Thread:Jemann/@comment-1264592-20130328112444/@comment-6042046-20130330041758

@Vae Victis Oh, I don't want you to think that the FL developers are anti-wiki or anything. They're cooperative and friendly people. The story "Seeking Mr Eaten's Name" is a very special case, though. It's the brainchild of FL owner and head writer Alexis Kennedy. It's a story which explores fantasies of failure. Most adventure games grant players splendid fantasies of success like piles of treasure, interesting friends, fun pets, heroism which garners immense praise, fame and admirers, and so forth. FL's Seeking is all about failure such as exhausting grinds, mental torment, physical torture, soul-searing betrayal, futile pursuits, friends abandoning you, nightmares which enter your waking hours, and at the end... A reward? No, your character is permanently deleted. (Ahaha, I joke, I joke, but this was seriously considered by the FL team at one point!) Anyway, something excessively horrible happens as your "reward" ending. Sounds awful but intriguing, doesn't it?

Alexis has particular wishes for Mr Eaten's story which do not necessarily extend to other FL stories. He wants interested players to actually play the game to experience the story; reading about someone else's tragedy is nowhere the same as experiencing it yourself. He also wants to see how many members of the active player base would destroy their characters for the sake of piecing together a masochistic puzzle. It's an artistic hobby project for Alexis.

Most people will never get to see the entire story for one reason for another (if they don't read an archived version). We know this because FL has ~20,000 active players, yet ~200 of them are Seekers (as stated by Alexis). I really don't want to harass that 1% about their soul-crushing Seeking when I can just read it here. But if we could all easily read Seeking content here without the hardships, then who would ever play the story? ...20 people?

I don't know what sort of letter Echo Bazaar@wikidot received; I only see the one Jemann posted so I'm reacting to that one.

"Night Watch" is one of my favorite Discworld novels! :) Who or what do you think relates to Lilac?

@Aximillio Yeah, let's have Jemann ask Alexis! And, ooh, nice catch there with the Living Stories. I'd already forgotten. XD

@Jemann Bargain hard for full archival! Don't let Alexis walk on you just because he's the equivalent of God for Fallen London and capable of destroying all your characters' hard work. Whoo, Jemann!