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When I do a playthrough that is "me," wherein I act like it's real life and try and do what I would do in that situation, I tend to be neutral with occasional slips into Chick and Dik territory. The full-on Chick and Dik playthroughs are the ones that are strategic for me, in that I want to see what those paths look like.In my opinion, the neutral path simply doesn't exist, it's all artificial to stay in balance and stay on the horse in all situations, but from a story point of view it makes very little sense
if MC beats up Dawe then why wouldn't he accept Caleb's challenge or defend himself against Tommy?
if MC accepts the restaurant number then why wouldn't he go get high with Tommy and Quinn?
being neutral is a strategic choice, especially at this point in the story.
and in my opinion DPC chose to block the Major choices because from here on it will make less and less sense to choose once Bacchus and then Apollo
There are plenty of games on this site where being a total horndog and a jerk will allow the MC to grow a big harem, but in real life that just wouldn't fly for a poor nobody college freshman, no matter how big his schlong is.
While it would be ridiculous to say that BaDik is realistic at all, the game does present tradeoffs for every decision and there are consequences for the MC's actions, just as there usually are in real life. As such, when approaching the game honestly, I would think most of us would find ourselves in neutral affinity/status territory pretty often.