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Sep-22-2007 16:08

Sep-22-2007 16:36

Einh, I doubt it. Sometimes that's just the way the things go around here, and you get a streak of weird cases like that once in a while. From the looks of your uniform, you've only got a charm factor of about +6, so you haven't got a whole lotta oomph to begin with. I'm guessin' you had trouble with the Barber and the Banker, mostly?? You'll prob'ly eventually need to either really up your uniform on charming, or get some tough skills to deal with those two.

Anyway, if it happens again repeatedly over the next couple days, you can report it as a bug to admin, and they'll have a look.

Sep-22-2007 16:54

Also, if you don't have enough money, you will not get the option to bribe. Can't squeeze blood out of a turnip as the old saying goes.

Sep-22-2007 16:55

Yes, the barber and banker are always a problem. I've come to expect that from them, but last night it was everybody except my two contacts. They'd clam up and there would be no option to bend the rules or anything. Very strange. I tried a case just now and it didn't happen, so hopefully it was just one bad night. I was just wondering if that's something that's a result of getting more experience points, or if it was just a mishap.

Thanks for the tip on the adjustments. I'd been wondering just how important that really is.

Sep-23-2007 10:53

Also, Rule Bending only works on townies. Do you have Sweet Talking for the suspects?

Sep-25-2007 22:17

Yes, I do have sweet talking for the suspects. So far I have intermediate sweet talking and am working on getting enough skill points for advanced. It just seems like the ridiculously hard cases were working out pretty well for a few days and then suddenly everyone started clamming up much sooner.

Sep-27-2007 19:35

what are contacks and how do u get them:-)

Sep-27-2007 23:20

Contacts are these really really cool people around town who never mistake the letter T for the letter K, and in addition to all that coolness, will make it easier for you to solve cases because they will never clam up on you. Check out the newbie FAQ, which you'll find by scrolling to the bottom of the very screen before you! Little gray letters! How very handy!

There's a whole section there that deals with contacts.

Unless you were looking for lenses. In which case you're gonna have to sleep with an ophthalmologist, or a camera, or something. That'll be a Kodak moment, for real.

Sep-28-2007 06:37

k thanks a load crunch