Frusion Event

The Frusion Event took place between January 25th and February 18th, 2010. It was the pretext for the introduction of skill points to the game, although it took some more time for these to actually be introduced.

• On January 25th 2010 the following messages appeared:

News reports say something really weird is going on in a neighborhood you haven't really patrolled before, called Hyde Park. Chaos, destruction, and weird energy signatures. Sounds like the perfect thing for a hero to investigate. Hyde Park is in the northwest side of the city, so you'll need a good vehicle to make it out there.

• The (Jekyll and) Hyde Park Zone was introduced with one location, Hyde Park streets.
• Adventuring in Hyde Park streets got A Strange Attack, Feeling Defenseless, A Tale of Two Brothers, Part 1 and finally A Tale of Two Brothers, Part 2.
• After this Ebeneezer Samuels store was opened, where EEK meter was available.
• Equipping EEK meter enabled fighting the three opponents at Hyde Park streets: sub-atom ant, quantum bee and frusion grasshopper.

• On January 26th the message was changed to:

Chaos and destruction are rampant in Hyde Park. Ebeneezer Samuels says it's due to an unexpected accident stemming from to his "quark frusion" energy research. You'll need to work with him to help clean up the mess.

• Vibration spider‎ started appearing in Hyde Park streets.
• battery whip was introduced in Ebeneezer Samuels store.
• A section "Hyde Park Foes" was added to the journal "Other Notes" page, with the single line:

You defeated X frusion creatures in Hyde Park

X included foes killed from January 26th and onward.

• On January 27th:

• glowing rat started appearing in Hyde Park streets.
• Samuels suit was introduced in Ebeneezer Samuels store.

• On February 2nd:

• quark-horned lizard, frusion scorpion and chromodynamic jay started appearing in Hyde Park streets.
• scaffold shoes and hunk'a burnin' gloves were introduced in Ebeneezer Samuels store.

• On February 3rd:

• quantum-tufted squirrel started appearing in Hyde Park streets.

• At some point, before February 6th, the following line was added to the description of Ebeneezer Samuels store:

"It looks like we're making some good progress clearing out the frusion creatures, or they're thinning themselves out. I think getting more of the bigger ones and fewer small ones is a good sign. There are probably at least a few more days of work, though."

• On February 8th:

• Cat Food or Men?, Doggone It, and Radioactive Death from Above! were added to Hyde Park streets.

• On February 15th the main message was changed to:

Chaos and destruction are rampant in Hyde Park. Ebeneezer Samuels says it's due to an unexpected accident stemming from to his "quark frusion" energy research. He also says something appears to be continuing to drive the frusion event much longer than expected. You'll need to work with him to help clean up the mess, and keep an eye out for anything unusual. Unusualer than the normal unusual, I guess.

• This was accompanied with a change in the description of Ebeneezer Samuels store:

"Any luck tracking down any massive sources of frusion? No? Keep looking, I guess."

• The first adventure that day in Hyde Park streets was Something's Not Right.

• On February 16th the main message was changed to:

Chaos and destruction are rampant in Hyde Park. Ebeneezer Samuels says it's due to an unexpected accident stemming from to his "quark frusion" energy research. He thinks his brother Marley might still be alive in a way as a frusion creature. You've had one encounter, with questionable results, and need to find Marley again, if possible.

• The first adventure that day in Hyde Park streets was Don't Worry, Be Frusion.

• February 18th marked the final day of the event, and heroes were able to reach the conclusion:

• The first adventure that day in Hyde Park streets was S-L-O-W-E-S-T Conversation Ever.
• If one did this Ebeneezer Samuels closed its doors to business and the main message changed to:

Looks like you've about wrapped up the frusion chaos in Hyde Park. There's a little cleanup left if you care, but it should take care of itself shortly.

• However, one could still adventure in Hyde Park streets.

• On February 19th the event entered the clean up phase:

• There was no main message.
• If one already concluded the event Hyde Park streets was not available for adventuring and Ebeneezer Samuels did not offer any items.
• If one did not conclude the event, Ebeneezer Samuels was still open. Adventuring in Hyde Park streets resulted in S-L-O-W-E-S-T Conversation Ever and the conclusion of the event.

• On March 7th Ebeneezer Samuels left his house. From that date onwards one could not adventure in Hyde Park streets any more.

Notes

• If you joined the event late and visited Hyde Park streets, you got the following adventures one after the other: A Strange Attack, Feeling Defenseless, A Tale of Two Brothers, Part 1, A Tale of Two Brothers, Part 2, Something's Not Right (from February 15th), Don't Worry, Be Frusion (from February 16th) and finally S-L-O-W-E-S-T Conversation Ever (from February 18th). EEK meter was not required to do this.

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