Infamous if (band wip) chap 3 (457k wrds) released (9/08/2024)

Random musings

Hearing Cory get called a girlboss makes me think she’s in her 30s but I always envisioned her as being in her 50s. Hearing her say womp womp makes me think she’s gen Z.

I wonder how the band ended up in UWB’s audition group, and if someone were to pull strings wouldn’t it make more sense to alter the groups so the band faces weak competition than to leave them in the same group and rig the judgement? I wish that one of the characters would point that out.

The plane ride was shorter than I expected, not much interaction between the MC and Misfit Alley either.

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This scene seems to be a bit buggy when its comes to variables, etc. I actually had a whole choice set not appear when it should have in my playthru (with a high stat, romanced G). It just wasnt there at all. which i think also caused dialogue to be absent from the text further in. G left the room without a single parting word. it was kinda funny actually, almost like G was fleeing the scene after sharing a moment, but that wasnt intended lol.

I thought so too. Or, well, I thought thered be a couple more conversations with people in the space between the tv pic reveal and before we got to Virginia. Landing felt a bit abrupt? But I can understand if Amy wanted to keep that tension high leading up to being dragged to Viktors lair. In general almost everyone on that flight was pretty much tired af and trying to get some sleep so maybe not much room for talking.

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For some reason, I assumed audition groups are regional? Aren’t reality show auditions typically regional? If they were regional, I think it’d be obvious if someone based out of a city a thousand miles away ended up at a particular audition.

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There are several sections that have the checks set incorrectly. For example, if you get a ride from Griffin, you should be able to make the choice below, but the check is if you’re attracted to women or both…

*if ggender = “male”
*if ((sexuality = “women”) or (sexuality = “both”)) #“If it means running into you? Expect me to do it more often.” ${romance}
*set g_romance +1

There are quite a few places I found that. And there are quite a few completely missing blocks of code for Seven interactions due to incorrect syntax. I’m sure Amy will get them. :slight_smile:

Yeah, it felt rushed, but I think she didn’t want to let MC get comfortable for long before seeing the “leaked” video. For some reason, it felt like that happened mid-flight, and MC just sat there in shock or something.

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I thought the flight would end up being a section where we could spend more time with Griffin or Victoria. Kinda like how the bus gives us the opportunity to talk to Seven, August, and Orian. But it was really just a couple of scenes that weren’t very romance-routey

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The flight is pretty much just for Dakota enjoyers which, to be fair, could be ~90% of the playerbase.

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This statement feels very accurate, haha.

i’m not sure if this is a bug or intended but if it is a bug i hope it never gets fixed. i have been laughing at this for the past 5 minutes.

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The fact that a sub-RO gets two intimate scenes before any main ROs is wild to me. I get Dakota is popular but c’mon…

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Hol up orion doesn’t get paid??? wtf

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Be calm YOU MAN

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where would you put an intimate scene with any main-ro at this point in the story anyway? Just give Amy some time to move the story forward; it’s really not that hard

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Well, Dakota has two bathroom scenes already. Just saying Amy is quite the capable author.

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Wouldn’t SV have been in the band’s group then? They are from the same city.

It would have been nice to spend some time with them though.

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There’s no need for the attitude. I was simply stating how I felt.

I’ve always advocated for Amy and her story-writing. And actually G had plenty of opportunities for an intimate scene.

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I like that idea. Picking sexuality to block off certain routes I don’t want tangled into.

Technically, O already caused me to swoon immediately. May change everyone else to men to block flirts out. I fell for Oriana too quickly. Seven didn’t get that reaction from me. Nor did the rocker G/V.

There is the fun fling at party. Not there yet. The other was the drummer. But Oriana made me melt. No one else did that pre new build.

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At first, I thought G’s route was going to be similar to M’s in Wayhavenbut, but I guess that’s reserved for Dakota’s. G seems very conflicted about what they feel for the MC so I don’t expect them to get physical any time soon (or any of the main ro for that matter).

They don’t iirc which is pretty mind blowing if you ask me considering they’ve been with the band for 3 years. I know O is loaded but still.

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Yeah its too soon for G atm. I do think maybe G will be one of the first main ROs to break down and kiss MC though lol.

Dakota being the one to get the intimate scene in ch. 3 wasnt all that surprising to me. Theyre the only RO that had that avenue opened already and MC is basically paying them back haha. Also if that was just a short hook up scene with a subRO from Amy, I cant wait to see what she has in store for the main RO scenes. :melting_face:

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In the bathroom obv., seems like it’s the place for it. /s

A little more seriously, side-pieces getting sex scenes before the main cast is pretty standard pacing for, shall we say, more R-rated VNs. Even if it’s pretty silly for adults in mid-20s to develop things slower than blushing first-time virgins.

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Yeah if anything, I think Chapter 3 was G working out how they feel about the MC and there will be changes in the future depending on that last choice to stay away from them or not. They seemed more so shocked that they’re developing such strong feelings/attraction for someone other than their wife rather than ready to jump into bed with that specific someone - which gave us the very cool and iconic “wtf” scene in the elevator lol.

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