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[krystyn]

I sort of went skipsies on a few pages of this thread, so forgive me if it's been asked, but:

I am not currently playing this game, but I am wondering if the Twitter updates I see from people I follow are required in order for those players to advance the plot or level up or some other such forward motion?

Thanks.

[diszaster]

[krystyn]

Thank you very much for the information!

I am still undecided about how I feel about automated or semi-automated updates to Twitter - largely, it's contextual, and so I like to know the context.

[diszaster]

Consider making a ghost account to try out the game. See what you think. There's a whole slew of us who'd be glad to errr... invite you out to dinner, show you around.

[pancito]

[myf]

If you're keeping track of players, you can add me (@myf) to the list.

[BrigitJones]

Huh. I just realised that the Royal Bethlehem Hotel is a cunning reference - Bedlam's real name was the Royal Bethlehem Hospital.

[Agent Lex]

Well spotted! I'd say less a reference and more a clue - like how many areas of London changed their names upon the Descent, I imagine the Hospital became a Hotel...

[Ad_Arcana_Tutanda]

New Correspondence info:

[Ad_Arcana_Tutanda]

New location?

[pancito]

Nope and nope. Thanks though.

http://echobazaar.wikidot.com/sidebars

[alogicnamedjoe]

Are You Fascinating?

[jelloarm]

Fascinating is actually a persuasive-storylet effect, you'll get it on 'seduction' storylets. As Fascinating increases, your target becomes more enamored with you. And it's really not as rare as the opp card says, that's just part of the flavor text.

[pancito]

Re: Are You Fascinating?

[diszaster]

Just to parrot (haha) pancito here. I think part of the problem is that the wiki crew have well surpassed the early parts of the game, and view everything with the benefit of hindsight. And I think here is where newer players especially can help keep us honest and useful.

That said, if I can plug the wiki, I recently put up a page that lays out the very first steps of the game in detail:

http://echobazaar.wikidot.com/first-steps-in-detail

Would certainly appreciate suggestions, comments on its usefulness, etc. on this. Otherwise hope it will help the newest of new players get through the rather steep initial learning curve.

Edit: Also, what would be useful in the bigger picture would be a kind of wish-list--topics we haven't covered yet that need to be covered.