[Anime] Sword Art Online (Postponed to Summer 2012)

Hey, at least you get pretty far in the game!

But you survive till the end here.T_T And i??? get brain fried here lol.

Allow me to take pity on you, then. e__e

Lol.

I hope the anime goes past the SAO arc to the ALO arc, because in the light novels, SAO is only the first volume. And SAO sounds like a game I would really love to play, because theres no magic and basically its all about what weapons you're using and how you like to play, none of that point and click magic and AOE.

I want the Phantom Bullet arc above all. Then the Alicization arcs...

HiroyukiShota is stuck in SAO. Level: 69. Dies 1 month in due to crappy party members.

One month, i must be helluva grinder. Themz crappy party members.

Episode 2

I particularly enjoyed the studio exploring the psychological effects of the game affecting the players. I would give the episode quite a score if they didn't kill off nobuyuki hiyama. D:

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You guys need to read the Novel, not just the main story, also the side stories. This episode was from the side story titled Aria in the Starless Night. Ive notice that they did change a few things and left out a few also from the Novel. Though that is understandable.

Regarding this episode, Damn! I LOVE IT! I enjoyed every single second of it. The OP and ED credits were pretty good.

Now regarding the next episode, it will also come from the side story part of the Novel. It will explain a few things on why Kirito chooses to do things the way he does. Some of you guys might tear up from this upcoming episode too.... I know I will....

Episode 2 question



I like how I can see some resemblance to how people are in mmo's. People playing the blame game, loot sniping, and "I'm a great guild leader I play so many gamez but how i swing sword?".

You mean Klein?
If I recall this right, SAO is supposed to be the first "Full Dive" MMO, so for any gamer, it will be their first experience with full dive.

Correct me If I'm wrong though.

Episode 2.


On a secondary note

i think there is fatal flaw in this anime, how are the real bodys in the real world surviving without food or water ??

are the real bodys somehow connected to an artificial nutirtion that can magically transfrom electric energy into real world food or what ?

this makes not freaking sense at all, not to mention your body has to "get rid" of the digested food.....so if this anime would be real, all the people who started playing this game alone at home, would have been dead after 3 day. since that is pretty much the time that you can survive without water.

but leaving logic aside, the anime is quite interessting, allthough the concept has already been done acouple of times. anway lets see how it will develope.

i also liked the scene in episode 2 where egil basically just said "RTFM" for all those who complained about the beat testers.

i am also waiting for a leeroy jenkins reference in this one :D

come to think of it since there is also accel world running, is the whole virutal reality thing becoming a new trend as of late ?

man how do i buy premium item here?
i'm money oriented player lol

Actually the Novel explained everything. They'll probably explain it later on in the anime

Accel World and SAO is written by the same person ;)

1. Not explained in the anime, but the creator Kayaba Akihiko has ensured that all players will receive care from the government, All of theirs bodies will be transported to the nearest hospital. So they don't have to worry about anything besides clearing the game. Kayaba wants to see "trapped players" actually finish his game, not mass murder them.

and on top of that, the story takes place in 2022, who knows what kind of Health technology that has been developed.

2. Not a trend, but both stories are made by the same author, and both stories happens in the same universe. SAO events happens in 2022, where as Accel world started at 2046. Also proven by the development of the Nervgear in Accel world.

I am not quite sure about point 1 though. there is only one way to keep them alive in the real world.

1. they are taken care of at the place where they actually mounted the headthingy (i dont recall the actual name right now) by either their family or some third party.

I dont think you can transport them to the hosipital due to the fact that the computer has to be connected to the server to retain the connection. So if you were to move the computer, one would have to ensure the internet connection isn´t lost and the PC is supplied with power on the transportation way. And if the computer was connected via cable to the router, then it would be impossible in the first place.

I am also curious what would happen if the connection is lost, i mean they cant simply kill the people just because the connection is lost right ?

Cause every router has a restart option once a day at a certain time and since most people dont turn that of, because it pretty much a default setting, it would have been impossible for players to live longer than a day.

But assuming that you die if the connection is lost, I pity the fools who tried to play the game with a bad connection

login -> server timeout -> dead.....OH SNAP


But oh well, maybe they try to explain this later. The only way i can think of right now, is that every player is taken care of by their families or third party

As for point 2, that makes totaly sense, i also looked it up to get the whole story behind the releases of the authors light novels, thanks for the intel.

You're completely forgetting one thing, the technology. It's year 2022, where people can "dive" into their MMO, I bet that the Nervgear is not the only thing that was developed in that time.

Basically, you're seeing the problem with "our" time perceptive, while it's not impossible that they have developed numerous new technology that makes "treating and caring" those player possible.

and No, like I said, the government is the one taking care of the players, families are only allowed to visit them in the hospitals. Kayaba Akihiko doesn't want the players to die "pointlessly" due to technical faults, so of course the world already have the technology to support his plan.