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Petition and condolences for Lady Jas
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Fiddler's Green
Fiddler's Green

Jan-23-2007 17:43

Lady Jas had a technical malfunction with her mouse that resulted in her getting three false accusations (one of the perils of using a laptop computer). A lot of good people have rallied around her, but she has just lost a detective with oversix million xp.

I realise that there are many who know Lady Jas better, but I would just like to lend my support to a request for having her detective re-instated. Please feel free to add your condolences and support below.

Thankyou.

(Fiddler blows his nose noisily into a red spotted handerchief and then polishes his glasses with it - he puts his glasses back on and wonders why it has gone foggy....)

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Zocrates83
Zocrates83
Old Shoe

Jan-24-2007 17:05

From what I understand, she was in the process of paying shady off when it happened. I know that because she told me that's what went down. I know her, and I believe her. I do recall something about someone's cat jumping on their keyboard and THEY got resurrected.....

Joshua Bishop
Joshua Bishop

Jan-24-2007 17:09

what happens if someone does not have enough money to pay off shady when they get their 2nd FA?

Joshua Bishop
Joshua Bishop

Jan-24-2007 17:11

hmmmm quasi-maybe-not-so-original idea... maybe one of the factions, or even a new mysterious faction could have the ability to resurrect, for a price. Maybe someone who is retired could come back as a ghost and haunt former colleagues and friends, trying to get them to find this faction and purchase the ludicrously expensive resurection glove.... (sorry, been watching too much Torchwood)

Zocrates83
Zocrates83
Old Shoe

Jan-24-2007 17:16

there IS a mysterious faction (but it doesnt exist), and if you're part of it, you can have magical things happen, like making whole agencies disappear!

Trelane Rahl
Trelane Rahl

Jan-24-2007 17:27

Actually another possible solution is perhaps allowing a detective to pay off their debt little by little instead of the one lump sum. It seems to me that a lot of the damage is being done by having to gather a massive amount of money while treading the edge of the blade of retirement.

Perhaps you could have an input box for paying partial amounts and after that, the game could keep track of the amount paid in, and subtract it from the full amount owed based on experience to show how much of the debt remains. When amount paid in matches the amount owed based on experience, the FAs are removed from the record.

LilRach
LilRach
Well-Connected

Jan-24-2007 17:43

There is a special reward available to help pay off Shady. If you are not familiar with this, send me a PM and I will let you know. It might be on some of the community sites, too.

biggie528
biggie528
Lucky Stiff

Jan-24-2007 21:00

I have to just say, I think its great that everyone is trying to come up with ways to bring Jas back.

Alternatively, I just want to say, that though I haven't retired a detective *knock on wood*, one of the best team building experiences in this game that I ever went through was the whole Arabesque debacle. Ara was heartbroken, but the whole agency rallied around her, helped her rebuild, and shes long since passed Arabesque's mark. As we are Jas' friends, thats what we should do now. It made her feel great and it did a lot for our agency as well.

It totally sucks and I would be completely heartbroken as well. But if we open this door, how many people are going to flood through it?

That being said, the idea of the amount of FAs you can carry going up as your experience goes up seems like the most sensible solution and easiest (?) implemented, as well as being the most fair to those who have worked extraordinarily hard to get to where they are.

It just stinks for those retired detectives that won't get another chance.

nonaddict2
nonaddict2

Jan-24-2007 23:08

well, i have an idea, if you're interested to know, PM me... together we'll find a way.

what'syourname
what'syourname

Jan-25-2007 00:13

mm.. while i feel bad for Jas.. we have all had to retire characters..I dont mind the system the way it is. I have had to start over a few times. it sucks. but those are the rules.. we all know them.

And i will have to admit that i havent ever had as many experience points as Jas but still i was well on my way... I do like the idea of more FA's but like ben said it isnt just one click that accuses someone. i know Jas wouldnt lie. But really people that is leaving ben up with alot of people sending him pms. I just dont know if we want to open ourselves up to this.

Ijon Tichy
Ijon Tichy
Collector

Jan-25-2007 02:34

Just an idea: we can establish a fund to help detectives with, say, 5 mil xp plus to pay Shady if they don't have enough money to pay him themselves. The detectives could donate either money or their AV prizes to the fund. Every detective with required xp could use that chance once. The fund would have at least 3 trustees from different agencies who would guarantee that there are no malversations. And, if the worst happens and the detective is retired, we can found a special agency where the volunteers would solve AI cases and help with the rebuilding of a new character.

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