VN Ren'Py WVM [S2 Ch. 1 Ep. 13 B3] [Braindrop]

[jamdan]

Quick question, is the dev a native english speaker? The technical aspect of the writing usually looks like a native speaker (or at least has a native speaker proofreader) but I've run into a couple weird grammatical things that make me wonder.
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This is the second time I've seen "can" used where "be able to" should be. Or "may" shouldn't be in the sentence (or be "maybe" instead.) Either would work but not both. There was also an instance of a double plural but I don't remember the exact context so its hard to explain what I mean by that.

You don't have to use proper grammar when writing stories, in fact usually you shouldn't use proper grammar. It flows better and is more natural if you don't. Especially if you have characters that you want to have unique dialect, their own way of talking etc.

But I doubt BD does these things on purpose, it's probably his own way of talking bleeding into the text.

 

[Jimmy_Jam]

I really wonder if at this anyone actually believed that anything would be out today.
Don't be shy, speak up, there is help out there.

I had about 40% hope the first update would drop in the timeframe and about a 10% the 2nd would drop by its time frame. I figured BD had something ready to go and would at least drop the 1st then delay the 2nd one until Oct. or so but I had to much hope in BD's ability lol

 

[Kidolegends]

Thank God i don't help this dude or send him some money

 

[Shadow74]

Nothing new in the braindrop front.
Update-release-date-Drop did it again.
Never fails when it comes to not meeting the release date, like clockwork, clockworkdrop I mean

In this life we have three things that are certain:
Death
Taxes
Braindrop not meeting update release date

 

[MarkChadWinters]

If there was one single person on this earth that thought BrainDrop would follow his own deadlines (which he has broken many times before) , and thought somehow , some way this would be different...and STILL happily give him money....you derseve to be lied to. Forever and ever and ever.

 

[Bloker997]

52/52 of broken deadlines

 

[kcaldw]

We'll get another excuse tomorrow as to why it can't be released until Sunday then another 1 on Sunday as to why he's going to release everything on the 15th. What a fucking joke.

 

[GingerbreadMan]

Yeah that makes sense. It kinda bugs me that this stuff irritates me because I really disliked the writing and grammar classes in school. My biggest pet peeve is that for some linguistic reason unknown to me, translating from a certain language (not sure which) causes mixed up pronouns and determiners. "This" where "that" should be or vice versa, and sometimes when there are both men and women as subject/objects they get gender pronouns mixed up. But why do I care? I'm not a writer. I haven't even used a word processor more complex than Notepad in, well, a long time. Why do I still remember these rules and why do I care when they're broken? :/

But I'm also just posting something other than criticizing the dev for their bad record with releases because I'm looking forward to it's arrival.

Should be French (and maybe others) - I remember reading a really detailed explanation on here how the pronoun rules differed.
If I remember right, the pronoun isn't based on the entity it's used on (exclusively?) there, but it's relation to something/one else - so the pronoun used for father changes depending on whose father you talk about or even in which context you talk about that father.

And then you have other languages with other differences resulting in translations like 'Talk to the John'.

 

[stinger37]

His next excuse will probably that his hamster has been abducted and anal probed by aliens

 

[kcaldw]

Ok he just needs to have a foot shoved up his ass on this one especially where he says "It won't take me much longer to fix either way." It's been taking him almost 6 months to put out this update and nearly 3 years to get to the point that we're at now. Dude needs to stop the bullshit.

 

[kcaldw]

His next excuse will probably that his hamster has been abducted and anal probed by aliens

Or that the aliens demanded his hard drive as ransom for his hamster.

 

[Nadira]

At least this thread is somewhat amusing to read I guess...