Rehwyn

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I think the trio will be saved by drama: Maya gets sick, and Josy won't have the courage to dump her. The MC? Who knows, but if he dumps her, he'll have to dump Josy, too, and he will be seen as the evil guy who abandoned his sick girlfriend.

Or maybe not. Only DPC has been watching this list closely (thus the delay in updating), and Maya's hands thing was just a joke directed at us for making fun of the materials he chose for Maya.
I bet on:
- jealousy in their relationship
- Another crisis, for example Helen will die from illness
-Josy issues with herself

Because the main problem that was bothering Maya and Josy was eliminated - the loan topic was closed and Maya began to making peace with her father.
Honestly, I think the main "problem" is that it's the penultimate episode, DPC loves drama (especially leading into a Season finale), and without the loan issue there wasn't a ton of drama remaining in the throuple other than Maya and Josy's personal issues and how others (like parents) might react to their poly relationship. It would not surprise me at all if the JM drama this episode was to keep things from getting "boring", but it does also make sense from a development and narrative perspective to focus on it now that the loan is resolved. How many of the other main girl paths had some drama this episode? I've not played them all, but I know at least a few did so the JM branch is not unusual in that regard.

From a development branching perspective, having one "path" in this Episode for multiple different outcomes in future Episodes is efficient. It's easier to just have one path this Episode where issues arise and then perhaps split into branches later on depending on the resolution than it is to have multiple branches already where on one path everything's sunshine and rainbows and on the other path there's trouble brewing. This is particularly true since there's so much other branching already in the game.

It also make sense narratively to show the issues this episode no matter what. Regardless of if the throuple can be saved or not, the issues that could lead to a breakup have been there this entire time. If it can be saved, it makes sense to show the problems and then how they are "solved" rather than to just gloss over their issues entirely. Assuming the throuple can be saved, showing issues to resolve essentially shows the reader the "bullet" they dodged. Seeing problems and then saving the relationship can lead to a feeling of accomplishment in the reader, whereas not seeing any problems in the first place would not as much.

Of course, this is the same dev that made AL, so who knows. Maybe he'll doom the throuple path no matter what again. I've already expressed my feelings on that here though, so won't repeat myself.
 
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Lagunavii

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Idk what URM is, but why's the mod such a big problem lol? It's not like I plan to share my saves with anyone, and Scrappy was very diligent updating his mod so far.
URM is the universal ren'py mod. It allows you to mod the game to your whim and not leave a trace. The mods an issue cause it tanks your saves, yeah it's true that scrappy has been good so far, but hey so was Sancho until he wasn't.
 

Krytax123

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Idk what URM is, but why's the mod such a big problem lol? It's not like I plan to share my saves with anyone, and Scrappy was very diligent updating his mod so far.
Its not a problem as long as you are aware of it hes probably just undestandably annoyed by all the dumb repeating "why does my game crash at this screen" posts here
 
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4Zero9Zero

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Yeah I doubt no Patrick will fix there relationship
I'll bet like yours, my canon J&M run pretty much ignores Maya the whole way through :sneaky:
I think confessing to JoJo at the photo shoot may cement the breakup but being equal and waiting to confess to both will save it

But I can't not tell her when she looks at us like this expecting it
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Molmer

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That's Carla's mom I think.
Actually now when I think about it for more than 1 second, that would be kind of weird, didn't Lynette end up pregnant with MC really early on in her relationship with Neil, and aren't both Carla and Bianca older than MC by a couple of years, yet their mothers are the same age as Lynette? Like when you're talking to Jill's parents they say that they bought Lynette's old home 19 years earlier, MC is 19 YO, and it was sold below market value because Lynette's dad wanted to get it sold quick so it couldn't have been long after Lynette moved to the hotel. How the fuck does this timeline work out? How long were Neil and Lynette together? Why would Lynette's dad make her move out of the house unless it was close to being sold?
 

ffive

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Let's be fair, if Troy did compete in the fighting competition...he wouldn't stand a chance. The fact that we can beat his ass literally in the first episode AND he is seen as another rookie like us in episode 10 at the fight club...Well, he's gonna be toast if he goes there. Doubly so since he lacks the plot armour of the MC.
Troy can get a big bump to the stats in this episode (it might hinge on whether you give him advice when he asks, though i didn't check it) that brings him right behind Dawe and not that far from the top fighters.

Troy at the start of Ep.11:

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Troy now:

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