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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.

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...

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

Jan-4-2007 04:38

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

Jan-4-2007 05:37

In most AI cases I have played with 11 suspects I have had 8 fake/no alibis and 3 reals. You are always going to have at least as many real alibis as evidence, or else you would have two killers. Or evidence which leads nowhere. Only when I have had 10 suspects in an AI case have I had 7 fakes/no alibis.

Jan-4-2007 05:40

That's very strange, Jonathan, because in ALL the AI cases with 11 suspects I have 4 real alibis and 7 fakes/no alibis. One of the reals does not have evidence that matches anything. The vast majority of the cases I solve are AI's, and I have never had an FA due to this. *shrugs*

Jan-4-2007 06:05

I have had a few with 7:4, but on the whole its been 8:3 on the fake:real. Strange.

Jan-4-2007 07:28

Since "clearing" this up recently with some of the more experienced players I have only ever had 7 fake alibis, and therefore, either 3 or 4 real depending on whether I had 10 or 11 people.

I know this to be true in a lot of those cases because I find the rest of my fakes once I've already found all 4 reals (or all 3 if I have all my suspects.)

Prior to that I believe I played looking for 8 fakes based on that old sleuth helper thingy's numbers, but to my knowledge, I don't think I ever actually found the 8th fake person.

I have never (knock on wood) gotten an FA due to this logic (but have, due to my own stupidity.)

After reading this post I am now SUPER NERVOUS that the game mechanics have changed...

Have they changed? Oh great sleuth gods, have they changed????

Jan-4-2007 07:29

I've only ever had 7 fake/no alibis with either 3 or 4 real alibis. Nearly every case i solve is AI now with the exception of favours.

Jan-4-2007 07:34

Jonathan Williams:

Is it possible that you are playing based on the old Sleuth Helper's numbers, and just automatically looking for 8 fakes? I know that's what I was doing for months and months, and it wasn't until recently after a couple conversations that I was informed there are only 7 fakes on an AI, not 8.

I didnt trust it at first, was constantly verifying everyone's alibi, etc. but it turns out it has been true for me.

I didn't even notice. If no one had said anything, I would have continued to look for that 8th fake person, who I (apparently) never would have found, and never would have noticed.

I do hope this turns out true for you, because MAN when I found that out, I started solving almost all my AIs, where before I was quitting at least 1 of every 5 I tried to solve.

Jan-4-2007 07:40

*peeks out from under the bed*

I'm beginning to get a wee bit frightened here. SS said something about a case with too many real alibis. What is *that* about?! Ben, have you changed anything recently? I just wiped out my FA's a month ago, having to carry another one around would make me a sad panda.