Well here's the thing, if my eyes are bad and won't see it, and I also can't understand ANY of the posts written in plain english language, how come only two answers come up when I search for "walkthrough 0.8.6" and both of them clearly state Christmas Special and not 0.8.6?
Moreso to the point, why would I click on any links replied TO or FOR people asking for Xmas special when I am in fact looking for a main game walkthrough?
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate your help linking it to me but what exactly would make me even think that clicking on the Xmas special walkthrough would then take me to the main game's version 0.8.6 walkthrough? Especially since none of them even remotely hint at the fact that it's the full game walkthrough that ALSO includes the Xmas special? It's a case of differing answers. Also I'm baffled as to why did nobody actually link your walkthrough to the OP in the main game's thread, or the OP in the walkthrough thread so that everyone wouldn't have such hard time finding it.
I know if I had spend several hours making a walk for a game I would message either or both of the OPs to link to my walkthrough. Anyway thanks for your reply.
You're right in thinking that a Christmas Special walkthrough wouldn't necessarily also have the main game walkthrough. I apologize if my writing felt like I was attacking or insulting you for not reading/searching. I also feel frustration with using the search tool since it isn't accurate unless you're using the exact words a post has (it is even more annoying if you don't make it sort the results in order from latest to oldest). When I asked if you read them was mainly because on the last pages were people asking for help in the main game (example, just the previous page of the page with your post had someone asking for help with dating Ashley) and not just the Christmas special. Although I can understand if you say that you thought I was pointing to an old walkthrough since those events were present in older versions, me pointing to a walkthrough didn't mean that it was up to date (although both mine and PhoenixFireeye's walkthrough mention the game version it was made for on the first page).
The problem with you not finding the walkthrough is when we tend to write assuming people will understand. I tend to make this mistake when I simply write telling people here's a walkthrough without saying the version because I assume people will check the walkthrough first to see if it's up-to-date or when I posted the mini-walkthrough for the Christmas special I just wrote that I added the mini-guide to my walkthrough assuming people would understand that what I meant was that the Christmas special is now part of my main walkthrough.
As for mine and PhoenixFireeye's walkthrough not being in the OP. I never bothered with it simply because for one, many users don't even know this thread exists even though a link to it is on the first post of the main thread right above the download link (there are even one or two posts here of people being surprised this thread existed). Secondly many don't even bother reading the first post of any thread, just check the majority of games were people ask for something that's written in big red letters on the first post. For example, the game
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had an incest patch were the patch consisted in a zip file with a password that you just had to place in the correct folder without unzipping it. This was written in big bold letters above the patch download link and on the patch installation instructions yet you go through that thread and its pages full of people asking what the password for the patch is and people just answering to read the instructions.
your walkthrough is the best. the most organized.
Thanks. Both mine and PhoenixFireeye have different styles so both have their pros and cons. PhoenixFireeye's is more direct, it tells you exactly want to do so for someone who just wants to reach the end it's the best one to follow. For mine, I took the approach to add more detail to it by adding the game's hints and what you unlock in each event so people can easily find where they are or what they're missing by simply using the search function and writing the hint they're stuck on.