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bigboss199

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A very odd predicament
« on: June 20, 2010, 09:48:22 am »
Hi,
I am new here (and to Liberal Crime Squad) and I was wondering whether it is normal for a person to have a negative prison sentence remaining.
"[Name of Person] 25 FaceGone Prison -2 Months" is what shows up on the Liberals and the Justice System menu.  Is there something going on here that I don't know about, or is it a bug?
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MetalSlimeHunt

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Re: A very odd predicament
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2010, 10:12:55 am »
No, your liberals are willingly remaining incarcerated because they hate you.

I kid, I kid, that is most certainly a bug. I suggest a jailbreak.
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Re: A very odd predicament
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2010, 02:51:11 pm »
It means he has 2 life sentences.
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bigboss199

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Re: A very odd predicament
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2010, 05:03:31 pm »
Thanks for answering.  I noticed that after posting.  Any reason why the game does this?
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Re: A very odd predicament
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2010, 02:15:18 am »
Quote from: bigboss199 on June 20, 2010, 05:03:31 pm
Thanks for answering.  I noticed that after posting.  Any reason why the game does this?
It's a cheap way of getting the desired effect. Because there is no hard cap on aging (just random chance to lose health every day after age 70 - I think), they would have to implement a specific case somehow. Either a boolean flag or a special value are the best options, and by using a range of special values (< 0) they can now indicate how many consecutive life sentences they are supposed to be serving with little effort - just a check that the months remaining variable is positive before decrementing.
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Jonathan S. Fox

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Re: A very odd predicament
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2010, 12:42:30 am »
Everyone in this thread is correct. It is a bug, and the bug is that it's displaying negative months instead of being smart enough to say "Two consecutive life sentences".
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Little

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Re: A very odd predicament
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2010, 12:43:07 am »
Wasn't this fixed?
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Re: A very odd predicament
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2010, 12:24:53 pm »
Dunno. Was it?
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Little

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Re: A very odd predicament
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2010, 12:57:30 pm »
Not sure, I don't have LCS on this computer >_>
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Quote from: Aqizzar on June 18, 2009, 08:25:09 pm
Blizzard is managed by dark sorcerers, and probably have enough money to bail-out the federal government.