VN Ren'Py Our Red String [Ch.13.2 Full] [Eva Kiss]

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varpep said:
I usually reject the 1st and 3rd. Then okay the 2nd and 4th.
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SearingFive said:
You need to do exactly what Minerva does, 2 and 4 are cash cows and will reflect well on your next interaction with Nat, 3 is pretty complex and 1 is trash.
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I figured the 3rd was a harder sell, but it would also be a prestige book, as it could be an award winner. Plus, if it's that original the chances it'd be optioned for TV/Movies is quite high.

How do you know it'll reflect well with Nat? Some inside scoop?
 
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SearingFive said:
You need to do exactly what Minerva does, 2 and 4 are cash cows and will reflect well on your next interaction with Nat, 3 is pretty complex and 1 is trash.
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That seems to be the optimal path right now but I wonder if rejecting the third book might have any repercusion with Victor as the author works for his magazine. It might make Victor see Ian as a sellout (which he is if he focus on career advancement) and he is a member of the jury for the book contest.
 
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ionogo said:
My game has the Ian/Lena/Holly love throuple with slutty Holly issue. I wouldn't mind if Lena and Holly both were sluts, but it has to be through the Throuple, not around it.
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Why? I want my Lena and Holly to have their fun without Ian being required. :cry:
 
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Hungover00 said:
I figured the 3rd was a harder sell, but it would also be a prestige book, as it could be an award winner. Plus, if it's that original the chances it'd be optioned for TV/Movies is quite high.

How do you know it'll reflect well with Nat? Some inside scoop?
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Those options receive the best feedback from her (and Clark) during the next chapter. Second best feedback is if you approve second and fourth without rejecting first and/or third. Worst feedback is any other option.
 
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Hungover00 said:
I figured the 3rd was a harder sell, but it would also be a prestige book, as it could be an award winner. Plus, if it's that original the chances it'd be optioned for TV/Movies is quite high.

How do you know it'll reflect well with Nat? Some inside scoop?
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Nah no inside scoop. You get a dialogue variation with Nat, when she comes to visit Ian and Clark for the book reviews.
 
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Socrambus said:
That seems to be the optimal path right now but I wonder if rejecting the third book might have any repercusion with Victor as the author works for his magazine. It might make Victor see Ian as a sellout (which he is if he focus on career advancement) and he is a member of the jury for the book contest.
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Exactly. The publisher can still reject it, but it isn't the author's first book. Sci-fi is a bit more rare these days, so a high quality one could dominate it's section of the market. And, as I said, get a movie or tv deal. I think it's got good reasons to go up there. Book 1 has no merit, 2 is popular but no critical heft, 3 is brilliant but less appeal, and 4 has both.

It seems like we could getting points for the magazine and points for Victor (if he can hear about it). And 2 happy recommendations with one they are borderline on is still a pass, in my book.

I am curious how many factors will go into the book contest. The book itself can hit 8 points, I believe. Seymour and Minerva can both put their thumbs on the scale (probably), and Victor might be able to recognise Ian's prose. I wonder if Emma's drug could have a secret + to it somehow?

Socrambus said:
Those options receive the best feedback from her (and Clark) during the next chapter. Second best feedback is if you approve second and fourth without rejecting first and/or third. Worst feedback is any other option.
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You a beta tester?

How can you not reject a book? I thought it was binary, approve or reject all 4 books.

I may just be tired, but I'm not following what you're saying.
 
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Hungover00 said:
How can you not reject a book? I thought it was binary, approve or reject all 4 books.

I may just be tired, but I'm not following what you're saying.
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The decisions to reject or pass a book further is done on case by case basis. You make separate decision for each of them.

I think what they meant is that you approve 2&4 and also any combination of 1&3 then it's a middling outcome. But if you reject 2 and/or 4, then you messed up.
 
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ffive said:
The decisions to reject or pass a book further is done on case by case basis. You make separate decision for each of them.

I think what they meant is that you approve 2&4 and also any combination of 1&3 then it's a middling outcome. But if you reject 2 and/or 4, then you messed up.
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Gotcha. That's much clearer to my foggy brain.

Most of my playthroughs I default to an idealistic Ian, but I may need to go back and tweak a couple of his more amoral runs and sell-out harder! /s
 
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ffive said:
The decisions to reject or pass a book further is done on case by case basis. You make separate decision for each of them.

I think what they meant is that you approve 2&4 and also any combination of 1&3 then it's a middling outcome. But if you reject 2 and/or 4, then you messed up.
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Basically this. Although after this discussion, I wonder if maximizing book_points might be a red herring. It means the book is good literature but it might not necessarily mean the book is good from a publisher's perspective. For example, if you choose to write a sci-fi book, a metaphysical love story is the better option for book_points but doesn't sound like something very popular for a mainstream audience. Same thing with the "choosen one" option using deterministic physics. It sounds like a book with the same "faults" as the third book Ian reviews.
 
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Socrambus said:
Basically this. Although after this discussion, I wonder if maximizing book_points might be a red herring. It means the book is good literature but it might not necessarily mean the book is good from a publisher's perspective. For example, if you choose to write a sci-fi book, a metaphysical love story is the better option for book_points but doesn't sound like something very popular for a mainstream audience. Same thing with the "choosen one" option using deterministic physics. It sounds like a book with the same "faults" as the third book Ian reviews.
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It may be. There's a good chance whatever Lena's situation with Seymour will trump everything else, which would be shitty but accurate. I hope Victor steps up in those cases, and Ian can still get published, just on a smaller scale.

We're really close to some major climaxes of the story. Tournament, photoshoot, possible promotion, battle of the bands, book contest, living situation.

Shit, that's what, ~3+ more years of development? And that's glossing over all the relationship stuff, which will be woven in.
 
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Socrambus said:
Basically this. Although after this discussion, I wonder if maximizing book_points might be a red herring. It means the book is good literature but it might not necessarily mean the book is good from a publisher's perspective. For example, if you choose to write a sci-fi book, a metaphysical love story is the better option for book_points but doesn't sound like something very popular for a mainstream audience. Same thing with the "choosen one" option using deterministic physics. It sounds like a book with the same "faults" as the third book Ian reviews.
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I think it's probably bit different if the score allows your book to win the competition -- this alone can cause wider public interest, and the publisher is going to be interested with such advantage, regardless if the story isn't the most convenient, generic pulp.
 
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