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Sep-9-2013 23:45

I was sure that it was impossible to get a false accusation and now i supply clear evidence that the game make mistakes (unfortunately huge mistakes)


The Unique Case of the Ancient Room

Victim: Landry Belle, age 27
Difficulty: Incredibly hard
Favor For: Priest
Politics: La Cosa Nostra (Positive)
Order of Socrates (Negative)


Physical Evidence
1. Footprint from a slim person
2. Thread from female's clothes (Ruth Belle)
3. Handwriting from someone who is right handed
4. Hair from someone with curly hair

5. Ruth Belle
I needed to keep moving forward with my investigation, so I figured it was as good a time as any to pay a visit to the victim's Sister, Ruth Belle. She extended her left hand to greet me and we exchanged pleasantries. She was a slim, rather arrogant woman; even the way she brushed a curly hair off her shoulder rubbed me the wrong way.

Motive: Victim Forgot Birthday
Alibi: Banker (fake)

The Unique Case of the Ancient Room
Nope. That's wrong. The real killer was Nora Abbott.

You falsely accused an innocent woman. There was no physical or witness evidence to indicate that Ruth was the murderer. The Priest, Manfred Gesling is very disappointed that you weren't able to solve the mystery. If you falsely accuse three people, your detective's license will be taken, and you'll be out of a job.

Sep-10-2013 21:21

Unfortunately i had to pay 475 k to shady to continue without risking a retirement
Although the following msg was sent to Ben while he was in for server restart i got no response

From: Vampiric Smile
To: Sleuth Admin
Sent: Sep 10, 2013 - 00:06
pls take a look at sleuth talk as i provide clear evidence that game mechanics (after nemesis i believe) lead to wrong FAs. Unfortunately it is very often as Vampirion got 2 wrong FAs in 10 days

SS on the other hand is not around to resolve the issue so we are alone at the mercy of Shady. It is sad that such serious issues are not resolved and the community is left unprotected

Sep-10-2013 23:22

No I've read it and I've reported it. I'm kind of at the mercy of Shady too, when it comes to bugs. Physical Evidence + Fake Alibi DOES = Guilty so, looks like a fair call to me to say 'game error'.

lol I actually like the idea of switching off FA's altogether until the issue is sorted. I'll reapply to Ben for a quick fix or at least implementing this idea, if he finds there really is major problem.

Thanks.

Sep-11-2013 11:41

I recently had the same problem, an unexplainable FA. It cost me 2.6 mil. with Shady. I had to sell some furniture and borrow $$$ to insure I could stay in the game. I suggest putting a cap on what he can charge.

Sep-11-2013 16:05

Hello Vampirion,


Yep, it looks like you did find an actual bug.

There were two Ruth Belle's in your case. One of them had the fake alibi and the other one had the Thread.

A few years ago, this used to be a more much more common bug, so people were (usually) more likely to double check names and images. But I thought we'd straightened it out.

Basically, the name "Ruth" appears in two different places in the list of possible suspect names. I'm fixing that now so it won't happen to anybody else. I'll also double check the names list so nobody else gets bitten.

I'll credit you the $475k you spent on shady.

Sep-11-2013 16:06

Sophie,

Do you remember the approximate date on your last FA, the one you thought was bogus?

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Sep-11-2013 16:21

I should note:

There is the more common scenario where some names (particularly in Shanghai) can be either male or female, so you might have a man and a woman who are related and share a name in a case. I'm going to go ahead and get rid of those situations now as well.

Thanks everybody, sorry for the FAs.

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Sep-11-2013 22:00

Woah Ben, double posting tonight... ;)

Sep-11-2013 22:29

Yeah, jittery fingers. Must be too much caffein.