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Sep-16-2006 10:24

there is a great variance between the older players and agencies
and those who came along later...a gap that perhaps is too hard
to close...might i suggest quarterly rounds where the townies are
deleted for all...the older players would still have the advantage of
money, experience points, general knowledge of the game but the
quarterly deletion of townies ( all players having to reacquire the
townie favors every 90 days ) would make the game more competitive among all players and add some challenge every 90
days for the older players...

Sep-17-2006 19:35

YIKES!!! I definitely do not like this idea. I worked for months to get my contacts to coordinate with my agencys contacts. I mean months. I quit over 200 cases to do this. The idea that all my hard work disappears, well, that is frightening.

While I can see why some would say the older detectives have an advantage, we also have disadvantages. We gained skill points different when we started. Also, equipment wasn't as varied when we started, so gathering equipment was harder. I believe that each new "generation" to Sleuth will have their own advantages and disadvantages, and that is part of the lure. When I first started, I couldn't wait to see my name slowly climb towards the top on the high score lists. I believe working for my certain contacts allowed me to progress, and helped create my love of the game.

Sep-17-2006 20:33

Implementing this suggestion would not "level the playing field" between new players/agencies and old/big agencies, I think. The big/old agencies have the success that they do because their players have dedicated months (and years) of time and effort to developing their agencies and contacts. The ability to have a big/old/successful agency is open to anyone who has the time, effort, and desire to make it so.

Sep-18-2006 03:27

Oh for f***** sake! Is this ridiculous debate not over yet!

Sep-18-2006 04:13

As for me I have to say no way to have everyone lose contacts would be a slap in the face to those who agonized over their contacts. I won't even talk about myself because my situation wasn't the worse of it, though mine gave it a voice, but there's Kidgame who didn't get his second contact until around 400K before there was Almost Impossible cases and other cities, it would be a slap to the face to those who gave support to those who struggled through their contact situation be it through doing evidence checks for them when they dead ended on their cases, or giving up their own cases so they would get more opportunities to get favors.

Sep-18-2006 07:39

and dont forget this: every big agency was small once. Every no 1 was at the bottom once and they might get there again.
My agency had 10 detectives then 1 then 3 then 10 then... and now 6...
It was no 1 for ages then dropped out of the list then climbed slowly up back.
Also big agencies stragle sometimes when players leave or stop playing. Loosing their contacts wouldnt help balance it more.

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Sep-19-2006 20:43

If people feel the need to continue with this conversation, can we focus on the subject, and not on the author. And just coz I don't want to give piccolo a bad wrap, what she said wasn't rude or offensive, just unhelpful to the topic at hand.

Squirrel, out.