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10 out of 10 : Near Perfect... | 31 | 24.22% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent... | 49 | 38.28% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good... | 27 | 21.09% | |
7 out of 10 : Good... | 10 | 7.81% | |
6 out of 10 : Average... | 8 | 6.25% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average... | 0 | 0% | |
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 : Torturous... | 3 | 2.34% | |
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2012-10-21, 19:07 | Link #203 |
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Yes, they let him have it, and he would have insisted on it because it had Yui's program stuck in its memory. I think that, given all that happened, they could let him keep his unit. It's not like he doesn't know the risks. It's certainly banned for the general public, though; they're all using the new units.
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2012-10-21, 19:14 | Link #204 |
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They mentioned that Kirito did some bargaining with the government, which presumably includes him keeping his NerveGear. And I'm presuming that while the government can ban the sale of NerveGear, they have no viable means of confiscating already sold NerveGears. They can confiscate the SAO players under auspices of the ongoing investigation.
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2012-10-21, 19:18 | Link #205 | |
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2012-10-21, 19:28 | Link #206 | |
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2012-10-21, 19:36 | Link #207 | |
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2012-10-21, 19:39 | Link #209 |
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Well, which benefits the narrative (to allow him a chance to reach his goal in time), but of course Kazuto didn't know that going into it. But...
...yeah, this is really he main point. He needs to keep his NerveGear because Yui is inside it. This is also why he couldn't reset it in any way.
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2012-10-21, 21:35 | Link #211 | |
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I bet Yui, his items and the saved game were save on the equivalent of SSD drive/SDHC card, meaning that even if the battery died (two years is a long time) after he turn of his equipment, everything should be safe even if checked years later. I mean, after seeing the video of WoW players whose player characters have been deleted, it is an obvious precaution. |
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2012-10-21, 21:36 | Link #212 |
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Incidentally, I was rewatching the episode and I remembered the conversation we had a few page back about the flight controllers. I had missed the first time that Agil actually explains that you can learn to fly "unassisted" but it's difficult, but then we see Kirito fly easily with the "assist controller", so that does explain why Lyfa can fly without the controller, and gives you a hint as to her own skill level in the game (i.e. very high). So yeah, it's basically like what we figured out, but I just missed the explanation in the setup the first time.
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2012-10-21, 22:03 | Link #213 |
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I've noticed some diehard gamers mention how they would be as reluctant as Kirito to delete all their items. As a non-gamer, I had a different interpretation of that scene. I don't think he was concerned about losing the items he couldn't access anyway but was worried about losing the one item he could access - namely Yui. I think his hesitation and glance at Yui indicated he feared deleting all his items might also delete her as well. Fortunately, it didn't turn out that way, but I think Kirito had a valid fear. That was my fear as well.
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2012-10-21, 22:21 | Link #214 | |
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Kirito didn't have a scared or emotional look, he had a look that said "Ehh, do I really have to do this?" >_< |
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2012-10-21, 22:42 | Link #215 | |
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2012-10-21, 22:48 | Link #216 | |
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2012-10-21, 22:48 | Link #217 |
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Adding to the chorus, I don't think so, because if that's what he was worried about he could have just deleted each item manually one by one. The message probably should have said something like "Would you like to delete all unequipped items?" or something like that. I think he was just sad to let all those items go.
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2012-10-21, 23:02 | Link #218 |
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TBH I also thought Yui might get deleted, leading to some sort of quest unto "where do deleted items go'" and such. Gladly it didn't happen and it make sense, since old times once you use an item to summon an ally the item either disappears or become worthless (unless it is the lamp where a genie inhabits, but even then the genie would only get mad and a substitute item should be easily found).
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2012-10-22, 00:19 | Link #219 | ||
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If you want to compare it with texting or cigaretts, you need to bring an example where cigaretts and texting that has malicious intent to kill people on the spot was created. SAO and the Nerve Gear wasn't just a freakin' health hazard. It was used to intentionally kill people. How can you not see the massive difference there. It's like a car where the designer designed the thing to explode and kill the passangers. Or a cigarette that was intentionally poisoned with the intent of racking body counts. Or a texting that.... well, it's not even possible, but a cellphone that texts deathnote messages that stops the hearts of reciever. Seriously. If those things existed, and caused four thousand people to die in a short time frame, I can guarantee you in real life, a "slightly modified safer versions" will not come to existence, due to social panic to ban the technology involved. It may not ban texting and cigarettes, but it will certainly ban that specific technology, and will not allow any copies of it to float around, regardless of how "safe" the company claims. Absolutely not in Japan. It's one thing to suspend disbelief for the sake of enjoying the anime. It's another thing to make futile defense to claim its realism.
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2012-10-22, 00:42 | Link #220 |
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I think you're underestimating the public a bit. (That's not something said often. )
VRMMO technology did not kill people. The booby trap inserted into VRMMO technology specifically designed to kill people killed people. John Q Public isn't going to say "They should ban any and all methods of virtual reality now and forever because a terrorist hijacked it once!" It'd be more something like "I think VR-Technology needs stricter regulations and government safeguards to make sure something like this never happens again. I mean really. "Crazy Death Game" is a card that can only played once. Kayaba had the advantage of total surprise in a market he created all for himself. But now everyone is watching. Edit: Speaking of hijacking, terrorists hijacking planes. We didn't ban air travel outright because of it. People were wary. Airport security increased 1000fold. That's the kind of response the public would have. Because everyone just sees him as a terrorist. |
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