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Dec-11-2006 23:11

AVL hunts will now be unbalanced as those people who are able to find more friends for sleuth will gain a huge advantage for hunts with extra cases. So if you want to remain competitive in this game, you MUST go find other to play.

Dec-11-2006 23:49

If you log in Amanda you should see the new sidekick splash page come up.

otherwise try this:

http://noir.playsleuth.com/bonus/sidekick.spy

Dec-12-2006 01:43

Yeah, I see that it could be a slight advatage in Av's but to get 4 extra mysteries you will need 20 sidekicks. And you know, not everyone might like slueth. So in my opinion I think that this might not give anyone a LARGE advantage at all.

Dec-12-2006 04:26

***runs to the Fortress of AVL solitude and hides, avoiding the onslaught of questions about how to ensure balance in the AVL, which is not possible***

Dec-12-2006 05:47

I don't think it will skew things too bad, especially because it has to be your FIRST subscription to Sleuth to qualify as a Sleuth Sidekick.

Dec-12-2006 06:10

Personal feelings aside on this issue, I should point out that a myriad other online games offer bonuses for referring new members. It also seems Ben has done due diligence with making it 1) not overly unbalancing and 2) ensuring that people can't "abuse" the system.

Besides, I have been clamoring for months about a bonus case system of some sort, so you get what you ask for I suppose :)

Dec-12-2006 06:27

I have an evil plan! I need to go spamming some gaming sites to get referrels. Hopefully I will get some referrels although it might alienate alot of people from this site in the process.

Oh and I would be careful to prevent bots from accessing the referrel page. I can forsee thousands of referrels being sent hourly to people's emails.

Dec-12-2006 09:12

Chelsea, you have evil plans for breakfast. That's what we like about you.

The AVL is something we want to encourage, so we'll do what we can to keep things fair there. Maybe we can provide a way for Sleuths to voluntarily temporarily turn off their bonus mysteries, while participating in an AVL hunt.

Dec-12-2006 09:14

Wait, wait, wait...

you mean Admin actually LIKES the AVL? What's with all the "convenient" timing on expansions then? :)

***runs to the mailbox to retrieve his angrily-written "STOP PICKING ON THE AVL" letter***

Dec-12-2006 11:52

One question for Admin on sidekicks.

How long of a subscription does it need to be? and how long do the extra cases last for?

I recruit 20 new people to sub for one month each I get 4 more cases a day for the rest of my time in Sleuth?

Dec-12-2006 12:10

As soon as I discovered Sleuth in July of this year, I started telling my friends and family about it. As a result, I was able to recruit4 players. Two of my friends now hold 2 subscriptions each. Wish there was a way to get credit for all of them.