VN Ren'Py Corporate Culture [v0.6] [sqwl]

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Requiem131

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I'm liking Elsa quite a lot, and I think she's pretty right that the MC needs a good hard set of truths to walk where he wants to go. Corporate life ain't for the weak of resolve and she clearly knows it well. She's way too mature for her 22 years and must have learnt quite some hard lessons on the way for her strange stoicism and certain degree of ruthlesness, but I think there's more to her than that. But of course, I think we'll need quite some time before we get to really know much about her, it's a central part of the story's appeal afterall.
 

daddyholes76

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The slow and short updates are a blessing in disquise, because the story moves so slowly that it might still end up being good in the future. People are still hoping that this will be a redemption story rather than an incel power fantasy, but I feel like they are reading more into it in that regard than is actually there.
The only thing that's clear for now is that there are two paths labeled Ed_A and Ed_L and it seems pretty obvious what the A and L stand for. So far Ed_A is not a nice person, but he still gets the girl, so it's not clear in what way he could be redeemed or if he even needs to be redeemed from a gameplay perspective.
its a redemption story alright just not very appealing if you aint into bein lifecoached by sigma mammy. i thought the l was loser at first but i searched if there something called lambda male... turns out there is and its exactly the character from here lol goddamit it always the same shit with these incels
 

Ragnar

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I'm liking Elsa quite a lot, and I think she's pretty right that the MC needs a good hard set of truths to walk where he wants to go. Corporate life ain't for the weak of resolve and she clearly knows it well. She's way too mature for her 22 years and must have learnt quite some hard lessons on the way for her strange stoicism and certain degree of ruthlesness, but I think there's more to her than that. But of course, I think we'll need quite some time before we get to really know much about her, it's a central part of the story's appeal afterall.
She's prolly one of the heirs of the other big Corp in town. Why is she working for another company? Maybe she wants to show her parents she can be successful without help or maybe she's trying to mess with their business from inside.
 

dombledorr

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Why did it said "The End" ?
Is it really the end of this story ?
or there will be more update / part 2 ?
 

Hildegardt

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i thought the l was loser at first but i searched if there something called lambda male... turns out there is and its exactly the character from here lol goddamit it always the same shit with these incels
Holy shit, did you just uncover the cringe of this story?
 

daddyholes76

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Holy shit, did you just uncover the cringe of this story?
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The Lambda male

The Lambda is an average male who is just a nobody: in fact, on the sentimental and sexual radar of women, he doesn’t even exist. He’s that kind of gray, shy, low-key man that has been around in the office for years but who is so insignificant that no one ever remembers his name. Over time, however, and provided he manages to build a comfortable financial position, he can hope to become an acceptable Beta for a fairly desperate third-hand woman. About 30% of men are Lambda.

thats the first google result from what looks like an escort website lol. ive heard of alpha beta sigma but not lambda until now
 
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dolfe67

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Lambda is used more widely than to describe a male's behavior like alpha/beta. It's used to describe every average/non-remarkable things. A lambda car, a lambda harem/college AVN...
 

lukrame

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its a redemption story alright just not very appealing if you aint into bein lifecoached by sigma mammy. i thought the l was loser at first but i searched if there something called lambda male... turns out there is and its exactly the character from here lol goddamit it always the same shit with these incels

Holy fuck I really hope the paths aren’t some cringe alpha beta shit . Man that would be a letdown .
 

daddyholes76

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Holy fuck I really hope the paths aren’t some cringe alpha beta shit . Man that would be a letdown .
there are no alphas or betas just one lambda, which i think basically means sigma. it also means average, which makes no sense to me because when i mean to say average i fucking say average not lambda
 

Hildegardt

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Lambda is used more widely than to describe a male's behavior like alpha/beta. It's used to describe every average/non-remarkable things. A lambda car, a lambda harem/college AVN...
So, maybe going for all the Ed_A points lands the PC a sweet ride by the end!
But sadly I think it's more likely that Ed_A and Ed_L don't have anything to do with cars.
 

sqwl

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Animations. That'll fix it.
All right. I'm in.

The main character is psychopathic to the extreme and looks like he is one hair trigger away from carrying out a mass school shooting, and I am being honest. I cannot comprehend how anyone would call this story good. There is nothing alpha or chad about any of his actions. There is nothing macho about it, either. It is just unhinged shit.
I'm sorry the story wasn't able to capture your attention. I hope it could be changed in the future :)

Ah, nice find! I searched for "22" and "twenty-two" in the code, but not "Twenty-two", which is why I missed it. So she definitely can't be a British citizen merely by being born here :)
If, for example, one of the parents is a British citizen, it doesn't require from a child to take any additional actions in order to get citizenship, am I correct?
Thank you and drisarter for the input.
 
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jufot

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If, for example, one of the parents is a British citizen, it doesn't require from a child to take any additional actions in order to get citizenship, am I correct?
Yes, that's correct, but that's not what Elsa said. From the Auckland update: "I was born here, which makes me a citizen."

That hasn't been true since the 1981 act, and Elsa isn't old enough to benefit from that :)
 
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