Ren'Py Power Vacuum [Ch. 12 Official] [What? Why? Games]

[Snugglepuff]

]when I wrote he (Sterling) is stupid it didn't mean that I wanted an MC to be a chad or Alpha male.

You're basically describing an Alpha Male in your first sentence though.

Just not a pushover character and one who can stand his ground and is also assertive and mostly pragmatic with his decision making, just pounding pussy doesn't make a good MC...

This is literally basic Alpha Male characteristics here.

Repeating your same complaint about Sterling as a character isn't going to change him though...

 

[Fayn Arawn]

To be fair, Sterling does make some dumb decisions, but that's exactly what makes him a good main character, because Power Vacuum is a comedy. If Sterling was smarter and more in control then the story would be more predictable and less humorous. His bumbling leads to entertaining situations that wouldn't happen otherwise.

 

[Snugglepuff]

To be fair, Sterling does make some dumb decisions, but that's exactly what makes him a good main character, because Power Vacuum is a comedy. If Sterling was smarter and more in control then the story would be more predictable and less humorous. His bumbling leads to entertaining situations that wouldn't happen otherwise.

Bumbling... Now I can't help but imagine this as a porno Carry On movie!

 

[DD69-1]

You're basically describing an Alpha Male in your first sentence though.

This is literally basic Alpha Male characteristics here.

Repeating your same complaint about Sterling as a character isn't going to change him though...

I'm not sure what is Alpha male in here with the traits that I had mentioned, I haven't written dominant, flexes his strength / superiority towards others, Alpha's don't speak like Sterling as well, they finish what they have to say in a couple of lines, instead of making it in a paragraph.

I know that won't change Sterling but since I was asked what qualities that I would like in an MC by suddenreal was just answering those, if you want to grab only a couple of things which I've written and mask them as alpha traits there's nothing I can do about it.

 

[Snugglepuff]

I'm not sure what is Alpha male in here with the traits that I had mentioned

You don't know what the traits associated with Alpha Males are, period.

flexes his strength / superiority towards others

That's not Alpha Male.
That's a modern stereotype derived from the stereotype college jock, which is basically a Beta Male trying to masquerade as an Alpha.

Alpha's don't speak like Sterling as well, they finish what they have to say in a couple of lines, instead of making it in a paragraph.

I didn't say Sterling was an Alpha Male, so comparing him to something you don't actually understand is rather silly.

I know that won't change Sterling but since I was asked what qualities that I would like in an MC by suddenreal was just answering those, if you want to grab only a couple of things which I've written and mask them as alpha traits there's nothing I can do about it.

Your repeated complaints about Sterling's character has nothing to do with what anyone else said.
It's you saying the same things over, and over. This isn't the first time you said those things about Sterling, about how "he's not a MC" when you clearly don't understand what makes a MC, to the point that you then move the goalposts to what you think makes a MC... Which still is not what a MC is.

 

[Deleted member 7535870]

You don't know what the traits associated with Alpha Males are, period.



That's not Alpha Male.
That's a modern stereotype derived from the stereotype college jock, which is basically a Beta Male trying to masquerade as an Alpha.



I didn't say Sterling was an Alpha Male, so comparing him to something you don't actually understand is rather silly.



Your repeated complaints about Sterling's character has nothing to do with what anyone else said.
It's you saying the same things over, and over. This isn't the first time you said those things about Sterling, about how "he's not a MC" when you clearly don't understand what makes a MC, to the point that you then move the goalposts to what you think makes a MC... Which still is not what a MC is.

I don't understand why all those uproar
Sterling may not be a male alpha but he's not a loser that's all who count
He has one of the best level up I've never seen in a game if you take Sterling chapter 1 to chapter 6 you know the difference.
Also Sterling have he's charm and he's not taking adventage of others he made all those thing to Protect he's family
One of the best mc i have never seen easely ranked in my top 3

 

[BBC King]

So can someone please explain why all the hate to Sterling? I mean he is trying to keep the household from getting corrupted by Hunter, even if he is pretty passive and most of it is done for laughs anyway. You can even justify the MC's insane sax drive and willingness to fuck anything that moves because of the drugs and stuff Hunter is slipping everywhere. So why the hate?

I dont think its hate for him particularly, more so the game itself plays like a comedy/over-written sitcom. The dev made alot of creative choices that personally feel like a miss for me. The saving grace is the models/sex scenes.

 

[MAGO-DAG]

Apparently, teasers came out today

 

[maynardkeynes65]

Hey guys! A status update was released mentioning "concerned with status", can somebody share the percentage or info related?

 

[DD69-1]

You don't know what the traits associated with Alpha Males are, period.

That's not Alpha Male.
That's a modern stereotype derived from the stereotype college jock, which is basically a Beta Male trying to masquerade as an Alpha.

I didn't say Sterling was an Alpha Male, so comparing him to something you don't actually understand is rather silly.

Your repeated complaints about Sterling's character has nothing to do with what anyone else said.
It's you saying the same things over, and over. This isn't the first time you said those things about Sterling, about how "he's not a MC" when you clearly don't understand what makes a MC, to the point that you then move the goalposts to what you think makes a MC... Which still is not what a MC is.

You're basically describing an Alpha Male in your first sentence though.

This is literally basic Alpha Male characteristics here.

Repeating your same complaint about Sterling as a character isn't going to change him though...

You haven't listed a single quality either, you're just shunning me down, stating that yeah that's not right, those are basic traits of a male character that I had listed but now you're drawing comparisons to jocks [most jocks I met in college were assholes, not sure which jocks you're referring to]. I haven't moved goalposts, I was asked what traits an MC should have, I stated them they were rendered as alpha traits by you which I didn't even say in my post. You brought up the alpha/beta conversation.

even through my traits for an MC had assertiveness and mostly pragmatic with his decision making in my earlier post.

You can call Sterling an MC sure but he lacks the traits for the same. I have my logical reasoning behind not thinking of him as an MC and you clearly have yours. I'm not here to convince you or anyone else. I was just sharing my thoughts because I was asked.

And I'm not asking to change him now, because the game will already be over in 1.5 years (2 updates more) and it's already too late to make changes.

 

[Snugglepuff]

You haven't listed a single quality either

I'm not the one attributing traits to something that don't apply.

you're just shunning me down, stating that yeah that's not right, those are basic traits of a male character that I had listed but now you're drawing comparisons to jocks [most jocks I met in college were assholes, not sure which jocks you're referring to].

I didn't draw a comparison to jocks. Re-read what I wrote.

I haven't moved goalposts, I was asked what traits an MC should have, I stated them they were rendered as alpha traits by you which I didn't even say in my post. You brought up the alpha/beta conversation.

You did move the goalposts.
You stated Sterling is not a Main Character, which was wrong. You then changed it to what you consider a Main Character to be, which was still wrong.

In response to my joke, you stated the following;

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Yet the things you listed in that paragraph were, as I said, traits of an Alpha Male, to which you responded with;

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You can call Sterling an MC sure but he lacks the traits for the same.

No, he doesn't. Your opinion of what is and isn't a Main Character is wrong, plain and simple.
It's fine to desire those traits in a Main Character, but they are not what defines a Main Character as a Main Character.

I have my logical reasoning behind not thinking of him as an MC and you clearly have yours.

Yes, your reasoning is your biased and flawed opinion. Mine is that he literally is the Main Character.

I'm not here to convince you or anyone else. I was just sharing my thoughts because I was asked.

That's fine.
It doesn't exclude people from commenting on what you say though.

And I'm not asking to change him now, because the game will already be over in 1.5 years (2 updates more) and it's already too late to make changes.

Which is precisely why your repeated complaint about Sterling is silly.

 

[bludysunday]

Hey guys! A status update was released mentioning "concerned with status", can somebody share the percentage or info related?

56%

 

[detroit147]

I see a Futa/Trans tag. Can it be avoided or is it a mandatory part of the story/game?

 

[MAGO-DAG]

I see a Futa/Trans tag. Can it be avoided or is it a mandatory part of the story/game?

Apart from Mc, no one else touches LI, everything related to ntr or futa is<Bad endings> .

This is a game that brings you back if you make bad choices and encounter bad consequences, after which you are brought back to correct it.

 

[Small-pp-22]

I'm not saying Sterling is better than Kevin

I am saying that

 

[MAGO-DAG]

I am saying that

 

[DKft]

56%

Then it's looking like a December or early January release. If it's taking him 7 months to get to half, then he's bound to take another half a year for the remaining half and this is without taking into account that he will either slow down or go on vacation (either for summer right now or for Christmas). My guess is it's going to be on January the next release.

 

[pinkie96]

Then it's looking like a December or early January release. If it's taking him 7 months to get to half, then he's bound to take another half a year for the remaining half and this is without taking into account that he will either slow down or go on vacation (either for summer right now or for Christmas). My guess is it's going to be on January the next release.

It's taken him under 6 months to reach 56%. The 7th month of the year has only started, and the previous update released on 2024-01-13. Meaning he's done 56% in 172 days which is 5 and a half months.

This update is on track to completed faster than the last update.

 

[Bear2093]

Whenever the dev starts the writing process, we'll have a better idea of when it could be released cause writing will probably take 3-4 months. My guess is late January/early Feb.

 

[Dmob_6438]

I think the dev just released some new teasers 2 days ago