Also, a choice that might affect this update was the choice of kissing Ellie was Dylan when pretending to be her bf.
I agree with you and that's why, when I tried to find out from L&P the prerequisites needed to play the next update fully, I referred both to Dylan's behavior toward Ellie in today's diner event and to the French kissing lesson that in v.0185 Dylan just got from Sophia.
Dan5k74
What choices, previously made by the player regarding Dylan, will affect/limit the chance to fully play the next update? (maybe something to do with what possibly happened with Ellie during today's lunch at the diner? or with the French kissing lessons, possibly just had by Sophia, in the patron bath hot tub?)
L&P
For the next update you just had to follow Dylan/Ellie storyline. So, helping her with the laptop, Ellie has to not forgive Logan, Dylan plays basketball with Christine and takes the blame for the cigarettes.
And promise to get booze for the party. But this all is also written in the walkthrough.
The former would consider whether or not Dylan attempted to kiss Ellie (
day20_Dylan_kissed_Ellie_in_diner or
day20_Dylan_put_his_arm_around_Ellie_in_diner), while the latter would consider whether or not Dylan finally learned how to kiss a girl (
day20_Sophia_teaches_Dylan_how_to_kiss or
day20_Sophia_french_kisses_Dylan). The latter, in my opinion, then might also be the most plausible reason to explain why at the beginning of v.0.190 the player (according to previous game choices) is given the choice: "Go to Christine's sleepover party," "Go to the basketball game," or "Date Sophia" (perhaps Dylan at Christine's party will be asked to practice what Sophia just taught him in v.0.185? Perhaps without this crucial lesson the player will not be able to continue further in v.0.195?).
As you can see yourself L&P in his reply made no mention of either the former or the latter eventuality.
Now, in my opinion, the options on how to interpret this answer are essentially:
1) L&P told me the truth and these events will have no influence on the update we are about to play (I would have been wrong to question his words).
2) L&P simply forgot to tell me that these events will also play an important role in the continuation of the game's path (it wouldn't surprise me too much, lately he seems to be much more focused on the visual aspects of his game rather than the narrative or purely technical ones)
3) L&P made fun of me with one of his sibylline answers, and probably in that final reference to what is written in the walktrough is the solution to all our questions. Then again, come to think of it, why should L&P reveal to me "exactly" what variables are involved in the next update? If he did, it would be a bit like revealing the contents in advance, and this L&P is always very careful not to do (knowing that there is something to do with kissing in the previous updates - whether with Ellie or Sophia - we would all have figured out in advance that in the next update Dylan might kiss some of the girls present at the party - even Ellie herself).
4) L&P simply misunderstood my question.
I would tend to rule out the latter option (I tried to be as explicit as possible about what I was interested in knowing, and I seem to have succeeded), while, as for the first three, I think they're all more or less equally likely.
