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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-27-2004 15:13

Thank you Ben, that was very nice of you. I really do think the game is run well and it is quite enjoyable. Please accept my apologies if I was reading too much into your words.

May-29-2004 02:47

So that's what happened to the Fortune Teller! And here I thought Mr.Lee was an important contact, but it's the Shoemaker instead! (I understand why you made the change & think most people will accept it as being more fair.)

May-29-2004 06:29

Ahah, this explains it. At least I sparkled a confucius thread in second contacts in whatever the section is called again about anything remotely related to the game.

I think it stinks, I chose my skills based on the knowledge I had the barber and banker as contact. No fair no fair. I think I deserve some free skill points? <grovel, grovel>

May-29-2004 06:30

Or...being able to exchange skill sets? Even if it is only one skill set, once a week? OK I am sounding desperate here.

May-29-2004 12:18

Do you want the barber back, instead of the banker?

May-30-2004 05:48

Negasong, I really was not whining any more than you were in your "worst ever" post. If I now have the tone of that message right. I completely agree with everything the Admin has done and the new contact WILL be much more useful to me than the old one - surely there is no question about that. So why on earth would I whine? For some reason, I just found it interesting/amusing/somehow worth my time to mention this zero-value thing.

May-30-2004 05:50

Phew, you can just feel the over-sensitivity and mixed messages in the air on this thread. :) Glad we're not taking this seriously, then ;)

May-30-2004 18:22

I HATE YOU ALL!!!!

Lovingly,
-sg

Jun-2-2004 14:33

Not to beat a dead horse, but I notice it has been one week since the contacts change. I made sure to do only ridiculous cases all week just to be sure. For anyone that had any idea that having two contacts was an unfair advantage, I let the record speak for itself. (57-0 at the moment). The only thing I notice different is that some of them take a couple of minutes longer to solve.

As usual, I had help from my teammates (I want to be sure to acknowledge), but no more than usual I'd say.

Kouraditsa is the only other off the top of my head that I remember with two evidence contacts. I would love to hear what she thinks.

Jun-2-2004 19:52

Yeah, i totally support Fat Chuck on this.
I don't feel the contact change has affected my record at all. I believe I quitted just one case after the contact change. (it was 3 footprints and 4 suspects with the shoe maker as alibi, who conveniently decided to answer only one of my questions. Unfortunately for me, I don't receive any help from teammates :P )

The only difference is that I don't solve cases extra fast as i used to. I need to think a little more carefully, and I can say that I like it more.
Now I do some more constructive thinking and make more use of my skills. Although now I very often get cases with no thread evidence (the tailor is my good contact) they are still very very feasible. (I've also been doing ridiculous)