEvil135 wrote: Jovial Contrarian - Has some... Interesting ties to the revolutionaries. May be one of Months, Is currently running against his last ideals. Currently claims to stand for law and order. The Jovial Contrarian isn't running against his ideals; he's advancing the revolution by advocating a restoration of rule of law and separating the constabulary from the Ministry of Public Decency. In doing so, he not only gathers intelligence for revolutionaries to use, particularly regarding secret departments within the constabulary, but he weakens the ability for the Masters to enforce their rule on the city, especially with regards to supposedly indecent or seditious texts. This is precisely the platform he ran on in 1894: a London of free thought. He's simply being more subtle about it this time around. MrEvil135 wrote: Slowcakes - Is in charge of measuring a persons respectability. Somehow. Is never seen in public. Some claim he isn't even a real person. May be a conspiracy by Devils. Currently claims that respectability should determine your place on the political ladder. (which it does already, even if indirectly) Not merely respectability. Mr. Slowcake also cares about how dreaded and bizarre you are. Besides, Mr. Slowcake might be cold, but a society organized by these standards of exceptionalness rather than class is more meritocratic and socially mobile than traditional British society. Even foreigners, newcomers, the poor, and the downtrodden can rise to renown through Slowcake's Exceptionals. And, after all, supporting Mr. Slowcake means supporting the much-appreciated research by Hell into the effects of politics on the soul, which is a genuinely admirable cause. MrEvil135 wrote: The Captivating Princess - Is the only child the of the Traitor Empress to be seen in public. She may be some kind of monster anyway. Has a... Stange effect with bees. Currently claims to stand for... herself. Mostly. She offers an artistic renaissance for London. Sure, it might be because she doesn't like the way London looks, but she has an eye for talent and controversy, and she's immune enough from the law and the people to break societal boundaries and rid London of the anodyne menace. I mean to say: the choices aren't as bad as they seem on the surface. They are questionable individuals in service of arguably good causes, but it isn't a dualistic moral question. You will see characters all over the spectrum from good to evil and from chaotic to lawful supporting each of the candidates because they transcend these classifications to instead ask what vision of London. Failbetter chose well when naming each candidate. The Captivating Princess - Pride of London. A more beautiful London, reminding people of better days when the ships of Britain ruled the seas and the city was something other than industrial squalor. Mr. Slowcake - Editor of London. A London divided not by class or birth but by notability, a power in the hands of the editors of Slowcake's Exceptionals. And finally, the Jovial Contrarian - Restorer of London. His vision is the beginning of a London where the Masters and the Bazaar hold no power, like a prelapsarian London, where the rights of the citizenry are protected and liberties hold the powers that be at bay. -- Azoth I, the Emissary of Cardinals - A Paramount Presence (not currently accepting new Proteges) Away to where the Chain cannot bind us. Hesperidean.
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wrondo Posts: 11 6/24/2018	Thank you for compiling the candidates' card results! I find Mr Slowcake's plans for London very interesting. I have to say I can't favor the proposal for property reassignment. It's a good idea when the property itself has intrinsic economic value, like farmland, but if it's properties in a city, it's hard to objectively decide who deserves what property. But then again, economic productivity isn't even a factor in Fallen London, is it? But the proposal to nationalise the Flit is devastatingly charming. The main economy of the Flit, of course, is petty crime, and begging. But now it will be managed by the government, and the proceeds will go to it. The Flit will become the tax-collection center of the city - citizens who cooperate will give to the beggars, and the urchins will steal from those who are uncooperative. The master thieves will be in charge of taxing wealthier entities, such as the Palace, the Embassy, and the Bazaar. (You could argue that the Embassy is not within the jurisdiction of London, but the activities of the Flit were never legal in the first place, was it.) I'm entirely fond of this idea. Anyway, I feel a rock-paper-scissors dynamic where the Princess is preferable to the Contrarian, but Slowcake is preferable to the Princess, but the Contrarian is preferable to Slowcake. Does anyone else feel the same? -- F., an inescapable and terrifying lady. “There are ghosts in the architecture, stuck in the firmament.” W., an irresistible and sinister individual of mysterious and indistinct gender. “Truth is strong and will prevail.” Blocked; blocked; blocked; blocked; none of you are free of sin
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Hattington Posts: 210 6/24/2018	Dudebro Pyro wrote: Anne Auclair wrote: Also strange are people complaining that all the choices are bad - I find them all excellent! And I'm wondering what this says about me...? Bad as in evil, not as in they're poor for gameplay (by gameplay I also include things like debating on the forums, since otherwise FL doesn't have traditional gameplay per se). Let's recap. 1894: questionable but supposedly philantropic; extremely patriotic; mildly to moderately revolutionary. You had a choice for the poor (practically good), a choice for London (also good - assuming you're willing to accept that Hell is evil, however fun they may be as a faction), and a... revoltionary? choice (it's still not confirmed, but this one would be alarming to anyone staunchly anti-liberation). 1895: literally a foreign agent; purely supporting law and order; advocate for temperance and the poor. Here one was clearly evil (although he didn't end up getting to much evil during his term - which could also be ascribed to the almost total lack of actual executive power the mayors seem to have), one was morally good (upholding the law and removing corruption and all that), one was ethically and practically good. 1896: popularly dubbed "a monster" a nonexistant figurehead of hell; possible revolutionary and questionably principled. Here, one candidate likes to subject people to extreme torture, Slowcake is what he is, and the same people as in 1894 are still miffed about the last one's revolutionary connections. There is no single candidate that truly bodes well for London, except the Contrarian if you're tolerant towards possible revolutionary connections - and even if you accept that, it's still 2 evil vs. 1 good, whereas in the previous years it was the opposite. So again, the candidates aren't boring or anything. They're just questionably fit to rule. 1894: In "questionable but supposedly philantropic"'s defence she does open up a finishing school for the disenfrachised-which is still a permanent fixture for my character at least. It's just that if the thing with the Masters strongarming you into accepting fewer concessions that you initially wanted (and hurridly shutting up Mr. Iron when he was about to express his opinions on the nature of their employment) is any indication, the Mayors ultimately seem to be a kind of figurehead for the Bazaar's machinations. Bread and circuses rather than applying the spirit of democracy in good faith. Based on that I'd argue Sinning Jenny was the lesser of three evils based on the fact that among the other options the Contrarian had a massive falling-out with his Revolutionary base who wanted to be much more, well, revolutionary about the whole thing and the Bishop wanted to restart a war that London lost abyssmally. With no evidence on any real game plan for how to do better the second time scattered through the entire game, except maybe sell out to the Fingerkings instead. I think-at least, it was definitely the case for me-that strongly influenced the 1895 election. I just decided to vote for the cadidate who would be the funniest and most ambitious farce. Feducci ultimately accomplished next to nothing except open more gambling/duelling dens and play pretend at a marriage with the Princess they ultimately gave up on. If anything I'm disappointed that even he seemed frustrated in himself at how little he managed to upset the status quo. But why am I planning on backing the Princess this time around, when she seems the most comfortable candidate in the status quo? Because frankly the other two aren't bringing anything better to the table. Slowcake (or what he represents, if the man doesn't exist) is a very banal form of evil at best, and promoting a predictably flawed system no one of importance will be bothered much by. I don't trust the Contrarian to hold a coherent platform after his previous performance. So yes, I am voting for the absolute monster. Because I believe her when she says all she wants to do is sit back and party, and I also believe it's something the Bazaar won't get in the way of. -- The Dawnburnt Vake-Rider: https://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Hattington
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Wen Tan Posts: 15 6/26/2018	Does anyone want to share their confidences with their respective choices? We could add it to Skinnyman's spreadsheet I got to speak to the Contrarian about his "real" ambitions: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Wenberder?fromEchoId=14307508 -- I am rather new to the 'social scene', so I am open to all social actions except Photographer and loitering. Want a sip of Hesperidean Cider? Feel free to send me a request in-game. An indecisive correspondent. But very willing to go to your orphanage to burn some hairs. Anyone else is from the little red dot too? http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Wenberder
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Korpen af Flyger Posts: 5 6/25/2018	Akernis wrote: Don't worry, I'm sure that they will fix it quickly. And even if not you can change your vote to the Princess for 10 reputation Yes it got fixed pretty fast, which makes me happy. The captivating princess deserve all our support as Her royal higness aim to bring more life into London with art and splendor! -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Korpen%20af%20Flyger
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Cooper Posts: 61 6/25/2018	Korpen af Flyger wrote: Akernis wrote: Don't worry, I'm sure that they will fix it quickly. And even if not you can change your vote to the Princess for 10 reputation Yes it got fixed pretty fast, which makes me happy. The captivating princess deserve all our support as Her royal higness aim to bring more life into London with art and splendor! The streets will run red! And no, not all of it will be blood... -- Padraig Cooper, Remorseful Opportunist. https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Padraig%20Cooper
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Wilhelm Leibniz III Posts: 63 6/28/2018	Jolanda Swan wrote: Anne Auclair wrote: The Fourth Poll continues the trend witnessed thus far! Londoner's are torn as to which of the Jovial Contrarian or the Captivating Princess they'd maroon on an island with them, with a small but devoted coterie of Mr Slowcake aficionados coming in third place. Why in god's name would anyone want to be trapped on a deserted island with the PRINCESS?! The sex, Lady Auclair. It is always the sex. ...aaaaand I just understood that Captivating has a double meaning in her case. Go me! Wasn't it stated in another thread that most Londoners are hedonists? -- Wilhelm Leibniz III, Glassman, Hearts Desire
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Diptych Administrator Posts: 3493 6/28/2018	At least in the system I'm familiar with, if no-one gets enough first preference votes to win, the candidate with the least votes is eliminated, and all the votes for them are redistributed to their next preference. And so on, until someone has more than half the votes The problem is, if everyone gave a given candidate their second preference, that candidate would have the least first preference votes and would be eliminated, ahead even of (for instance) a candidate who got a single first preference vote and was dead on everyone else's list. -- 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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Diptych Administrator Posts: 3493 6/28/2018	I doubt it will have any practical effect but it's interesting to know! Also, the pollster appears to have a crush on the Contrarian? -- 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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Wilhelm Leibniz III Posts: 63 6/26/2018	Anne Auclair wrote: My brain immediately started screaming "NOT THE PRINCESS! NOT THE PRINCESS! BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN!!" At least you wouldn't be stuck there long. So our options would be a man who can literally annoy people to death, someone who would probably kill us, or someone who may or may not be an imaginary friend. Well at least we know the safe option. -- Wilhelm Leibniz III, Glassman, Hearts Desire
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James Sinclair Posts: 253 6/18/2018	I'm thrilled to see the candidacy of "Mr Slowcake", and am looking forward to pulling some Agitator shenanigans to support "him" this time around. The candidate special items available next week look very interesting as well, particularly the lantern -- I'll have to temporarily support the dear old Contrarian for a bit just to snag it. I haven't seen much in the way of election cards yet, but I do have a question: is there any way to learn more about the three candidates via Investigations and Flash Lays, as in previous years? I don't see that option available anywhere. Is it on a card that haven't drawn yet, or is this no longer possible? -- James Sinclair Curator of the Sanguine Ribbon Society 🗡 A fully-fledged rêveur of The Night Circus. Wines is red Spices is yellow But old Jack-of-Smiles Is a murderous fellow ☠
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Blaine Davidson Posts: 388 6/18/2018	Very convenient time for me to accidentally boot Slowcake out and drop my Notability by 2. I hope I can effectively grind back to 15 in time. -- Blaine Davidson, a reserved and sensible woman with a fondness of collecting rarities.
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silurica Posts: 210 6/18/2018	Honestly, I'm bummed we don't have social actions anymore this year but notability, a mechanic that only benefits late game players, is here to stay. (Or perhaps mid-late game, but we all know notability is even more annoying when you just recently became a PoSI and barely have BDR gears.) Disappointed, really. -- Meika Osborne, the Reckless Researcher Leonard West, the Scarlet Informant Chizuru Nishiooji, the Rueful Ex-Diplomat
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Dudebro Pyro Posts: 755 6/18/2018	Once you pick a candidate. -- Dudebro Pyro, eccentric scholar Spare Starveling Kitties always welcome. I collect them. For that matter, send me your unwanted cat boxes too.
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Lord Alexander Alderman Posts: 62 6/19/2018	In my opinion, there are both good and bad things to say about the artwork, although I am not an expert on art by any means. I feel as though I would like to give my views on it, as I have time on my hands. Not to irritate those who have moved on to the lore and reasoning for their votes. I notice a person who said that these new portraits, especially the Captivating Princess seem to be jagged, and little effort has been put into the hair, but the thing is that this is a small studio, after the layoffs, I think there are about 9 people in FB, not counting commissions like a writer who has started working on the more horrific elements of SS, and there are only 3 working on art specifically. (Correct me if I'm wrong) They made it to look good on a smaller scale, if they had made it with exquisite detail at that size, it would take a lot more time, and then some of that effort would be wasted because most of the time it would be to small to notice all that work. So they made it look great at a small scale, and good but kind of odd on a large scale to save time and effort on other projects. As for the appearances of the Contrarian and the Princess, I can see why some would be upset about how he looks different then before, although I don't think he looks any less or more handsome then before, although I find it strange that people like a placeholder more then the actual proper portrait. Some have become that the Princess looks younger now, but I think that she looks about the same age, the modern portrait has her with big, shining eyes, that are blue instead of brown, but there is some explanation for both the eyes and the age, but it's also spoileriffic. Although I thought her old picture was also very young looking, around 25 at most, and I very much understand why the art department was not happy about it as Chris Gardiner said, her tiara was so simple, it was more like a modern headband, and her hair almost looked like a headwrap rather than hair. So I consider it a welcome improvement. Wow, this as turned into an whole b----y oration hasn't it.
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Catherine Raymond Posts: 2518 6/19/2018	Akernis wrote: Catherine Raymond wrote: Can you tell me what kinds of Items can be turned in to increase Reputation? Everyone Cellar of Wine -- 5 reputation Silent Soul -- 5 reputation Vital Intelligence -- 5 reputation Short Story -- 2 reputation (Thrilling, Exceptional, or Compelling) Making Waves (2 levels) -- 1 reputation Agitators Blackmail Material -- 5 reputation Criminal favour -- 1 reputation Docks favour -- 1 reputation Rubbery men favour -- 1 reputation Urchin favour -- 1 reputation Campaigners Magnificent Diamond -- 5 reputation Bohemian favour -- 1 reputation Church favour -- 1 reputation Constables favour -- 1 reputation Society favour -- 1 reputation Fixers Favour in High Places -- 5 reputation Great Game favour -- 1 reputation Hell favour -- 1 reputation Revolutionary favour -- 1 reputation Tomb-Colonies favour -- 1 reputation Urchin favour -- 1 reputation Note - all favours says they grant 1 reputation, but I have gotten 2 each time I have tried. . edited by Akernis on 6/19/2018 Thanks, Akernis! Much obliged for the detailed explanations. -- 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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suinicide Posts: 2409 6/19/2018	The free gift is next week. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/profile/sunnytime 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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Honeyaddict Posts: 501 6/19/2018	I am honestly heavily torn between Mr. Slowcakes and the Princess in whom to vote for, since while I do like where the Contrarian stands right now, he'll change his mind in a week or so and become revolutionary again! Or do you think the Contrarian can stand behind his current campaign until the next elections? -- Honeyaddict, Scarlet Saint, Paramount Presence pleasure to meet you. Has some ideas the Masters won't approve of like some items and establishing a Colony in Parabola. I will accept most social interactions (not duping). I do enjoy role playing as well. Have some possibly still active codes!
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ValentinV Posts: 15 6/18/2018	Oh right, it's the 18th already. Considering my character I'm actually not in love with any of the platforms that the candidates seem to run on this year though I know who I'll pick based on spoilery knowledge... unless some interesting truths are revealed before I need to make my choice. I'm also going to mention that I'm one of the people who doesn't interact a lot with other players so I'm quite happy this year is not going to be social action based. And since so many people saw fit to comment on the art: my favourite of the three is that of Slowcake's A., his smile is just so friendly, how can you not trust the man? I think the Captivating Princess is missing some kind of an edge, don't get me wrong, it's a pretty picture and maybe my opinion is coloured too much by what I know since she is meant to be, you know, captivating, but I wish there was some touch of uncanny or something hinting at... things. Edit: Oh, I've just noticed the reputation... I assume it's a bug, I see a couple people mentioned it. Going to hold on further election interactions until tomorrow after work when I hope it'll be fixed. I'd actually wish my career rank bumped down to 1 (assuming it won't be done globally), should I write to support about that? edited by ValentinV on 6/18/2018
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0bsidian Fire Posts: 117 6/18/2018	New Items, option descriptions, and the associated stats! Mr Slowcake's Caducean Rose - Persuasive/Respectable weapon A rose, recovered from one of the provinces of Hell, to intrigue, entice, and delight friends and foes alike. The Contrarian's Monochromatic Lantern - Watchful/Bizarre weapon A marvel of modern engineering that shows the world as bright as day, or as dim as night. The friend of those lost in darkness, and those who find the light too bright. The Princess' Bees - Dangerous/Dreaded weapon The Captivating Princess is donating a gift from Feducci to her supporters. Tear-drinking bees from the fabled Elder Continent kingdom of Huz. A Traitor's Carriage - Dangerous/Dreaded transport The Election encourages fads for Revolutionary aesthetics. Travelling cages like those used to transport troublesome bourgeoisie can be seen on the streets of London. Ironically, of course. A Gazebo! - Persuasive/Respectable home comfort The Election has popularised the marquee. Expansive, portable and handily collapsible! Any good host's secret weapon. It's also worth noting that the candidate-specific items from the previous two campaigns are now available for FATE! -- Kharagal Mierqid - Bohemian Correspondent who is obsessed with the Language of Stars...
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Akernis Posts: 255 6/20/2018	Ivica wrote: Seems to me that most of Londoners complains on moral integrity,sincerity,humaneness... of all candidates (vote for less evil). And that same Londoners vote for Feducci last year ??? I doubt "most of Londoners" complain about morality. It seems more like a comparatively small, if vocal, group to me. Others argue morality, but only when it's convenient for them. I know of more than one character/person - myself included - that absolutely despise one candidate yet love another who is just as bad because that one is more charming / stylish / interesting etc. For instance, one player might love Feducci because they think he is an awesome badass with an interesting background, while they might absolutely hate the Captivating Princess because they think she is a vain and narcissistic monster who indulges in red honey. In that case they might argue morality against the Princess but dismiss or just don't care that Feducci is a killer and former slaver. -- Vena's profile - http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Akernis
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NinjaComedian Posts: 202 6/20/2018	Jolanda Swan wrote: With no cap on your career... Is there no cap on your campaign level? I had assumed that like last year it would cap at 20.
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Barse Posts: 706 6/20/2018	It does still cap at 20, yes. -- The Scorched Sailor, up for most social actions and RP. Not as scary as he looks.
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Hattington Posts: 210 6/21/2018	Vryl wrote: Sir Frederick wrote: Akernis wrote: I have to give them that I like these ongoing polls. I find the current one particularly entertaining: [spoiler] "Were they trapped in a burning building - really burning, incandescent, in fact - which of this years candidates would you rescue first?" Jovial Contrarian - 'He's likely to stay in the building out of bloody-minded temperament, while everyone else rushes for the exit.' Heh, I could actually see that happening. [/spoiler] See, I voted Contrarian in that one, because, with his wheelchair, I thought he might need some assistance managing the stairs. Also because the Princess probably set the fire and Slowcake's unlikely to be harmed by it, but that's by the by. I also voted Contrarian on the basis of his wheelchair. It's a pity that you can't actually say that's why. You could always debate him relentlessly after choosing to back him! He even likes that! "Ah yes my loyal supporter Vryl, come tell the unwashed masses how you approve of my reforms!" "No, I'm only voting you because you're handicapped and I feel bad for you" "What a cad, our Vryl! Don't be shy, we both know the REAL reason why you're here is because you believe I'm the best man for the job!" "That's a rotten lie and you know it! Sir, ARE YOU SLANDERING ME?" -- The Dawnburnt Vake-Rider: https://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Hattington
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Azothi Posts: 586 6/23/2018	The two missing Contrarian card results: Ask the Contrarian's opinion of Slowcake's Ask the Jovial Contrarian about his plan for London -- Azoth I, the Emissary of Cardinals - A Paramount Presence (not currently accepting new Proteges) Away to where the Chain cannot bind us. Hesperidean.
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Catherine Raymond Posts: 2518 6/23/2018	Skinnyman wrote: Made a sheet to track the results of the candidates card. Spoilers, of course, but missing the last two options of the Contrarian. I didn't want to look around before I get the results myself. If anyone wants to have a more extensive sheet about our candidates feel free to pop some messages or anything and I'll try to make a complete recording of our beloved. edited by Skinnyman on 6/23/2018 Actually, your chart is less spoilery than sharing information under Spoiler tags, as most of us do, since to see it one must click a link that goes off-site. Thanks again. -- 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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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/22/2018	I'm a little surprised that Mr. Slowcake's campaign openness to Rubbery Suffragists hasn't gotten more comment. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Hattington Posts: 210 6/22/2018	Sinnouk wrote: I... don't understand the third poll. Ablutions? Edit: picked Slowcake anyhow. edited by Sinnouk on 6/22/2018 Old fashioned word for baths. I went with the Princess, not only because she is ironically the more contrarian choice than the actual Contrarian but because frankly she probably has the best baths in the whole city. -- The Dawnburnt Vake-Rider: https://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Hattington
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Sir Joseph Marlen Posts: 575 6/22/2018	I wanted to know how the Contrarian swoops his hair like that, since mine is never as agreeable. As such, I went with him. -- Sir Joseph Marlen - The Romantic Sophist Alexus Harven - The Defiant Fatalist Rose Reinhelm - The Respectful Revolutionary Cappuccino - The Perfidious Spycraft Available for any and all social actions.
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Akernis Posts: 255 6/21/2018	Hattington wrote: I wonder, will slandering/heckling/otherwise disrupting the candidates affect their chances in the polls just as your election career advancement will aid whoever you support? I doubt it. It seems more like a roleplay choice than anything that is being tracked. I imagine if there was a way to hinder their campaigns it would cost reputation as well so that it would balance out mechanically. -- Vena's profile - http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Akernis
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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/21/2018	About card frequency - don't Festival cards start out infrequent and then becomes far more frequent as the Festival moves forward? -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Harry P. Posts: 116 6/19/2018	This election is going to be pure mayhem and chaos. A clash of literal monsters. How delightful. On to other matters, I will admit that I miss the social aspects of each career. As it stands, all 3 of them appear to be functional the same thing, just different flavor text. I wonder why they removed them. -- Harry P.: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/HarryP22h A Magnanimous Gentleman Author with a tendency for melancholic monologues. Elizabeth K. Broker: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Elizabeth%20K%20Broker A Socially-Awkward Dueling Trickster with a thirst for vengeance and a soft spot for urchins. If you are ever in need of any assistance, do not hesitate to ask either of them. The second one is still finicky, though.
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Chezz Posts: 8 6/19/2018	Coming from 100+ hours of Sunless Sea, and having started playing Fallen London for a little less than a month, I was looking forward to my first big event. The Election setting looks very nice, the idea of letting the players participate in the future of the city is neat and, even if I don't know them too much, the candidates seem interesting. When the event started I rushed to read the mechanics and was hoping to be able to participate quickly. My character wouldn't care too much about politics and wouldn't rally himself with anyone probably, but was looking forward to raise a buck using his muscle as an Agitator. However, so far this event is bringing me nothing but disappointment and the reason is simple; I can't seem to draw the 'further your reputation' card. I draw the individual candidates card all the time, but the one which actually lets you advance through the event is nowhere to be seen. I know this feels like jumping the gun as the event just recently started, but given that I play during all the day, checking FL frequently so the opportunity deck doesn't get filled, I feel very strange my RNG is that bad. It doesn't get better when I ask acquaintances in-game and they explain they are drawing the card all the time, or read some accounts in these forums that apparently have no problems raising their reputation. It gets even worse when you realize some people got Reputation handed for free due to a bug, not because of jealously, but because the presence of such bugs makes me question now whether there are other bugs impacting the capacity of players -like me- to draw the important card, or I am unlucky as always. I really hope this is just temporary and my luck evens out during the week. If by the end of today I still didn't draw a single 'further your reputation' card I will probably fill a bug report to see if I can have this looked at. Still, I don't think leaving the outcome of such events to RNG is a wise decision. Certainly, if this happens to be an instance of bad RNG on my part, it will be no consolation at all, since being locked out of content in such an arbitrary manner is very frustrating. Sorry for the long rant, but after getting hooked on the FL world by the outstanding quality of the lore and writing of both SS and FL (what I seen so far), was really looking forward to get more involved in the FL world. edited by Chezz on 6/19/2018 -- Chezz - A killer of Renown http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Chezz
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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/19/2018	With the first election I had two candidates I liked (Contrarian, Bishop) and one I despised (Jenny). Second election, I had one candidate I adored and two I loathed. This election...I don't really mind who wins. It's a strange thing. I honestly don't know who to vote for... LIke, I like the Princesses' platform for turning London into a giant Versailles and I approve of her bloodthirsty, warmongering authoritarianism (in-character, mind you, in character). But Mr. Slowcake is also magnificent and there's a lot of talk amongst his supporters of shaking up London with very imaginative reforms! -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Wilhelm Leibniz III Posts: 63 6/19/2018	I shall cast my lot in with Mr. Slowcakes. It will surely be...exceptional. He reminds me of Feducci. Feducci was a radical that would be quite entertaining to watch his policies unfold. Slowcakes is a radical who's policies promise to be quite entertaining as they up-end existing social order. What larks! Truly our other options are The Princess and a revolutionary. Truly what choice do we have if we do not want to advance the great work? Two years ago I cast my bid for Jenny. Last year I supported Feducci. Let's see if I am a kingmaker with this year. -- Wilhelm Leibniz III, Glassman, Hearts Desire
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Bonny Kate Posts: 78 6/20/2018	That pesky Furthering your Reputation card has so far refused to show itself. I must be unlucky this week. -- I quite like receiving Calling Cards. I am open to most social actions (including trading boxed cats), and am happy to help with menaces or actions involving second chances. http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Bonny%20Kate
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0bsidian Fire Posts: 117 6/20/2018	There is no sock-puppet. There is no Mr. Slowcake. There is a cabal of devils in the Brass Embassy who run Slowcake's Exceptionals... -- Kharagal Mierqid - Bohemian Correspondent who is obsessed with the Language of Stars...
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Seneca Lane Posts: 5 6/20/2018	People always act like Hell conspicuously collating information on the most notable citizens of London is somehow suspicious- why, it's a public service! Why would anyone hesitate to invite the strange, nameless little man he sends around into their home...? -- Seneca Lane, an extraordinary mind offering lessons whenever I remember people might want them. No such thing as too many friends.
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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/20/2018	Bonny Kate wrote: That pesky Furthering your Reputation card has so far refused to show itself. I must be unlucky this week. I've gotten, like, five or six of them today. You're just having a streak of bad luck. On the other hand, I've only gotten one Princess card and two Slowcake cards, despite wanting to see those the most. The Contrarian has apparently taken over my neighborhood, as I keep getting his card -_- edited by Anne Auclair on 6/20/2018 -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Nagaretsu Posts: 24 6/20/2018	Plynkes wrote: Maybe it's just me, but it's pretty boring, gameplay-wise this time. Doesn't really feel like anything much is happening at all. The cards just aren't appearing often enough to make me feel I'm involved in the election in any significant way. The election feels like it is something happening somewhere else, and I am just occasionally hearing about it. Didn't feel like that the previous times. And this is more personal and subjective, but this time I really don't care who wins. That hasn't happened before either. Before there has been someone I wanted to win, or last year someone I didn't want to win. I have no clue who I am going to support, if anyone. Well,Mr. Slowcake is a puppet of the devils while the Contrarian just wants to make people talk about him while trolling everyone,so there is only one real choice this year. Plus I heard that if you support the Princess you'll get a bee as weapon...I know you want it. edited by Nagaretsu on 6/20/2018 -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Nagaretsu Valor Darkwood http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Valor%20Darkwood
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Barse Posts: 706 6/20/2018	Dudebro Pyro wrote: Wait a second, can we see the results of Huffam's polls anywhere? I seem to recall someone mentioning the outcome of the first, but I can neither remember what it was nor can I find it for myself anywhere. In the main election storylet, click on the Huffam's Dailies option. -- The Scorched Sailor, up for most social actions and RP. Not as scary as he looks.
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Akernis Posts: 255 6/20/2018	I have to give them that I like these ongoing polls. I find the current one particularly entertaining: [spoiler] "Were they trapped in a burning building - really burning, incandescent, in fact - which of this years candidates would you rescue first?" Jovial Contrarian - 'He's likely to stay in the building out of bloody-minded temperament, while everyone else rushes for the exit.' Heh, I could actually see that happening. [/spoiler] -- Vena's profile - http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Akernis
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elderfleur Posts: 77 6/20/2018	The result of turning in a Short Story for Reputation feels a bit out of place: "You are accused of heavy-handed allegory – that business with the bandaged gun-toting rat and the honey-mazed cat, to say nothing of the bespectacled owl." I suppose that's what I get for using an old Short Story instead of writing a new one. -- —Elderfleur
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Herumbar Posts: 1 6/20/2018	This is my first election as i found this game very recently. I love this game so far, seriously, but i've grown bored of this part. Maybe i'm unlucky, but the card to upgrade the rank is so infrequent and the other cards seems to do so little that i feel that i've been put on a treadmill without end. It's simply not fun to wait for the cards to refill to find useless cards again and again.
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DeserterKalak Posts: 94 6/20/2018	If you're using the 5 reputation offerings on the card and it's appeared for you 5 times, you'll get enough reputation to be halfway through your career already, assuming you're spending it on just that and not interrogating candidates about their reasons for running and such. -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/DeserterKalak
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Socotra Posts: 33 6/20/2018	Catherine Raymond wrote: Aardvark wrote: As much as it pains me to be a critic, I've got to say I am not overly fond of this year's change in the mechanics. Particularly the removal of any and all ways to reliably take part in election by doing one of several grinding options stings. I admit I dislike all events that are solely card-draw-based, since I seldom get lucky with the draw and it's somewhat frustrating to flip card after card without any relevance to the election. I think upgrading frequency of the favours-giving cards is hurtful in this regard. Don't get me wrong, it makes this election excessively profitable and is cool for the lower-tier players who might rely on favours for reputation gain and especially reown grinding. But with such a large number of cards suddenly upping their frequency, I don't think the Reputation-furthering card is frequent enough. In effect, even if you were relying only on the favours to build Reputation, you'd still never be able to convert the favours as fast as you gain them. Today, I've flipped perhaps 50-70 cards. Reputation card has shown up exactly zero times. IMO, Abundant frequency is not enough for those of us who have our deck cluttered with the chaff that comes from years of playing. And not being able to improve the chance of drawing in a reasonable way makes one feel stuck and powerless. Not a good feeling to have, even if it does loads to make the whole affair more like a real election than a game... You make a good point. As one of those folk whose deck is "cluttered with the chaff that comes from years of playing," I can say that I don't think I'm getting the Reputation card enough to be able to build career stats from it--and I've seen the card about 5 or 6 times now since Monday. Agreed! I'm still grinding up the tip top renown levels, so the favors are nice, but I've literally not gotten the Reputation card once in 2 days (missed Monday) -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Socotra
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MidnightVoyager Posts: 858 6/20/2018	ONE! DAY! I might be able to upgrade my reputation. ONE DAY. Because I sure haven't seen it yet... edited by MidnightVoyager on 6/20/2018 -- Midnight Voyager - A blood-cousin to predators. Collector of beasts. Affably mad.
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Catherine Raymond Posts: 2518 6/19/2018	Holden wrote: Twice in a row now, I've traded in 1 Society Favor but only gotten 1 Reputation when the card says I should have gotten 2. The problem might have been fixed. I just got the Advancing Your Reputation card and used a Favour: Constables; it gave me 2 Reputation. If the next one doesn't give you that result, file a bug report. -- 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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shylarah Posts: 171 6/19/2018	I've drawn one candidate card and no reputation cards. But then my deck has always sucked. -- Lady of Cold Steel, Lady of the Flit, Lady Alyssana Grey. A formidable woman, hard to read and slow to trust. Darkness lurks inside her. Alts: (please direct all inquiries to Alys & say who they're for) -Nikki, the Playful Daredevil, leading the constables on merry chases across London at every available opportunity. It's not a good robbery if you didn't get chased~ -Shylarah, waifish, wide-eyed, painfully foreign, entirely untamed. Her search for a way home now leads her to Parabola. There's something about her... -Dr. Maxwell Thomas, a kindhearted physician who can't stand to see suffering. Moral to a fault, even to his own detriment. Unlucky in love. I would rather be taken for a fool than deny aid where it is needed. -Angie, the Cheeky Sharpshooter. Got her start with the Regiment and proudly operated their cannon for years. Rowdy, rough, and among the best shots in London.
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SiegfriedM Posts: 3 6/19/2018	Siankan wrote: Kaijyuu wrote: So our choices are a sockpuppet of hell, a literal monster, and the Contrarian. Well, guess I'll be Contrary this time. Basically. I never thought I'd be backing the Jovial Contrarian, but here we are. Is there a way to sabotage all 3 campaigns? Honestly, I think that's what I would do in this situation.
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Raihan Posts: 41 6/19/2018	So I know it's common knowledge that Mr. Slowcake is just a front for the Devils, but can someone remind me when in-game we find that out? I can't for the life of me remember.
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Barse Posts: 706 6/19/2018	It's hinted at in a lot of places, but it's most transparently laid out in this relatively early-game Opportunity Card. -- The Scorched Sailor, up for most social actions and RP. Not as scary as he looks.
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MidnightVoyager Posts: 858 6/21/2018	Aniline wrote: As for it being luck-based -- here I am with six characters, one created during this year's FotR and four newer still, all in the upper teens of their careers halfway through the first week. It is small consolation if you're bizarrely unlucky, but the math does in fact work. i literally have not seen the card once. I cannot participate because it's not letting me participate. Got plenty of faction cards! My favors are full up. But I can't do anything with them. -- Midnight Voyager - A blood-cousin to predators. Collector of beasts. Affably mad.
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lukeskylicker Posts: 85 6/22/2018	I got a poll card today and it was the 'burning building' poll which I had already read the results of. -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/lukeskylicker A man who likes to sound smart when he's really just making it up as he goes. Rehabilitator of Wretched Mogs.
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Tom Davidson Posts: 107 6/22/2018	I really, really hate the complete reliance on the Opportunity deck in this scenario. Since the election started, I have drawn exactly one Further Your Reputation card, one poll card, and three cards providing more info about the candidates. Leaving aside the complete unsuitability of any of the candidates, this lack of available election-related actions is shaping up to make this whole sequence EXTREMELY boring. -- http://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Black%20Tom
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Sinnouk Posts: 62 6/22/2018	I... don't understand the third poll. Ablutions? Edit: picked Slowcake anyhow. edited by Sinnouk on 6/22/2018 -- Theron Bidwell Urie: the Distrait Dabbler, hat-less unfortunate no more! gronostaj wrote: If the Implacable Detective Wins… I go to jail! And you go to jail! And you go to jail, yes, you too! Everyone goes to jail!
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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/23/2018	btw, two quick observations. It strikes me as a little weird to see people who accepted our current slaver, pirate, traitor Mayor draw a hard line at the Captivating Princess and Mr. Slowcake. Also strange are people complaining that all the choices are bad - I find them all excellent! And I'm wondering what this says about me...? -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Sara Hysaro Moderator Posts: 4514 6/23/2018	All of the choices this year are fun options to me, and I really appreciate that. I think this is the first election where I didn't have a proper favourite because all three of them are bound to explore things I'd be interested in. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Sara%20Hysaro Please do not send SMEN, cat boxes, or Affluent Reporter requests. All other social actions are welcome. Are you a Scarlet Saint? Send a message my way to be added to the list.
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MidnightVoyager Posts: 858 6/23/2018	Anne Auclair wrote: MidnightVoyager wrote: So what does the reputations card look like? What am I looking for here? I know I'll know the name, but what's the picture on the card? A shadowed gentleman making a toast with a rich glass of wine. You'll know it when you find it because you can't discard it. Undiscardable? Oh good, thank you. I was sorta starting to worry I'd accidentally discarded one. edited by MidnightVoyager on 6/23/2018 -- Midnight Voyager - A blood-cousin to predators. Collector of beasts. Affably mad.
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Dudebro Pyro Posts: 755 6/24/2018	Anne Auclair wrote: Also strange are people complaining that all the choices are bad - I find them all excellent! And I'm wondering what this says about me...? Bad as in evil, not as in they're poor for gameplay (by gameplay I also include things like debating on the forums, since otherwise FL doesn't have traditional gameplay per se). Let's recap. 1894: questionable but supposedly philantropic; extremely patriotic; mildly to moderately revolutionary. You had a choice for the poor (practically good), a choice for London (also good - assuming you're willing to accept that Hell is evil, however fun they may be as a faction), and a... revoltionary? choice (it's still not confirmed, but this one would be alarming to anyone staunchly anti-liberation). 1895: literally a foreign agent; purely supporting law and order; advocate for temperance and the poor. Here one was clearly evil (although he didn't end up getting to much evil during his term - which could also be ascribed to the almost total lack of actual executive power the mayors seem to have), one was morally good (upholding the law and removing corruption and all that), one was ethically and practically good. 1896: popularly dubbed "a monster" a nonexistant figurehead of hell; possible revolutionary and questionably principled. Here, one candidate likes to subject people to extreme torture, Slowcake is what he is, and the same people as in 1894 are still miffed about the last one's revolutionary connections. There is no single candidate that truly bodes well for London, except the Contrarian if you're tolerant towards possible revolutionary connections - and even if you accept that, it's still 2 evil vs. 1 good, whereas in the previous years it was the opposite. So again, the candidates aren't boring or anything. They're just questionably fit to rule. -- Dudebro Pyro, eccentric scholar Spare Starveling Kitties always welcome. I collect them. For that matter, send me your unwanted cat boxes too.
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Hattington Posts: 210 6/21/2018	I wonder, will slandering/heckling/otherwise disrupting the candidates affect their chances in the polls just as your election career advancement will aid whoever you support? -- The Dawnburnt Vake-Rider: https://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Hattington
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The Raggedy Doctor Posts: 2 6/21/2018	One thing that might help would be if the card was somewhat like Slowcake's Amanuensis, in that it was possible to use more than one of the options on the card for each draw. Possibly while combining it with a higher card frequency. I've been doing okay reputation-wise because I have an unholy amount of Favours in High Places lying around, but I imagine it's kind of hellish to try to build reputation through regular favours or making waves.
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Dudebro Pyro Posts: 755 6/21/2018	It just needs to be more frequent - and discardable, I have no idea why they made it non-discardable. Think Peckish cards frequency, maybe a tad less. -- Dudebro Pyro, eccentric scholar Spare Starveling Kitties always welcome. I collect them. For that matter, send me your unwanted cat boxes too.
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The Raggedy Doctor Posts: 2 6/21/2018	Honestly, I assume it's non-discardable to prevent people from accidentally discarding a rare and important (if you care about the election) card. But yeah, making it more frequent would solve that problem, and I know not everyone is interested in the election, so they'd be able to get it out of their hair that way.
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Reinol von Lorica Posts: 102 6/21/2018	Lady Sapho Byron wrote: During the current election I can't stop thinking about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPNrRbQ4sqU For some reason, I seem to associate the chef as the Jovial Contrarian. It just seems like something he'd do. In my own reality of course. -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Reinol%20von%20Lorica
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NinjaComedian Posts: 202 6/18/2018	Deathjack999 wrote: Seeing as trying to get the Opportunity card is a complete waste of my time, I may resort to badgering other people via Messages and Gifts to gain Reputation. Where are the options to gain Reputation through messages and/or gifts? I must be blind because I can’t find any way to progress in this election at all so far. I don’t expect to max everything out day one but to not make any progress and to not be able to even find out how I can make progress is getting very frustrating.
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Meakuel Posts: 15 6/18/2018	I got the Reputation card the second time and also the card of Mr. Slowcake. The election cards are not discardable
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Meakuel Posts: 15 6/18/2018	Aardvark wrote: If I'm just (typically) unlucky with the RNG, can a kind soul tell me how the favours are used in this election? Can I afford to be spending them elsewhere or should I hoard the favours-making cards? It´s only the Reputation Card, where you can spend your Favours, but only one at time. It makes more sense to spend an item, if yo want to get a good amount Reputation/card
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Aardvark Posts: 119 6/18/2018	Meakuel wrote: Aardvark wrote: If I'm just (typically) unlucky with the RNG, can a kind soul tell me how the favours are used in this election? Can I afford to be spending them elsewhere or should I hoard the favours-making cards? It´s only the Reputation Card, where you can spend your Favours, but only one at time. It makes more sense to spend an item, if yo want to get a good amount Reputation/card Ah, the card. So it is just another mild case of RNG hate, then. The game is rigged against us, I tell ye! It's them devils, no doubt, scheming to sideline those who'd oppose this year's puppet candidate they've planted. We shall not go without fight, then. For the cause! For God and the Bishop!!! -- Sir Reginald Monteroy, Paramount Glassman, Courier's Footprint, Poet-Laureate and Cider owner. http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Sir Reginald Monteroy If you desire a sip of Hesperidean Cider, PM me in the game.
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NinjaComedian Posts: 202 6/18/2018	Well, the RNG and I have made peace with each other and I finally drew the card. Now I’ve seen the options, I’m happy and can get busy gathering resources to have them ready to trade next time I see the card. Delighted to finally be off to a start in the election!
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0bsidian Fire Posts: 117 6/18/2018	The contrarian also has ties to the Revolutionaries... so that might also inform how you feel about him and who might want him to be mayor. -- Kharagal Mierqid - Bohemian Correspondent who is obsessed with the Language of Stars...
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Catherine Raymond Posts: 2518 6/18/2018	Dudebro Pyro wrote: I just realized the new format means no more case-note grinding. Woe! I agree. That mechanic was a great way to generate a Celebrated Short Story without too much pain. That's how my alt got her sacrifice to the well. edited by cathyr19355 on 6/18/2018 -- 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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Felixnyancat Posts: 4 6/19/2018	The Contrarian's portrait reminds me of Boardwalk Empire's Nucky Thompson.
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shylarah Posts: 171 6/19/2018	Gul, I am curious as to why you think souls affect one's destination in terms of the Far Country. I'd also hazard the opinion that loss of soul has some effect, though how severe is perhaps debatable. Certainly you have an interesting interpretation of the matter. I've always been puzzled over just what part of a person does what in the FL canon, given that your body is left behind when you die, your soul might or might not be in a bottle/in Hell, and there's still some part of you that goes on the Boat on the Slow River. -- Lady of Cold Steel, Lady of the Flit, Lady Alyssana Grey. A formidable woman, hard to read and slow to trust. Darkness lurks inside her. Alts: (please direct all inquiries to Alys & say who they're for) -Nikki, the Playful Daredevil, leading the constables on merry chases across London at every available opportunity. It's not a good robbery if you didn't get chased~ -Shylarah, waifish, wide-eyed, painfully foreign, entirely untamed. Her search for a way home now leads her to Parabola. There's something about her... -Dr. Maxwell Thomas, a kindhearted physician who can't stand to see suffering. Moral to a fault, even to his own detriment. Unlucky in love. I would rather be taken for a fool than deny aid where it is needed. -Angie, the Cheeky Sharpshooter. Got her start with the Regiment and proudly operated their cannon for years. Rowdy, rough, and among the best shots in London.
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CogDiss Posts: 12 6/19/2018	Akernis wrote: -Snip- Campaigners can convert Great Game favours to reputation as well. -- Joss Marr - Writer, investigator, scholar, cynic and idealist
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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1784 6/18/2018	I think they were trying to avoid landslide candidates but... I think I will finish my run in The Court of the Wakeful Eye instead of rushing back to London to participate in the Election. Not that I am not looking forward to playing, but none of these guys makes me want to support them. -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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john sledge Posts: 26 6/18/2018	I don't know but the Contrarian will bring caos to London. I want that. His promise to bring orden is just a lie to win... http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/John%20Sledge
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IHNIWTR Posts: 346 6/18/2018	so how do I go about actually choosing a career or candidate? the options aren't there in the storylette -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Daniel%20Vaise
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halogenlamp Posts: 8 6/18/2018	Will there be posters again this year? -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Franklin~Bancroft
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Absintheuse Moderator Posts: 348 6/18/2018	IHNIWTR wrote: so how do I go about actually choosing a career or candidate? the options aren't there in the storylette If you played last year you'll need to remove your previous career first which is an option under the The Mayoral Election 1896 storylet. If you still can't after that, please write in to us at support@failbettergames.com and we'll investigate, thank you!
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Captain Octavian III Posts: 3 6/18/2018	Slowcake = Satan, Princess is taxpayer money wasting druggie, only okay choice is jovial contrarian.Lesser of 3 evils maybe ? -- Titamik The Lonely One, Being cynical, a gift or a curse?
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Cthonius Posts: 362 6/18/2018	We talk a lot of what the candidates appear right now but that's only right now. We still have two weeks of secrets and surprises of each. For all we know even the Princess could come out looking the most captivating candidate. I'm eager to see how the existence of Slowcake is handled, what could possibly be the Contrarian' closet skeleton this year, and in general the legal matters of the Princess even running. -- Cthonius, gone North. Gone. Oneiropompus, a Scarlet Saint, eager to help make your dreams realities. Accepting all social requests for now.
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Barse Posts: 706 6/26/2018	On the other hand, anyone on Heart's Desire knows how extremely lovely it is to be stuck on a lonely Corpsecage Island with a devil for company... edited by Barse on 6/26/2018 -- The Scorched Sailor, up for most social actions and RP. Not as scary as he looks.
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Reused NPC Posts: 259 6/26/2018	So here's a question; stop me if this has been asked before... The Dailies wrote: The third poll divided Londoners almost three ways equally! The Captivating Princess was considered the most likely to run a bath well, with the Jovial Contrarian and Mr Slowcake coming second and third respectively. Edit note: This is not the question I wanted asked. Huffam. So what WAS the question Huffam wanted to ask? Surely the Jovial Contrarian can draw a good bath if he decided to start his campaign after dozing overnight in one, but certainly Huffam must have been going for something a little more... substantial, I suppose? -- ReusedNPC, a d__ned lunatic. Edmund Viric, a rather dreamy sort. "I won't stay long, I shan't stay long! Tell me a secret." --the Baldomerian
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PSGarak Posts: 834 6/26/2018	Reused NPC wrote: So what WAS the question Huffam wanted to ask? Surely the Jovial Contrarian can draw a good bath if he decided to start his campaign after dozing overnight in one, but certainly Huffam must have been going for something a little more... substantial, I suppose? My first guess was "absolution," but "libation" could also be a possibility. -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/PSGarak
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menaulon Posts: 112 6/28/2018	Anne Auclair wrote: Why in god's name would anyone want to be trapped on a deserted island with the PRINCESS?! Inspired self-destruction is a Fallen London staple. And the Captivating Princess has a better hairstyle than Mr Eaten. -- Menaulon Open to social actions, but would prefer to be betrayed in the search for Photographer.
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Azothi Posts: 586 6/28/2018	Anne Auclair wrote: The Fourth Poll continues the trend witnessed thus far! Londoner's are torn as to which of the Jovial Contrarian or the Captivating Princess they'd maroon on an island with them, with a small but devoted coterie of Mr Slowcake aficionados coming in third place. Why in god's name would anyone want to be trapped on a deserted island with the PRINCESS?! Honestly, it'd probably make for the most interesting story. -- Azoth I, the Emissary of Cardinals - A Paramount Presence (not currently accepting new Proteges) Away to where the Chain cannot bind us. Hesperidean.
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Diptych Administrator Posts: 3493 6/28/2018	A Pollster wrote: Mr Huffam wants to know who – all things considered – would be your second preference? If we had a sensible voting system, of course. There's a thought. I wonder who'd be mayor now if Fallen London had preferential voting? -- 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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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/28/2018	Sir Frederick wrote: A Pollster wrote: Mr Huffam wants to know who – all things considered – would be your second preference? If we had a sensible voting system, of course. There's a thought. I wonder who'd be mayor now if Fallen London had preferential voting? This is a poll you don't want your candidate to win in a first past the post system. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Catherine Raymond Posts: 2518 6/25/2018	Cooper wrote: Korpen af Flyger wrote: Akernis wrote: Don't worry, I'm sure that they will fix it quickly. And even if not you can change your vote to the Princess for 10 reputation Yes it got fixed pretty fast, which makes me happy. The captivating princess deserve all our support as Her royal higness aim to bring more life into London with art and splendor! The streets will run red! And no, not all of it will be blood... Precisely my problem with the Princess, as I don't believe the red fluid that is not blood will be wine. -- 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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Aardvark Posts: 119 6/25/2018	For whomever might be interested, the free election gift weapons all seem to have +8 attribute and +1 B/D/R from each respective desription. -- Sir Reginald Monteroy, Paramount Glassman, Courier's Footprint, Poet-Laureate and Cider owner. http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Sir Reginald Monteroy If you desire a sip of Hesperidean Cider, PM me in the game.
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Korpen af Flyger Posts: 5 6/25/2018	Anne Auclair wrote: Korpen af Flyger wrote: When I did chose to support the princess the game said "you have pladeged to support mr slowcake", were should i turn to get that fixed? Are you actually supporting Mr. Slowcake, rather than the Princess, in the story tracker (I think the relevant icon is under Seasonal?)? Yes I "support" slowcake, as it his free gift I can select in the store. THat was when i reacted. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Korpen%20af%20Flyger
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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/25/2018	Korpen af Flyger wrote: Anne Auclair wrote: How'd you try and support the Princess? Her card or the pinned option? Has anyone else had this problem? I used the card. Got the story. Sounds like something's screwy with the card. Send a bug report, telling what you told me, to support@failbettergames.com They'll probably make fixing it a top priority. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Skinnyman Posts: 2133 6/24/2018	Way too busy on the surface specially that I have to take care of 3 extra cats (that all behave like a Starveling one since they enjoy food). Due to this, can anyone point out a collection of extra details about our candidates? I updated the sheet with the rest of the two missing results (got them at last), but I find this year candidates bit awful! Casting a vote won't be easy so I intend to gather a lot more information about them; echos preferably! Many thanks! -- ESs items and quality requirements sheet. Please check if there are errors or if something is missing Achievement list if you're feeling bored! I am accepting Plant battles, Neath's Mysteries card, Starveling Cats and boxed cats. No suppers, no second chances gain and no need to cure my menaces!
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Hattington Posts: 210 6/25/2018	Oh man, it's so weird being in the wrong timezone where I can't vote for another 18 hours or so. By the way has anyone found a use for Reputation after exhausting all candidate info and maxing out your Profession? If not, I'm planning to reap a bountiful harvest of Aeolian Screams as the whole thing winds down. -- The Dawnburnt Vake-Rider: https://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Hattington
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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 6/25/2018	Oh, I have my criteria all figured out. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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MrEvil135 Posts: 39 6/28/2018	Azothi I mean to say: the choices aren't as bad as they seem on the surface. They are questionable individuals in service of arguably good causes, but it isn't a dualistic moral question. You will see characters all over the spectrum from good to evil and from chaotic to lawful supporting each of the candidates because they transcend these classifications to instead ask what vision of London. [/quote wrote: I don't disagree. In fact I completely agree with your statement. My main point is more like given the option to invite one of these... individuals to a party, or complete stranger. I would go with the complete strangers. I don't exactly trust any of them to have my best interests in mind. Or anyone's besides themselves really. But I'm just a guy who was kicked out of both the palace and University. What do I know? My answer. Not much actually, I try my hardest not to spoil these things for myself, and researching these... individuals took me into some very spoiler y territory. -- This account represents the FALLEN CITIES INVESTIGATION TEAM. Our current members Alejandro: Our proud leader, minor poet, chess piece, Midnighter, Runner of the Oft-Mendacious Gazette. Probably a vampire. Open to any and all social actions Mr Evil: Vengeful, somewhat insane. Currently is obsessed with the northern cardinal direction. Has dead family members. Wants to go north. Manages this account. North.
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Sir Joseph Marlen Posts: 575 6/28/2018	Sir Frederick wrote: Also, the pollster appears to have a crush on the Contrarian? You say that as if it's out of the ordinary. Jolanda Swan wrote: Anne Auclair wrote: The Fourth Poll continues the trend witnessed thus far! Londoner's are torn as to which of the Jovial Contrarian or the Captivating Princess they'd maroon on an island with them, with a small but devoted coterie of Mr Slowcake aficionados coming in third place. Why in god's name would anyone want to be trapped on a deserted island with the PRINCESS?! The sex, Lady Auclair. It is always the sex. I suppose that's why her and the Contrarian are neck and neck. Now there's an island vacation I wouldn't mind. -- Sir Joseph Marlen - The Romantic Sophist Alexus Harven - The Defiant Fatalist Rose Reinhelm - The Respectful Revolutionary Cappuccino - The Perfidious Spycraft Available for any and all social actions.
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xKiv Posts: 846 6/28/2018	Sir Frederick wrote: At least in the system I'm familiar with, ... The problem is, ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow%27s_impossibility_theorem Any ranked voting system will have a problem like that (or worse). (IOW, if you want to get rid of those problems, you need, for example, to have everyone to assign points to each candidate, not just rank) -- https://www.fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/xKiv - a witchful, percussive, dangermous and shadowry scholar of coexplodence, hopsidirean, and walker of fallen kitties.
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Catherine Raymond Posts: 2518 6/28/2018	Jolanda Swan wrote: Anne Auclair wrote: The Fourth Poll continues the trend witnessed thus far! Londoner's are torn as to which of the Jovial Contrarian or the Captivating Princess they'd maroon on an island with them, with a small but devoted coterie of Mr Slowcake aficionados coming in third place. Why in god's name would anyone want to be trapped on a deserted island with the PRINCESS?! The sex, Lady Auclair. It is always the sex. ...aaaaand I just understood that Captivating has a double meaning in her case. Go me! She is said to be very beautiful. I say "beauty is as beauty does," but then my character and I are female. -- 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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MrEvil135 Posts: 39 6/28/2018	I'm not exactly an expert in politics, But I am an ace detective (In-Universe), and I have read up on all these candidates (without spoiling to much for myself, somehow). And they are all terrible people. Jovial Contrarian - Has some... Interesting ties to the revolutionaries. May be one of Months, Is currently running against his last ideals. Currently claims to stand for law and order. Slowcakes - Is in charge of measuring a persons respectability. Somehow. Is never seen in public. Some claim he isn't even a real person. May be a conspiracy by Devils. Currently claims that respectability should determine your place on the political ladder. (which it does already, even if indirectly) The Captivating Princess - Is the only child the of the Traitor Empress to be seen in public. She may be some kind of monster anyway. Has a... Stange effect with bees. Currently claims to stand for... herself. Mostly. Seriously, the only reason to participate in the election this year is if you get something out of it. Which is kinda the point of this thing when you think about it. PS Vote for Slowcakes. -- This account represents the FALLEN CITIES INVESTIGATION TEAM. Our current members Alejandro: Our proud leader, minor poet, chess piece, Midnighter, Runner of the Oft-Mendacious Gazette. Probably a vampire. Open to any and all social actions Mr Evil: Vengeful, somewhat insane. Currently is obsessed with the northern cardinal direction. Has dead family members. Wants to go north. Manages this account. North.
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Anne Auclair Posts: 2215 7/2/2018	Hattington wrote: Gillsing wrote: Hattington wrote: If nothing else I am relishing the look on the Amanuensis' face when it becomes clear just how unpopular Mr. Slowcake is to the common man. But if they're telling the truth about the 'true objective' of their candidacy, they wouldn't care about how unpopular he is with anyone? If anything, Mr Slowcake being popular enough to win might become a slight inconvenience. Oh I'm not talking about the purpose of the outcome. A while ago some folks speculated that the Amanuensis self-inserts into the role of "Mr. Slowcake" as a more respected, successful and influential version of himself. I'll have a laugh if his heart breaks over his self-insert receiving little respect. I'm the one who speculated such. I cite as another bit of evidence the fact they never actually tell you how Mr. Slowcake came about. The Devil who monologues about their evil plan is just as much an actor as Chester (it explains why they cottoned on to Mr. Slowcake, but it doesn't explain Mr. Slowcake). When the Amanuensis meets you, he just admits Mr. Slowcake's nonexistence and explains why Mr. Slowcake is taking part in the election...but he doesn't say anything else. Maybe the Amanuensis's reaction, win or lose, will tell us something more. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Anne%20Auclair
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Hazel Posts: 69 7/2/2018	Not knowing who's in the lead does make the elections more mysterious. The disparity between candidates in years previous took a bit of the fun out of it. -- "I can walk in the Mirror-Marches at the edge of dreams as easily as I might promenade in Tyrant's Gardens." Skymaw & Belle Dame
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Dudebro Pyro Posts: 755 7/1/2018	This is gonna give me a heart attack. Before Monday morning, I have to amass 328 more MW CP, and draw the Townhouse card again - as I've decided to invite the Princess for the finisher of my one-week rush to 15, given the current occasion. I have enough Scheme left to invite a Crooked-Cross once more before I drop below 20, but I don't know if I trust my luck enough to draw the card twice. That means I must scrounge over 300CP with whatever bits I can get my hands on - probably sacrificing a few bejewelled lenses, because I find myself straight out of CoC for the Bazaar lodgings card, and side-converting like a maniac. And then I might not draw the Salon card at all. This is worse than last Hallowmass. Oh by the way is there anything I can spend like 800 spare CP of MW on after I invite the Princess? -- Dudebro Pyro, eccentric scholar Spare Starveling Kitties always welcome. I collect them. For that matter, send me your unwanted cat boxes too.
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