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Pitch
Pitch

Sep-10-2005 18:07

I was just wondering.... how long can it take to get a contact???? Signed Favorly Frustrated. :)

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Aldengris
Aldengris

Sep-10-2005 19:11

I got my first one within a few days of playing.

Steve Long
Steve Long

Sep-10-2005 19:23

it's really random, some people get them right away and some play for days and days before they get them. I was so frustrated that I couldn't get my NY PE contact after days and day, finally I got the banker which was the one that no one in my agency had, so it really paid off. I don't know which detective is logged in, but this experience was for Gena. :)

Dr. Falco Maltese
Dr. Falco Maltese
Well-Connected

Sep-10-2005 20:18

Hee! Steve (and Gena), don't you wish it said which detective you were at the top of ALL the screens, to help us out when we don't know who we are?

It is random, but if you are really unlucky and don't get a contact by 150,000 points, the chances increase mightily.

Back in the day of the Mop Men contest, my character who entered in that certainly got her first contact within the week the contest was running. (For those who weren't around at the time, it was a contest to see who could get the most points for a character without joining an agency.)

Pitch, are you quitting favors to try and get a specific contact? Because I do think that slows the process down mightily. Otherwise, I would think it would happen for you soon. Don't despair!

Dr. Falco Maltese
Dr. Falco Maltese
Well-Connected

Sep-10-2005 20:20

Pitch, I just noticed you have the Concierge. So unless you got that contact just since you posted here, what you are really saying is that you wonder how long it will take to get a physical evidence (PE) contact, right? I would think you would still be likely to get your second London contact by about 150,000 - although I am not totally sure it works for second contacts.

Lady Emerald Devon
Lady Emerald Devon
Nomad

Sep-11-2005 01:22

2480 Exp, 10 days old and I have two... One PE in NY and one PE in Delhi.. maybe it's because I've been NY-Lunners-Delhi-Lunnders?

cfm
cfm
Nomad

Sep-11-2005 01:32

The game just decides to be evil to some people sometimes, especially with that second contact....

Moonshh
Moonshh
Well-Connected

Sep-11-2005 02:04

Yeah, and it's especially hard on folks who get their WE as the first contact.

Lady, you've been lucky to get two PE contacts as your first two, but I would also say that you got two so quickly because they are two in different cities. I think if Pitch were playing outside London, which I am guessing he's not, he'd also have a second contact right now. The information I gave above referred to getting a second contact in the same city as the first.

Moonshh
Moonshh
Well-Connected

Sep-11-2005 02:05

*reddens*

Um, the advice I gave as Falco, I mean...

Steve Long
Steve Long

Sep-11-2005 04:16

And again, vote for having name of playing agent at the top of every screen. LOL Put an end to this little multiple personality disorder that a few of us seem to be experiencing.

Thaddeus Mint
Thaddeus Mint

Sep-11-2005 05:02

Yes, whichever detective I'm signed on as also votes for having our names at the top :D


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