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Feb-10-2005 12:59

Almost daily a new pub quiz is posted in the Gumshoe lounge, come in an join us. Or volunteer to write a pub quiz (send me a private message)

The below quiz is only for people whom have NOT been in Sleuth more then 20 days!!! So also people whom started a new detective are ruled out.

1. Where can you find the Order of the Socrates?
2. Which faction gives pickpocketing as a skill. I.e. a skill that allows you to get the money for a case, even though the killer is the client.
3. Which skill automatically eliminates a suspect, despite having a false alibi.
4. What does a moderator do?
5. How can you find out how many agencies there are?
6. What is NOT a benefit to subscribing: A) Possibility to play with others, B) Possibility to have access to an equipment locker to store equipment, C) Possibility to have access to a crime lab, D) Possibility to join treasure hunts, E) Possibility to save cases for the next day, F) Posissibility to have others help you with their contacts, G) Possibility to have a safe to store money, H) You are allowed to have 4 falses until your detective dies, I) You get 8 normal cases a day, soon 10, J) Soon you are able to play in more then one sleuth city, K) No more banner adds.
7. How can you get rid of false accusations?
8. If you are a tough character, what is the best thing to do buy tough skills, or charming skills to augment your detective?
9. What is strategically the least favourite detective arch type to pack A) Very smart, B) Very charming, C) Very tough.
10. A tommy gun can be acquired by doing favours. How else can you acquire a Tommy gun?
11. In order to receive private messages, what needs to be turned off?
12. Do you need to be subscribed to join an agency?
13. What is the real name of the Sleuth admin? (bonus for last name)
14. If a suspect has a fake or no alibi, and is identified by the evidence given by one of the physical evidence contacts. What does that mean?

Feb-18-2005 14:06

1. Mayor's office
2. No clue :)
3. Research
4. No clue
5. No clue, prob somewhere in City Hall
6. H? But I thought E was out too...
7. Shady at the bar
8. I guess tough since I tried to augment mine and it isn't working well
9. I would guess A. It hasn't been my xp that analyzing anything with no skill at getting info from the suspects doesn't work well
10. Buy from the special list at one of the factions?
11. pop up blockers
12. yes
13. Ben?
14. Guilty

Now a few questions I would like to ask (that I don't know)

1. What if you don't have the required to accuse someone (clammed up without giving alibi) but by elimination you can guess that it is them? Would that be a false?
2. On judging for int and sweet-talking what is the high? I thought 100 but now mine sometimes goes over that
3. Do you ever lose your contacts? Like bugging them too much :)

Feb-18-2005 14:52

since Sintrinity didn't specify that her questions were only for newbies - here's one...(then I'm butting out
1. its only a false if its wrong.

Oh well, as long as I'm piping up... I'd also challenge question 9 since I think there is a strategically even worse archtype than the choices offered. What say, JSTKDN? Isn't tough & charming a dead loss compared to those three?

Feb-18-2005 14:55

Sintrinity,
1. IF you have the correct suspect, then it will not be a false. If you have the wrong suspect it will be.

2. anyone? (New equipment may change what we used to know)

3.No, but I had the same fear when I first started too! :) You can bug them all you want and they will still love you and answer your questions. :)

Feb-18-2005 16:29

Sintrinity, I believe if you have 100, there is a 100% chance of getting your question answered. So if your gear and skills bring your points above 100, it makes your chances more that 100%. I don't know what the max is, but new gear and skills change the max anyhow.

And little nell, I think the archetypes really only matter when you are starting out. It seems to me that you can start out charming but get all the tough skills and all the tough gear and act tough all the time with good success. But I would agree that starting out tough & charming makes things harder than being totally one-sided to begin with.

Good quiz, jstkdn!

Feb-18-2005 17:14

having more than 100% when u use judge skill will incrise the chance of getting more than one question answered. Dont know how high u can get. it depends on your items and ur skill level.

using elimination on stup and rid cases is the only way I can solve them now (without contacts and locker) so offcourse u can. Just be careful not to guess, cause a false costs a lot.

Feb-18-2005 17:28

hi jstkdn,
i'm new and don't have a clue to most of those questions, any way you could let us newbies know?I would love to know the answers.

Feb-18-2005 17:30

So no one wants to give it a whirl answering more questions right then Sintrinity?

Feb-18-2005 20:03

Ok, did some checking out...

2. Must be Arcanum? Nostra is safe-cracking and Socrates hypnotism I think. Those Arcanum peeps I just can't get to like me enough to let me in :P
4. Administers the boards?
5. Game Info city hall

Ben's last name is still a mystery to me so far...

Thanks for the elimination info! I was quitting too many cases because I thought I HAD to have a combo of 2 of witness/physical/fake or no alibi.

Feb-18-2005 20:05

One more question - why is Sleuth Admin's xp negative?

Feb-18-2005 22:59

he just likes it that way, i guess,