osculim

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Ever win without ever removing a layer of clothing? :D
If you get lucky and ball is on your side the first shot. If the opponent miss the first time and you can tease em down and its over for them then you can have multiple flawless runs but yeah this is where the random factor comes in. But yeah easily finished of people without loosing clothes quite a few times.
 

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If you have the option of staying at the Panty Party instead of going to Bella's you can get the 2nd meeting with her. I know it can happen on Sage's path, and I think Bella's was the other one where you go the choice to stay..
You have the choice to stay with all girls, it's only when you tell Maya/Josy you love them that you automatically go to Bella's.
 

ename144

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Sorry for the delay, there was a lot to cover. But let's get to it and talk about Episode 11. I can't call it a shitshow because the material is by no means shit, but man this was a mess of discordant ideas. It starts with Riona being literally tortured (off screen, thankfully), then spends the bulk of its runtime with the MC gunning for the stupidest college antics he can manage - except when he pontificates on his role in destroying Sage's family (if applicable). Then we get a cliffhanger that interrupts a medical crisis to tease us with the reveal of Bella's Secret Room(tm) one last time.

Seriously, what are we supposed to make of that progression? I don't think this game has any idea what it's supposed to *BE*. It wants to have its cake and eat it too, but it lacks the discipline to pull that off. The game is replete with sexy porn skits, but they are constantly being upstaged the Oscar-bait drama. Meanwhile the dramatic weight is all sizzle no steak because the game is 90% sexy filler by volume. The game talks about big things, but nothing actually happens until the cliffhanger, and experience has shown us the revelations will be underplayed in the subsequent episode. There are a few paths that hang together better, which helps a bit, yet even in these paths the MC mostly killing time. Things happen to him far more than he causes them to happen - and that's despite the MC making concerted effort to take action this time around!

I think this game has a fundamentally flawed idea of what it means to branch in a game. The update, as has become typical for BaDIK, is *colossal* - but so many of the branches are cosmetic rather than being a consistent tool for role-playing or content filtering. The choices we make are constantly being reflected back at us, but the scope of those reflections is bizarrely myopic. The big party in this update, for example, is specifically designed by the MC to be what Tommy would want as a sort of pick me up; the fact that the MC can specifically state disapproval of Tommy's lifestyle somehow does not interfere with his ability to get the update's groove on. Later on, the MC can potentially ditch said party to hang out with the main LIs (indeed, he'll do so automatically in some cases), but only after he gets a sexy pic from them. They react as if that's a sweet thing for him to do, even though needing to host the party was his reason for not being there in the first place. And all of this regardless of the MC's affinity, mind you! It feels like the game muddled its metaphor halfway through.

It doesn't seem to have occurred to Dr. Pink Cake that giving us the option to join either party from the start might have been both simpler and more meaningful branching than the labyrinthine system he constructed to blend the two together behind the scenes. As a result, the game feels EXTREMELY uneven: when DPC's view of the MC and his motivations line up with your own, the game can be tremendously satisfying; when those views diverge, it can be confusing and infuriating.

All of this is my appropriately longwinded way of saying that while I don't think Episode 11 is a bad update, I didn’t enjoy it much and I have every reason to believe that trend will continue. The good parts - for me, anyway - are outweighed out by the sheer mass of glitzy filler that just does not satisfy. If your vision aligns more with DPC's than mine, odds are you'll enjoy this update more than I did, though I dare say you'll still be left with some headscratching moments.

But let's get down to brass tacks, which means we should move the rest of this discussion to spoilers.
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There's no question that my distaste for the content on the Maya/Josy branch colors my view of the episode, but I still think there are a lot of problems with the basic layout of the story and the time spent on different branches. The game is trying to do much at once, and some of the threads don't mix well with others. On top of that, a lot of the plot points and LI development feel stagnant despite the mountain of glitz surrounding them. Episode 10 managed to restore a little of my enthusiasm for the game, this one knocked it right back down. I think we're going to have to wait for Season 4 for any real development. :(

tl;dr A tonally incoherent episode that is either taking itself way too seriously or not nearly seriously enough. We do finally get some answers and there are fun scenes, but it feels like everything important has been left for the next episode to develop - with no guarantee it will.
 

grey_shadow

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Why does Jill act so weird/betrayed in Bella path? Isn't it possible to have had pretty much no interaction with her and the only date is just playing tennis and leaving?
It's not just you - if Bella likes/approves of you, she talks you up to Jill as a potential boyfriend. Also, there are hints that there's some history between Jill and Bella, so Jill might be reacting to Bella sleeping with you rather than you sleeping with Bella...
Magnar is a new one on me, but Sally I've heard before. I'm even more suspicious about her given Magnar stops paying us once he kicks her to kerb.
I've been pointing a suspicious finger at Magnar for a while. Not saying I'm definitely right, but he's still my primary suspect.
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I'm trying to figure out this fucking puzzle but DPC obviusly doesn't comment his own code because why would he ofc..... Fuck my life man
Not sure how much commentary that code needs. Good code is meant to be self-documenting through good variable and function names anyway.
The top bit is turning a dial on face I, and if it's one of two dials also turning a second dial.
The unlocked check (what's shown on screen) goes through three faces and if that face isn't unlocked, checks to see whether the dials are now right for the button on face I to unlock that face.
Presumably there's an onclick event handler for the button on face I that checks whether pb_button_unlockable contains "button 1", "button2" or "button3" and if so opens the corresponding face. I'm also assuming there's checks for the remaining two faces in the following lines of code.
how do you open up the second stage of the box its so complicated
The key to opening any face is to set the dials on face I to the right combination then press the button in the middle.
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Good take man and i had a similar feeling,at least in some branches, as for others with all cinderella and new girls popping around i think some old side girls will be gone for good ( pretty sure that will be the case for Rio ) in favor of new ones but i would recomend everyone to just treat the S3 as it is, an unfinished product, i know it's hard because of time between releases, but hey it is what it is
i dont think rio is being scrapped because we get a scene in epilogue of the chapter where we see her looking at MC's message (if you happen to send one after talking to camille in hots house). that is a tease for her coming back or at least staying in contact with MC on some routes

Well relationship with MGs was good in Ep 11 but Riona went missing, so MGs-1, Riona-0
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Its fascinating to me, its like we play a different game entirely.

The episode that moved almost all relationships to the next level, had Zoey finally make her move, had multiple reveals to game long mysteries including ending the almost universally despised loan situation, the DIKs imploding, Tommy and Heather breaking up, the Masked girl from the Halloween party reveal, Sally, new hoes, Bianca route seeds, Quinn hitting rock bottom and probably going to the point of no return, ending with Bella's locked door finally getting opened...its somewhat called an episode where nothing happened and the plot is moving at snails pace. :WaitWhat:

I swear, people complain to complain at this point.
obviously i am not saying it is ALL bad. there are some good moments but overall when you look where the last chapter ended and where this chapter ended its more or less same place with extra scenes.
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Sorry for the delay, there was a lot to cover. But let's get to it and talk about Episode 11. I can't call it a shitshow because the material is by no means shit, but man this was a mess of discordant ideas. It starts with Riona being literally tortured (off screen, thankfully), then spends the bulk of its runtime with the MC gunning for the stupidest college antics he can manage - except when he pontificates on his role in destroying Sage's family (if applicable). Then we get a cliffhanger that interrupts a medical crisis to tease us with the reveal of Bella's Secret Room(tm) one last time.

Seriously, what are we supposed to make of that progression? I don't think this game has any idea what it's supposed to *BE*. It wants to have its cake and eat it too, but it lacks the discipline to pull that off. The game is replete with sexy porn skits, but they are constantly being upstaged the Oscar-bait drama. Meanwhile the dramatic weight is all sizzle no steak because the game is 90% sexy filler by volume. The game talks about big things, but nothing actually happens until the cliffhanger, and experience has shown us the revelations will be underplayed in the subsequent episode. There are a few paths that hang together better, which helps a bit, yet even in these paths the MC mostly killing time. Things happen to him far more than he causes them to happen - and that's despite the MC making concerted effort to take action this time around!

I think this game has a fundamentally flawed idea of what it means to branch in a game. The update, as has become typical for BaDIK, is *colossal* - but so many of the branches are cosmetic rather than being a consistent tool for role-playing or content filtering. The choices we make are constantly being reflected back at us, but the scope of those reflections is bizarrely myopic. The big party in this update, for example, is specifically designed by the MC to be what Tommy would want as a sort of pick me up; the fact that the MC can specifically state disapproval of Tommy's lifestyle somehow does not interfere with his ability to get the update's groove on. Later on, the MC can potentially ditch said party to hang out with the main LIs (indeed, he'll do so automatically in some cases), but only after he gets a sexy pic from them. They react as if that's a sweet thing for him to do, even though needing to host the party was his reason for not being there in the first place. And all of this regardless of the MC's affinity, mind you! It feels like the game muddled its metaphor halfway through.

It doesn't seem to have occurred to Dr. Pink Cake that giving us the option to join either party from the start might have been both simpler and more meaningful branching than the labyrinthine system he constructed to blend the two together behind the scenes. As a result, the game feels EXTREMELY uneven: when DPC's view of the MC and his motivations line up with your own, the game can be tremendously satisfying; when those views diverge, it can be confusing and infuriating.

All of this is my appropriately longwinded way of saying that while I don't think Episode 11 is a bad update, I didn’t enjoy it much and I have every reason to believe that trend will continue. The good parts - for me, anyway - are outweighed out by the sheer mass of glitzy filler that just does not satisfy. If your vision aligns more with DPC's than mine, odds are you'll enjoy this update more than I did, though I dare say you'll still be left with some headscratching moments.

But let's get down to brass tacks, which means we should move the rest of this discussion to spoilers.
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There's no question that my distaste for the content on the Maya/Josy branch colors my view of the episode, but I still think there are a lot of problems with the basic layout of the story and the time spent on different branches. The game is trying to do much at once, and some of the threads don't mix well with others. On top of that, a lot of the plot points and LI development feel stagnant despite the mountain of glitz surrounding them. Episode 10 managed to restore a little of my enthusiasm for the game, this one knocked it right back down. I think we're going to have to wait for Season 4 for any real development. :(

tl;dr A tonally incoherent episode that is either taking itself way too seriously or not nearly seriously enough. We do finally get some answers and there are fun scenes, but it feels like everything important has been left for the next episode to develop - with no guarantee it will.
Honestly, I strongly disagree with what you've said here...that being said there are parts that I agree with your critique.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I personally absolutely loved this episode, it's a better version of Episode 7 for me tbh. Longer and more exciting too.
 
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Riona was kidnapped in the end of last episode > nothing happened with her whole chapter after PROLOGUE reveal scene of her being beaten up.
Well that's not exactly true, is it? After she gets beaten up and returns home she finally kicks Quinn to the kerb. - The whole Riona thing and fallout have motivated Quinn somewhat so shes up to something as per the ending - while its true that Riona is just an unseen background NPC in this update. the story definitely moved on because of her.
 
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