VN Ren'Py Being a DIK [v0.11.1] [DrPinkCake]

[Roger-a-Dale]

And it could just be the “fireworks” (both metaphorically and the NYE show) that go off. Making it a sensational title, at best.
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I hope so. It would be so disappointing if he just reused that idea.

But I can't think of anything else that could go wrong with Magnar's plans that would meet the bar Riona set. So until I think of something better I'll stick with Stephen having a dangerous boss or client that Magnar ends up pissing off.

 

[dalli_x]

just a though what if Cindy is part of plan b

The thing with Cindy is interesting because she actively sees Sally trying to take credit for the main character's work. Sally's relationship with Magnar isn't good anymore.

Based on the conversation between Magnar and Ron, I doubt it. After all, Magnar himself claimed that once they got rid of the other fraternities, they would have the entire campus to themselves.

Hey Magnar, he's the game master. Exaggeration is part of the game.

 

[klas182]

The thing with Cindy is interesting because she actively sees Sally trying to take credit for the main character's work. Sally's relationship with Magnar isn't good anymore.

Hey Magnar, he's the game master. Exaggeration is part of the game.

Maybe, but the ultimate goal of that game is still to neutralize the competition so he can have the entire school all to himself and his fraternity. Even exaggeration alone won't change that.

 

[Darkwen]

The thing with Cindy is interesting because she actively sees Sally trying to take credit for the main character's work. Sally's relationship with Magnar isn't good anymore.

Hey Magnar, he's the game master. Exaggeration is part of the game.

would make things interesting and gives her a role beyond being a pretty face

 

[Blue Milk]

This seems pretty far-fetched; so far, his goal has been to sow discord among the frats, not get them arrested. If that was his goal and he already had all this evidence, why bother with the blackmail? And, additionally, what about the preps? He says he wants to take them down too, but they don't partake in the drugs and don't seem to be aware of the prostitution. No, I suspect Magnar's scheme is going to be largely separate from both of these things.

It seems to me his main goal is to take down the DIKs. The pics in the first instance at the end of Ep 2 were meant to make them think it was the DIKs who sent them because, aside from Chad's, it shows various DIKs having sex with Arieth. Chad's pics are cleary those of him and Troy based on his reaction but we still have no idea if there were ever anything written in the envelopes because all we know is there was pictures. So by making it seem like the DIKs did this, Magnar's trying to provoke the Jocks into all-out war with them. Chad'e pictures were probably meant to oust him by exposing him because Dawe was probably much more likely to wage war against the DIKs than Chad since Dawe is even more of a hot-head.

Then we have the Cathy pic which was probably also done by Magnar, or at least by Ron, and was something else meant to get the DIKs in serious trouble with the college and the 2nd batch of pics to the Jocks plus what he sent to Tybalt are to try and reignite exposing things the DIKs have been doing in order to get them disbanded.

So thus far, all Magnar's actions seem to be against the DIKs and he pretty much confirms they are his target and the rest are collateral, "The DIKs won't see the dawn of spring. And like a house of cards, they all shall fall."

Ep 11 was named Paradigm Shift for a reason.

Right, because we had some paradigm shifts, like Quinn's status in the story changing by the end, Rio being totally done with Quinn, the DIKs being in disarray and Nick quitting them, Magnar being revealed as this scheming little weasel. So the title lived up to it with these and other things happening.

So unless Magnar's schemes lead to something of at least that level his story is just going to be pointless. And since he is not capable of that himself, someone who is must be involved.

They don't have to, really. Magnar feels like the appetizer bad guy before the main meal of Vinny, Buddy, and Burke. His scheme is so petty and pathetic that if it just ends up with something like Sally ratting him out to the MC because she doesn't side with him then that's fine if it does because that's all it really deserves.

I honestly don't see Magnar being a serious threat that deserves some high drama plotline with deeper threads. The man's just hacking into stuff and digging up dirt on the DIKs to take them down for some as-yet unknown beef.

Well I suppose another option would be simple chance. There's what Magnar is planning to do and then there is what it actually leads to. Basically his plan would get out of hand with much worse results than he intended. Like the NYE party venue being set on fire. Not that DPC would do that again. Right? Oh fuck, he is doing exactly that isn't he. "Smoke and Fire".

Fuck.

Don't take it so literally

 

[klas182]

It seems to me his main goal is to take down the DIKs. The pics in the first instance at the end of Ep 2 were meant to make them think it was the DIKs who sent them because, aside from Chad's, it shows various DIKs having sex with Arieth. Chad's pics are cleary those of him and Troy based on his reaction but we still have no idea if there were ever anything written in the envelopes because all we know is there was pictures. So by making it seem like the DIKs did this, Magnar's trying to provoke the Jocks into all-out war with them. Chad'e pictures were probably meant to oust him by exposing him because Dawe was probably much more likely to wage war against the DIKs than Chad since Dawe is even more of a hot-head.

Then we have the Cathy pic which was probably also done by Magnar, or at least by Ron, and was something else meant to get the DIKs in serious trouble with the college and the 2nd batch of pics to the Jocks plus what he sent to Tybalt are to try and reignite exposing things the DIKs have been doing in order to get them disbanded.

So thus far, all Magnar's actions seem to be against the DIKs and he pretty much confirms they are his target and the rest are collateral, "The DIKs won't see the dawn of spring. And like a house of cards, they all shall fall."


Right, because we had some paradigm shifts, like Quinn's status in the story changing by the end, Rio being totally done with Quinn, the DIKs being in disarray and Nick quitting them, Magnar being revealed as this scheming little weasel. So the title lived up to it with these and other things happening.


They don't have to, really. Magnar feels like the appetizer bad guy before the main meal of Vinny, Buddy, and Burke. His scheme is so petty and pathetic that if it just ends up with something like Sally ratting him out to the MC because she doesn't side with him then that's fine if it does because that's all it really deserves.

I honestly don't see Magnar being a serious threat that deserves some high drama plotline with deeper threads. The man's just hacking into stuff and digging up dirt on the DIKs to take them down for some as-yet unknown beef.


Don't take it so literally

Very well written, but it still doesn't make sense why Magnar would only want to destroy DIKs. Jocks bully them more and unlike DIKs who haven't hurt them that much so far, Magnar would only focus on DIKs?

 

[Darkwen]

Very well written, but it still doesn't make sense why Magnar would only want to destroy DIKs. Jocks bully them more and unlike DIKs who haven't hurt them that much so far, Magnar would only focus on DIKs?

he wants to take out all of the frats so the nerds will be the only frat left:

 

[klas182]

he wants to take out all of the frats so the nerds will be the only frat left:
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I know, but according to what Blue Milk wrote, Magnar only wants to destroy DIKs, and that doesn't make sense because he wouldn't gain anything from it. It's much more realistic that Magnar wants to destroy all competing fraternities just because if his Betas throw a party, the others will have to go to them because no other fraternities will exist and the others won't have any other choice.

 

[Doorknocker]

They don't have to, really. Magnar feels like the appetizer bad guy before the main meal of Vinny, Buddy, and Burke. His scheme is so petty and pathetic that if it just ends up with something like Sally ratting him out to the MC because she doesn't side with him then that's fine if it does because that's all it really deserves.

I honestly don't see Magnar being a serious threat that deserves some high drama plotline with deeper threads. The man's just hacking into stuff and digging up dirt on the DIKs to take them down for some as-yet unknown beef.

I agree that Magnar is not the biggest threat here, but he might be what sets everything off. And think it's entirely possible that his plan comes to fruition and partially succeeds/fails by the end of episode 12, because Season 4 is supposed to be, more-or-less, an epilogue season. And the larger, more dangerous consequences likely will go far beyond his intentions and could screw him too. I think a lot of danger is possible, regardless of what Magnar's intentions were.

Also, on a somewhat side-note, the game refers to the letters sent to Chad and others as blackmail, but it's not actually blackmail as far as we know. They haven't been making any demands from what I can see. They've just been taunts and implied threats of exposure. It's stirring the hornet's nest, but not with any demand. So it's not blackmail. It's just a threat with the DIKs set up as a clear enemy.

And this isn't just a semantics thing. It should change the implications when people talk about it. So during MC's talk with Chad, MC should have brought up points that make it obvious that they're being played, no matter how dense Chad is. Pitting the Jocks against the Diks was very clearly the point, and acting on that does what the person who sent the letters wants. But instead they referred to it as blackmail and talked about it as if someone in the DIKs (or posing as a DIK) wanted something from the Jocks. But who knows what? It seemed to me that they were both being overly dense by referring to it as blackmail and ignoring the over-the-top clear painting of a target on the DIKs.

 

[Doorknocker]

I know, but according to what Blue Milk wrote, Magnar only wants to destroy DIKs, and that doesn't make sense because he wouldn't gain anything from it. It's much more realistic that Magnar wants to destroy all competing fraternities just because if his Betas throw a party, the others will have to go to them because no other fraternities will exist and the others won't have any other choice.

Well, no. That's not waht Blue Milk wrote. He said that the DIKs were the primary target and that the rest would fall as part of his plan. So Magnar wants to destroy all of them, but his strategy focuses on the DIKs to accomplish this.

 

[HOBGTG]

Compressed version > 4k

 

[klas182]

Well, no. That's not waht Blue Milk wrote. He said that the DIKs were the primary target and that the rest would fall as part of his plan. So Magnar wants to destroy all of them, but his strategy focuses on the DIKs to accomplish this.

The DIKs are the primary target, but the other brotherhoods are not just secondary targets. According to Magnar himself, they will be neutralized immediately after he destroys the DIKs. This means that the other brotherhoods cannot be just secondary targets. After all, if Magnar managed to neutralize two brotherhoods at once, it certainly wouldn't bother him that much.

 

[Darkwen]

I know, but according to what Blue Milk wrote, Magnar only wants to destroy DIKs, and that doesn't make sense because he wouldn't gain anything from it. It's much more realistic that Magnar wants to destroy all competing fraternities just because if his Betas throw a party, the others will have to go to them because no other fraternities will exist and the others won't have any other choice.

From Magnar own words he wants to destroy all of them not just the diks because he wants to be the only group left. Magnar says "The Diks won't see the dawn of spring" but that doesn't mean he only wants to destroy the diks he wants to take the diks out first and thinks he can do it before spring, "and like a house of cards they all shall fall".

 

[Doorknocker]

The DIKs are the primary target, but the other brotherhoods are not just secondary targets. According to Magnar himself, they will be neutralized immediately after he destroys the DIKs. This means that the other brotherhoods cannot be just secondary targets. After all, if Magnar managed to neutralize two brotherhoods at once, it certainly wouldn't bother him that much.

You're misrepresenting what I said just like you misrepresented what Blue Milk said. We're all saying that the frats as a whole are the primary targets. The strategy is to focus on the DIKs and directing everyone at the DIKs will accomplish knocking them all out, according to Magnar.

 

[klas182]

From Magnar own words he wants to destroy all of them not just the diks because he wants to be the only group left. Magnar says "The Diks won't see the dawn of spring" but that doesn't mean he only wants to destroy the diks he wants to take the diks out first and thinks he can do it before spring

True, but he wants to use the mutual hatred between the DIKs and the Alphas to destroy the DIKs. If the two fraternities start fighting physically and someone sees it and reports it to the school staff, then both fraternities can disappear at once, so Magnar wouldn't have to deal with the Alphas anymore and could focus his attention only on the last fraternity, the Alpha Nu Omegas. Finally, if any member of the Alpha Nu Omega fraternity sees the DIKs and the Alphas fighting, they will report it to some professor and both fraternities will be in big trouble. Considering that Tybalt also received a threatening letter, it's not hard to imagine that he will witness a fight between the DIKs and the Alphas himself.

 

[Darkwen]

True, but he wants to use the mutual hatred between the DIKs and the Alphas to destroy the DIKs. If the two fraternities start fighting physically and someone sees it and reports it to the school staff, then both fraternities can disappear at once, so Magnar wouldn't have to deal with the Alphas anymore and could focus his attention only on the last fraternity, the Alpha Nu Omegas. Finally, if any member of the Alpha Nu Omega fraternity sees the DIKs and the Alphas fighting, they will report it to some professor and both fraternities will be in big trouble. Considering that Tybalt also received a threatening letter, it's not hard to imagine that he will witness a fight between the DIKs and the Alphas himself.

maybe that why ep12 is smoke and fire

 

[Lagunavii]

maybe that why ep12 is smoke and fire

I think the titles more to do with the old "no smoke with out fire" proberb and it's more to do with Al the rumours, speculation and the likes coming to a head.

 

[Vill3m]

Hi,


This question has been on my mind for a while. Could one of you tech-savvy folks give me an estimate of the PC specifications DPC uses for rendering? I’m not in the field, and my skills in computer graphics are pretty much non-existent.


Many thanks!

J.

P.S. If I’m not mistaken, DPC has shared a NSW link. Does anyone have it?

DPC has said that the number of GPUs he has is in double digits, so at least 10 of them. Probably multiple GPUs per PC from the sounds of it. So, you could say he has a mini render farm at home. Currently he's in the process of upgrading from RTX 4090s to 5090s. If you want to create complex scenes and render fast in Daz3D you need powerful Nvidia GPUs with lots of VRAM. No idea about the rest of hardware, though I doubt it's anything but high end.

So pardon me, but I'm really confused here. Did he only start rendering in 4K from season 3 onward? He keeps talking about having to remaster seasons 1 and 2, which makes it sound like those weren't done in 4K originally. If that’s the case, wouldn’t rendering Season 3 in 4K slow him down because the render times would go up?
Wouldn’t it have been better to keep the same quality as Season 2 and just rely on better hardware for faster development? Or am I completely misunderstanding this?

He's always rendered in 4k, even seasons 1 and 2, just downsized to HD as it's one of the techniques to reduce noise/graininess in renders. DPC only wants to remaster early episodes to bring them up to current quality standards, in terms of lighting and whatnot. Probably add a few more animations and make some minor changes to the plot as well. Because he wants to make those larger changes he won't release seasons 1 and 2 in 4k yet, even though he could if he wanted.

 

[ChipLecsap]

he wants to take out all of the frats so the nerds will be the only frat left:
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What he not realize is that even if all the other Frat are gone, they still gonna be the same losers and the hot girls are not gonna fuck with them, they rather turn in to lesbians

 

[EEMNHMQI]

After carefully evaluating how to make it a reality, I realized it wouldn't require much extra development time and that I could maintain a straightforward, automated development process to support both full HD and 4K modes. I didn't want to implement it if it meant a significant increase in development time.

That doesn't mean it didn't affect development time. Maybe the difference really is negligible (like, a day or two tops), but come on...