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so on two separate occasions i somehow entered the house at the same exact time as another person, even though they would have been in different parts of the list, not to mention, the wives location should reset back to her starting location, i dont think she is like a dog where she just starts wherever she drops.  So i cant see how she somehow was saved 1 space up from where she would have been if it was a completed robbery as she would have moved like 12 tiles anyways.

On a Separate note, have you ever thrown around the idea of increasing the value of items(building supplies) based on the fact that the wife is dead?  or the family in general?  Maybe the local hardware store owner found out you failed to protect your wife, or rather didnt care to and stuck her at the door to get her killed intentionally.  So he sells you the building supplies at an inflated cost because he dislikes you, it kind of brings a greater reward to those who keep the wife and children alive, vs the people who would rather not.  This in turn would give incentive and increase the flow of money out of the game.

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im aware you arent the admin, nor the creator of the game, and therefore the second paragraph was not particularly labeled for you, but for Jason as a idea.

i have a hard time believing that it was just simply a mix up in the server, considering when i went to rob the house that second time, he had multiplied all his wives. 

Secondly, both wives picked up shotguns, how does a wife pick up more then one shotgun?  unless her going over the shotgun just simply gives her one, thus anytime she goes over it, it gives her one and then they could all technically pick up ghost shotguns.

A question though, could the ghost wives kill you if it was a server mess up?

Jason explained it was a way to give you the "oh shit"(not those specific words) feeling when you arrive to find someone snuffed you out of the robbery long before you ever arrived.  Also the money you had seen was on the wife and not in the vault, either way, valuable lesson learned on your part.  The house or rather the vault always has the possibility to have nothing in it whatsoever.  Thats the risk you take, as a good for nothing filthy robber.

it was originally 1 hour, however with the influx of people and the contest he changed it to 24hours.

There was never a chill for leaving a house after you entered only for dying in the house to stop griefers.

I think most people who want to kill the wife are looking for the money, quite simply put, i will club the mans wife as a way to show him, "he should have protected her".  Yes that sounds horrible, but maybe on his next playthrough he will keep her alive better.  As for me, i always protect the family and something as simple as a dog and a shotgun makes your wife quite safe.  They would need to purchase 2 guns to get to her, if using a single dog and her shotgun.  Thats a whopping $2400 and not even worth going after her for if she only has like 500 bucks on her.  If you have more then that, then im not sure why you wouldnt have more defending her, as the price will continue up for every dog you place, and guns arent cheap ya know.

Even if they used a drug meat to counter your dog, placing the dog directly in the path to your family alleviates them even reaching them, so a dog is a great wife survival tool.

how could they be impossible for a self test if they are on the list?  Quite clearly they themselves had to complete the test.

Must be why all the players with the most money switched to these magic dog houses.(exception of Mahan and Burgess, both of which have combo locks).  Thats one way to make a point.

why we are talking about Mr. Morel's house, why do his dogs not move past the pit, even though they are completely free to move?  They refuse to move past the sight of a crippled cat in a pit.  I dont understand the logic behind that, however, if you move close to the dog, within one square to kill it, it will attack you and of course kill you.

well im glad you came in to atleast justify your means for why you believe it is fine, and i accept that.  You dont normally get the level of socialization from a developer that you provide.

I know these arent related as much to the topic, but they are somewhat related.

Could the possibility exist to shoot animals with the gun, through windows?

I only make the suggestion as i have noticed an increase in the magic dance houses, which i do not want to commit to try and break, because i dont have the money, lol.  A lot of houses have now come along with a window, and a dog of which you can clearly see.  The dog then follows you beyond your visibility pushing a random series of buttons of which you dont know what they do, then at the end is either a series of doors, leading to the dog insta-attacking you, or a row of grates to kill you as the dog follows pushing buttons.

The other suggestion would be, allowing the dog to break chase after he has lost sight of you for several moves, like say 2 or 3 moves.

i dont know much about what you could do, or code, but maybe a solution of only sending so much of the map to the client at a time.  like the first sight picture, and you only update the rest of the sight picture when you move in sight to get more.  So in turn, a player wouldnt have access to the whole map, but only parts of the map as he began to explore about. 

Or maybe only what is in sight is sent to the client, and whenever things come into sight the server sends them to the client as well.  The map stays with the server, until its needed.