Fair enough, different cultures have different methods of composition and self-expression, I get that. In Sage's place I would've just said "next semester" instead, since that - to my knowledge at least - always refers to those two roughly similar length periods that every school year consists of and can't be misinterpreted.
if there is not this info in the section with the profiles of the different characters it is probably because in reality there is no need.
And so, in response to previous reply to me, yes, I am suggesting that she might use calender and academic year interchangeably because, as Brit, that's how I talk
Tommy & Rusty are now 3rd year students not 4th. They started DIK with Nick & Vinny in year 1 (while Sage & Tybalt were already presidents in their 2nd year). Jacob, JB, Jamie, & Leon joined in Year 2. MC & Derek are the Year 3 guys.
Jacob and John Boy can't be in the same year with Jamie and Leon if the DIKs only take 2 freshmen into their ranks per year so since Jacob already specified that he lost the cum-petition last year, Jamie and Leon must be from a year before that, which makes Tommy, Rusty and Nick seniors. Also, Vinny was expelled so he's not there at all.
They take them by pairs, but not neccesarily only 2 per year. That's never stated
When did it say DIK only takes 2 per year? The initiation only mentioned that maggots can only join in pairs.
Tommy claims "we're not accepting more and we're not accepting less" at the start of the cum-petition but yes, it's a line that directly follows the "pairwise testing" one so technically it doesn't mean there can only be one pair a year, that's true.
This broadly makes sense. Possible exception for Jill. During the conversation with Josy she implies she has put off the class they are in for as long as possible. Doesn’t that suggest she’s in her 4th (or final) year as well?
DIKs have to pass hell week in pairs. In other words you could have six pairs so 12 guys attempting to pass hell week. But either both of a pair pass or neither do. So the minimum to qualify is two. Then it would be 4, 6, 8, 10, 12.
Jill's EXACT words in that very sentence was "No, I'm a third-year student. I've just been postponing this class for as long as possible."
Not necessarily, putting it off as long as possible just means there can be no more delay. That could simply be because it's a prerequisite for another class (if that's even a thing in the US or in Sweden too, I'm getting paranoid at this point) and not taking it now would mean she wouldn't be able to finish her studies in time. That said, I somehow doubt DPC went this much into detail when writing that scene.
Yeah, the upper limit isn't specifically stated either so maybe you're right about the possibility of having 3,4,5,6 pairs and maybe you aren't, it's not clarified. Thing is, we're gradually being told about the exact rules of the joining process, up until the start of episode 5 everyone was under the assumption that every task had to be completed in order for someone to pass. We probably still don't have the whole picture.
I guess he claims that because this year there are only 3 pledgers, who may become 2. As they need them to be paired, this year they wouldn't accept the 3 of them, but neither they can accept only 1. When pledgers are an even number, I guess the CUM-petition is not eliminatory
They are 4th years. They always get 2 maggots every year to become DIKs. The first year is an exception because they were starting, Tommy and Rusty needed to recruit at least 2 more.
It's not always 2 maggots every year. It's always in pairs but it was never ever stated in game that they only allow just 2.
So where did this notion that the DIKs have juniors and seniors in their frat come from exactly?
There is no inconsistency. DIK fraternity has been around for 2 years (Year 1 - Rusty, Tommy, Nick, & Vinny / Year 2 - Jamie, Leon, JB, & Jacob) with MC & Derek joining in the 3rd year of the fraternity's existence.So where did this notion that the DIKs have juniors and seniors in their frat come from exactly?
Is DPC being inconsistent or he just sucks at math? Or some people just pull these numbers out of their asses?
