2012-10-18, 00:32 | Link #1001 |
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This is just a note that I moved a bunch of recent posts to the Game Mechanics & Technology because it was crying and lonely, languishing on the second page. Feel free to continue the conversation over there and show it some love.
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2012-10-19, 00:58 | Link #1002 | |||
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Overall I just didn't find most of it any good - the directing, the plot etc. The only things I liked about it were the OP & ED songs and the setting - because I have played MMOs before. Trust me I'm not that close minded to toss an anime out because it doesn't fit my preconceive notions. In fact, one thing I like about anime is how often they mix things up. Currently watching, Shinsekai Yori. So far I'm very impressed. The character and set designs, audio work, directing (especially visually), pacing has been pretty darn good thus far. Quote:
I played WoW for 3-4 years, I know crap about how things are organised at Blizzard's data centres - which server/database (too be honest doubt any MMO currently in operation use flat files to sort game data) is the game data stored in, what data structures they are using to hold the data, how to access those data structures ... etc. If you gave me for admin access to their servers, I still won't be able to do shit. Quote:
My original post was to try to see what people found so good about to see if there is anything I'm missing out on. So far ... not much. I believe a good deal of people liked it because it's their favour LN "bought to life" and for some, they don't mind the way the story is told - which I found OK-but-could-be-better; hence my trying to find out what could possibly be justifying it's popularity. As for Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate anime Spoiler for Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate:
My memory of Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka is foggy. Although I do remember rather having "the other" girl win. My main issue with SOA is they rushed / shortcut the build up phrase too much - there too many gaps - which leaves me "unconvinced". Since I'm unconvinced of the "build up", I have trouble accepting the later phrases. It's like a math proof, if there is an error in the early part of the proof, everything that follows building on it is "moot".
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2012-10-19, 02:10 | Link #1003 | |
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But I bet you didn't read the in debt MMO programing books written by the lead designer of WoW. |
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2012-10-19, 05:40 | Link #1004 | ||
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The novel author is apparently rewiring the first arc now to be presented in chronological order and to flesh out some missing details, so perhaps your concerns will be addressed there. Of course, that doesn't change the fact that the anime adaptation of the first arc is done now (but they too did a similar reorganization to help with the presentation of the plot). Quote:
By that aside, I'm not sure that I quite buy your overall premise either. What happens after helps explain what happened before as well; particularly, the scenes in Episode 13 help provide a lot of context to their relationship. So I can't agree that what comes after is moot; I think you have to take a holistic approach. Anyway, probably not much else to say. I guess I just didn't see it the way you did, and that's that. *shrug*
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2012-10-19, 05:41 | Link #1005 | |
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Kirito could have used Yui's name or her designation as a search term to find her folder. Last edited by chaos_alfa; 2012-10-19 at 05:51. |
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2012-10-21, 17:22 | Link #1006 | ||
the cynic
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But ya, I didn't feel the conveying of their relationship was well done. It just isn't doing it for me. Quote:
Heck it might not even be in permanent storage, her data could exist solely in RAM since she is a running process. You will need a debugger to dig out her address in memory and know how her data is organised in order to copy the relevant parts. Then there is the copy2nervgear command, how does he know what the command is (that is definitely a custom command/program) or how to use it. Let me ask you. If you have an MMO installed, tell me right now where the model data for any random sword is. I want you to do this in 5 secs. This is on your computer BTW not a foreign system. I doubt you can do so.
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2012-10-21, 17:54 | Link #1007 | |
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2012-11-03, 13:26 | Link #1008 |
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I've only just finished watching the current episodes available and i LOVE it! This is an anime that deserves so much notice! In my opinion it's the best anime I've seen. Just makes me wish all of it was actually real
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2012-11-04, 04:44 | Link #1012 |
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To Aru, Shana, and ZnT are the other big LNs which got multiple seasons with lower initial sales than SAO right now if I recall. Also SAO is as (if not more) popular as those 3 were at the time of their first seasons.
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2012-11-04, 06:25 | Link #1013 | |
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If you need more pessimism, I can always bring up Haruhi who is now sitting pretty on 1.5 seasons
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2012-11-04, 17:53 | Link #1015 | |
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None of which are Light Novel adaptations though and Working!! is only 1 cour, while Black Butler s2 is Anime Original.
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2012-11-04, 18:46 | Link #1016 |
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The only problem I can see is the difficulty of fitting the future arcs into an even number of episodes of whole seasons. Else so would it be a no-brainer for any anime company to do another season for a successful anime series were there is more source material to base new seasons on.
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2012-11-05, 02:03 | Link #1020 |
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I know it isn't, but my the overall point that I was making from it is still valid, A-1 is more than willing make more of series that sells well. (I didn't even bother to bring in Fairy Tail and Uchuu Kyodai into this argument, even though they're both made by A-1 as well, and fit the mold of SAO in terms of length more finely than anything else here.)
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