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Bravo!

Hanging on the doormat means user disconnect - no robber movement file was sent.  No idea about Ramsay the 2nd guy.  Congratulations on your windfall, quite a rush to have the stakes increase out of nowhere like that!

Gah, It's true, I barged on in and complimented the wrong person for the wrong thing, which is super awkward.     

I mistook the esteemed JoyofTrapping for that other fellow who is more prolific and names each pitbull. 

I went back and watched all of JoyofTrapping's videos again.  I had studied "Tunnelhell part 1" previously when trying to learn more about electrics, but didn't note the author. 

I especially enjoyed this music video.

Episode 17, 13:00

Mister JOT, I am a huge fan of your YT videos and would recommend them for anyone interested in learning the game.

I was shouting at the monitor when you left a wooden wall wired "that one time".

Murderers tend towards bringing clubs, guns, and dog meat, in lieu of saws.  If the wife has a shotgun, that leaves $800 to reach her.   If it takes at least two guns to get to the family, they're safe from most kamikaze attacks.

Edit: spelling

To help clarify wife money handling rules, I lifted this (whee!) from a General thread on the subject and I think this is how it goes currently:

Perhaps bounty increases-per-murder should be reduced OR or start small, and increase arithmetically to limit the max bounty generated by a $2k kamikaze.

Edited to add:

These are the people in your neighborhood
in your neighborhood
in your neigh-bor-hoo-ood
These are the people in your neighborhood
When you're walkin' down the street
they're the people that you meet
they're the people that you meet each day.

Robbers who bring 2k in tools will either bring an even number of bricks, or no bricks, because it's the only tool ending in 50. 

Keep this in mind when you add windows to your house.

Yep, I've definitely died in there before! 

I don't understand the purpose of the "steel kennel" in the lower right hand area.  I guess it's a red-herring vault location where robbers go, thinking they'll find the vault, but get trapped instead?   If so, I might add more entrances, or move the entrance to make it more accessible.  (maybe it's something else that I don't understand).

With more money I would next "build back" the family area so that they hang out in the lower right corner instead of the lower left, and add some extra obstacles before they're reached, in order to make the most of those tiles and basically increase the cost of reaching the family.

I would also sprinkle some dogs around the wiring area, and thicken it with cheap wood walls so there's less room to move around.

How did most robbers die in your house?
Did you have a lot of people sawing or tunneling through the walls?
Any successes or near successes to speak of?

Congrats on your successful run, sorry you died, and thanks for sharing your house map - very educational.

Whatever you do, don't brizzle into my hizzle and stizzle my shizzle from my vizzle, yo.

Shinnbob, my experience is that sales certainly bring in new players.  Some will be "impulse buyers" that don't really give it a shot, but I'm sure there would be others who would find this game very appealing, but didn't hear it was released and need a "reminder", as well as a little financial nudge.

The underlying reason Jason decided not to have sales on TCD, as explained in his blog post, strikes me as extremely noble and well-intentioned .  However, I think Ngu's reasoning is also sound, because I can't see when the next injection of "new blood" will ever arrive.

When I die in TCD, it's very upsetting and I give myself some time off.  I think this is a common reaction, and if it is, that's another bad sign for the long term health of the playerbase.  Losing everything and taking a break is the perfect opportunity to try a different game.

This is an extremely high quality game and it deserves to be successful.  If there was a sale, I wouldn't feel cheated, because I was brought up in a culture of sales. I would be delighted to have some new dimwits to to darken my door.

I have to respect Jason's willingness to experiment and try stuff, especially when he's willing to put his own income on the line.  I guess we'll see what happens.