My words to which you respond.
"But the thing with Caleb, Sage, etc., got me thinking. What if the letters in EP11 were written by Sage, and the nerds were just delivering them?"
Now please show us all where the name "Magnar" appears in these two sentences. Just to be clear, you can see in these two sentences that I'm trying to portray Magnar as evil, even though I didn't even write the name Magnar. If people think I'm taking drugs, then you're taking a whole pharmacy.
So, Magnar & Ron trusted letters delivery to some other nerd(s)! Cool! I thought it was clear as day that Ron role is delivering letters and Magnar compose them and choose what to send and to whom. But nope. It's too simple, right? In dalli_x universe it can't be this simple.
In EP4, and I don't even have to reread it, the MC asks Magnar about the wedgie. What's Magnar's answer? So that refusing the MC's offer borders on madness and so that he's a martyr for his mission. Magnar even charges for that. You can see Magnar's motivation. You can see the respect that arises because the MC doesn't just hand out a wedgie, but asks Magnar, and the MC wouldn't do it without his consent. That's why Magnar sees the MC as a friend, an equal, especially since Magnar saw the MC as a fellow sufferer in EP1.
You're writing so that Magnar might pretend to be a friend of the MC and view their relationship more objectively. You should really start reading the texts in BaDIK, because I'm not going to dig up every last bit of text for you. I assume that if you're going to answer so pompously, you at least know what's written in BaDIK and in the posts in this thread.
Being friendly to each other and being friends is not the same thing. I hope you understand it. They are friendly to each other. MC is genuinely friendly, while Magnar is not. Magnar is so fucking friendly to MC that he is framing him after a few days in college and instigates Chad by blackmailing him to beat up the MC. So yeah, I just don't get things right and can't read and understand characters personalities and motivations. MC and Magnar are best friends and MC is a future nerd too. How does this nonsense even co-exist in your theories at the same time?
Ok, so, framing the DIKs that way to be ruined by Alphas again is a friendly act and a gesture from Magnar to show how he respects most of the DIKs and MC in particular? What the hell? Are you ok there? A few months ago, the fate of the DIKs hung in the balance because of a post with naked Cathy. DIKs avoided punishment. Then their mansion was ruined because Alphas was provoked right in the moment when decided to hold on, because of a Chad situation. Do I need to continue this list of the friendly nerds gestures? Magnar clearly and openly says to Ron that they will force DIKs, Alphas and Preps to destroy each other and make them dissapear. Provoking the constant fights between frats, blackmailing them, etc. Who of us can't read?
You also write about Magnar and Ron's main motivations. Do you think Magnar is stupid? Okay, Ron is stupid, but Magnar? What would happen if Magnar pursued such ambitions of his own volition? For example, to take revenge and become the best fraternity on campus? These ambitions would be dashed at the very latest if one of the other fraternity members found out, because Magnar would simply get a slap in the face. Every nerd would be at the absolute mercy of the other fraternity members. Magnar would only make things worse. I don't think it's because Magnar, as president of the nerds, is so stupid that he doesn't recognize the consequences of his actions.
You're playing some other game, not BADIK. While you accusing me not being able to read, it's you, who can't read what characters say. Magnar is about to tell all the "underlings" (Betas nerds) of his plans and give them the directions about what to do and how to act from now on. And he trusts this task to Ron.
Now you understand. The DIKs just don't know, so that the nerds act in the interests of HOT and the DIKs themselves. There will be agreements among the NERDs, HOTs, and the DIKs, but we don't know who agreed what with whom.
Yeah, now I understand that you can't read even straight things and facts, which are not even subtle or hidden in context. Just black text on a white paper
Do you still think it's all a coincidence that Magnar is standing right next to a book cart with an envelope on it? So that Quinn goes into the library and looks directly at Magnar in the second picture. So that Chad looks toward Magnar in picture 1. So that Isabella, who is standing behind Chad, is preparing a Christmas dinner for the LIs, Derek, and the MC. What will Magnar most likely have overheard? The conversation between Chad and the MC. What insight will Magnar gain from this? So that the MC will definitely not rest until everything is cleared up. Do you still think the timing of Isabella's Christmas dinner is a coincidence? At exactly this point, the envelopes are distributed to the jocks and the one to Tybalt. At exactly this point, Quinn launches her revenge against Buddy and Vinny. Right at Christmas dinner at Isabella's. This calls for an ALIBI for the LIs, Derek, and the MC. And you're telling me that Magnar isn't a friend of the MC.
YES. Coincidence. Game (just game). Plot with a 1 foot depth instead of 100 foot which you're expecting this writing to be. And so on. You think characters have to wait for each other or should they agree on when and what to do to satisfy YOU and remove all suspicion from themselves "that this is not a coincidence"? So, you expected DPC to write things in way, that events are being dragged for weeks instead of days just to make it less suspicious for you, especially? Every character is doing their own things and solving their own tasks mostly not giving a shit what other think of it and how it affects them. And finally we are limited in episodes and author have to tell the story and answer questions anyway, regardless of how it may look and feel. So, you being so suspicious is your own problem. You most of the time see things that are not exist or were they never intended by the author. You have a good, I'd even say impressive imagination, that's for sure.
Oh yeah, do the jocks know that so that things between Chad and Sage are over? I remember it well, remember it without having to look it up, which you should because your memory isn't the best. In EP8, Sage wants to talk to Chad. What did Dawe say when Sage came? He knew it was so that Sage would come back. Oops. They knew it was so that it was over, but Dawe immediately started a new rumor so that Sage would come back. The jocks don't know that it's so that things between Sage and Chad are over, and Chad probably didn't tell the jocks, but let Dawe's rumor hang in the air. Sage finds it very painful and embarrassing to be abandoned like that. Therefore, she wouldn't have spread it on campus, and she says all this at the end of EP7, when Sage couldn't have known yet, so that Chad is gay. So it doesn't matter whether the MC tells Sage that or not. It only matters to the MC because it proves his credibility and honesty toward Sage.
As you can read, if you want to read and are interested in the truth, it's not necessary for the jocks to know that Chad and Sage are no longer in a relationship.
This scene only happens and plays if MC told Sage about Chad. How much time I have to remind you it? If something is based on previous choice it have to be coherent. And you again see things that never existed. Dawe didn't start any rumors. Sage is letting it be if MC doesn't tell her the truth. All other assumptions is your pure imagination and an attempt to connect the incongruous things.
First of all, I don't play the Sage branch
What I can say? Your fault. The rest part of quote doesn't have sense bc you're not able to read and watch the appropriate scenes to understand Sage better. She is making fun of him and she is bully to him, but she is not a monster and don't want to "destroy" him. He is still her brother, her family, even if he is a so shitty person.
Sage also found out from the MC personally in EP8 that something was going on between Ash and Derek, even though Ash was with Ant, which Sage knew. So you help the lovers find happiness. You write a letter to Ant, and he realizes that Derek was up to something. Speculation. Ant attacks Derek and gets a fist in the face from the MC because Sage knows something about the MC. He practices martial arts to protect himself and others. You can read about that too. I even know where off the top of my head, but I'll let you look it up.
Thanks god DPC is quite a decent writer... I'd quit such nonsense game upon being seen such scenes that your imagination formed and created. So. Again. It's a Sage who got info to Magnar (or any other nerd, which is then bringed it to Magnar) to: provoke Ant to beat the shit out of Derek, provoke MC to beat a shit out of Ant and all this to make Derek and Ashley to reunite, be happy and make love. Right? Did I miss something?
So cool motivations, so captivative writing, impressive plot twists.
It's not it a fresh breaking news that Ashley was seen at the DIKs Panty Party with Derek and did a lot of things with him there? Just reminding you - Sage was at the Bella's and wasn't attended DIKs party. So, Sarah gave her all the info and Sage came to Magnar (Bert, Ron, whoever else) later, asking for provoking Ant. Impressive! Sage such a wingman! And it's all are so realistic and absolutely fits every character involved.
I've clearly stated this in this post so that you'll accuse me of writing something I didn't. You're twisting what people write. The best example is the one above with Sage. I neither described nor portrayed Sage as a ("blackmailing repulsive bitch"). At the same time, it proves it right away, so you don't know what's written in BaDIK. People can read it for themselves now.
But you are. Bc while making such assumptions about Sage and other girls you're making them to look like it. Despite how DPC written their characters, how they developed. You're bending characters to meet your criteria and theories.
You're doing nothing but lying and insinuating. You have almost no idea what's written in the game. That's why I don't really feel like answering you, but you're forcing me to, and the reason is listed below.
It's only you, who constantly wants to prove to everybody for some reason that 2x2 = 5 or 9 or whatever else, but not a 4. I just find it fun to search for nonsense in most (not all, notice it) of your theories and assumptions, which is usually caused by the lack of information, which you can easily get by playing the game properly. But you're stubborn and it's funny. You spend a lot of time on assumptions and theories that have no sense in the end, bc game and it's author already gave particular information which breaks and ruines most of your theories in advance. But you just don't want to get through it and make things for yourself clearer and simpler. The best comparison I can give is like read only part of a book, and then pretend that you know everything and start arguing with people who have read it in full.
Do you remember our PM conversation? I remember it very well. It was about variables, persistent and non-persistent data. I noticed that you can read variables but have no idea about programming. A long time ago (30 years ago), I took a year-long course on various programming languages. Python was one of them. After that year, I did some programming for my own personal use. But I haven't done that for a long time, and so I'm not up to date. But during our PM, I noticed one thing: you can only read variables, and that's about it. If you want to come to this with the argument that you've also taken a course, I advise you to take another course. But then you should go with the proviso that you'll listen to the lecturer and not assume that you know better.
Renpy script language is simpler than Basic. We are not touching the mini-games where coding is more advanced. Game core, working with variables, if/else, etc belonges to simpler part.
I can read and write renpy (script) code, I can modify it how I want, etc. Because it's a very basic language (based on phyton) and you even don't need a solid programmer base and knowledge to do it. I used to program on Basic and Pascal, and a bit later on Delphi. Then I realized that programming is not for me and switched to 3d modelling and 2d graphics. Then I abandoned it too and switched to gaming, which is lasts for 2 decades. And I'm ok with it.
I posted this to you recently. It was just for you, because it also concerned our PM. You didn't want to believe me back then, so that DPC (Pink) could use his variable as he pleases. But he can, and he does. While he can't retroactively change the variables from seasons 1 and 2, he has carried over certain variables into season 3, and by combining variables (simplified: VA + VB = VAB), he can create new variables that take effect starting in season 3. But what did you answer?
-"When questions relate to the mechanics of the game or aspects of his work, he fools around with people asking such questions."
- "The problem with his answer to this particular question is that he's being blatantly disingenuous and not telling important things at all."
You even accuse DPC (Pink) of scamming and lying to his Patreons in the Q&As. How presumptuous are you to write something like that?
I said and meant that he answers in general terms, without going into the technical details and details that are important when answering some questions. That is, he just pours water, blows into the ears of the questioners - call it whatever you want. I do not know the reasons why he does this, because there are thousands of other games on RenPy with a similar development process and he does not do anything unique. I can understand the reluctance to share details regarding optimization of work or some kind of unique techniques. But otherwise, he responds very covertly and never provides details, even when there is nothing to hide.
When I talked about improving work efficiency, I used the example of working with variables. That storing them in your head, unorganized and without diagrams and tables is madness, and this completely contradicts "increasing productivity and work efficiency." Since he did not describe how he copes with this task and did not disclose details, I gave an exxagerated example - that if he does not store them in an organized manner and uses them randomly whenever he wants, then this is simply impossible for such a large game, where there are several hundred active variables, and the total number has exceeded 1000. Because reading through all of the game code of all previous episodes to find something is unrealistic and inconsistent with effective work. That's what it was about.
Combining, checking and creating new variables based on old ones is the only and proper way to use them. Otherwise they are not needed at all. That's how programs works and Renpy engine in terms of tracking the players decisions and consequences - if we want to simplify it.
