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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5724186" data-attributes="member: 177">He, personally, accounted for about 7 cases per year in his initial 1970s run.&nbsp; That is, as I understand it, quite a lot of murders for one man to handle, even in LA.&nbsp; But, if you don't like Columbo as an example, take any of the modern procedurals (there are a bunch of them), and they're running close to a case every other week, if averaged over the year.&nbsp; Unsolved and closed are not mutually exclusive, as I understand it.&nbsp; Closed is, &quot;Nobody is going to look at this again.&quot;&nbsp; As opposed to a cold case, which is still open and up for further investigation, but with no further known leads, so that you have to wait for something to fall into your lap.My understanding, of course, may be somewhat short of the facts.Not everything is exactly the same, sure.&nbsp; But the show and my game are similar beasts - both heroic fictions.&nbsp; To first approximation, I'd expect them to have similar metrics.&nbsp; To each his own, of course.&nbsp; I just figure that if I'm gonna buy into supernatural critters, this isn't a major thing to break suspension of disbelief.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 5724186, member: 177"] He, personally, accounted for about 7 cases per year in his initial 1970s run. That is, as I understand it, quite a lot of murders for one man to handle, even in LA. But, if you don't like Columbo as an example, take any of the modern procedurals (there are a bunch of them), and they're running close to a case every other week, if averaged over the year. Unsolved and closed are not mutually exclusive, as I understand it. Closed is, "Nobody is going to look at this again." As opposed to a cold case, which is still open and up for further investigation, but with no further known leads, so that you have to wait for something to fall into your lap. My understanding, of course, may be somewhat short of the facts. Not everything is exactly the same, sure. But the show and my game are similar beasts - both heroic fictions. To first approximation, I'd expect them to have similar metrics. To each his own, of course. I just figure that if I'm gonna buy into supernatural critters, this isn't a major thing to break suspension of disbelief. [/QUOTE]

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