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Sleuth Admin
Sleuth Admin
Tale Spinner

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*



Replies

Eagle Eye Flo
Eagle Eye Flo

Dec-14-2006 12:30

I had a simaliar situration in Delhi. I think I had to quit more than half my cases. Then when I did solve a case, I got the same 3 clues over and over again. I was i Delhi over 3 days.

Barry Grant
Barry Grant
Old Shoe

Dec-14-2006 14:47

Wow. Delhi is certainly a tough town. This is my 3rd day and I'm up to 27 cases. From what you guys are saying, I may as well buy a LOT of suntan lotion.

*tips hat*
Barry

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Dec-14-2006 15:32

I think the same clue in a row stat is 'fun'. :) I'm trying to beat 8 'West of the Bank' clues "in a row" (think that was Ijon Tichy from Dumb Witness who had that happen to him, Rosa will correct me if I'm wrong). So far I'm up to 5 in a row :)

Barry Grant
Barry Grant
Old Shoe

Dec-14-2006 18:33

Oh, I haven't kept track of the same exact clue in a row. I don't think I have the energy to do that. I'm too busy trying to solve cases!

*tips hat*

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Dec-14-2006 19:54

Bazza! (lol mmm Australiana)

When you get to 5 or 6 clues in a row, trust me you'll be counting :D

*Hasn't got anything to tip, but could toss a nut or two*

Hawkeye Harris
Hawkeye Harris
Battered Shoe

Dec-23-2006 07:57

Well, after reading the preceding posts I feel a bit better (I think) about my current hunt - thought perhaps I was wrong in thinking there was one clue missing! I've been camped out in London for a while now, solved 33 cases in a row with the same 4 clues, one of which really "stinks" :)
Guess I'll just relax and "go with the flow"

Joshua Bishop
Joshua Bishop

Feb-5-2007 10:07

Reading this I feel better about 5 of my first 6 clues in Dehli being the same!

Rhiemma Moon
Rhiemma Moon
Well-Connected

Feb-5-2007 14:19

I had the same thing happen in London as Hawkeye. Over 30 some cases, same four clues, finally gave up and (thankfully) guessed right. I'm pretty sure that over 6 in a row were 'west of' :p and over half total were 'west of'.

Fiddler's Green
Fiddler's Green

Feb-6-2007 06:32

.....Back in the days when I was flying a Sopwith Camel over the Somme, many of us would describe something broken or dead as having "Gone West"

Sounds like many of my colleagues have had hunts that have "Gone West" too -

An interesting dose of serendipety, don't you think?

(wanders off aimlessly, babbling to himself....)

Eden Zweig
Eden Zweig
Nomad

May-3-2012 15:04

Ooh. Cool! There it is. Just the thread I need. I failed a hunt because of this.

And now I am about to fail another (London):

IS WEST of the tailor's.
IS NOT close enough to the river to smell it.
IS WEST of the detective shop.
IS SOUTH of the detective shop.

Can I safely say that the FT is close enough to the river while the podiatrist is not even close to it? [not only relatively, it also seems to be right along the river (don't know what to call it) only slightly farther away than the other townies along the Thames.]

I can't resist the temptation to make a choice so that I can successfully end my AVH and save more cases for today to solve. Can I safely assume that the podiatrist is the co-conspirator?




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