Why does it seem like so many devs are averse to impregnation? (Thread is NOT about implementing pregnancy in games)

[tanstaafl]

It's kind of interesting how abstract and dumb this tread has become.


Edit: Changed "is" to "has become".

 

[suprisedcrankyface]

Being a singular sentence just makes it absolutely clear you are arguing in bad faith and not making honest mistakes.

Like this single sentence is you gaslighting?

Its the words WITHIN the sentence that matter haha, not that it is a sentence...

They are both opinions. They are also literally a single sentence.

facepalm.
No, devs put contraceptives in the games BECAUSE they don't want to put pregnancy in it.
Not vice versa.

And this is why devs are adverse to putting pregnancy in games?

 

[JoeTheMC84]

I'm split 50/50 on the improvement part, if it's a soft quick mention of using whatever form of contraceptive(Eg. "we have a spell for that"), that can provide an extra milestone for the character/story when they decide to push into pregnancy instead of creampie no.269 doing it's job cause why not.

but I do get you, the main trap is some authors fall into is thinking they need to somehow make it "believable" with lore and it's just a random pointless loredump fake-word soup that changes nothing.

pointless explanations like a whole convo that leads to "Bloom of Barren Fields, The spell operates on the principle that living organisms possess a subtle bio-energetic field, a complex interplay of aetheric resonances. Conception, from this perspective, is not merely a physical process but also a synchronization of these resonant frequencies between two individuals." (ai generated btw I ain't got time to waste on a bad example) just adds some nonsense names to remember, provides nothing to the story, wastes player time, and adds a distraction for the author. It's being different for the sake for being different for no gains.

It's much better if its one simple sentence like "I have a contraception spell lmao xd" that allow to set up for a future scene where she turns it off for pregnancy or the scumbag character bypasses it(without a painful loredump).

but yeah, not mentioning it is a valid option if the author doesn't plan on utilizing the fact to enhance/pace the story or something.

This reminds me of how in the old Star Trek scripts, the writers would just put, "Technobabble," anywhere that needed an explanation for why or what was happening and the actors had lists of words and phases they would mix together to create it. "The quantum resonator is overloading because of the inverse flux ion charge in the nebula!"

It's kind of interesting how abstract and dumb this tread has become.


Edit: Changed "is" to "has become".

 

[JoeTheMC84]

Also, harem.king and suprisedcrankyface could you guys not argue in the thread please,

 

[MissCougar]

Someone inseminated this thread and it is pregnant with controversy!

Whose the father?!

 

[harem.king]

Also, harem.king and suprisedcrankyface could you guys not argue in the thread please,

1. as far as I can tell you are not a mod.
2. you literally waited until after we finished arguing to come in and tell us not to.
3. this is literally a thread specifically for arguing about this specific topic.

 

[JoeTheMC84]

1. as far as I can tell you are not a mod.
2. you literally waited until after we finished arguing to come in and tell us not to.
3. this is literally a thread specifically for arguing about this specific topic.

But y'all weren't talking about the topic anymore but started to talk about each other and how you were posting. The other guy ended his last post with a question that could have sparked a follow up, and I said what I did because if mods end up involved then sometimes they over react and close threads if a few people start going at it. I was just trying to keep things from getting out of hand. And it seemed like you were arguing about if your opinion was an opinion or if you were asserting a fact statement. The other guy was wrong and that sparked y'all's discussion, above he even said you were gaslighting, but you also kept engaging with him. So all I was ask is that y'all keep it to the topic and not go back and forth about phrasing and stuff.

 

[hseeker123]

Avoiding pregnancy should be a crime, some of you are arguing on the point that the paths of the story will be broad and involve a lot of work. Not necessarily. If you are not willing to practice sex with the intention of impregnantion, then end that love interest's story there and free your time for the others. A scenario where there is no pregnancy is a bad ending anyway.

Why so narrow minded? Nothing wrong with avoiding pregnancy. Some people find it gross.

 

[Arabi1]

Why so narrow minded? Nothing wrong with avoiding pregnancy. Some people find it gross.

In most western games I've played, the MCs try so hard to avoid any kind of responsibilities. If that doesn't piss you off, then you know exactly where the issue lies. Pregnancy is innate and there's nothing wrong with it if some have a problem with it it's their own issues.