Hello everyone!

The newest patch for SYS has been completed and is now out, ready for download. Patrons can download this new content from here:

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As I've previously announced, this here will be the second last update of the game before the final version will go public, so let's get right into it! The last update teased us about a new character, so here she is!

This is a character that I've quickly grew fond of over the years (and she is one of my newer ones, considering her debut in 2018). Venus has a pretty unique special ability which makes you think twice what you want to do on the board when she isn't currently at her home.

Every time something interesting happens to her, she will gain followers. Now, what constitutes "interesting"? Well, there are quite the amount of situations she can use to her advantage, even if they'd normally be bad! Every time she gains followers everyone will be able to see this on the board.

Venus buying empty Land.

In this example we can see that she bought some new property (and streamed herself doing it) so she gained +12 Followers. The amount of followers you get always depends on how interesting the situation she gets in is and it will also always be a bit random, so the next time she buys property she might only get 10 followers, or perhaps 14! Of course another great way to attract attention is to get into fights!

Da Tanga that b#tch trying to hurt Venus, but her evasion skills are just too good for Bullets! :3

Depending on what happens in the fights, the amount of followers she'll get will differ. Of course when she wins, she'll get a lot more than when she loses. But still, even if she loses, she'll at least get some new followers (I guess they like seeing people getting the crap knocked out of them), so eventhough this is a bad situation, Venus can still profit from it! If it's a draw then at least she'll get a Nothingburger Bonus.

Another great way to gain followers is by blowing stuff up. For every attack on an estate she will get some, though if she manages to blow up said estate she'll get a juicy bonus. Note: She'll get nothing if any of her houses get blown up!

She's always trying to smile even when things go sour.

So anyway, what's next to do once you got a good chunk of followers? In Venus' Home Screen you'll notice that there is a new button, simply labeled "Stream". Doing this costs a valuable Action Point but depending on how many followers she's got, she can make some good money.

This is an interesting ability of hers because eventhough at the beginning the money she'll make will be insignificant, this special ability actually gets more powerful the longer the game goes on (you can never lose any followers). So if you'd ever get into a bad situation where you'd have no more estates left in the late game, you could still make a great use of your followers and with the money perhaps even invest in Stocks!

So yeah, here a quick list on the ways on how to gain followers:

- Buy new Properties (Either empty land or neutral estates). - Attacking enemy estates, especially if she manages to destroy one. - Leveling up is another great way to get a good chunk of new followers. - Getting into fights, preferably winning them. - Going "shopping" at interesting places, such as Spas or Brothels. - Visiting the Casino.

There's also one more hidden one which you'll have to figure out for yourself. ( ͡° ~ ͡°)

A quick note on the Casino, depending on what the results are, you get different amounts of followers. Even if you win nothing (or are extremely unfortunate to get 3 Bombs) you still will gain a few followers but winning something will net you a lot more.

By the way, should you be so extremely lucky and either get 3 x 13's or 3 x Leonoras in the Casino you will gain thousands of followers instantly. The reason for this is because if you hit one of these jackpots, the game is won 99 out of 100 times anyway because you're set and that amount of money will get you all Rank-Ups needed for the win. Interesstingly enough, the only way to prevent this from happening is to assault the Jackpot Winner before they reach their home because the Winnings are On-Hand and not in their House Safe, which means the money can be stolen by anyone who defeats the Casino Winner in a fight. However, even if this happens to Venus, she'll still have her followers who will bring her to victory, so it's basically a failsafe. > : )

Good Luck with that though, in 1000+ games I've played over the years I've only had it happen TWICE to either get three 13's or three Leonoras.
The house always wins. xD

Okay, next up we have a new buildable estate, the sleazy Strip Club!

These are basically a low-end version of the Sex Shops and Brothels. They're very cheap to build and will bring in very good money considering their construction price, however, if you build these near most other character's estates they will get annoyed at you because these dirt holes negatively affect property values a great bit, so better think twice about building these, they won't make you popular.

However, there's perhaps another greater, more hidden use to these. They are part of the Adult Entertainment estate class, which means that every one of these will add to the prostitution earnings multiplicator, so a viable strategy would be to spam these everywhere and make huge bonus money on your prostitution earnings. Better be quick about that though because soon the whole city will hate you and will try to rob you of said earnings!

And lastly for today we've got a new Event Card, the Zentra Overflux!

A very interesting Event Card as its usefulness is greatly determined by how far the game has progressed and how everyone is doing in regards to their Rank. In short, the lower your Rank is, the more Zentra you'll get. If this card gets activated at the beginning of a match for example and you're Rank 1, you'll get a whopping 50 Zentra which can be huge in the early game! If a Zentra Victory is your goal, that's already half a Rank-Up done and in the bag. Alternatively, if you own a Dojo you can permanently upgrade a stat of yours there for 75 Zentra and since you start every game with 25 Zentra, this card means you could kickstart your character! With that amount of Zentra you could also do some nice damage at Londyn's House and place a curse - it's all up to you!

Of course this means the longer the game goes on, the less powerful this card gets. A Rank 4 Player will only get 20 Zentra and at that point you're probably making that much via estates every round anyway.

That's all for this update! For a complete overview of everything this patch does please refer to the changelog down below.

• Added "Venus H*CORE" as a new playable character.
• Added the ability for custom characters to be streamers and earn money via followers.
• Added "Strip Club" as a new buildable Estate.
• Added "Zentra Overflux" to the Event Card Pool.
• Added a failsafe to the Vacation Tile, if a character ever not properly respawns when returning from Vacation the game will now wait shortly and should respawn them again.
• Modified Sex Shops, they now have slightly increased construction costs.
• Modified Soft Pillow Clubs, they now need an additional turn to be constructed.
• Modified Kirmeses, they now have increased construction costs.
• Modified Theatres, they now have increased construction costs.
• Fixed a wrong Home Picture for Angelique and replaced it with the correct one.
• Fixed a wrong Home Picture for John Hoe and replaced it with the correct one.
• Fixed a wrong Home Picture for Tienne and replaced it with the correct one.

I hope you'll have fun with the game!
Please stay tuned for further updates in the future! ('ᴗ')

Regards,
Snooley