VN Ren'Py The Neverwhere Tales [v0.5.0.4p] [Ceolag]

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Wolfram99 said:
MC's dad is the head of that operation, even if the council demanded involvement of MC and Jess in Templar business, how would that go? Kidnap them and force them to be Templars?

In regard to the asian girl, is adoption not a thing in the world?

And the Mom of MC said something about being trained in japan or smth. , so the org. can be quite international.
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Adoption is a possibility, but it would be a waste of good storytelling. The order seems to act all over the world and employ people to support the training as Kaija said she trained in several countries, but I don't think it is a multicultural entity as it is clearly stated that most templars are descendents from former templars. You can see that in the composition of the council: they are all caucasians. Linnae is a scandinavian name, Roland is frankish, Helga is old norse, etc.
 
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Knightcvel said:
Adoption is a possibility, but it would be a waste of good storytelling. The order seems to act all over the world and employ people to support the training as Kaija said she trained in several countries, but I don't think it is a multicultural entity as it is clearly stated that most templars are descendents from former templars. You can see that in the composition of the council: they are all caucasians. Linnae is a scandinavian name, Roland is frankish, Helga is old norse, etc.
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This sounds like the blind man describing an elephant as nothing but the trunk.

Also, I don't recall anything saying Templars always mate with other Templars; Linnae doesn't seem to have done so. So even if the Templars are as insular as you say, it's still likely they will interbreed with other cultures from time to time. The organization is nearly a thousand years old and operates globally; that's plenty of opportunities to pick up some foreign genes. Sayo could be an anomaly with a unique backstory, but there's no reason to assume that based on what we currently know.
 
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ename144 said:
This sounds like the blind man describing an elephant as nothing but the trunk.

Also, I don't recall anything saying Templars always mate with other Templars; Linnae doesn't seem to have done so. So even if the Templars are as insular as you say, it's still likely they will interbreed with other cultures from time to time. The organization is nearly a thousand years old and operates globally; that's plenty of opportunities to pick up some foreign genes. Sayo could be an anomaly with a unique backstory, but there's no reason to assume that based on what we currently know.
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Almost certain that Templars don't just mate with other Templars. If they had been doing that since 1300, the inbreeding would have made them nearly useless by now - not just for fighting but for functioning in the world.
 
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Hey everyone,
The numbers for this week:
46 new static renders for a total of 2085
20 new animations for a total of 96
165 new lines in the script file for a total of 6022

I'm done with the animations (for now) and will focus on the remaining script and static renders for the current scene. After I'm done, I can create the next test build.

Regarding the "hospital topic:" still ongoing is probably the safest thing to say. As of now, it seems my mother survived the infection but she's still in coma. So we're taking the small wins and still hoping for the best.

Have a nice weekend, guys.

Cheers,

Ceo
 
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xapican said:
Isn't he from Great Britain?
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He is, but even there you have to agree on where to drive at some point. I guess.
Maviarab said:
Different side (the correct one btw)
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Historically speaking, you're actually right. Even in ancient times, people always traveled on the left and ships were also designed accordingly, which is why starboard is also on the right. But thanks to the French, people now drive on the right side (almost) everywhere.
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I thought that was normal for women drivers
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Monetka_ said:
Hey everyone,
The numbers for this week:
46 new static renders for a total of 2085
20 new animations for a total of 96
165 new lines in the script file for a total of 6022

I'm done with the animations (for now) and will focus on the remaining script and static renders for the current scene. After I'm done, I can create the next test build.

Regarding the "hospital topic:" still ongoing is probably the safest thing to say. As of now, it seems my mother survived the infection but she's still in coma. So we're taking the small wins and still hoping for the best.

Have a nice weekend, guys.

Cheers,

Ceo
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Well, by the raw numbers Ceolag is now averaging approximately 65 static renders, 3.0 animations and 188 lines per week since work on Chapter 6 officially began. Here are the charts:
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Unfortunately, it's difficult to tell what Ceolag means by being done with animations. He could mean he's finished rendering all the animations he expects the chapter to need, or it could mean he's finished posing all the animations he expects Fiona's scene to need. One is much closer to the end of the development cycle than the other, but without preview images or information on the scenes themselves we can only speculate which is the case. Perhaps we'll learn more next week.

For now, at least the animation count is soaring and the real life news isn't getting worse.
 
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ename144 said:
Sayo could be an anomaly with a unique backstory, but there's no reason to assume that based on what we currently know.
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I assume based on what I call storyteller mode. She was introduced as a character with distinct characteristics for the sake of storytelling. A simpler explanation isn't the way storytellers usually work when developing fiction.
 
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He is, but even there you have to agree on where to drive at some point. I guess.
Historically speaking, you're actually right. Even in ancient times, people always traveled on the left and ships were also designed accordingly, which is why starboard is also on the right. But thanks to the French, people now drive on the right side (almost) everywhere.
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Those fucking frenchies......
 
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Tremonia said:
Well, it's 2025 (maybe ingame 2022?) and the Templars are a globally active organization, and their recruits come from all over the world. That's what Kaija and Linnae told us. If I'm not completely mistaken, MC's mom also hinted at something like that. It was also pointed out several times that it is no longer a Christian organization. Only in matters of fashion and architecture do they still seem to cling to tradition. So why shouldn't there be an Asian woman in the Templars? Especially as Maviarab has already correctly pointed out that there are probably also people of Asian descent in the USA. When I've been to the States, I've at least seen a lot of people who look like Sayo.
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About 7.2% of the US population is of Asian ethnicity, so yes, more than enough for her to be a reasonable local recruit. Especially if from one of the major cities, which tend to have higher diversity, such as San Francisco, California which is about 1/3rd Asian demographic.
 
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