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View Poll Results: Sword Art Online - Episode 1 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 101 | 43.35% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 62 | 26.61% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 43 | 18.45% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 17 | 7.30% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 4 | 1.72% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 3 | 1.29% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 3 | 1.29% | |
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2012-07-08, 02:38 | Link #221 | |
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Remember that the testers prob only reached floor 8 via trial and error and a lot of resses, something they don't have the luxury with here. I'd imagine beating the floor boss with <40% HP still remaining would be way too big a risk to take.
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2012-07-08, 02:40 | Link #222 |
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That was a pretty good first episode... but on the suspension of disbelief side, this is a pretty hard swallow.
I think I'd have preferred it if we had seen more news reports (from the real world's perspective) were national leaders were talking about hunting down Kayaba. I mean, Kayaba is now easily on the level of Osama bin Laden, and likely with way fewer people protecting him than what bin Laden had. Every single industrialized nation in the world should want this man captured, preferably alive but dead if necessary. The public outcry for his head would be absolutely massive. I can almost kind of accept a megalomaniacal game maker managing to pull this off, but I have a much harder time accepting him avoiding the authorities for very long. No doubt he has created a nice hideaway for himself, but against the full weight of the FBI, the CIA, the US military, and various intelligence agencies/militaries throughout the world, I have a hard time imagining Kayaba avoiding capture for more than a year, max. And wow, after watching this and the .hack anime, I don't know if I'd ever feel comfortable playing a VR MMO if one is created in real life.
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2012-07-08, 02:47 | Link #223 | |
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Also, many of your questions have answers within the novels themselves. Given what topic this is though, they cannot be answered here (WildGoose already got banned for a small spoiler. I still think it's unreasonable, but still...) It might be better to wait and see how they'll explain the finer points of the novel plot in the future (such as the whereabouts of the developer), rather than write everything off as "the author not doing his research". Besides, we can believe that a super genius with limited resources can build a bullet-proof powered armor made from scraps in a cave, why not a super genius with access to a lot more resources who might have planned this for years? Only if they forget to eat, sleep and void for days on end. Rather sad when such happens.
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2012-07-08, 02:48 | Link #224 | |
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also helps if you befriend any mysterious AI girl that comes across, esp. if they're named Aura :P |
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2012-07-08, 02:50 | Link #225 | |
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Thus my point, you cannot prepare for abilities that go beyond that confines of the real world. |
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2012-07-08, 02:54 | Link #226 | |
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But I'm so struck by the premise itself that it was hard for me to focus much on that, lol. Hopefully, I'll get more into the basic story the more I watch it.
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2012-07-08, 03:01 | Link #227 | |
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This has nothing to do with it being a game, since that merely means you're operating with a different set of rules and weapons. When your life is on the line, it's what's in your head that's going to keep you alive. |
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2012-07-08, 03:09 | Link #228 | |
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The only industrialized nation who would care enough is Japan. But... but.... PSO2 isn't region blocked! - Not for long. Lets just say that it's up in the air due to complaints. |
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2012-07-08, 03:11 | Link #229 | |
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Even so, I'm not getting the feeling that the story outside of the game matters much, outside of explaining how the characters got stuck there and why this "MMO" is serious business (kind of hard to feel bad for a character death if they can just resurrect, right?). The story certainly wasted no time dumping the characters into the game world, so I don't think there is going to be a dual track plot of "in game" and "out of game" where you see characters struggling to stay alive in SAO while other characters struggle to find a way to free them outside of the game.
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2012-07-08, 03:40 | Link #232 | ||||
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Granted, there is what Haruyasha just brought up, but even if its effect is localized to just one nation, it would be the leading news story throughout the entire world and it is on the level of a massive terrorist attack. People all over the world would want this man caught and brought to justice due to his atrocious crimes and the rather severe threat he obviously poses. It would definitely start an international manhunt. Interpol would be over this instantly. Quote:
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If it is left entirely unaddressed, then I will consider that a significant flaw against the anime. It's simply not something that should be overlooked if you're pitching a premise as extreme as this one is, in my opinion.
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2012-07-08, 03:57 | Link #234 | |
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Let's say you and a friend encounter a boss. Like you say your lives are on the line and what is in their head will keep both of you alive and have that mentality going into the boss. Suddenly the boss mind controls or confuses your friend. This is a highly common status ailment in RPGs. Your friend starts attacking you. You did not know of this ability beforehand and could not prepare. What do you do? It is these situations those of SoA are facing. Let's say you're soloing instead. Like you say, your life is on the line and your head is stable and prepared. Suddenly the boss you encounter puts an ability on you that you are not aware of. You are hurt and you heal yourself. The ability the boss puts on you was actually one that causes all healing techniques to hurt you instead. You die. You may think that these abilities and situations are stupid, but these types of abilities are used all the times in RPGs and MMORPGs. I think you saying that a person "merely means you're operating with a different set of rules and weapons" while ignoring the variety of what enemies in RPGs can do is wrong. |
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2012-07-08, 04:01 | Link #235 | |
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Also... novel spoilers, hence I we can't say anymore I'm kinda seeing a trend here where most of the answers are in the novels, but since this is the anime thread, we can't lay them out here. @kyp275 and Calca: What exactly are you two arguing about again? Since I kinda feel like you two are arguing about two completely different things. I actually thought you two were agreeing with each other for the first couple of posts, then got off tangent.
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2012-07-08, 04:14 | Link #239 | |
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But I do get what Triple_R is saying regarding suspension of disbelief because you definitely do need some. I'll just wait till the anime explains what goes on in the real world whilst this chaos is going on before I judge though. |
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2012-07-08, 04:17 | Link #240 | |
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I think any anime that is 100% grounded in reality would actually be pretty stagnant. |
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