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Sep-10-2006 13:02

We made some changes to the villain hunt clues today.

Most of these changes are intended to make them easier to read, and we cleaned up a few clues that were commonly misunderstood.

The bad news is, there were a couple situations where specific co-conspirators/hideouts that were impossible to narrow down to a single option, even with all the clues.

This was my mistake, and I’m really really sorry for the frustration it has caused people. Because of the random nature of these hunts, and the length they can take to complete, these situations were difficult to detect.

The missing clues have been added for those townies, so I’m now confident there are no longer any situations where somebody should have to guess on a villain hunt, as long as they are patient enough to get all the clues.

*Slinks off sheepishly back to his admin sweatshop*

Sep-23-2006 21:23

You definitely succeeded in being vague. : )

Dec-1-2006 22:01

Any chance we can get the clues we've found each time displayed on our CASE page during a hunt? That way we can double-quadruple check before we accuse?

Dec-1-2006 23:32

Nice thought - you sound like me checking my clues in triplicate (at least) - I'd like that too :) But I think that having to keep track of your clues is probably part of the deal. Like keeping track of a normal case. After I stuffed up my first hunt I learnt to keep better notes.

Dec-2-2006 01:30

I can't take credit for this idea, but I saw someone (don't know who, yay anonymous stranger) keeping track of them by copy/paste/posting new clues in their bio. So yeah...now I quadruple check that, lol.

Um. One thing, if you choose to do this, I learned the hard/ *gah* stupid way that it REALLY helps to remember to save changes to the bio after you paste them in...

Dec-2-2006 16:04

lol, well i do keep mine on a chart with all the info, and triple check that it is right before i leave that page... but i get super nervous when i have to wait for a clue and start to think that maybe i messed up.

its really just to confirm that i am only paranoid.

Dec-2-2006 16:07

I copy/paste them and PM them to myself, along with the city, then save it.

Dec-2-2006 16:52

I am paranoid enough to print the map and actually draw lines north of the det. shop, south of bank, etc. etc. Also write W (woman) and M (male) next to the townies.

Yeah, I need help, I know it...

Dec-2-2006 17:25

I just copy & paste them into WordPad, saving after each clue.

Dec-2-2006 18:10

omg andx, that is a GREAT idea! lol. oh god, the next level of paranoia... now i have to try it!

Dec-3-2006 01:29

Yeah, Andrea that is a really good idea, I should try tha when I go on a hunt.