Talk:Attention -- A Tent!

I've seen a slightly different text for "Slip in the back, Jack". Not castagnets, but "a drum":

As you try to enter the tent through the back, you're stopped by a thin hobo in a lavender suit.

"Hey, you can't come in here," he says."Why not?" you say, "Who are you to tell me I can't go into this tent?"

"I'm the stage manager in charge of this performance," he says, "and as the stage manager in charge of this performance, I can tell you for damned certain that you're not going on stage without a drum."

You stomp off in a huff, with the wind out of your sails.

— SvdB 18:40, 17 June 2008 (CDT)

...and i had 'washboard'. (was wearing Joe's bangles at the time) --Snarl 02:16, 18 June 2008 (CDT)

It's different kinds of instruments. You should try adventuring again with an appropriate instrument in your inventory and/or equipped.--Thraden 03:42, 18 June 2008 (CDT)

Does it work when your class instrument is in your inventory but not equipped? --Flargen 02:51, 27 June 2008 (CDT)

I tried that. You have to have it equipped. --Bale 02:59, 27 June 2008 (CDT)

I got 'Banjo', so I equipped a disco banjo, got the adventure again, and... got the same text again. So I tried a stone banjo. Same deal. Apparently it doesn't matter if you've got the instrument or not.--Ernier 02:33, 19 June 2008 (CDT)

stage with an instrument

I went in the back door as a saucy with a marinara jug and got the following adventure:

Here You Are, Up On Stage You head in the back of the tent and take the stage with butterflies in your stomach, each of which hopes you'll break a leg.

Two options are: Keep Performing Leave the Stage

When you get on stage, /hobopolis issues the following notice: <character name> has taken the stage in Town Square.

maestro13 00:40, 20 June 2008 (CDT)

I stayed on stage while my clan started a new dungeon, when clicking keep performing, I got this: You just had the strangest dream -- you were performing on stage in front of a crowd of hobos. ird. Maestro13 09:19, 20 June 2008 (CDT)

Theory

So by deduction... A player gets an instrument and gets on stage to attracts hobos. Other players enter the tent and either pass around the hat to collect coins, or start a mosh to kill hobos in mass. Dunno how many people can join the tent to make it more effective or not... maybe 1 of each class on instruments? --Darkwolf 01:42, 21 June 2008 (CDT)

This last would be consistent with TPTB saying (on a recent radio show, I think) that you need at least 7 people participating in order to produce all the effects possible in Hobopolis. (That's not the greatest phrasing, but hopefully you get my drift.)--Nahtmmm 19:04, 29 June 2008 (CDT)

Occurrence

• the Hobopolis Town Square page said (before i changed it) that this only occurs when the picture is on 125, half-way between 12 and 13. i've just got it shortly after reaching 19, and although i didn't look at the town square picture number this disproves this theorem. it would also seem to disprove the half-way bit, too, since i'm no more than thirty adventures from 19. --Evilkolbot 07:03, 1 July 2008 (CDT)
  • I've gotten it almost immediately after reaching image 125, which is when the town square image actually changes to show an open tent rather than a closed one. Maybe bad RNG, or dependant on number of participants? --Quietust (t|c) 08:16, 1 July 2008 (CDT)