what is or is not NTR is always heavily debated personally I go by vndb
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definitions as there the most coherent and descriptive of the varies forms of NTR. With many example games provided.
for this site though the definition is just
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- NTR [Designed to cause jealousy by having the romantic interest involved with someone other than the MC.]
now romantic interest is vague as romantic interest is not necessarily someone your in a relation ship with, but it is someone you are eider pursuing or wanting to pursue.
the words romantic interest pretty much mean "interested in romance with". Now to farther complicate things for what most of the "that's not NTR unless they are together" crowed. once there together their no longer just a romantic interest, but are now a romantic partner. By the current definition there no longer NTR on this site once you are together.
on VNDB
While that would exclude a vast number of NTR games on here NTR is at its core about jealousy. otherwise its just cheating, if they are in a relationship.
The problem is the site is trying to cater to the ones that want the girls to only be with the MC. While trying to cater to those that like NTR as NTR, and catering to those that like NTR games but don't really know what NTR is. If your interdiction is from a faulty description of NTR you will be looking for the wrong thing.
Lately I've seen a good amount of users that want swinging in the game calming it as NTR then the other side counters with NO NTR, but truthfully neither side were realy looking for NTR but rather one side wanted a swinging game and the other wanted a LI exclusive game.
honestly what we need is a
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tag, as that is really what most NO NTR members are looking for. As is the tag NTR is misused as it is currently an avoidance tag, but then those looking for it have to sift through all the games that really aren't it, but are rather cheating, swinging, or voyeur games. Those that are not really just want exclusivity. Then inseted of the "all NTR content is avoidable" it would be "all non MC content is avoidable"
Also with the negative connotation of NTR most devs don't want the tag on there games, as NTR has been a heated topic for years well beyond the gaming industry. At the same time swinging and to a degree cheating is not. Although it is being lumped together here.