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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

Sep-26-2007 08:21

hi finally finished reading after many days of postponing coz bz doing cases n reading the tread at the same time..... well i hav wasted some cases coz i wanted to save skill point for additional skills b4 doing the favors but iafter reading this tread i decided to remake a new acc n that acc so far has almost prefect stuff including doing favors n little jobs as soon as possible and serching the web 4 the little job answers.... Thanks alot guys 4 helping us newbies...

oh n some questions:
1]is it possible to hav 1 no alibi suspect suspecting a fake alibi at the same time the fake alibi suspects the no alibi?
2]if there is such a case then how does the 1we +fake/no alibi=guilty work here?
3] is there a limit of skill point that u can save up? like 10 skill points n if u keep on doing cases u dun get the skill points?
4]how much is the subscribe fee? what is the currency in singapore dollars?

thats all 4 now n sry 4 making this tread abit long mayb some one can rearange the answers in this tread n remove all the repeated questions

Sep-26-2007 09:48

Hi Stonefish, and welcome to Sleuth. First, I would like to ask you to write out your words on the message boards. This helps everyone who reads your posts and eliminates any misunderstanding or inability to read what you are saying.

As to your questions:
1. No, only one person with a fake or none of your business alibi will have witness evidence against them. There will not be one suspect with a fake alibi, and one with a None alibi with witness evidence. Although both of those can give you other suspects.
2. The formula is always
PE + Fake/none = Guilty
WE + Fake/none = Guilty
WE + WE = Guilty

3. You can save up as many skill points as you can collect. Remember the skill points are earned through your experience points. The more experience points you earn, the more it takes to earn a skill point. Eventually it will take 40,000 - 50,000 experience points to earn 1 skill point.

4. Subscription fees can be found by clicking on the subscribe button in the upper right. For convince they are:
1 Month Subscription to Sleuth $7.00:
2 Month Subscription to Sleuth $10.00
3 Month Subscription to Sleuth $13.00:
6 Month Subscription to Sleuth $24.00:
1 Year Subscription to Sleuth $45.00:

You can get a subscription coupon for 15% off your very first subscription to Sleuth making the prices $5.95 - $38.25.

As to what that translates to in Singapore dollars, you would have to look up conversion rates. I suggest http://www.xe.com/ucc/

Sep-27-2007 03:40

sorry i didnt get what you meant by writing out your words . are you asking me to type it in full and not using short forms?

and the price is in USD is it?

about the fake alibi thing , only 1 WE exists that will be given out by a no alibi or fake alibi but not more than 1 in the same case?

so you can expect the maximum amount that all your "no alibi or fake alibi suspect" will give you is 1 WE and when you hav that 1 WE from a no or fake alibi then you can concentrate on your WE from your real alibi suspects?

Sep-27-2007 08:31

Yes, I mean write out your words, and do not use short forms. You not u, before not b4. :) Thank you for asking for a clarification.

Yes, the currency rate is in USD.

No, what I meant was there will only be one suspect that has a fake/no alibi that will have witness evidence against them. Any other witness evidence you collect will be against suspects with real alibis.

As for who gives you the information, it does not matter what their alibi is, or if it is real or fake. The persons alibi does not determine what information they may or may not give you. So, just because (Joe), who has a fake alibi, says he suspects (Bob) that does not mean you can assume (Susan) who's alibi is also fake, will not give you information. She may also say she suspects (Bob) or she may say nothing.

Sep-28-2007 01:07

thanks alot for the clarification arabella

are you a administrator?

Sep-28-2007 01:18

She's a veteran player, meaning she's been here several years, Stone, so she knows what she's talking 'bout. We have two Administrators, Ben (aka Sleuthadmin), and Sunny. There's also a slew of Moderators and Editors roaming round the place. ;-)

Sep-28-2007 01:32

Arabella's also one of our distinguished Mods. Sorry bout that, Arabella! ;-)

Sep-28-2007 02:17

ok thanks

i just had a case where my fake alibi suspect accused my none alibi suspect and at the same time the none alibi suspect accused the fake alibi suspect and the rest are all clamped ...can a case like this happen when a WE accuse a WE and get accused at the same time?

if you are in this condition how do you solve the case?

Sep-29-2007 18:30

I think you are confusing a "none of your business" alibi with someone who you don't have an alibi for.

A "none of your business" alibi is essentially the same as a fake alibi, when applied to the formula. But not KNOWING the alibi is something you can't count on.

As Arabella said, there will not be witness evidence against two fake or "none of your business" alibis. It won't happen. ((If you think that it did happen, then you might want to double check your notes.))

You MAY have evidence against someone with a fake alibi and someone that you just can't get an alibi for. All that matters in that situation is that you have evidence against the person with the FAKE alibi. That's your guilty person.

Sep-30-2007 00:06

i just wanted to say that i have a case
where i hav two suspects for example they are named amy and issac.

amy has a fake alibi
issac has a "none of your business alibi"

amy accuse issac leaving the crime scene
issac accuse amy of washing blood of her hands.

all my other witness are clamped
so i can accuse issac or amy right?

because they match the 1 WE + none of your bussiness / fake alibi= guilty
but when i accused amy

they said i was wrong because the real killer was issac
so how does the 1 WE+ none of your bussiness / fake alibi=guilty work?

anyway i lose the case and had a false accusation
i was wondering whether this could happen ?

i have check my case file before accusing
they had shown under the witness evidence section

amy accused issac
issac accused amy

so i am very confused about this