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Skye Miller
Skye Miller

Jul-23-2006 20:34

Heyy this might b stupid, but y can we only play 3 games a day if we aren't suscribed? Absoulutely no offense 2 Her., but if it's an online game, y should we do it?! Of course I have an idea... bubi.

In God's Love, <3

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R Anstett
R Anstett

Jul-23-2006 20:39

Yes if you are not subscribed you get your three cases per day, plus if you are successful at solving all three you earn a favor for a fourth case per day.

If you subscribe one of the many benefits is that you get 10 cases per day to work on. The cost is very small and the increased in your Sleuth experience is greatly enhanced.

Then add in the upcoming Shangri-la expansion and you know you want to subscribe. Come on, join in on the fun!

Skye Miller
Skye Miller

Jul-23-2006 21:34

i dont have the $$ 2 suscribe, but thx for trying to b a warm welcomer!!! lol :) bubi!!

In God's Love, <3
Skye Miller

Kate Wilson
Kate Wilson

Jul-25-2006 15:16

If you don't have money to subscribe, you could try writing a featured mystery like I did. It's hard, but rewarding.

biggie528
biggie528
Lucky Stiff

Jul-25-2006 16:31

How much of a sub do you get for writing a FM?

Makensie Brewer
Makensie Brewer
Super Steeper

Jul-25-2006 18:12

Actually, feel lucky you can even play FREE. Alot of games u can't ;)

Chukata
Chukata

Jul-28-2006 15:20

There is a free featured mystery for the ones who are not subscribed. Unfortunately when I tried to play I discovered that it takes one of the daily 3 mysteries you get to solve. I have written to the people running this game to reconsider. Not every player is fropm USA, not every player can afford it, not every player is in a US dollar using country! Hope they consider all these circumstances! Skye maybe you should write to them too!

Jojo
Jojo
Old Shoe

Jul-28-2006 15:40

^You can always play tomorrow^

sushi kitty
sushi kitty

Jul-28-2006 17:05

the sticky post "Why you should Subscribe" at beginning of the Newbie Questions board has some related info to this post, too. And check this thread out: http://noir.playsleuth.com/map/cityhall/post.spy?id=14031

this seems to be a long running question for many new people; no one should feel stupid for being curious as to why things are the way they are if they never knew in the first place. but that's why we have sticky posts and newbie faq's etc. for your reading enjoyment : )

some thoughts:
yes, some online games are free, but some are subscriber only. Sleuth is nice enough to be both. even if you don't have money, you can still maintain a level of involvement as opposed to not being able to play at all.

also, bear in mind that Sleuth is run by Hypothetical Software, an independant start-up company, as opposed to bigger companies and corporations that can support a large amount of servers, bandwidth, and administrative and technical support to pass on to players for free, which is usually coupled with more aggressive advertising and marketing techniques.

so, until computers, bandwidth, time and general existence as a human being become free, and since it is a Business, Sleuth will probably rely on subscriptions to continue. and subscribers will have expanded benefits for their contribution: i.e. more cases and agency involvement, etc. because what is the point of subscribing if you don't get any benefits? sorry to lay it out like this, but it is just the way business goes.

in the meantime, i hope all the unsubscribed people are still having a fun and meaningful adventure with this game. and maybe someday they can subscribe and find even more fun and meaningful adventure. and as jojo says, there is always Tomorrow. Happy Sleuthing!


sushi kitty
sushi kitty

Jul-28-2006 17:08

now let's drop this topic before it becomes another enormous thread that rehashes everything that was posted in the links i posted above ; )


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