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''The MASTERS call on ALL LONDONERS to EMPTY OUT YOUR ATTICS and RECLAIM BURIED TREASURES from beneath LONDON’S OWN STREETS. Participants will be rewarded handsomely with THE SPOILS OF EXCAVATION.''<ref>[https://www.failbettergames.com/announcing-mr-chimes-grand-clearing-out/ Announcing Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out], Failbetter Games Blog</ref> | ''The MASTERS call on ALL LONDONERS to EMPTY OUT YOUR ATTICS and RECLAIM BURIED TREASURES from beneath LONDON’S OWN STREETS. Participants will be rewarded handsomely with THE SPOILS OF EXCAVATION.''<ref>[https://www.failbettergames.com/announcing-mr-chimes-grand-clearing-out/ Announcing Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out], Failbetter Games Blog</ref> | ||
| − | Mr Chimes’ Grand Clearing-Out | + | Mr Chimes’ Grand Clearing-Out is a new, one-off festival in Fallen London. It began on 20 July 1899 (2021). The festival is open-ended and consists of player collaboration in excavating materials out of 5 dig sites opened around London. Included with the possibility of purchasing items from past years' elections, five new items were launched. These (and past election items) may be purchased through the use of Chthonic Scrip, a new in-game currency introduced for use during the festival alone. |
* ''See [[Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out (Guide)]] for an overview of the mechanics of this event'' | * ''See [[Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out (Guide)]] for an overview of the mechanics of this event'' | ||
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Digging and feeding could also notably give out {{IL|Anticandle|Appearance=Anticandles}} as a reward, an item that shares the same name as [[Anticandle (Second Chance)|a retired Advantage]], and at the time of the event had no other sources that were allowed to be recorded on the wiki. | Digging and feeding could also notably give out {{IL|Anticandle|Appearance=Anticandles}} as a reward, an item that shares the same name as [[Anticandle (Second Chance)|a retired Advantage]], and at the time of the event had no other sources that were allowed to be recorded on the wiki. | ||
| − | Within two hours of the event opening, each of the five locations had been fully funded by Chthonic Scrip. | + | Within under two hours of the event opening, each of the five locations had been fully funded by Chthonic Scrip. |
==21 July== | ==21 July== | ||
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''“AUDITORS SHUTTER BENTHIC SEMINAR ON EARLY POST-LAPSARIAN CRIMINOLOGY, SEIZE ARTEFACTS”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– The Unexpurgated London Gazette, 24 July''<ref>https://twitter.com/failbettergames/status/1418867554584600589</ref></p> | ''“AUDITORS SHUTTER BENTHIC SEMINAR ON EARLY POST-LAPSARIAN CRIMINOLOGY, SEIZE ARTEFACTS”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– The Unexpurgated London Gazette, 24 July''<ref>https://twitter.com/failbettergames/status/1418867554584600589</ref></p> | ||
| − | At 02:10 UTC, there was [[A Stirring Below|a stirring below]], the same stirring that had been giving Londoners [[A Dream of Immobility|strange new dreams]]. Following the excavation efforts across the city, Londoners felt tremors coming from underground, both [[Investigate a rumbling|within the tunnels]] and [[Rumblings|above the ground]]. According to Bruno in the FBG Discord | + | At 02:10 UTC, there was [[A Stirring Below|a stirring below]], the same stirring that had been giving Londoners [[A Dream of Immobility|strange new dreams]]. Following the excavation efforts across the city, Londoners felt tremors coming from underground, both [[Investigate a rumbling|within the tunnels]] and [[Rumblings|above the ground]]. According to Bruno in the FBG Discord<ref>https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/869231507137519646</ref>, the rumbling was triggered by overall progress reaching a particular threshold, albeit with a bit of a delay due to behind-the-scenes implementation details; therefore, it appears to have been triggered by reaching 40% on digging and feeding combined, although this is not certain. |
==25 July== | ==25 July== | ||
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===== Completing the Dig Sites ===== | ===== Completing the Dig Sites ===== | ||
''“-ORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE H-”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– Fallen London players, 28 July''</p> | ''“-ORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE HORSE THE H-”<br><p style="margin-left: 2em; margin-top: -0.5em;">– Fallen London players, 28 July''</p> | ||
| − | At 00:25 UTC, Feeding progress was completed at The Singing Mandrake, meaning all Feeding progress was done. This quickly sent Londoners into a panic, however, as more and more [[An Upturned Cart|upturned carts]] began to pile up in the streets with no dig sites to be sent to | + | At 00:25 UTC, Feeding progress was completed at The Singing Mandrake, meaning all Feeding progress was done. This quickly sent Londoners into a panic, however, as more and more [[An Upturned Cart|upturned carts]] began to pile up in the streets with no dig sites to be sent to<ref>Mechanics-wise, the Upturned Cart opportunity cart is only removed from the deck once all Dig Sites are unveiled; here, not all Dig Sites had been completed yet so the card still showed up and was non-discardable, but all Feeding was complete, meaning none of the options on the card were playable to remove it from your hand either.</ref>. The community united in the face of this unexpected turn of events by making many memes and an unbridled neigh-mber of horse puns. Some embraced their new horse overlord, even calling for a horse mayor (perhaps Londoners weren't quite ready to say goodbye to having [[The (Former) Lord-Mayor of London|an animal in the mayor's office]]?). Others coped by begging the Masters (Bruno in the FBG Discord) to remove the carts, who only responded by telling them to get back to work unearthing the rest of the dig sites<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/869768818472415292 Bruno in Failbetter Games Discord.] "You can rid yourselves of horse by finishing the other digs :))))))"</ref>. |
| − | However, Bruno changed his mind - and the requirements on the card - at 8:38 UTC | + | However, Bruno changed his mind - and the requirements on the card - at 8:38 UTC<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/869861371272134657 Bluebell on the Failbetter Games Discord.] "wait the horse is gone"</ref>, which lead to a vast outcry from people who now regretted complaining about the horse. A great many [[Seeking Mr Eaten's Name|Seeking]] and [[Steward of the Discordance|Discordance]] (Disc-horse-dance?) references were made, along with some poetry<ref>https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/869864048529915904</ref><ref>https://discord.com/channels/606151996663267338/727175679514509446/869868292855197736</ref> and even more horse puns. |
At 11:05 UTC, the Singing Mandrake was the fourth site to be fully excavated. Then finally at 12:38 UTC, the Blind Helmsman was fully excavated, meaning all dig sites were unveiled. There was briefly an issue where people were getting stuck in the revealed carousel, resulting in the dig completion option being locked, but this was soon resolved. | At 11:05 UTC, the Singing Mandrake was the fourth site to be fully excavated. Then finally at 12:38 UTC, the Blind Helmsman was fully excavated, meaning all dig sites were unveiled. There was briefly an issue where people were getting stuck in the revealed carousel, resulting in the dig completion option being locked, but this was soon resolved. | ||
