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Ceana Craig
Ceana Craig

Sep-15-2004 03:26

A thank you note to all those who have given such excellent advice!! Also to the creator(s) of this site. This is an wonderful site!

I notice too that the cases never have people with duplicate first names. This is very well thought-out.

I've refined my technique to:
1. Start by asking for more suspects, until have asked everyone.
2. Research in City Hall to eliminate one suspect.
3. Ask for remaining alibis - I ask after my research to save 1 question with 1 suspect, as well as saving 1 question with 1 townsperson.
4. Mark the suspects who fit the criteria for any physical evidence I have identified.
5. Check alibis - I do this at this point, because sometimes I have to check 2 or 3 alibis, but only get 1 or 2 questions. If my suspect cannot fit any of the physical evidence, I do not bother asking about their alibi unless I feel I might be short a piece of physical evidence (which does not happen with Ceana).
6. See how many witnesses are not yet close to clamming-up or clammed-up tight. Ask them about my 2 or 3 remaining serious suspects.
7. Ask the appropriate townsperson to i.d. my prime suspect(s) for the physical evidence.
...and so forth.

Again, thank you to all who have helped thus far to refine my technique even to this point.

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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Sep-17-2004 16:02

Yup I am with reda and chronestrian on that. It NEVER fails.

Ceana Craig
Ceana Craig

Sep-17-2004 17:35

Since the case is gone and the case notes as well, I must assume that one of the suspects had clammed-up tight, rather than having had a false alibi. That is the only logical explanation, given that Ceana has research and always uses it. Its funny. I can still see part of the case in my mind. Green for those with an alibi and yellow for those without a verified/verifiable alibi, and orange for physical evidence next to the suspects name that is id'ed to that person. Opal was one of the people who fingered one suspect. I remember when I re-opened it, I accidently placed astricks again on the right-side of the names, as I had over-looked the ones on the left. The astericks always have the first and last initial of the person who fingered the suspect.

::shrug:: Must be that I quit the case as hopeless. But I will definitely take your words for it and thank you!!! This revelation will save me a good deal of footwork in the future. ;-P

Ceana Craig
Ceana Craig

Sep-17-2004 17:37

I just read back over what I wrote above. I didn't say they had a fake alibi, but rather that they lacked an alibi. That means that one of them might well have clammed-up tight right-off, thus "lacking" an alibi. ::beats her head on the table for good measure::

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Sep-18-2004 10:17

After a 1000+ cases, and having used the tactic in 75%. Reda and Chronestrian have done even more. I am pretty sure you must have made a mistake somewhere.

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