This question was asked back in 1994, but I can't seem to find the answer to it. Is there a way of killing off old detectives, and making a new one with the same name?
Updates are irregular, when Admin has some new present to share he typically has sent out an announcement (See the Sleuth History link in city hall for examples) to let all the players know what was happening.
While updating does involve a small amount of downtime quite often we are just pleasently surprised when we log in and see our new toys.
