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Nov-10-2006 17:12

I was just perusing the weekly high scorers (wow! you guys are amazing...) and was wondering just how it is possible to complete so many cases (200+!) in one week. By my count, 7X12 is 84, plus maybe another 4 favors per day - that still only makes 112, if you solved everything. Where are the other 100+ cases coming from?

Nov-11-2006 01:18

It's a really interesting question you raise though, Zanjana. I think it might be the case that more and more, people are interpreting high score numbers here as a response to the question "how many cases have you played this week", rather than to "how good are you at the game". At some point, we've all figured out all the best methods for solving cases, and from then on it's just a matter of how many cases people play.

Nov-11-2006 13:22

Zanjana, you bring up a VERY good point. one that many older detectives have wondered about for a very long time. :)

Nov-11-2006 13:32

Zanjana I'm sorry I didn't see this earlier but now that its here, I feel the need to put in my two cents.

You bring up something here that I agree with my esteemed colleagues about, is very much something that has been discussed and wondered about. I myself am not ALL that old in this game, being just over 200 days, and with a score of 4.5 mil, I am pretty proud of my stats.

However, it does make me feel a little bit less proud of myself, knowing I can't stack up against people who can work 266 cases a week, which I can't and am not willing to do. A) because in my opinion, it feels unethical and B) because that requires you to be controlling multiple detectives within an agency, which is a rule here (no more than two per agency). There are ways to get around this rule, but I would't dream of actually using them, because while it might not violate the rule itself, it certainly in my opinion violates the spirit of them.

I have worked very hard for my place on the high scores lists, busting my hump to complete all my cases, every day, with a few extra here and there for favors, etc. I have taken part in an agency which was barely a blip on the map when I started and now is a Top 20 agency, not because of winning a bunch of hunts, but because we worked on all AI cases. I think in my opinion that having an Experience Factory is an insult to the other detectives who do things the right way.

I don't mean to insult anyone here, I really don't, but I think this is an issue that needs to come to light. Not in a mean, or disrespectful way, but as a way to be fair to the ENTIRE community.

Nov-11-2006 13:33

Here, here biggie!!! *cheers*

Nov-11-2006 13:50

Yes, Biggie. EXACTLY.

Nov-11-2006 14:14

Thanks guys....

I also respectfully request that this thread be moved to Sleuth Talk so everyone can weigh in on this, I'm curious to see dissenting opinions as well.

Nov-11-2006 14:16

True - the whole highest score table is worthless - gamesmanship versus playing the game. How do we know who to respect?

Nov-11-2006 14:32

Hold up. When Biggie says she feels a little less proud of herself, when Fiddler's Green asks "How do we know who to respect"--something is wrong here. Why are we basing pride and respect on numbers? SMRT is a top 20 agency, but even if it weren't, I'm *still* very proud of what we've accomplished, of the people in our agency, of the relationships we've fostered in the agency and in the community. I am proud of the friends I've made here. I respect people who learn the game, who share their knowledge with others, who are open and honest and helpful in the community. There is more to this game, and to ACTUAL REAL LIFE, than numbers.

Nov-11-2006 14:41

Good point Ara. I am VERY proud of SMRT and all of us in there, and happy to have been a part of accomplishing what we have.

I just feel like those accomplishments get washed away by others competing unfairly just to run up the scores. I would NOT be proud of myself or of anyone in SMRT who did the same. Its an empty victory, at best.

Nov-11-2006 14:45

I tend to agree that sometimes those numbers are downright ficticious. I always felt it want againts the spirit of the rules of the game, if not against the letter of the rules.

But I suppose that if it works for some...

Personally, I am much more proud of agency accomplishments.