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[Another SMH Player]

[META] Deep Focus Incompetence

[It was fun but I am done]

 Fun but I am Done!

[Another SMH Player]

IDs on FP Grid

[ReaderGirl16]

Actually, I'm pretty sure the audio does refer to one of the addresses we've seen elsewhere. I clipped it and sped it up a little, because of all the mentions of how the tape was "damaged" and how the clue was "in the audio." At just a marginally faster speed, it's pretty clear what the kidnapper's saying. So I'm not sure lawyers will be needed for that either. On the other hand, this was a remarkable amount of work required for what was otherwise a *REALLY* easy set of puzzles, so I don't know, maybe I'm overthinking it.

[Grant]

Bogus!

[Privateye44]

 Disappointing and confusing

[Just_Woke_Up]

Who is Robert Johnson ? LOL

[No-man]

SMH has been a sorry excuse for a game. I was reallly hoping to have some fun with this. Being a huge Sherlock Holmes and CourtTV fan, I thought this would be great, but no. Every single answer was hand delivered on a silver platter. Well execpt maybe the street where Andrew is. I thought the kidnapper said "Piri Street" (peer-E). Either way, after looking at every site we have come across (and/or given) there is no street remotely close to that. Logic says that the way everything has gone so far, it must be Cherry, it's the closest available and it actually has an address listed with a number.

The shoddiness of the game is sickeningly obvious when my 7 year old nephew was solving the clues. (He just turned 7 on 6/7). I didn't even have to prompt him to look at the periodic table for the one clue as one character mentioned to do so. He got my placemat (which has the periodic table on it) and typed the answers into the puzzle.

I'm guessing the game was made easy at Applebee's request. The Official Rules state:

"Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to
substitute a prize (or portion thereof) with one of
comparable or greater value."

Think about it... So many people 'win' that it isn't logical to print and mail 6,250 checks worth 25¢. So a substitution is made and we all get a $5 coupon to Applebee's. What this does, is that many people will lose or just not use them, meaning they don't have to honor them, and they are basically only out the few cents it costs to print all of them. But they WANT you to use them. Why? Because no one goes to a restaurant and only orders $5 worth of food, and usually don't go alone. This means that Applebee's makes a huge profit. I get a $10 meal, which costs me $5 with my coupon. My friend gets a $10 meal, and pays the whole amount. Add in drinks and appetizers, then multiply that by 6,250, and they make a bundle of money.

SIGH.

[Another SMH Player]

2-Shot Deal

[konamouse]

Re: Bogus!

[KermieD]

A) The 2 attempt deal was up front at the beginning.
B) I disagree that it was a good effort for website content. There were a bunch of website errors throughout.
C) I agree that it's not the fault of Applebee's, Suzuki (weren't they supposed to come into this as a sponsor other than that one picture?) or Court TV. Deep Focus, on the other hand, should stay away from this avenue of "viral marketing"
CD I agree that dining and dashing is illegal, but the original comments were probably facetious to start with and didn't deserve an "official" reply. Even if some of the players are children or prone to such acts of retribution, nobody here is going to change the behavior pattern if it was serious and disputing it only gives it credence and doesn't serve any purpose. I'd have thought the staff would have learned that from the Deep Focus meta thread and the browser issue thread.

[konamouse]

So I have to post a disclaimer every time I make a comment?

When I post a comment, that is my personal opinion. Unless I specifically state "Per unFiction policy/guidelines/etc".

And we've seen a few people make posts that have been a little bit off (aka, the person who kept wanting to call the folks on the googlecache who work for Deep Focus).

[KermieD]

I was disagreeing, nothing more. It's just that there can be quite the patronizing attitude mixed in with a lot of the moderation around here. I understand part of it in this particular game, as there was huge influx of inanity due to the commercial nature of the game. That being said, it's not new to this game and, whether you like it or not, if you're moderating a forum, *all* of your posts are going to be percieved as that moderation to the general public.

So, "disclaimer"? No. A little less patronization would be nice, though.

The guy posting about the google cache was yanking your chain and you followed him right along. A ton of people saw the post and called the numbers, but come on...it became pretty clear that JonB was messing around trying to get attention by his 3rd post on the topic. The problem was that tons of people were following his lead. Quite frankly, that discussion thread should have been removed immediately intead of the staff arguing with him and giving him exactly what he wanted.

[Phaedra]

We don't delete threads unless they're duplicates or spam.

[konamouse]