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Washington Jones
Washington Jones

Jan-3-2007 16:25

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I read (on more than one agency page) lists where it says how many suspects and how many of them have an alibi for certain dificulties (ex 8 suspects, 3 withut alibis on hard). Therefore if I foudn 8 bad or no alibis I stopped askign others. This past case I had 3 that were no or ba d(at least I thought), I accused who I thought it was and I was wrong. The guilty party was someone other than the 3 I thought had no alibi. Obvisouly aince I was worng on my guess I couldhave been wrogn in my alibis but Ithink I have seen this before. So anyways, does anyone know if the X suspects, Y alibis equation stillworks?

I'm sure the end problem is my bad sleuthing but knwoing how many no alibis sure helps a lot.

thanks.

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Serges
Serges
Vigilante

Jan-3-2007 17:16

As far as I'm aware the number of people in a case with fake/no alibi is always the same; it's the number of real alibis (and by association the number of people on your suspect list) that are a little more random.

For instance, I have NEVER had a case where there have been anything but 7 fake/no alibis on Almost Impossible. You may have 10 or 11 people, 3 or 4 alibis, and 3 or 4 pieces of PE, but always 7 "suspects".

Serges
Serges
Vigilante

Jan-3-2007 17:17

Of course, I could always be wrong since I really only do a handful of difficulties anymore...

LilRach
LilRach
Well-Connected

Jan-3-2007 17:27

I too have never had an AI with more than 7 suspects. However, I no longer complete cases other than favors, AIs for easys.

Sir Kenneth Vyvyan
Sir Kenneth Vyvyan
Well-Connected

Jan-3-2007 17:37

I have noticed on some of the easier levels of cases that the number of fake /no alibis varies

AraLives
AraLives
Battered Shoe

Jan-3-2007 17:38

Yes, I've also had the same with AI's. Always EXACTLY 7 fake/no alibis in AI cases. I think that's a pretty steadfast rule.

Also, I think it's pretty safe to say that there are exactly 5 fake/no alibis in IH cases. 8-9 suspects, certainly, but only 5 fakes.

AraLives
AraLives
Battered Shoe

Jan-3-2007 17:39

But now I read what SS wrote above and am a little nervous!

Greyling
Greyling

Jan-4-2007 01:59

Yeah, usually it's the number of suspects with real alibis that can vary, however, on Intermediate and Hard the number of suspectes with fake/none of your business aliblis can also vary :)

nonaddict2
nonaddict2

Jan-4-2007 02:13

i noticed it varies more with odd numbers than with even numbers... of total suspects, but i'm not saying that it doesn't vary in all cases...

reda
reda
Well-Connected

Jan-4-2007 03:14

Ive been playing with the "list" for over 2 years and never had a false accusation made by it.
As far as I know many ppl here (so probably many agencies) have my list. But its my old list!

The old version was X or X+1 suspects and Y alibis.
Now apperently there are some levels that you can have Y or Y+1 alibis. So you need to be carefull in those levels.

Another thing that could have happend is that sleuth gods didnt like the fact that I PMed my list to so many ppl and they have changed the rules :P

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Jan-4-2007 04:38

lol more than likely.... our gods are vengeful gods :D

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