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Megan3
Megan3

Oct-25-2004 22:43

Could someone tell me what combinations of witness, fake/no alibi and evidence is needed to be sure of a correct accusation? Ie. If I have a fake/no alibi and physical evidence, can I be sure or do I need a witness also? Does this change as you get to more difficult cases? Also, I didn't see this in the 'Help' section, but maybe it should be there.

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Georges Seurat
Georges Seurat

Oct-27-2004 06:25

What you need to make an accusation (from the tutorial):

1) Motive: (eg) He wanted to steal a family heirloom.
2) Alibi: The alibi he gave turned out to be false.
3) Evidence: (eg) He had tried to kill the victim once before.

In Sleuth, the combination of those three things is enough to ensure guilt. At this point, you might want to think for a minute and make sure you didn't make any mistakes.


Moonshh
Moonshh
Well-Connected

Oct-27-2004 19:07

Yes, Georges. Ben stands by this. But some of the rest of us aren't totally sure...I gave advice having to do with the way I play which works very well for me - people do have their different strategies, though. This game will let you know whether or not a strategy is a good one, that's for sure!

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Oct-28-2004 17:05

Declan you are off. I guarantee you Moonssh is right. And I guarantee you I am right.

Fake alibi. Or no alibi. And physical evidence pointing this person....is the killer.

And no alibi, means it is specifically stated there is NO alibi. SOmetimes you can not see if there is an alibi or not, as the suspect clams up asking the question.

This is not an educated guess, but guaranteed fact.


Declan Tanner
Declan Tanner

Oct-28-2004 22:57

jstkdn...that might be the case for you and most other people but I swear by my first born child that I had a case a while back where I had a fake alibi, one piece of physical evidence, and one piece of witness evidence and I falsely accused. I'm not saying that in most cases what you are saying isn't right, I'm just stating that in order to be completely sure of your accusation you need all of the evidence and a fake/no alibi. I just like to play safe.

Declan Tanner
Declan Tanner

Oct-28-2004 23:01

And it might just have been a glitch in the case I was playing, but I know I had a fake alibi and not that he had just clammed on me.

By the way...I'm not just trying to be a pain in the butt, 'cause I know you have way more experience than me, I'm just basing my facts on what I have encountered through my time playing.

Samantha Holmes
Samantha Holmes

Oct-29-2004 09:57

You will always have a motive, every suspect has one. You need to get a fake or no alibi, physical evidence and witness evidence to be sure you have the right person.I have had a person with fake alibi and physical evidence be wrong

Arne
Arne
Old Shoe

Oct-29-2004 11:43

I agree on the one physical and fake alibi (including "none") confirms the killer. you can bank on that.

Or two witnesses plus fake alibi.

But - absent the alibi, you need BOTH witnesses. Physical evidence plus one witness (without confirming fake alibi) is not enough.

Also, it is possible for even careful sleuths to make mistakes on rare occasions, esp. when brain is shutting down. So you will 'remember for sure' something, but when I've asked Ben to check, ooops. It wasn't a bug after all. ;-)

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Oct-29-2004 15:51

I think what happened to Declan, is that you could not check for an alibi, which you thought meant you had NO alibi. If you could not check for an alibi, you simply don't know if there is one or not.

This game is the same for everybody. And I would be VERY surprised that just for you it is different.

But you can disagree, no problem. I just know I am right, I have played enough games to know so. :)

Declan Tanner
Declan Tanner

Oct-30-2004 12:38

I am not saying that I disagree with anybody, and according to Arne I was wrong anyway. I'm terribly sorry that I stuck by my word when it turned out to be wrong. And I never once said that the game was only different for me, I just thought that maybe there was bug in the case that I had...apparently not. And no one can say that there haven't been certain problems with certain peoples cases in the past, making my thought of a small glitch possible.

And for the record, I know the difference between a fake alibi and not having an alibi at all.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Oct-30-2004 16:42

No probs Declan, there is no need to be sorry. I can understand about being convinced about something.

The reason why I may have sound a bit aggressive, because it is newbie advise, and this would affect their entire game. I pretty much solve 95% of my cases with the fake/no alibi with evidence rule. Hence why...

Could be a glitch, I don't know how long ago this was. And frankly if I would get the glitch now, I'd be pissy. So I hope you are not right, it would cost me a bundle.

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