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# of dectives in an agency
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R Anstett
R Anstett

Nov-11-2006 15:36

On other threads the discussion about how many cases you can turn in is happening.

The idea that there is a rule that you can only have 2 detectives in an agency seems to be a false one to me.

If you can access every detective in the agency because you have their password then do you control all of them?




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Sleuthgirl Ciara
Sleuthgirl Ciara

Nov-13-2006 23:55

calalata, how do i delete my own posts lyk you did?

Evita
Evita
Well-Connected

Nov-14-2006 02:39

I'm not too bothered about password sharing, although in solving treasure hunts it does give an advantage to those who do over those who don't.

In my agency I don't know anyone else's passwords but we leave cases we aren't going to solve ourselves on the case file for others to take. That is surely a perfectly legitimate way to solve more cases than one's own allocation and could take you up to 12 + 5*(number of detectives in agency - 1) cases in a day.

Evita
Evita
Well-Connected

Nov-14-2006 02:40

... plus the requisite number of favor cases.

Putting a limit of 32 would interfere with this non-password-sharing-case-expansion method.

yoyofoshow
yoyofoshow
Old Shoe

Nov-14-2006 06:44

I totally agree with Evita, case files are there for use and it is (as I see it) a legitimate way of playing. I have also personally found that playing sleuth for xp only is just boring and it takes the fun out of sleuth.

And Ciara you have to be a mod to delete posts.

bariscelik77
bariscelik77

Nov-14-2006 07:43

Due to some very touching personal emails I've received, I feel compelled to come here 1 last time to post these sentiments -
The underlying sentiment behind all of this is the speculation of whether I/we (ERF TEAM) were 'cheats' because of how we played the game. I say this, and I'll will dare each and everyone who 'assumed' we were to call me a liar about this, NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU EVER ASKED ME WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MY AGENCY! Now, you will know -

Bariscelik77 - 26years old from Azerbijan, got thrown into forced military duty not 1 month after just getting married! His country sent him to Pakistan to be part of the combat forces there. In a 5 part pm expressing his feelings, and mostly his fears, implored me to keep him in the team so that when (if was his word) he came home, he would feel he hadn't let us down...

Por.Borewicz - (not sure of his age), from Poland, had almost the same thing happen to him, and his last request was to remain in ERF TEAM....

Emerald Drew - fortunately, her operation went well, but before she had it, she was fearful of the worst. thank God it went well, but had it not, I would have kept her in ERF TEAM for eternity, regardless of the subscription status.

Murderstern - his day job entails book making and publishing, and his firm happens to handle making schoolbooks for children. Naturally, right before the school year started, he was extremely busy and overworked, so he 'asked me' (not that he had to) if he could take time away from Sleuth yet still be in the team....

What would you do in those situations? I chose to honor the wishes of some very honorable friends and team mates, and I hope all of you would do the same!

Rules exist as guidelines, but there are always, and should always be, gray areas, because life doesn't exist by 'our' rules, we exist by life's rules.

bariscelik77
bariscelik77

Nov-14-2006 07:43

Yes, this is Chro, by the way.

Evita
Evita
Well-Connected

Nov-14-2006 09:34

Those all sound great reasons for staying in the agency.

What actually happened, though?

a) the players stayed as members of the agency, nothing more,
b) the players shared their passwords and were operated by other agency members, but when operated, the detectives solved their own cases and increased their own experience, or
c) the players shared their passwords and were operated by other agency members to pass cases on to the detectives operated by the other members.

Coda
Coda
Well-Connected

Nov-14-2006 09:39

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

Lady Ruby Caplan
Lady Ruby Caplan
Well-Connected

Nov-14-2006 12:03

I don't know if anyone called anyone a cheat. From what I understood, it was questioning ethics. And as stated before, I agreed with virtually everything that was said from all sides. I really don't think anyone was wrong in what they were saying and the problem was mostly in the lack of rules and guidelines.

To Chrone: I don't understand this last post though.. if they begged you to let them stay while under these situations, why disolve the agency?

Also.. life may not exsist by rules but games usually do.. at least well structured games.. and the whole point of playing a game s to play by the rules... I mean, where would soccer be if someone picked up the ball and started running with it?

It's a shame to see such an old agency go and it's even more of a shame that people are feeling so bad over this and that some have or are thinking of retiring detectives.

The retirements are especially a shame when despite the way it was done, a lot of WORK was put in.



biggie528
biggie528
Lucky Stiff

Nov-14-2006 12:25

*applauds LRC*

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