Obviously people who like Zoey. They're also ignorant of her function of the narrative, but that's hardly their fault...
That's what you wrote before:
It panders to this one very specific, obscure player who: 1) goes on Others, 2) gets tired of manwhoring, 3) suddenly wants some substance and thinks that's what Zoey is, because of windows and Joquinn Phoenix poses...?
I've given you the facts that prove you're wrong, and Zoey is popular with the players. You're ignoring it. People's opinions have become irrelevant because they don't match yours. Good.
Are you assuming if you hook up with Zoey...the girl you were with will supposedly pursue you later?
Maybe my automatic translator didn't correctly show what I wanted to say, otherwise I don't understand why you wrote all this. I'll try another approach.
Your main complaint is that Zoey can be a relationship wrecker because the player was just being polite to her. Let's see how it's described in the official walkthrough:
"You will also automatically reject Zoey if you have too few Zoey points. The points are calculated based on your past choices with Zoey. If you have less than 8 Zoey points, you will automatically reject Zoey."
So, we have to score 8 points so that the "go back to Zoey" option is available. How do we get them?
1) "If you told Zoey you weren’t mad at her in episode 9, you get +3 Zoey points."
Everything is clear here. We're not mad at Zoey because we're polite. We didn't do anything wrong, and we have 3 points.
2) "If you told Derek that Zoey is a better friend than him in episode 9, you get + Zoey point."
That's a controversial point, especially if you're on the Maya/Josy route. Is it really worth saying this? But okay, it's about friendship and the choice between Derek and Zoey. We didn't do anything wrong. 4 points.
3) "If you asked Zoey to take a photo with you in episode 9, you get + Zoey point."
So, this is the first party for us and our girlfriend in the status of an official relationship, and what are we doing? Taking pictures with ex. Do you think there's nothing wrong with that? Then imagine your girlfriend doing this to her ex-boyfriend.
4) "If you put Zoey in your top three costume picks in episode 9, you get + Zoey point."
Okay, there's nothing wrong with that. Maybe we really liked her costume. But if we're dating Sage, is it really a good idea to make her nervous? But let's leave that out, 5 points.
5) "If you told Zoey that she could crash at your place in episode 9, you get + Zoey point."
I'll skip this one because it's only available on the others branch
6) "If you hung out with Zoey in episode 10, you get +2 Zoey points."
See point 3.
7) "If you told Jacob you weren’t cool with him going for Zoey in episode 10, you get +3 Zoey points."
Do I have to explain anything at all? It's pretty obvious that we won't block Jacob if we're loyal to our girlfriend.
8) "If you hugged Zoey when you visited her in episode 11, you get + Zoey point."
See point 3.
So, we were polite, but we didn't do anything that could create tension, and we only got 5 points. So if you had the option to "Go back to Zoey" available, it's not her fault. It's your fault. You created this situation with your actions.
