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Sep-11-2005 06:50

For the cheerfully pessimistic detective!

1. Your client did it.

2. Buying Advanced Thread Analysis means that all threads immediately disappear from the crime scene.

3. The question you need answered most is the one the witness clams up on.

I'm sure more experienced players can add to the list. Care to have a go?

Mar-7-2007 11:41

RAAARGH! Does getting 3 different handwritings on the CS count as a 'bad Murphy day'?

Mar-7-2007 11:42

Not really, Vegos... it just kind of sucks.

Mar-7-2007 23:50

You click on Accuse Suspect instead of Ask for Alibi, and then Yes [accuse suspect] instead of No, and you get a false accusation and have to pay Shady. (It was late...)

[Quote from Secret Squirrel in this same thread]

Been there done that. Sleeping while you're playing Sleuth is a deadly mistake. :) - and it was my 2nd FA after carrying around one FA for months - and after I paid Shady, I got another FA within just a few days in the exact same way!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. :s

Mar-8-2007 00:31

I think that's another Murphy's law right there...FA's like to hang out in groups of two. Every single time I've gotten one, I've gotten another pretty soon after.

Stupid peer pressure!

Mar-8-2007 00:56

Oh, and let me add that each time it was on an EASY case! :s

Mar-8-2007 12:29

Whenever you're hoping to get a specific PE contact, you need to play for at least a week just to get a favor for that contact - and even if you are then able to solve the case, they won't become your contact.

Mar-8-2007 15:57

50% of the time you can pick a suspect's lock, it's your client, and of those times, 99 % of the time you're going to get their suspect list - which you already know - rather than their alibi. :s

Mar-8-2007 20:51

You are having a hard time solving cases in shanghai during a villain hunt. 6 of the 8 cases you manage to solve have the same clue. The other 2 clues are also the same.

Mar-9-2007 03:08

The person you're doing a favor for clams up. That's just STUPID, I mean, they hired you, why should they not answer your questions?

Jul-16-2007 07:10

GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
I just got three cases in a row where the perp was the client and on top of that suspects and townies were clamping up left and right. I barley solved each case and I was only playing very hard. One case had three threads. I wonder if I am really that bad at playing this game or if Murphy just took a big crud on me today. Sigh, done venting, just sad that I didn't get payed for three cases.