# Papers, Please **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 16, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papers-please/671437 "2013-10-16T21:39:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papers-please/671437/9 "2013-10-17T17:19:00Z")
I picked this up earlier this week and have been…engaged. I don’t enjoy it, per se, but it is engaging. It sucks up way more time than I would expect, as I’m compelled to follow the narrative and try to “win” but I don’t find the actual gameplay enjoyable so much as stressful. Apparently there’s twenty “endings.” I’ve only gotten the one previously mentioned (fail state) where: my entire family died and I was fired for not having a family, as Arztotska boarder officials need to have families for PR reasons. This time, I’m trying to be as good as possible. Playing mostly by the book, but trying to help people who make a convincing case. Not accepting bribes, keeping my family fed and heated. I’m in early December now, but I’m sure that it’s going to get much, much harder to look out for the family while still being a “good” person. > [@Kobal2](#): > > Things change later once you start getting kickbacks for arrests. > At that point, you should absolutely document some of the rejections when you see an opportunity to try and get somebody shot - but not all : for example, people who mention the wrong duration for a visit compared to what’s on their visa paper will 99% of the time correct themselves if you investigate, and that just wastes time. Out, NEXT ! Same about people with the wrong name on their passports/documents : 99% of the time they’ll say “oh yeah, btw, I have two names”, at which point you have to fingerprint them, maybe get an arrest but most often they really do have two names and you’ve just wasted a bunch of time. Better to just kick them out quick, NEXT ! I thought you only got the option to detain if they did something overtly wrong, like had contraband or something. I didn’t think the detain option came up for simple document or story inconsistencies. Also, when you say “kick them out” are you referring to detaining them or just giving the red stamp? If you deny someone who is cleared for entry, you get a citation. On that topic, how does payment work? Do you get paid by total number of applicants processed or number of green stamps? Do you get paid for interrogating someone and citing a rule? Do you get cited for detaining someone who is cleared for entry (if that’s even possible)? Do you get paid for someone you incorrectly green stamp? That would make green stamping a few “wrong” people a viable strategy as long as you didn’t do so many that you got fined. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papers-please/671437)._