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Ramses Emerson
Ramses Emerson

Aug-13-2005 12:04

I have 3 paid accounts and about every third favor on EVERY ONE of my accounts is for the Fortune Teller! This has been going on for over a week now!! There must be something that needs to be tweeked in London??? I could see this happening for maybe 12 favors, but this is REALLY just gotten stupid!

I keep a notebook of all of my cases and so know exactly the frequency.

I ALWAYS work the favors. Regardless, I will get a couple others in between, the BAM!! The Fortune Teller again!

HELP!!! Please can someone check the favor generator in London?? I ask a different townie each time about a favor (which should not matter.) :(

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Luniar Arkain
Luniar Arkain

Aug-14-2005 21:31

I got Hellish as a case name part four times in a row. Since I was solving Almost Impossible cases flawlessly--if I do say so myself--I thought it was a case name part only used in Almost Impossible cases. I mean, "Hellish". Hellishly hard case? *shrug* I may be reading too much into it. But I don't think that Beginner cases are going to have Hellish in the name. ^^;

Greyling
Greyling

Aug-15-2005 01:18

Yeah, you're right that particular adjective is only used for Almosts :)

Ramses Emerson
Ramses Emerson

Aug-15-2005 02:30

They could be. They could not be??

Sorry, but that makes no sense. :(

They might be. They might not be? Is that what you mean? Could not means it is impossible, although could means possible. :P

Sorry if I misunderstood your response, but the PM you sent me said that the same favors show-up over and over again in THs. Also, a teammate of mine understood the same thing from your response. LOL

What I have heard from more experienced players (2 million+ xp) is that they understand that favors are supposed to ALWAYS be random. One person wrote me to say that he had had FIVE needed favors in a row during a TH once.

Now, take another look at those lists. How can ALL three accounts keep getting the same two people over and over again.

It is statistically unlikely. Also, I reported this as a bug, with a link to this post. Yesterday afternoon, things started rolling again in London. ALL of the agencies doing that TH had been stalled-out for well over 24 hours (according to our Treasure Recovery Officer.) ;)

Dogberta: You are soooo right! I get Adelaide, Irwin, Yama, or such. ;) What REALLY freaked me out, was when I had two favors back-to-back on two of my accounts for the Waiter with the first name given being Jonas AND had 1 note with 2 footprints! :P Note was right in one and left in the other, FPs were both slim in one and both heavy in the other. LMAO

I thought maybe I had dreamed the first one. :)



Gena Long
Gena Long
Sleuth About Town

Aug-15-2005 11:54

If you think it's annoying to keep doing favors for the Tea Merchent, imagine how he feels about all of his friends dropping like flies. Maybe something to do with the entity that share his establishment. . . .

Deborha Lee
Deborha Lee

Aug-21-2005 17:32

Maybe we should warn people. The Tea Merchant and the Fortune Teller do NOT take good care of their friends. Being their friend is putting your life on the line! :P

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Aug-21-2005 19:28

Ramses. Like I said. It could be or it could not be. I don't know.

It means "I don't know", if favours are assigned with a specific towns person for a reason.

I am a moderator, not an admin. And I have no clue how the admin set it up.

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