Ren'Py The Null Hypothesis [v0.7b] [Ron Chon]

[KiwamiLorenzo]

Sometimes with Laura you gotta use the rules of nature (I asked her to use Null's symbol as pubic hair, which is the only correct option).

 

[eatgreencrayons]

WE DO NOT PLAY PORN GAMES FOR REALISM

You don't. Maybe this aint for you? Plenty of people like this game. Nobody needs you or your approval.

 

[LowLevelLesser]

You don't. Maybe this aint for you? Plenty of people like this game. Nobody needs you or your approval.

They're a similar sort to those who just want "gallery saves" for most games or go and tell devs that they couldn't care less about the story and just skip everything for the porn.

 

[xlebyshik]

If you've got anyone helping you with Russian, have them explain the difference (culturally) between tovarishch and priyatel. Knew I had something on my mind that was actually on-topic since I heard Colossus was going to be in Chapter Two.

It's hard to say, because these words are almost never used nowadays, and even I, as a native speaker, probably can't explain them exactly. You can say that they are almost synonyms.

"tovarishch" is something like people you have to communicate with, for example, at work. You don't talk to them about personal topics, you don't know what he likes, you don't even know a word about him, whether he is married or not, etc. You may know his first and last name, maybe his age, and the most you say is "hello-hello" when you meet out of politeness, because you see each other every day. Roughly speaking, a stranger, but with whom you cross paths and have common goals, fight or work with the same goal, but have nothing personal.
"priyatel" is something close to a buddy, for example, a neighbor with whom you met a couple of times, exchanged a few words, learned minimal information about each other, like where you study or work, what you are interested in, and you can stand and talk about something for a while when you meet, for example in a store, or you have some mutual acquaintances and you sometimes meet at a party and there you can talk about some common topics, but in ordinary life you do not meet and do not chat with him.
I do not exclude that there were people who called their friends "priyatel" So if you can understand from the context that you communicate on personal and close topics as with a friend, or you are trusted as a friend, then most likely this person considers you his friend, using the word "priyatel" for this.

But in general these are almost dead concepts, only older people can communicate like this, because this is how they communicated during the USSR, and people born and raised at that time still use these words out of habit. Now we usually say buddy - familiar "znakomyy" For everyone with whom we communicate or communicated but who is not a friend.

 

[UnsavouryPursuits]

I've never heard anyone say pre-ninja Betsy was a character they liked, and fans who got into the franchise through cartoons and movies don't even know it's a thing that exists. And I've certainly never heard anyone say they yearn for an accurate retelling of the fuckin' Siege Perilous. That whole "they live in Australia now" period of Claremont's run was the point where it became painfully obvious he'd been writing the book for too long and was hitting burnout.

Just have Kwannon not exist and make Betsy a British woman who is ethnically Asian and was born that way, that's what people want, there's literally no good reason to either avoid the only form of Psylocke that's mainstream or make the story as complicated and dumb as it was in the comics.

I mean, I kind of half-like pre-ninja Betsy because of the slightly questionable yet hot back-and-forth she has with Doug Ramsey in a few of those crossovers with the New Mutants . But aside from that, she was never too interesting.

Psylocke's appeal as a character is entirely based on her look of "hot ninja girl in a skintight leotard with a cool psychic knife as drawn by Jim Lee". That's really all she has going for her, though it was enough to make her one of the most popular X-Men of the 90s.

 

[salscou]

That's really all she has going for her, though it was enough to make her one of the most popular X-Men of the 90s.

I mean...yeah?

 

[Scottish]

It's hard to say, because these words are almost never used nowadays, and even I, as a native speaker, probably can't explain them exactly. You can say that they are almost synonyms.

"tovarishch" is something like people you have to communicate with, for example, at work. You don't talk to them about personal topics, you don't know what he likes, you don't even know a word about him, whether he is married or not, etc. You may know his first and last name, maybe his age, and the most you say is "hello-hello" when you meet out of politeness, because you see each other every day. Roughly speaking, a stranger, but with whom you cross paths and have common goals, fight or work with the same goal, but have nothing personal.
"priyatel" is something close to a buddy, for example, a neighbor with whom you met a couple of times, exchanged a few words, learned minimal information about each other, like where you study or work, what you are interested in, and you can stand and talk about something for a while when you meet, for example in a store, or you have some mutual acquaintances and you sometimes meet at a party and there you can talk about some common topics, but in ordinary life you do not meet and do not chat with him.
I do not exclude that there were people who called their friends "priyatel" So if you can understand from the context that you communicate on personal and close topics as with a friend, or you are trusted as a friend, then most likely this person considers you his friend, using the word "priyatel" for this.

But in general these are almost dead concepts, only older people can communicate like this, because this is how they communicated during the USSR, and people born and raised at that time still use these words out of habit. Now we usually say buddy - familiar "znakomyy" For everyone with whom we communicate or communicated but who is not a friend.

Do post-Soviet Russians still distinguish between the two in conversational phrases? Because my (very limited) understanding does, in fact come from having met Russians who were older. To be more specific, folks currently in their 50s and 60s. Because my understanding was a tovarishch would help you move, and a priyatel would help you move bodies.

 

[armond]

I would not use DC as a metric for normal behavior for anywhere but DC. I'm familiar with that particular microclimate.

I had similar experience in New York, Florida, the Carolinas (both) jersey, all along the east coast really. I imagine the west coast is more extreme somehow.

 

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WE DO NOT PLAY PORN GAMES FOR REALISM

 

[osteoporosis]

We need Magik

 

[apyrvalg]

Do post-Soviet Russians still distinguish between the two in conversational phrases? Because my (very limited) understanding does, in fact come from having met Russians who were older. To be more specific, folks currently in their 50s and 60s. Because my understanding was a tovarishch would help you move, and a priyatel would help you move bodies.

The Shiny One said this after our last discussion about "comrades":

The soviet union collapsed in 1991. The game roughly takes place in 2005. So it's been gone for 14ish years.

Colossus I believe is 20 or 21. So he had lived in the Soviet's farming communes for a third of his life before the Soviets collapsed.

So it's not anachronistic.

Aside from that, the lore of the comics and our game is that Xavier just telepathically downloaded an English dictionary into the brains of Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Magik.

However, he didn't actually teach them how to use the language so it's a lot of awkward translation as they grow to understand it properly.

Plus something that neither the writers nor I will confirm, but he could just be fucking with you the same way that Nightcrawler types his accent out when texting you.

I'm not persuaded at all, but "artistic license" and all that, I guess.

About lugging the bodies:

Priyatel most likely wouldn't participate in that, tovarishch most likely will(if it's not tovarishch from somethere, of course, which is polite address to some official, tovarishch from militia - nowadays you are unlikely to hear that). To make sure body will be moved without extra questions - you should ask droog(that is friend) or brat(bratan, bratishka), or maybe koresh(same but with slight street or criminal undertone).

 

[Scottish]

About lugging the bodies:

Priyatel most likely wouldn't participate in that, tovarishch most likely will(if it's not tovarishch from somethere, of course, which is polite address to some official, tovarishch from militia - nowadays you are unlikely to hear that). To make sure body will be moved without extra questions - you should ask droog(that is friend) or brat(bratan, bratishka), or maybe koresh(same but with slight street or criminal undertone).

Thank you for the clarification. Like I said, my sources were not 100% reliable due to their sense of humor. Of course, they could have been getting back at me for some Scots Gaelic I'd taught them....

 

[apyrvalg]

Thank you for the clarification. Like I said, my sources were not 100% reliable due to their sense of humor. Of course, they could have been getting back at me for some Scots Gaelic I'd taught them....

You are welcome.

 

[cannavaro99]

We need Magik

 

[xlebyshik]

Our decision to make certain clothing items increase shame is intentional, not illogical.

Well, I don't argue, I have nothing against it, it's quite clear that some sexy underwear is more shameful than regular underwear.

Wearing sexy/kinky things like nipple tape, sex toys, see through clothing, or lingerie can be more "shameful" than mundane clothing items, or even nothing at all.

Walking around completely naked is less shameful than with taped nipples or in sexy underwear, that's complete nonsense, ask any girl, she'll tell you that she's ready to cover her breasts and vagina with anything rather than walk around completely naked lol

None of the girls will be comfortable walking around topless in public, and wearing a translucent top with no bra underneath is basically the same thing as going topless. Girls won't wear an outfit if their nipples are visible.

And the fact that ALL girls feel uncomfortable walking around in translucent T-shirts and sweaters without anything underneath, I don't even know where you got that from, probably from the same place where complete nudity is better than anything? Most likely from your fantasies, because if you saw girls like me, who wore T-shirts in which the nipples pressed the fabric so strongly that you could clearly see even the areolas, and they were not whores but just girls with a low level of shame who want to show off their boobs and catch the guys' glances, you would not write such nonsense.
I'm not even talking about celebrities who can easily be found in translucent dresses without bras on various red carpets.

I understand that you do not want game girls to walk like slutty whores naked or in sexy underwear in public, and I also support this, but to have some spice where girls with the maximum level of trust/love could have a full normal set of clothes and a translucent blouse\t-shirt with visible nipples are not something horrifying and too shameful for Europe, so in the game it would look quite good.
Another thing is that, perhaps, according to the lore (I don't know it), some girls themselves are very shy in terms of showing their bodies, so, of course, you can remove this option, but I doubt that out of three girls, strong shyness was clearly noticed in more than one.

I was walking around a mall near DC and a bunch of chicks were wearing see through/transparent shirts with no bra, this was this past summer though, maybe they have coats now

So that's what I'm talking about. I'm not asking for something impossible, like girls walking around naked or in panties and a bra in the game. Normal clothes, pants, boots, a jacket and a translucent blouse, at a distance of 10+ meters you won't even immediately notice the catch, only if you look closely, nothing wild. Yes, you can hardly come to work like that, you'll obviously get sideways glances or a reprimand for an inappropriate appearance, but running with girls to a shopping mall and stocking up on clothes on a day off in the city center in such a provocative outfit, nothing shocking.

 

[Disambiguation]

I just feel like the vibe would be a little weird if the girls are walking around naked. I like the sort of "grounded" atmosphere.
But then exhibitionism is just not my kink at all.

I also feel bad for Shiny. Every time he takes a break this place gets flooded.

 

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[Karmadive]

yeah I for the most part think the clothing system is good but some tweaks are probably needed here and there.

I remember I was trying to get a outfit for Rogue and added the garter and stocking to a outfit that has t shirt and skirt and because of the stockings and garter even tho it was not obviously visible it wouldn't allow it. This was at max love/trust I think with the highest shame limit at the time.

 

[Karmadive]

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It could be through the act of concentrating and it being a new power your not familiar yet causing a lot of stress on your body.

 

[Scottish]

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It could be through the act of concentrating and it being a new power your not familiar yet causing a lot of stress on your body.

The effort is not the draining, it's controlling the drain.