"Oh but a couple of us got past those parts just fine" .... yes we know. That's the whole point - it's random. One person does things in a slightly different order and gets a different result. But there are definitely ways you can progress the game and accidentally do something that causes other events to now be unintentionally locked out. It's pretty fucked right now.
That are your assumptions, and I cannot 100% garantee that this is not true.
But in my understanding and lots of xp, there cannot be random.
There cannot be a "wrong sequence" of events. Why should be?
You read, produce, events become possible, ... new stuff to read (might take some days sometimes).
It shouldnt make a difference in what sequence you choose the things.
I will try to make a PT and then try hard - to choose "wrong sequences" to provoke getting stuck. I am curious if I can "succeed".
Anyway, my plan is to publish a WT soon. Most probably today. Have fun.