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WCDT Strips 4326-4330 (10-15 August 2020)
Cornelius:
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--- Quote from: Zebediah on 09 Aug 2020, 19:24 ---And he’s done it in a vague enough fashion that Clinton has no idea it’s about anything but video games!
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I may or may not be familiar with this kind of situation.
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Uh oh. Were you Clinton or Elliot (or Renee)?
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Elliot; by the time he caught on, though, Clinton was very vocal about not leaning that way. Never heard of him since. I do hope it doesn't turn that way in the comic.
Coincidentally, we were discussing Crusader Kings, at the time.
oddtail:
I'm pretty sure the NPC situation described in the comic is not remotely on the same level of complexity as Europa Universalis (EU doesn't really *have* NPCs beyond leaders with a bunch of very simple stats, and there's not really any personal interaction with them in the game). I think the game is a fictional (generic?) combination of elements from Europa Universalis and Crusader Kings.
EDIT: OK, upon rereading the comic, if you interpret "married off my daughter" as a flavourful description of clicking the "Royal marriage" option, and the deal as a similarly fanciful description of using a royal marriage to get your relationship number high enough for the other country to agree to an alliance, you can *technically* have that scenario in EU (but again, the level of detail is not in the actual game mechanics). I don't *think* EU keeps track of all individual NPCs for the purpose of royal marriages, I think it's just automatically possible to have a royal marriage with any kingdom. But I haven't played EU4 in about a year, so if I'm talking out my ass, anyone correct me.
厚目眠子:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 10 Aug 2020, 01:30 ---My suspicion is that Jeph is planning a prolonged arc for her learning the nature of friendship and the difference between friendship and romantic attraction
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Nuances among social relations of various types are challenging understanding, therefore I'm eager to read what examines such.
--- Quote from: BenRG on 10 Aug 2020, 01:30 ---the difference between friendship and romantic attraction (and, more importantly, the fact that, confusingly, there is sometimes no difference at all)
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Two things being different and the same is contradictory.
--- Quote from: Farideh on 10 Aug 2020, 16:10 ---that one (disastrous) date with Pintsize.
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Roko liked bread. Pintsize durably publically explicitly stated that he wanted to shoot toast at "your" body. Roko agreed to a date with Pintsize. Pintsize shot toast at Roko. Roko disliked that?
BenRG:
--- Quote from: 厚目眠子 on 11 Aug 2020, 05:17 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 10 Aug 2020, 01:30 ---the difference between friendship and romantic attraction (and, more importantly, the fact that, confusingly, there is sometimes no difference at all)
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Two things being different and the same is contradictory.
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Yes; that's why understanding the occasional overlap or lack of first-glance differences between the two states is so difficult for people to grasp sometimes. It takes time and exposure to figure which of the two it is (or whether it is both).
Wingy:
--- Quote from: 厚目眠子 on 11 Aug 2020, 05:17 ---
--- Quote from: Farideh on 10 Aug 2020, 16:10 ---that one (disastrous) date with Pintsize.
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Roko liked bread. Pintsize durably publically explicitly stated that he wanted to shoot toast at "your" body. Roko agreed to a date with Pintsize. Pintsize shot toast at Roko. Roko disliked that?
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Yes, because Roko was trying to come to some understanding of who Pintsize was, and getting no response. Pintsize was trying to live out his sexual fantasy and not getting the response he wanted either. Both leave the date highly dissatisfied.
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