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Apr-9-2006 22:34
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WARNING GAME SPOILER!!

If you wish to enjoy the adventure of figuring out this game on your own, DO NOT read the rest of this post.

If you are too lazy to read through a page or two of threads to see if your question has already been asked a zillion times, then PLEASE read this first!

Welcome to Sleuth, and your new addiction.  There is no cure, so just accept it and enjoy it! Here are a few tips and hints that you should find helpful, and are among the FAQ of the newbie boards.

First, a great place to FIND ANSWERS and cool history threads about Sleuth is in the Moderator Picks Board. The Mods have picked out their favorite bits and made them easy to find. In addition to personal favorites, try looking over the Newbie FAQ. This can be found on the bottom of most pages as a tiny little grey link. Also the Help file at the upper right of most screens is packed with little useful tidbits.

HOW DO I SOLVE a case? First off…we recommend that you try the tutorial found on the front of the case page. It won’t count against your daily caseload, and it will give you an idea of how the game works. It’s not set up to walk you through the most efficient course through the game, but to show you how the game works, leaving you to find your own strategy. The following formulas will help you find your murderer.

PE+Fake/"none of your business" Alibi=guilty
WE+Fake/"none of your business" Alibi=guilty
2 WE = guilty

PE=Physical Evidence WE=Witness Evidence

Having a clammed suspect that will not give you an alibi is not the same as a fake/none alibi.

PE+WE DOES NOT = Guilty

Aug-19-2006 00:33

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Aug-25-2006 13:56

Did you ever have a case in which the guilty party had an alibi??

Aug-25-2006 14:02

That should read an unverfied alibi . And her accuser also had an verified alibi.

Aug-25-2006 14:06

That should read : Her accuser had an unverified alibi also.

Aug-25-2006 14:07

PE+Fake/"none of your business" Alibi=guilty
WE+Fake/"none of your business" Alibi=guilty
2 WE = guilty

If you can't verify someone's alibi, then you'll need to find two Witnesses against them to be certain that s/he is the guilty party.

Aug-25-2006 18:23

It does not matter what the alibi of the accuser is.

Aug-25-2006 18:29

Thanks, guys!

Aug-25-2006 18:49

Earlier today, I had a case in which the guilty party was someone who had an alibi. How does *that* track??

Aug-25-2006 19:29

Do you mean they had a false alibi? Are 100%, positively, completely sure? Because I've been around the block a few times and have never seen that. If you're sure it wasn't an error on your part, report it as a bug. But in each case where someone has reported this, Admin has come back and reviewed the case in question, and it is *always* user error. Just FYI :)

Aug-25-2006 23:01

Both accuser and accused had alibis, but neither alibi was verified. And to top it all, this was a case in which there was absolutely no physical evidence! And the witness wvidence was tenuous, at best. A real dilemma!