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Nomad

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



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Barry Grant
Barry Grant
Old Shoe

Jan-13-2007 09:42

There are more Sleuth helpers out there if Doctor Watson doesn't meet your needs. You can find a list here:

http://www.globalsleuthsyndicate.org/caseHelpers.asp

If anyone has knowledge of other Sleuth helpers that should be listed there, please PM me or one of the GSS founders:

http://www.globalsleuthsyndicate.org/aboutUs.asp

*tips hat*
Barry

dotamaster
dotamaster

Jan-16-2007 01:15

Helo. Can some1 tell me which skills should I go for? Like, should i go for adv. interr. and adv. thread? BTW, I'm a Very Smart detective.lol

R Anstett
R Anstett

Jan-16-2007 07:01

There are lots of ways of going for your skills.

See several other threads here on the newbie board.

My advice is to pick a side for your interview skills (tough or charming) and then build up those skills (sweet talking, rule bending on the charm side for example) while you are adding to your smart skills. Pick research early if you do not have it already, stay away from the faction skills until much later in your career.

A list of all the skills is in the help file, we also have some additional recomendations here:
http://www.globalsleuthsyndicate.org/createDetective.asp


Samiritus
Samiritus

Jan-23-2007 13:12

Question about the 'little job' offers at the faction. Is there a way to read online books for free ? I know some authors that were mentioned in questions but, most of the their written pieces are unfamiliar to me.

crunchpatty
crunchpatty
Old Shoe

Jan-23-2007 15:24

Most people have had quite a bit of success just using google, wikipedia or any number of other search engines to find answers to the questions without needing full-text.

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Cordelia Falco
Cordelia Falco
Battered Shoe

Jan-27-2007 02:42

Samiritus, there's a lot out there about all the authors used for the questions. For example, there's one about who VI Warshawski's ex-husband is - try typing 'Warshawski's ex-husband' into Google and see what you get.

Isioni
Isioni
Well-Connected

Jan-28-2007 14:57

Hallo everybody, and thank all of you who help us poor newbies! I my shelf am not SO much of a newbie (have allready 2 pitifull retired detectives in my shaddy past), and I have one question that I didn't find so far in this thread. What kind of questions can you ask to the townies (I mean the one that you can type in the box when you do not do investigation for a case). And what kind of answers can you expect...
Sorry for this likely silly question!

crunchpatty
crunchpatty
Old Shoe

Jan-28-2007 15:08

Hi Isioni - if it's not answered in this thread, then it's not a silly question. There's a bit of info there that we're actually trying not to leak yet (I think), but what I CAN tell you is that the questions you can ask are really only useful for subscribed players with 100K experience or better.

If you're just sick and tired of the same old "I don't know anything about that", you can try asking about Pirates or Lucy. It won't change your play at all, but at least you'll get an answer!

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