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May-13-2006 12:45

Ok I just had a big problem. I falsely accused once again, and now I've got 2 false accusations. Shady wants 1700!!!!!! I've only got a bit more than 9 and I'm SCARED. What do I do? I cant retire after going so far.

I've been using the following info as my sleuth bible. I just did my 5th ridiculously hard and got a false accusation after a long long time. Tell me, can the following info be fully trusted even at such high levels :-

Easy = 5-6 suspects, fake / no alibi,
Intermediate = 6-7 suspects, 3 fake/ no alibi
Hard = 8 suspects, 3 fake / no alibi
Really Hard = 8 suspects, 4 fake / no alibi
Really Really Hard = 8-9 suspects, 5 fake / no alibi
Incredibly Hard = 8-9 suspects, 5 fake / no alibi,
Stupendously Hard = 9-10 suspects, 6 with fake / no alibi
Ridiculously Hard = 10-11 suspects, 7 with fake / no alibi
Almost Impossible = 10-11 suspects, 7-8 with fake / no alibi

If not, do tell me cos the last thing I wanna do is sell all my equipment (including a 12000$ silver handed cane) straight away to pay shady his fees.

May-13-2006 12:57

How do you borrow money cos I am not in an agency?

May-13-2006 13:00

Sorry, Jai. It is a very good standard list. But, I have found out the hard way that nothing can be fully trusted. With one exception:

FA/NA+PE = Guilty
FA/NA+WE = Guilty
PE+WE+WE = Guilty

Nothing else has held up for constancy. If you truly had a suspect that had one of the above, and still got a false accusation, then there is the possibility that you hit one of the rare glitches. In which case you can talk to Ben. But, from my understanding, those are extremely rare. I'm afraid you may need to join the ranks off all the others who have had to sell off equipment to pay Shady. And you want to pay him asap so the cost does not go up anymore.
Good luck...

May-13-2006 13:00

You cannot borrow money. You must sell something or do easier cases to get some cash.

May-13-2006 13:06

thanks. I just found out there had been an error in my calculations (GOD! HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO STUUUPID) due to which I hadnt taken a suspect in account.

I'm so used to finishing cases as fast as possible, that I let such crucial things pass by. SLOW DOWN, jai, SLOW DOWN.

May-13-2006 13:09

Again, sorry, Jai. But, unless you are subcribed and in an agency, there is no way for you to borrow money. Agency teammates can send money back and forth to each other and do. It's one of the benefits of subbing. :)

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May-13-2006 13:19

One slight correct to the formula Rhiemma gave.

WE + WE = guilty there is no need to also find PE to correctly accuse.

May-13-2006 14:44

Jai, just do easy or intermediate cases, following the above formulae, until you make the money. It'll be okay. And for God's sake, quit beating around the bush and SUBSCRIBE ALREADY!!!

And there is at least one error in the above list. AI cases have 7 suspects with fake/no alibi.

May-13-2006 15:43

Also your stats for Intermediate, Hard and Really Hard aren't quite accurate either ;)