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May-25-2004 21:22

As of now, you should not be able to get two contacts that both help with physical evidence. Nor, should you be able to get two contacts that don't help with physical evidence. So, if your first contact was one of the evidence experts (Barber, Tailor, Shoe Maker or Banker), your second contact will not be another person from that group. Conversely, if your first contact is not from that group, your second one will be.

To even things up. I'm also adjusting those detectives who already have two contacts. I'm reassigning the second contact of those of you who already have two, if they are either both evidence experts, or neither evidence experts.

Does that make sense?

May-26-2004 01:36

Thank you Sleuth Admin!

May-26-2004 01:40

I don't like this at all. I know it was just luck of the draw, but I had earned the Banker and Tailor during Beta testing and had purchased my skills accordingly. I would have just liked it better if we had a choice to change contacts, thats all. Then try to earn a new one.

May-26-2004 02:12

I had as contacts the barber and the tailor, but before gaining the barber as contact I was unlucky enough to spend skill points on advanced hair analysis.

Now you have deleted the tailor as my contact and I am left with the barber. Since you fixed the "unfairness" for others, could I at least get to keep the tailor as a contact instead of the barber, so that those skill points i spent could be of use?

May-26-2004 02:29

LOL the change came in a really funny moment for me. i was waiting for ages to get my 2nd contact. yesterday after really really long wait i got the bartender to add to my priest bah! (as justice always say).

i came in today and the bartender magically became the tailor. ive noticed it just when i was planning which skill i'll need next and thought about the thread skill.
huh! threads u r all mine now ;)

May-26-2004 04:08

Yeah, I think alot of people are in for both good and bad(in my case) surprises. Don't really like how this was done at all....Still a great game though

May-26-2004 06:51

Well, Tim, I am in much worse shape I think (although not complaining). You can earn the skill points to get the evidence skills to make up for your lost contact in a relatively short time. If you think your skill points come slow now, imagine how much slower mine come!

May-26-2004 09:13

Jeez. I'm not surprised by the complaining, but I literally cannot keep everybody happy. And if I do, the game is going to be too easy.

I'll add a way for people to drop a contact, so those of you who now have useless skills can shoot for somebody new. Remember though, those of you with two physical evidence contacts have been sitting on an unfair advantage for months, so a week or two like this shouldn't kill you.

May-26-2004 09:18

Yesh, be patient all. :) Look to Fat Chuck as a paragon of zenlike calm.

May-26-2004 14:31

Sorry Ben, didn't realize the advantage was "unfair". If that is truley the case, you should have (or maybe I should say, could have?)changed it long ago.

May-26-2004 15:21

So you wont be able to have ex: tailor and barber as contact. Insted you will only be able to have tailor and bartender ???