Sword Art Online - Q & A

[relentlessflame]

I just want to remind everyone that the Q&A thread is to be used to Questions and Answers only. Someone asks, someone answers, and that's it. If someone is wrong, you can correct them, but this is not a thread where it's okay to speculate or get into discussions. Q&A only. There are other threads for speculation. I deleted 23 posts.

Also, if you post *anything* that involves knowledge of things not yet shown in the anime, it must be behind properly-marked spoiler tags.

[Netto Azure]

Originally Posted by erneiz_hyde

Say, about the jail-area thingy, is that really player administered? How does that work? It seems that very act of putting people in prison makes you an orange player, so are the admins of these jails a guild of some kind?

It'll probably be revealed later on in the anime:

Spoiler for How is the jail run?:

It's basically run by a Guild called <<The Army>> or "Aincrad Liberation Army" which is one of the largest guild in Aincrad numbering around 1000 members. They basically run the 1st floor as a military government of sorts. They were an outgrowth of that core group of frontliners back in Episode 2, with Kiribao and old MMOStream members.

[erneiz_hyde]

Originally Posted by Netto Azure

It'll probably be revealed later on in the anime:

Spoiler for How is the jail run?:

It's basically run by a Guild called <<The Army>> or "Aincrad Liberation Army" which is one of the largest guild in Aincrad numbering around 1000 members. They basically run the 1st floor as a military government of sorts. They were an outgrowth of that core group of frontliners back in Episode 2, with Kiribao and old MMOStream members.

Yeah, thought so.

But then, how do you differentiate between peacemakers and PK-ers if they are both orange? Look at their guild emblem?

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by Netto Azure

It'll probably be revealed later on in the anime:

Spoiler for How is the jail run?:

It's basically run by a Guild called <<The Army>> or "Aincrad Liberation Army" which is one of the largest guild in Aincrad numbering around 1000 members. They basically run the 1st floor as a military government of sorts. They were an outgrowth of that core group of frontliners back in Episode 2, with Kiribao and old MMOStream members.

Spoiler:

other then kirbao joining the Army there is direct connection between the party that clear floor 1 boss and the Army. The Army was originally founded by the editor of a game magazine

Originally Posted by erneiz_hyde

Yeah, thought so.

But then, how do you differentiate between peacemakers and PK-ers if they are both orange? Look at their guild emblem?

it was never touch on by the novel.

[Znail]

Originally Posted by erneiz_hyde

Yeah, thought so.

But then, how do you differentiate between peacemakers and PK-ers if they are both orange? Look at their guild emblem?

You don't turn orange permanently when you hurt another player. Kirito actually mentions it in the anime when he catches the Titan Hand that he wouldn't be bothered by turning orange for a few days as he solo's anyway. But the colour most likely lasts in proportion to the crime (ie amount of damage and players killed) thus the PK guild was stuck as orange.

[erneiz_hyde]

Originally Posted by Znail

But the colour most likely lasts in proportion to the crime (ie amount of damage and players killed) thus the PK guild was stuck as orange.

There actually is such a system in place? Really?

[Netto Azure]

Originally Posted by erneiz_hyde

There actually is such a system in place? Really?

It's mostly conjecture at this point. As we saw both Titan's Hand Guild members and Laughing Coffin members having their "Sims Diamond" as both Orange. The PK guilds are only called "Red Guilds" because they literally kill people.

[Clarste]

It's not conjecture, it's common sense. That's how it worked in Ultima Online, and Kirito's comment about being able to deal with a few days of being orange corroborates it. Presumably the penalties stack together, so one attack is 2 days, two attacks is 4 days, etc.

[erneiz_hyde]

Originally Posted by Clarste

It's not conjecture, it's common sense. That's how it worked in Ultima Online, and Kirito's comment about being able to deal with a few days of being orange corroborates it. Presumably the penalties stack together, so one attack is 2 days, two attacks is 4 days, etc.

Yeah, I guess. And if the peacemaker guild is huge, they can take turns jailing people to keep orange time at a minimum.

Eh, isn't that what the PK guild's been doing as well?

[Kimidori]

you only turn orange if you hurt green people, PKer are mostly orange so green people can hurt or kill them without turning orange

[Znail]

Originally Posted by erneiz_hyde

Yeah, I guess. And if the peacemaker guild is huge, they can take turns jailing people to keep orange time at a minimum.

Eh, isn't that what the PK guild's been doing as well?

PK guilds doesn't have 1000's of members to take turns with, nor does standing guard duty nessicarily involve fighting and killing anyone every watch as that would only be needed if anyone actually tries to escape.

[Divini]

Was it ever mentioned anywhere what Klein did with that resurrection item?

[erneiz_hyde]

Originally Posted by Znail

PK guilds doesn't have 1000's of members to take turns with, nor does standing guard duty nessicarily involve fighting and killing anyone every watch as that would only be needed if anyone actually tries to escape.

Oh yeah, that reminds me. How exactly are prisoners kept in jails? Do they rent one of those private rooms and turn it into prison? Sice afaik, there's no "world building" skills in SAO right?

[Starlightz]

Originally Posted by erneiz_hyde

Oh yeah, that reminds me. How exactly are prisoners kept in jails? Do they rent one of those private rooms and turn it into prison? Sice afaik, there's no "world building" skills in SAO right?

Spoiler for spoiler just in case, about the prison:

They don't need to rent or build anything. There was already a building in the 1st floor called "Black Iron Castle" that has the jail area. All the "Army" need to do is to gather lots of people, attack the orange players they see (since hurting already orange players won't turn you orange), take all their items so they can't use a teleport crystal and then throw them io jail.

Quoting from the novel:
"They weren't enemies to normal players. In fact, they could be considered the group that put in the most effort to stop crimes on the field.

But their methods were a little rough, and they were said to attack orange players—who were called that because of the color of their cursors—as soon as they found them and without asking any questions. Then they'd strip the orange players of their equipment and encage them in the dungeons of the Black Iron Castle. The rumors about how «The Army» treated people who didn't surrender yet failed to escape were pretty scary."

[Vocah]

Most likely, the place where "The Army" has set its headquarter does have a jail attached to it, where there are simple cells that can't be opened from the inside and are anti-crystal zones (the cells inside, if it wasn't clear)

[Nikkan]

Ep 7 question

Spoiler for spoiler:

I didn't really understand the family picture that Liz had in her workshop? Was it a picture from the real world that she transferred into the game? She looked to be around 7-9 years old so it can't be from SAO. Any explanation?

[Awrya]

It was a picture from when she first started as a street vendor, selling her swords etc.

At that time her hair colour was brown, but Asuna recommended to dye her hair pink, which she kept until now.

It represents the feeling of satisfaction she had in her early days.

Spoiler for Quote from Vol. 2:

It had been a while since I felt this way.
Long ago— During the time I did sales from a street stall on the main streets of the tenth floor, I felt this way when my recklessly made arms were praised by customers. I'm glad I became a blacksmith, that was what I would honestly feel, from the bottom of my heart for that instant. When I went on to master my skills and move on to do business with only the high leveled players, I had forgotten about this feeling before I realized it.

[lightbringer]

Originally Posted by Divini

Was it ever mentioned anywhere what Klein did with that resurrection item?

Spoiler for info from source material:

No. At least not in any of the SAO side stories published so far or any of the other novels that followed. But it may come up again at some point in the rewrite that the author is involved in now.

[Conan-san]

Is seeing

Spoiler:

Griselda's 'ghost'

the only apparent glitch that happens in SAO?

[lightbringer]

Originally Posted by Conan-san

Is seeing

Spoiler:

Griselda's 'ghost'

the only apparent glitch that happens in SAO?

Spoiler for rest of sao novel:

There will be a number of glitches later on. They would all be extremely major spoilers though.