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Jan-31-2006 12:40

Hey if you do get three cases wrong - What actually happens, after all if you are a paying member do you actually get kick out of the site?

Feb-5-2006 11:00

That's sucks a bit. I was mucking about to see what would happen if I falsely accused someone. Then I tried to see what would happen if I had eliminated everyone else, but hadn't got positive proof on the suspect. So I have 2 false accusations... I've only solved a couple of cases. Maybe I should start again. If you start again can you use the same name? I've actually got quite fond of this name.

Feb-5-2006 11:29

When I first started Sleuth, I was Makenzie Brewer, and got 3 falses and was retired. (luckily I didnt have all skills, or expensive gear or high experience,because that is even worse if u have to start from scratch again) Then I created the same name with just an s replacing the z in first name. At that time, you couldn't use the same name but I dont know if thats changed or not.

If you subscribe and join an agency, one of the many benefits of being in an agency is, they can help with falses if you dont have the money to do so. That is, if a person doesnt make it a habit of getting 2 falses all the time, it can be quite expensive, and can break an agency real quick. (cost to Shady goes up ,the higher experience goes up)

Since you have 2 falses, and if u dont have the money to pay Shady, you might want to start over with a new detective. You can use close to the same, by maybe adding Dr in front of your name...like, Dr. Sam Average, or Samuel Average. (just helping with suggestions) That is if you arent able to start over with the same detective, and I don't THINK you can. As I said, unless it changed.

Good luck :)

Feb-5-2006 14:22

Thanks, for the advice on both threads. I finally managed to scrape together the cash after getting a couple of cases where the client was the murder. At $400 I thought it was a price well worth paying.

On another note, I need to get the digicam out and take picture to replace me avator. Either that or I can accept that the population of Sleuth is incredibly inbred and we all look pretty much the same.

Feb-5-2006 15:23

$400....*sigh* I sure wish it would be that price IF I ever had to pay Shady lol Enjoy it while u can, it gets worse ;)

Feb-5-2006 16:47

It's about $400 for me too Mak.. if you add... say another... 000 to the end... :D

Feb-5-2006 17:57

Last time I paid him it was $7340, that's higher than my exp.

Feb-5-2006 20:37

hehe i have one false now and its $739,634 or something like that. I do know in NY , Shady is more expensive......Someone said that Delhi ,which is where Im visiting now, is the cheapest to pay shady. Thats wild how each city has a different price :)

Feb-6-2006 00:13

I really doubt Shady's prices differ between the various cities as they go up by a specific percentage for every case - can't really see that percentage having been made to differ in the various cities, though.

Feb-6-2006 00:25

Greyling, I had my doubts as well. So I did a little experiement. Traveled, did no cases, and yes, there is a difference in the cities.

Feb-6-2006 01:30

*scratches head* - but the time I checked there wasn't any difference between how much they wanted me to pay??