the old man
Posts: 381
11/29/2019
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i think the text is ok the candle is a nice touch but I'm not sure about the rotating character display I suppose it depends whos on it I did enjoy the develess when I logged in familiar face now still no point in opposing change
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an old irish spy from the colonies, somewhat irrigo impaired but still sharp as a tack. friendly enough just don't mention parabola he gets awfully melancholic. (an honorary cat my life is complete)
https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20old%20man
no plant battles please for the love of god
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phryne
Posts: 1351
11/29/2019
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I was really tired of the Deviless so I like the change! 
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Accounts: Bag a Legend • Light Fingers • Heart's Desire • Nemesis • no ambition
Exceptional Stories, sorted by Season and by writer ― Favours & Renown Guide
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Jolanda Swan
Posts: 1789
12/3/2019
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After being greeted by Ed, they are not children any more.
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Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play.
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SéamusFBG
Posts: 2
12/4/2019
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Hey all, I just posted this in the patch notes thread but it probably makes more sense to mention it here:
It's possible to bookmark your favourite login portrait using the following pattern:
https://www.fallenlondon.com/login?hero=aunt
Replacing "aunt" in the above with "boatman", "ambassador", or "edward" is also possible.
Note that this requires the "www" — https://fallenlondon.com/login?hero=aunt won't work (the redirect removes the query string).
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Diptych
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Posts: 3493
11/30/2019
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I was just coming here to say how happy I was to see the Ambassador!
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Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron.
Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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Hannah Flynn
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12/3/2019
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The change is in aid of the 10th birthday of Fallen London, which is coming up on 11th January!
The rotating faces will stay (and indeed be added to), but the golden logo and red candle are just for the birthday celebration period. We changed the text on the login page to refer to the birthday, too.
Maybe Ed is too jarring for a new player?  We have some other faces that we'd like to add soon, including some mentioned here, but we thought this was a good start.
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Wields the news canon, aboard the hype train.
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TheFungalOne
Posts: 18
11/30/2019
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I like the cycling characters. I never really got why the Deviless was the poster girl for the game since she's a pretty minor character. It fits better to give us a broad range of faces we'll see in London.
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Dudebro Pyro
Posts: 757
12/2/2019
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I still miss being able to set the portrait with a querystring. Where's my Canny Costermonger?
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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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Siankan
Posts: 1048
12/2/2019
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phryne wrote:
I'd love it if they used more characters from Exceptional Stories for the landing page. After all, every single ES has a gorgeous portrait made for it, which is then - in most cases - never used again. That's kind of a shame. I don't need to see common FL NPCs (like the Aunt, though her new portrait is cool) on the log in page, I see them in-game often enough.
A rotating display of the greatest ES portraits would be awesome!
Think we could convince them to add the professor from Tauroktonos? How much more London can you get than an intrepid explorer with vile insects preparing to hatch out of her eyes?
Or perhaps everyone's favorite Valkyrie? Or the Ebullient Undertaker, maybe? I loved her.
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NotaWalrus
Posts: 221
12/3/2019
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I'm gonna be a dissenting voice and say that maybe you don't want Poor Edward to be the first thing a new player sees.
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http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/NotaWalrus
Ignacious, the Fluid Professor, he will accept most social invitations, including boxed cats and affluent photographers (but only betrayals), though he is absent-minded and might take more time than entirely necessary. He apologizes.
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Diptych
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Posts: 3493
12/3/2019
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You think the front of him's bad, you should see the back of his head.
(Generally, I would not be the least surprised to see more of the wonderful ES artwork entering circulation, but I'm happy to see the Ambassador be the first, for some representation for Aboriginal women!)
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Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron.
Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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silurica
Posts: 210
11/30/2019
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The characters are Your Aunt, the Boatman, Poor Edward (from Light Fingers), and the Decorated Ambassador (from The Garden Embassy, June 2019 ES).
I thought the Ambassador was an odd choice, since she only appears in that ES and nowhere else. The same perhaps can be said about Ed, but at least he's a memorable character with staying power in the community's consciousness.
I think I'd like to see more familiar characters instead, like the Jovial Contrarian, Mrs Plenty, or Virginia (who would be a nice replacement for the Deviless, and she's our current Lord Mayor).
That nitpicking aside, this is a welcome change.
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 Meika Osborne, the Reckless Researcher
 Leonard West, the Scarlet Informant
 Chizuru Nishiooji, the Rueful Ex-Diplomat
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Siankan
Posts: 1048
11/29/2019
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I rather like it, actually--even if the cycle did get stuck between Poor Edward and my aunt after a while. (Did I refresh a lot? Possibly.) I don't know that I like the new title as much, but I also realize that arguing against a candle down here is a losing proposition.
I will rather miss the deviless with the soulful eyes, though. (Yes, I said it.)
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Jaina
Posts: 239
11/30/2019
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Poor Edward gave me a start but I found it amusing.
I definitely feel like a number of other characters would be more recognizable than most of the ones there, and I personally would like to see Doña Villar, but that's just me~
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Cair-Var, a power-hungry lover of Devils and Rubberies
Hungry Ego, A morally upstanding citizen
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Μαρσ
Posts: 49
12/4/2019
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Is it odd that I find the Boatman the least menacing face? In the few times I've died, I had a good time playing chess, and I liked his ES. (And yes, I was a bit uncomfortable seeing the Ambassador. I may have unintentionally threatened Australia in her story. Not my finest moment.)
Anyway, I love that some of the character artwork got a new place to be showcased.
phyrne wrote:
A rotating display of the greatest ES portraits would be awesome! silurica wrote:
I think I'd like to see more familiar characters, like the Jovial Contrarian, or Virginia. I also want to second these. Some more of the great ES and Election portraits would be nice.
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A Londoner, Zubmariner, Chef, a Doctor, and an Invisible Eminence. All social actions are welcomed.
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Shadowcthuhlu
Posts: 1557
12/4/2019
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I do enjoy the rotating faces - I am eagerly awaiting to see more added to it.
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https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Dirae%20Erinyes. Closed to calling cards, but open for all other social action. I also love to roleplay.
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