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Fine, then full DIK or neutral isn’t the way because the DIKs aren’t a street gang or pack of wolves.That's not the point. We are not talking about the future, since nobody knows the plans of the dev, but about the chapters already released. The debate was about the more logical path of the MC to be as coherent as possible with the initial premise of the game and the things the MC has done so far in the plot and don´t depend of the choices of the player: becoming a full member of DIKs, leading them in the task of repairing the house, taking the initiative of talking with Cathy and trying to fix the problem with the leaked photo, etc.
All this “alpha” shit people are spewing isn’t how you run a business… and the frat is a business as Sage makes clear.
A logical leader of the DIKs plays the game. He knows the frat exists at the universities discretion. He knows he needs money from brothers (either directly via working or in their fees) and alumni. He knows the police can and will shut them down.
Look how Burke came down on Chad for one fist fight? The frats are a specific business operating in a system more stringent with its rules than regular society.
The “logical” leader of the frat would be all the things Sage talks about. An ass kisser for when alumni turn up. A rule follower. He would play the game, collect fees and avoid getting the place shut down.
DIKs aren’t some military squad from a video game. All this “alpha” stuff and “charisma” are insignificant and have little impact.
You can’t fight city hall. A well known idiom. Bureaucracy isn’t gonna give a shit how the MC handles himself in a fight or how many girls he can fuck in an evening. Nepotism isn’t gonna suddenly favour him because he smoked weed on a rooftop. Remaining financially solvent isn’t achieved by cheating on exams and fingering girls in swimming pools. These systems respond to the behaviour exhibited by a CHICK MC.
We all like to think an “alpha” makes a good leader… it doesn’t. Not in reality and not for someone as insignificant as a frat leader. Playing “the game” and doing what society wants is how you get places. A sad truth but the logic is we’re talking about the leader of a bunch of teenagers operating under the permission of a university. The defining trait they need is doing what that university wants. A DIK doesn’t do that.