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Jun-20-2007 12:56

***This is my opinion. Strictly my opinion.***


I've looked at the community, and anyone who's been here longer than 100 days is able to see that Sleuth activity has gone down the tubes. Dead. And what is to blame? The agencies.

Now, agencies aren't the root cause. Let's get that straight. But the way they have been operating is. The problems with agencies are (1) the quantity, (2) the purpose, (3) and the role they play.

Okay, first, the quantity of agencies. Not too long ago, there were about 20-30 agencies. All full at 12 persons each, coming to a total of roughly 240-360 people. That was a good amount. But now, we have almost 120 agencies. That's right. 600% of the amount we had about a year ago. Sure, some may argue that the community has grown, and it certainly has. But 600% growth? I don't think so.

Jun-27-2007 21:06

Well, you don't want EVERYTHING handed on a silver platter to you, do you? Some do, but I know I wouldn't.

But for the most part, that information is out there. An apartment guide, for example, can be found at www.SleuthTips.com. And you know, it's always possible to simply ask the question on the message boards :D

~Jojo

Jun-27-2007 23:53

I'd add to what jojo has said that the fact that there is not one single smörgåsbord (and, ***tangent warning***, the spell checker suggested that the word I really wanted there was 'orgasming'), get-rich-or-sleuth-tryin' all-you-can-eat buffet containing all the yummy calories and deep-fried info-tidbits that you might use to better your game is actually a really good thing, because it encourages people to talk to one another and figure stuff out, which ultimately helps immensely with the community aspect of things. It's also virtually impossible to lay everything out in one place, simply because a) new stuff gets introduced every time Ben gets bored of his hula hoop and b) people keep thinking of new questions, new ways to approach the game and new ideas to improve it!

I really think the 'Welcome Newbies' thread is a pretty good approximation of the one-stop depot thing. True, not *everything* is there, but it's more than enough to get rolling, and it's also a good place to wet your big toe on the big world of asking questions.

Err, excluding some of the recent, obviously airplane glue-induced 'contributions' anyways. Which brings me to something else I've wanted to say on this thread for a bit.

YES, there have been lots of times when questions from new people have been met with not-the-nicest of responses, and I'm TOTALLY one of the offenders there. But it also needs to be said that part of that climate of hostility stems from a perennial handful of particularly ridiculous people who cycle in and out of here and choose NOT to pay any attention whatsoever to any subtler, early attempts to steer them the right way, to help, to treat each and every new rendition of a question asked merely one or two posts below as 'new' and worth the time spent answering it, but rather continue abusing their keyboard privileges until someone gets fed up with it and lashes out a little.

Jun-28-2007 00:20

(limit)

So I'm saying there's a difference between being 'new' to a game, or a place or frankly any situation, and trying to work it out, and being ignorant, unresponsive and obviously uninterested in putting any real effort into something that the people you're asking about it clearly have worked at. Which is just rude, and in my opinion, is gonna be met with similar rudeness in response every single time...and deservedly so!

That said, I think I haven't done as much as I could to distinguish the first category from the second, and I think others haven't either. Not saying I'm gonna get it right every time, but yeah....honestly I don't care if people want to talk about Nancy Drew either.

In lieu of a big flashy rant-finale *moons al-q again* just cause it seems to bug them :P

Jun-28-2007 23:57

Yea. Whatever crunch said. Although, quite honestly, I'm not sure I followed it (it's late), I'm sure it was deep and enlightening and almost prophet-like.

*Moons crunch back*

Note: My butt is waaayyy cuter.

Jun-29-2007 03:37

Wouldn't take much nicnic, as long as its not covered in patches of faux fur and pimples.

*shudders remembering the time she peeped back at him*

Jun-29-2007 10:36

*shivers at the mental image of crunch in my head*

My brain needs a good scrubbing clean now. Thanks.

Jun-29-2007 20:14

Hello fenton, you can always store gear in a an agency which is much cheaper to open if storing gear is what you want to do.

Apartment prices are high but correspond with the amount of experience a detective has gained over time and playing cases. They have saved their money from selling favour gear. A great thing about sleuth is the stages of advancment and what you can get along the way. To have it all too early in my opinion would mean you would loose interest and have nothing to play toward.

The only way one detective could win a treasure hunt from an apartment is for every agency to stop playing treasure hunts. Don't think it can be done .

Jun-29-2007 21:39

I definately was not complaining about all the info not being in one place. I was just giving a reason why people may join a small agency as opposed to a big agency (as I did). I just jumped into the game bored one day at work never thinking I would ever join a web game and here I am hooked. This is the best thing ever for an awesome price. You can't beat it!!!:)