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Dec-4-2006 18:03

There are so many Wings and Wongs that whenever I Wing, I get the Wong number!

Seriously. I'll have a Zi and Zhi and a Xi.... and Huang and Wang... Shou and Chou and now I've somehow got Huan Yue Dunning and Huan Yue Liu. Exact same first AND middle name!

My favorite though was Ma-Ku Chi. :-)

Seriously.... whoever came up with the names in Shanghai was a SADIST.

Anyone out there ever mis-accused in Shanghai because of mistaking a name ? I haven't yet, but I know I have to be always on my guard!

Dec-4-2006 18:30

You think Shanghai is bad..Dehli is the worst with the 23 letter long names..

Dec-4-2006 19:21

Cairo drives me more insane

Dec-4-2006 21:10

oh yes i did and it was my 3 false accusations. i had to retire my detective at 230,000 experience points. i wanted to cry.

Dec-5-2006 07:18

Living in Shanghai forces you to be careful and pay attention.

I do like having the realistic names in the various cities, just like seeing more appropriate faces with the names in those cities.

Dec-5-2006 08:28

I hear you all. I got an FA last week in Shanghai--I had TWO Huan Yues, same first name but different last names. I didn't even know that was possible! I accused the wrong Huan Yue and was very sad. I even hit "back" to look at the suspect list again afterwards--sure enough, two Huan Yues. UGH.

Dec-5-2006 12:05

In Shanghai, I check the name against the photo as well as double checking the name. I find the visual a great help..
So for example when I have two Huan Yues or whatever, I call one Crosey Avatar (or something else related to the photo) and one Ugly Avatar (or whatever) then when I check the PE, I keep in mind for what avatar.
Of course you still have get the PE attached to what name/avatar correct but this helps me a lot more.

Dec-5-2006 12:41

LMAO Crosey avatar!

Nice tip LRC. I'm not very visual but I think I'll start doing that. Now that I know that first names can be the same I've become hyper-vigilant again, so I guess that can only be a good thing.

Dec-5-2006 13:30

The idea that there could be two with the same first name is utterly terrifying to me... like, 'put me to bed in a drawer' scary. I've had a You Yu Yue, but never that. Has anyone ever had two same first names anywhere OTHER than Shanghai???

Dec-5-2006 13:36

Crunch, I've been playing Sleuth for a year now, with a combined total of over 8 million exp pts across three detectives (one retired purposely, one not....*sob*). I have NEVER seen a duplicate first name before. EVER. So either this was a bug, or it was a very very rare randomization occurence, or I'm wrong. But I did check, because I was floored by the FA.

Dec-5-2006 14:37

Since I play most of my cases in Shanghai I have had lots of the old Yan Yue Goforth and Yan Ying Ringold & Yan Yan Yues, where the first name is the same but the second name is different. :) Not fun. Makes you pay attention though.

'Funnily', my only FA from confusing names came with "Amanda" And "Ananda" in London :S