Karhumies
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12/23/2013
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I have just found the first Mr Sacks in my opportunity deck.
Apparently, the survivors of last year's visits have additional options available. Since I am not one of them, I am intrigued by this, and would like to receive a Journal link of the Echo of what those options did for you.
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Alexis Kennedy
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12/25/2013
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Folks: thank you all. As ever, it is a pleasure to be blessed with such a likeable and literate community.
The Advent Calendar is complete, but we do have one more gift for you all. We'll be announcing it in the next week, but you heard it here first: we're keeping the double-sized action pool past the end of December. We had hoped that it wouldn't have a visibly damaging effect on our Nex income, and that we'd be able to extend it.
I'm glad to say that it seems to be working out well for us and it's making everyone much happier: so provisionally, it's here to stay - both the double-sized action pools and the enhanced action refresh. Happy Christmas. :-)
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Alexis Kennedy
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12/27/2013
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I'm happy to say that Saharan and RJ are right, and you have nothing to worry about.
Players eat content much faster than we produce it, but we have a huge treasure-house of content built up over years that most people never complete. We're happy to keep a few more of that majority around by letting the game feel more generous. Besides, rebalancing would be a giant chunk of work and there are other things we'd much rather spend the time on. 
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Alexis Kennedy
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12/25/2013
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Alexander Feld wrote:
a lot like the Festival of Endless Actions again.
Yup! As with the Festival, we thought it would probably work out well, but it was one of those low probability, high impact risks that we couldn't afford to take lightly. We are still a little concerned that if it's no longer perceived as a sale price, we may suffer after all... so, you know, BUY NEX. TELL YOUR FRIENDS. And we'll keep the content coming.
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Alexander Feld
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12/25/2013
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Elnara wrote:
Merry Sacksmas
2013 stands out as the year I discovered Fallen London so I can only echo those above in saying thank you for the wonderful new world.
I feel so old. And also inspired to riff off famous quotes.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Brass ships on fire across the river of death. I watched sunlight blazing in the dark over the Echo Bazaar. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in snow. Time... to die..."
And then a pure white raven takes wing, flying up to the surface.
Also: Merry assorted holidays, everyone.
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It's all terribly unsettling. I ask myself "Failbetter wouldn't really trick and trap and punish us for playing their game and completing the tasks they set us, would they?" And then I answer "Of course they would; it's what they do."
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Mordaine Barimen
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12/30/2013
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I would say it's a pretty emphatic declaration of opinion.
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Alexander Feld
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1/2/2014
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Just drew Day 9, and my, is it gorgeous. A totally black image, in a black border, and all it fails to do it light up black to let you know you've done something. Of course, I will now proceed to post a picture of it onto a forum with a black background.
Doesn't that just look like a window into uttermost oblivion? Marvelous.
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1/3/2014
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Incidentally, Pennyweather Lane and Fondle Street are going on my list. I don't know where Pennyweather Lane is, but I suspect it may be in my ears and in my eyes. Possibly my Stormy Eyes. And I wonder if the other is in the Veilgarden area, and, if so, what we might find at the corner of Grabskirt & Fondle.
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Laluzi
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1/2/2014
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...Hmm. I still haven't played my Day 9. :x I don't like any of the options I have; either forget him and further the Masters' erasing his memory, accept the Wax-Wind and anger him with my flippancy, or eat him (or his image, anyway). I suppose the last... might not be so bad; it's re-enactment, remembering, but in that line of thought, it also seems to support the violations done against him. Blah. I'm a Seeker utterly devoted to him, and the only options available to me have a negative impact on him. :c This makes me sad.
Maybe I'll leave him in my opportunity deck until Seeking reopens and I can ask him the Name.  ...poor Mr Eaten-Sacks will have to wait on my windowsill for half a year. I wonder if he'll play chess with me.
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Ewan C.
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1/3/2014
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That black painting can of course have several layers removed, in Photoshop, to reveal a correspondence sigil.
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Laluzi
Posts: 456
12/29/2013
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Hey, I aspire to lick the Bazaar, and I'll have you know that I want nothing to do with those mad sun-extinguishing maniacs.
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Arthur_Pendlebrook
Posts: 53
12/29/2013
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Oh dear. Mr. Pages, you shoveled my snow, gave me a pen, and you are one of my favorite masters and I have possibly murdered you via cat-avalanche. Oh dear.
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Laluzi
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12/30/2013
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Indeed; I was more saddened at having to ambushcate my dearenist Mr Pages in the most antisportulating of mannertudes. Would it have been that I did not sympathize with the Duchess's plans, I would have given him the choicest of my love stories and sent him merrily on his way.
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Corran
Posts: 401
12/26/2013
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Merry Sacksmas to all!
You there, urchin! Get me the largest Vake you can find!
And many thanks to Alexis and the FBG team. I certainly had high hopes that the 20/40 actions would remain and I'm glad to see this is the case. I was already buying Exceptional Friendship each month and will certainly continue to do so.
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Spacemarine9
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12/23/2013
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Sara Hysaro wrote:
(aside from probably lowering/erasing your Notability).
[spoiler]It doesn't touch your Notability at all, but you might learn a thing or two about lacre.[/spoiler]
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Laluzi
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12/23/2013
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Well, given who this Mr Sacks is, it's rather clear what his opinion on honey versus wine is. :P
I gave him honey. Still +1 CP of Masters.
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dragonridingsorceress
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12/29/2013
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Sir Frederick Tanah-Chook wrote:
So, short answer is, the old options are all equally good, and the new options are an unknown quantity, so it's not a bad idea just to choose whichever story tickles your roleplaying fancy!
But I want to play ALL of them! 
Well, except the Revolutionaries. Anyone working for the Liberation of Night can go lick the Bazaar, for all I care.
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Inky Petrel
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1/2/2014
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I chose the University option (and I was very pleased I had it available, as the other options didn't appeal) and got a bitter rant from my favourite Master in return Not noteworthy for rewards, perhaps, but it pleased me. A reckoning will not be postponed indefinitely.
Edit: I keep forgetting that the faction-based options are actually fate-locked content. I hope it's ok to talk about them?
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The Incorrigible Raconteur
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1/4/2014
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Gillsing wrote:
Well, maybe the Bazaar has the brains to plot, but why plot in the first place if it's truly in charge? Seems to me that plotting is something one resorts to when one is at a disadvantage
The Red Queen's Race! It takes all the plotting you can do just to stay in the same place.
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1/5/2014
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I was surprised that the Duchess, Widow and Docks only got one option each, but given that their relevant qualities were retained even after their part was played in the 12 Days of Sacksmas, I expect we've not seen the last of them.
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Just had the Twelfth Day of Sacksmas - same options as last year, though I notice that The Taste of Lacre now makes reference to giving access to Penstock's Wicket at certain times of year.
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JulietChauvelin
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1/5/2014
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Got Day 12 of Mr Sacks ... used the Benthic option. Results echoed on my profile. Nice bit of lore.
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Richard
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1/4/2014
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Ewan C. wrote:
Taking the Correspondent option on Day 11 set my total Bazaar Permits to 1; anyone else encountered this? I *assume* a bug? On the subject of unexpected consequences, promenading with the Celebrated Artist's Model apparently just made my Making Waves go down. I don't want to panic anybody, but this can only mean Apocalypse, light is dark, last are first, the universe inverts and the Neath now drifts between the stars!!
...or it's a rare result. But that's a more boring explanation.
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NinjaComedian
Posts: 202
12/28/2013
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Oh dear. I do hope Mr. Pages (the Original) - who I only just bumped into the other day when he cleared my path of lacre for me - doesn't hold it against me for what the Duchess and I just did to his representative who came calling to my door today. That was not a nice way to go.
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Curious Foreigner
Posts: 210
12/31/2013
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Silas the Showman has just graced my Salon. If anyone is interested in the result, they can find it in my Journal.
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Cocytus
Posts: 187
12/25/2013
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As it is now midnight, NMT (Neath Mean Time), I wish to offer all of the forum regulars a Merry Sacksmas, and may he take nothing we can't live without.
Thanks to Alexis and the team for a great first year in Fallen London!
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Elnara
Posts: 137
12/25/2013
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Merry Sacksmas
2013 stands out as the year I discovered Fallen London so I can only echo those above in saying thank you for the wonderful new world.
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Alexander Feld
Posts: 348
12/25/2013
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Alexis Kennedy wrote:
Folks: thank you all. As ever, it is a pleasure to be blessed with such a likeable and literate community.
The Advent Calendar is complete, but we do have one more gift for you all. We'll be announcing it in the next week, but you heard it here first: we're keeping the double-sized action pool past the end of December. We had hoped that it wouldn't have a visibly damaging effect on our Nex income, and that we'd be able to extend it.
I'm glad to say that it seems to be working out well for us and it's making everyone much happier: so provisionally, it's here to stay - both the double-sized action pools and the enhanced action refresh. Happy Christmas. :-)
Ah, so my suspicions were correct. I thought this felt a lot like the Festival of Endless Actions again. Glad everything's working out so well. I, for one, appreciate being able to go to sleep without fretting over all the actions I'm wasting.
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Karhumies
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12/25/2013
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I have celebrated this announcement with the purchase of Nex. Before December, I had skimped on Exceptional Friendship since 10->20 action increase does not help out much if one will have multiple consecutive offline hours each day. 20->40 actions increase does improve the missed actions situation significantly more.
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NinjaComedian
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12/26/2013
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I can't find any quality from last year which makes me think that I backed out of helping the University in the end to side with the Masters. However this year, knowing what destiny has in store for me, my loyalties may waver a little and I am curious what the Duchess has to say...
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Antur
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12/26/2013
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Decided to side with the Widow due to information about her plans and motives always being scarce. The information in the immediate response alone is pretty huge news but i also feel like i just agreed to something i won't be comfortable with.
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Mordaine Barimen
Posts: 670
12/25/2013
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Well, as a completely new player to all of this, who only had the 10-action pool for a little while, I am happy with this change and more likely to spend Nex with it in place than not. Would you like to know why?
At the 10-action cap, the two largest timesinks of my day that required me to be unable to burn through stored action (work and sleep, naturally) meant that even with an exceptional friendship, I'd waste more actions than I'd salvage with EF status. This was a little frustrating, to be honest, and discouraged me from getting too invested (in multiple senses of the word) in the game. With the new settings, I can "catch" most of my available action pool and not feel like I'm being penalized by work or if I spend time away doing allegedly respectable activities like taking my SO to dinner. Thus I am far more likely to subscribe with a smile on my face.
If I may make a humble request, it would be to consider possibly adding a little more in the House of CHimes that isn't doubly Fate-locked. While I quite enjoyed the one storylet in there, and presumably would the other as well if I'd ever get the card for its requirement in Watchmaker's, the rest seems a little lacking in story. Perhaps there's lots more that opens up later in there, perhaps after becoming POSI, but I'd hope you aren't aiming it solely at persons of that status, since they have to be a minority of characters in the game.
At any rate, thank you for this news and an interesting storygame. And assorted festive thoughts to people over whatever celebrations you do around this time of year.
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Ember
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12/25/2013
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Huzzah! I will also most likely make Exceptional Friendship a regular purchase because of this. I have been enjoying my forty actions as much as any fancy coffee I've ever had.
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Roland Jones
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12/28/2013
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Belia wrote:
I am currently at Day 6. Was it possible to side with February of the Calender Council at some time, as the last option on this card implies?
That is the Revolutionaries path, yes.
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12/28/2013
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Last year, the cheaper Fate-locked options - the Urchins, the Revolutionaries, Benthic College - gave a high-tier item (the second-highest - that's tier 9 on my chart) plus some excellent story. We got to see how February works her schemes, or learn a little of the Knotted Sock's odder practices, or perform inadvisable experiments with overambitious scientists! Presumably these options will all do the same or similar this year.
The more expensive options - the Duchess, the Widow, the Docks - haven't had all their rewards revealed yet. The Duchess has one option I've seen so far that gives some rare but not super-valuable rewards. I'm guessing there's more interesting story and items to come, and it's been hinted that this content will at some point offer cheaper Lodgings upgrades - whether that's restricted to the new options or not, or if it's involved at all, I don't know.
So, short answer is, the old options are all equally good, and the new options are an unknown quantity, so it's not a bad idea just to choose whichever story tickles your roleplaying fancy!
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12/26/2013
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Sarsmos wrote:
I'm not sure what to choose. One of my characters adores the Masters but I am a sucker for Fate-locked content. From what I read none of the new options seem to imply doing anything the Master's would be fond of... My other two don't particularly care for the master's so I'll go with the Widow and Docks for them.
I believe you get opportunities later to side with the masters
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My worry is that the benefit of the increased action pool will be mostly psychological, since the rest of the game will be rebalanced with the additional actions in mind.
I don't think so; we don't get actions any faster, we just lose less to sleep.
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12/27/2013
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empirimancer wrote:
That is precisely the reason why I believe there will be a rebalancing. By losing fewer actions, players now have more actions to spend, and potentially double the rate at which they consume content. Since alexis is probably not going to double the rate at which he produces content... This is all the natural and expected result of inflation. 10 actions is the equivalent of one and a half hours. I hardly think not losing actions to sleep is the huge issue you assume it is - I can't imagine someone who gets up at 6 am and checks on FL would have a massive advantage over someone who wakes up at 7:30 and does the same. Call me naive, but I highly doubt the additional hour and a half's worth of actions merits any sort of rework.
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12/30/2013
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Sarsmos wrote:
I felt so bad for Mr.Fires lacreman...
It appears the proper term is noman.
http://images.echobazaar.failbettergames.com/icons/noman.png
Anyone go the boatman recently?
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an_ocelot wrote:
Day 8--I gave him the good stuff but I didn't seem to get an acquaintance out of it, just rats!
Offering him a little cold supper gives the Acquaintance - and the fact that there's an option which requires the Acquaintance to play implies that there's another way to earn it... or that it's preparatory for next year... or someone's playing silly buggers.
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12/30/2013
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I for one am quite happy with the Widow's plan. The same villain came to the door last year, and asked the same question...and took some of my Connected: Masters, for my opinion! I'm sure being lacrerated taught him to lecture about London.
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12/30/2013
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Yep. It's more or less widely accepted that [spoiler]the Sackses going around are not the actual Masters, but some form of lacre-golem in their images. The new appearance of 'nomen' leads many to believe that we'll find out more about this at the end, and possibly get a lacre-golem of our own.[/spoiler]
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12/29/2013
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12/29/2013
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Inky Petrel wrote:
I chose the University option, and I've yet to see any options related to it? There was an option on the card today (#5) for one of the other choices, but nothing for the college? Have I missed something? Did I choose too late?
You literally cannot choose too late. There are MANY cards and you will find the right one eventually. It may even be the last one for that one.
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12/29/2013
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dragonridingsorceress wrote:
I think I saw something on Day 6 or 7 for the Uni. When Sacks is Mr Pages.
There are two options for it, but one of them is more or less useless and just annoys him. The END option is much more obvious, and it's when the Sacks is Mr. Hearts much later on.
EDIT: WAIT, I realize what you mean! The one on Day 6/Pages is an early option for the Revolutionaries, not Uni.
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12/29/2013
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I 've recorded the text for The Widow on Day 7.
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12/29/2013
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Word of warning - if you pick the Bazaarines option with Mr. Sacks you can gain connected: the Masters, but take a hefty hit to connected: revolutionaries and connected: the docks. You also get some money, but those connections are a pain to grind and masters isn't that usesful.
...Masters is infinitely harder to grind than either of those, and it's also an extremely useful connection to have that has many different applications. I'd chose 1CP of masters over 50 CP of Revolutionaries and Docks any day.
Anyway, Mr Fires is showing up pretty commonly now, it seems. The frequency might have been upped. Has anyone seen Silas yet?
And an edit: I have indeed seen Silas, now. More importantly;
An occurrence! Your 'Acquaintance: Silas the Showman' Quality is now 1!
This is a thing, now. Eee!
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This is wonderful news! A very Merry Sacksmas indeed!
Alexander Feld wrote:
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Flower of December
Posts: 8
12/26/2013
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So, would you say that the benefits reaped from exceptional friendship outweigh the mark which is placed upon you for accepting such a thing? It is a thing that I have considered but approached with a hesitation.
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Alexander Feld
Posts: 348
12/26/2013
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MidnightVoyager wrote:
Day 4: What's the angle?
THE ANGLE IS THAT THERE ARE NEW OPTIONS AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE TO PICK AAAAAAA
Elucidate us! We will aid in your decision, or possibly just join in the confusion. But it will be a more cooperative form of confusion, and is therefor superior. Or at least far more entertaining.
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Karhumies
Posts: 75
12/26/2013
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Alexander Feld wrote:
But it will be a more cooperative form of confusion, and is therefor superior. Or at least far more entertaining.
"A shared confusion is a double confusion; a shared spoiler is half a spoiler."
-misquotes from the Neath
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serguma
Posts: 65
12/26/2013
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Lady Strange wrote:
As exciting as the daily visits of Mr Sacks is during the season, I shall be without internet for a fortnight. Though this ends my Mr Sacks adventures for the year, I shall live vicariously through the Mr Sacks visits in this thread when I return.
If you started them you will be able to finish them (or so I think I saw somewhere in the card).
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Sara Hysaro
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Posts: 4514
12/26/2013
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Yep, as long as you've started it you'll have a year to finish.
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neongrey
Posts: 29
12/25/2013
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Yay! I'd hoped it was under consideration, and I'm glad it's working out well enough to do it. Thanks!
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Saharan
Posts: 247
12/24/2013
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Hex wrote:
Were we supposed to have done something specific last year to get the veteran quality? I took part last year but i don't seem to have it If I remember correctly, the Veteran quality was from the original 2011 Sacksmas, where Mr. Wines went gallivanting around the Neath in a robe as red as certain Stockings. So no, you needn't have done anything last year, but rather two years ago.
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Four
Posts: 18
12/25/2013
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The Christmas spirit compels me to wish very happy holidays to the community and Failbetter team. I've been a Fallen Londoner for almost two years (since spring 2012) and have derived much enjoyment that I am glad for and grateful to have had at no charge. I look forward to more in the future and hope for all the absolute best. All shall be well, all manner of thing, and so forth.
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Laluzi
Posts: 456
12/25/2013
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Merry Christmas, delicious friends! And a special thanks to Failbetter for bringing us all together and creating the glorious shadows of the Neath for us to inhabit. May your day be filled with love and joy.
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MidnightVoyager
Posts: 858
12/23/2013
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Karhumies wrote:
MidnightVoyager wrote:
... the question you can ask him related to THAT doesn't make him leave. It will loop around. So you can ask him about last year and also do whatever else you want, never fear!
The question we ask from you, our delicious and more experienced friend, is this: What did he answer?
It is Spices, after all. His answer was cryptic enough to give me ten cryptic clues, and quite irritable. I echoed it as Polly.
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Laluzi
Posts: 456
12/23/2013
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I just did too! I really hope Mr Eaten Sacks is around this year, regardless of frozen content. I really wanted to meet him.
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Mercer - an enigmatic and brutal individual. Frightfully strong. Has even more frightful manners.
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Belia
Posts: 46
1/1/2014
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Laluzi wrote:
Has anyone seen a certain Mr Sacks at their window?
Yes. It is the 9th day, and Mr Sacks is crouching on Scoundrel's windowsill. I let him go with the Zailors in the matter of Mr Sacks, and you can see the result here.
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Sara Hysaro
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Posts: 4514
1/2/2014
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Oh, you'll still get a couple more cards. You're just done working with the Urchins. ^^
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Karaeir
Posts: 90
1/3/2014
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Antur wrote:
After reading this day visit i'm reconsidering if i need that high tier profession that much.
After reading this day's visit I'm reconsidering if becoming Crooked-Cross was really worth it. It would probably be wiser to become, say, a doctor.
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Kade Carrion (an_ocelot)
Posts: 1372
1/3/2014
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I don't _like_ the Masters, why do I feel bad for being judged by one?
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Antur
Posts: 23
1/3/2014
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@Playersideblog I'm honest-to-myself Murderer.
And i have this nagging feeling that Sackses are working with some kind of Masters subconscious wishes - something they won't do themselves due to their obligations to the Bazaar.
edited by Antur on 1/3/2014
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Nathanael S. Wells
Posts: 80
1/3/2014
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Sir Frederick Tanah-Chook wrote:
what we might find at the corner of Grabskirt & Fondle.
I don't know, but whatever it is I am buying property there.
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Diptych
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Posts: 3493
1/3/2014
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Wow. Rather extraordinary. Personally, I ended up declining to ride with Iron-Sacks. It's a bitter night, and I'm in no mood to spend it being patronised by a snowman.
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Arthur_Pendlebrook
Posts: 53
1/3/2014
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We are all hopeless in the face of the Bazaar's true plans. Oh how our hubris and love destroys us so.
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Violetta
Posts: 21
1/4/2014
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Just in case anyone was wondering about the lower-tier carriage ride text:
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Judith~Moore?fromEchoId=2972833
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Karaeir
Posts: 90
1/4/2014
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Gillsing wrote:
How can we be sure that the Masters haven't enslaved the Bazaar though? Or something similar? Maybe the Bazaar is mostly a big, not-too-clever entity that knows what it wants, and is being tricked by the Masters? They know that they must feed the Bazaar, but don't keepers feed their animals? Isn't it still unclear whether it's the Bazaar, the Masters, or both who want the 'journey' to continue?
High-tier professions and 11th day of Mr Sacks suggest that the Bazaar is, in fact, smart enough to have its own plots.
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Gillsing
Posts: 1203
1/4/2014
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What could possible be wrong with serving the Bazaar instead of the Masters of the Bazaar? 'Liberation of Bazaar' sounds perfectly harmless. Liberation is good, right? Liberation of all things!
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Playersideblog
Posts: 397
1/5/2014
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I get the feeling that Penstock's Wicket is how we're going to get easier access to the new lodgings.
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ashdenej
Posts: 66
1/5/2014
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Belatedly realising that a Penstock is also a term for a gate, meaning we're entering... a gate in a gate (which is what a Wicket Gate is anyway, so it'd be a gate in a gate in a gate, I suppose)? Which is used to control fluids? Very intriguing and a little ominous.
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Seberin
Posts: 113
1/5/2014
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For those who have received robes both years, is the last option on the card the only new one?
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Spacemarine9
Posts: 2234
1/6/2014
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FBG is situated in England, so actual London. Alexis does need to sleep, though! Give it about 8-12 hours or so, the locks need to be removed manually and it's not a stroke-of-midnight deal or anything.
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DukeLawliet
Posts: 121
1/6/2014
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Alexis Kennedy wrote:
I'm very fond of Dark City; though it wasn't any kind of influence as far as I remember. But influences operate in remote and subterranean ways. I've never heard that Jerome Bixby's 'It's a Good Life' cited as an influence by Proyas, but I've always assumed there was a connection there, if a remote and subterranean one.
Do look it up the Bixby if you haven't read it. It has no connection with Fallen London, but it burrowed into my eight-year-old mind like a tick.
THAT'S what the Bazaar reminds me of! The terrifying, omnipresent, yet strangely naive, only seeking love entity, that has ripped a city from the earth to possess it all to its self, attended to by a series of caretakers who just want it to be happy, FOR EVERYONES SAKE
On the subject of Dark City, I have a complicated reaction to that film. I was introduced to it by a camp counselor, and when regurgitating the plot to my sister, adoring it and finding it the most fascinating thing, I misremembered "Shell Beach" as "Seashore Acres". Seashore acres then evolved into a bizzare, magical-realism victorian seaside holiday resort. We built up quite a mythology about it.
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NinjaComedian
Posts: 202
1/6/2014
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I fulfilled my promised to the Duchess and echoed it to my journal here: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/NinjaComedian
You'll have to scroll down to the entry called "The thirteenth visitor" - the ones after that are the shopping spree of new lodgings I got at Penstocks.
If you're curious about the reward, send me a PM.
Now has anyone who worked with the Widow echoed their result?
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