Now answer me honestly.
In Sword Art Online, the characters went into a Virtual Reality MMO and were unable to log out. Forceful attempts to disconnect them from the game would result in the characters death. The characters were informed that the only way to exit the game was to complete it, by going through the content and then defeating the final boss. ( For scale, there are 100 floors, you start on floor 1 and it took months for the characters to reach floor 2 ) Each floor has it's own boss which must be defeated to reach the next floor. The bosses are very hard to defeat and require a lot of highly skilled players to be able to defeat it.
If you die in the game you die in real life. You can be healed ingame by using consumables. You can form guilds with other players or play alone. You can focus on combat or you can focus on other skills like fishing or cooking etc. Other players cannot attack you in towns which are known as safe zones, but outside the safe zones, they can attack and kill you.
It's a beautiful world, the seasons change the animals and NPC's are almost lifelike. You don't feel hunger but you can still taste the food in this world. You do however, feel pain.
With this knowledge. Would you log in? It could mean your life, but it could also be the greatest adventure of your life.I know it's a sub-par anime but it's an interesting plot, not a new one but still interesting none the less.
I'm about to log out of real life, so yeah.
>>322064459
>No magic faggots with their fancy tricks
count me in
>>322064659
You ok anon?
and then season 2, waifufaggotry and fucking fairy flying happened and killed all it had going for it
Didn't .hack do this shit a decade ago?
>>322066648
Yea, but in season's two's defense, it did have suguha's sugu's
>>322066907
Yes and no. Only one player couldnt actually log out (And about 1 hour in GU, they couldnt log out there.) And that was more "Yall are put into random coma's because of internet magic" and less "Youll die if you try and log out"
>>322064459
I'll read all of this right now, but here is why I actually like this show:
1)Calls out people who preorder for being retarded, going so far as to threaten them with death
2)Calls out people who play as the opposite gender in MMO's, exposing them as faggots
>>322067407
Not to mention calls out beta testers for being cheating faggots
>>322067607
Honestly, why not. Nothing going on in my life, if I get to experience a truly immersive alternate life via VR in a fantasy game world? Fuck yeah anon, sign me up.
Can I change my gender/physical appearance upon creating a character?
Yes, sounds like great escapism
>>322065372
nope, i feel like i can't talk to anybody anymore
>>322064459
Really, the biggest complaint I have about Sword Art is that it's a waste of a good plot
Had the idea been given to someone better this shit could have been great
>>322064459
Go watch Overlord or Log Horizon instead.
Both are superior.
>>322068852
Same plot tho?
I don't even hate or think SAO is particularly awful, but it's just dull to watch. It doesn't offend any standards or sensibilities I have, it's just really, really boring.
I want a Log Horizon game, I've gotten pretty attached to that world and those characters.
>>322068743
if nobody replies to me i'm going to off myself
>>322067905
OP here.
Is nothing in your real life holding you back? If I didn't have any commitments I'd probably log in quite quickly but as it stands now, I don;t know if I could willingly do it. As much as I would love that kind of adventure, I'm just not sure.
>>322068240
Well, if we follow Sword Art Online, then your appearance in game replicates your real life body exactly. However everyone starts off with the same basic levels/skills. So at the start you're able to run as fast and hit enemies for the same amount of damage as everyone else, it doesn't matter what body type/gender you are.
>>322067407
>plays opposite gender in mmos till day of death. Enjoys said glorious boobies and ass. Gives no shit about but hurt nubs who try to flirt on mmos
>>322069081
There are free hotlines for that type of stuff. Don't bring sadness to the people in your life who care about you, but also don't know how to open up/talk to others
>>322068956
Nah, overlord is just standard jap "invincible mc, watch as he never struggles" escapism.
Log has a different plot, noone knows how or why they are stuck in the game,no perma deathThey do end up losing their memories, and the world is now real(but full of, intended logic, holes)
>>322069081
>>322068743
You're talking to us though, but I get it, you mean real life and not some stranger on the internet.
Well I don't know man, people say that there's always someone who loves and cares about you no matter what. You sure you ain't just overlooking the people around you?
>>322069082
Nope nevermind, if I can't play as a little girl no dice man.
>get to easily kill myself with no mess
Sign me up.
>>322069081
Calm down anon, theirs plenty of beer and porn to go around.
>>322068956
People trapped in MMO.
In Log Horizon peoples memories get fucked every time you die. Despite it not being perma death, it feels even more terrifying. People are fucking trapped in a shitty fucked up world where walking outside the town gets you killed. One of the biggest problems in Log Horizon and feel don't want to live in an MMO world, don't want to forget about their loved ones and their old lives.
In Overlord its a single person who is trapped in an MMO world. MC plays the role of a an evil Lich who is 10x stronger than anything. Mix of comedy and really dark gruesome type stuff.
>>322069331
The fuck? My spoiler tag failed to cover my text.Test
>>322066648
Season 2 was fine. It's the second half of season 1 that was utter garbage.
>>322069081
I'm replying simply because I do not want you to off yourself.
Take that as you will
>>322066648
entire series should have been iN SAO imo.
Once they were out of SAO everything seemed pointless and boring
>>322069472
>>322069378
>>322069326
I'm fucking doing it you can't stop me idc that you replied i'm so sick of my life
>>322069081
>>322069640
>>322064459
>i can live in a medieval fantasy world and be a brave warrior despite being skeleton mode iRL
Sign me up
>>322064459
Can I be the little girl?then yes
>>322069684
I don't like being told what to do so i'm going to live just to spite you fuck you
>>322069704
>not wanting to be an Elder Lich Skeleton who nevers needs to eat, sleep, immortal as fuck in an MMO
>>322069684
this line always cracks me up
like what the fuck
>>322069640
Suicide is a guaranteed way into hell, y'know. Don't worry anon. I'll be your friend
>>322069819
Oh, you're right.... shit man. I won't do it anymore, i promise. Sorry i don't want to go to hell i'll change my ways
>>322064459
Maybe. Most likely I become a player like Liz. I enjoy blacksmithing in video games and I could be a simple shop owner.
As for the series itself, the second arcs of both seasons ruined the show for me. If the first season was just the first game stretched out with a bit less gary su, it would have been wonderful.
I try to explain this to people when the mass hysteric hatred for Sword Art Online is brought up. It's wish fulfillment for gamers, but still interesting. There are women everywhere, no magic, and while levels do matter a big part of your strength is your personal skill. Your levels just help increase that.
You don't need to eat or sleep. There are hundreds of fantasy environments to explore. You could live years on a single floor, and there are a hundred of them.
I'd love to see this scenario done right. Maybe 100,000 players per region (North America, Japan, Euro, Aus, Canada) that are all excluded from each other until they reach a certain point, then they open contact and travel between one another and start competing and forming allegiances.
>you will never see US/AUS alliance against Canada/European Axis, while Japan goes full Empire mode and gets overpowered as fuck
>>322069081
>>322069741
You look like yourself.
>yfw
So if I spend months, if not years, in an MMO how does my body stay alive irl?
How does it eat, drink, sleep, etc? Who pays the bills? Wouldn't anyone just find me hooked up to a VR device and unplug me?
What if there's an electrical outage and the device shuts itself off?
What if the online connection goes out during all this?
Doesn't seem very viable in the timeframes suggested.
>>322070061
Nice motivational image you fucking retard. I wonder how many people didn't kill themselves because an image got outlined with a black border and their stupid ass 2 lines that they think is clever as fuck. FUCK YEAH MOTVATION DONT BE DEPRESSED
I'm not even wanting to kill myself but I think its ridiculous what people THINK will help people who are depressed.
>>322070123
Game would have like 3 players, 2 hot babes and 1 beta not giving any fuck
>>322069951
>It's wish fulfillment for gamers, but still interesting
ill agree with your first statement but not the latter. SAO took a decent premise and made it as uninteresting as possible in execution. thats why its hated, its the deffinition of wasted potential.
but thankfully we have log horizon so i dont mind
>>322070132
>How does it eat, drink, sleep, etc?
You're in a hospital hooked up on life support.
>Wouldn't anyone just find me hooked up to a VR device and unplug me? What if there's an electrical outage and the device shuts itself off?
Has a battery in the device.
>What if the online connection goes out during all this?
Super servers?
>>322069951
That latter part is almost how Log Horizon is. The world they are in is based on a slightly small scaled earth and each region is like a server, all connected, but require traveling for days/months to get there.
>>322070132
VR-Obamacare
>>322070061
Depression is an enveloping sadness that affects you regardless of what you're doing. I could always travel the world, rob banks, jump out of planes, and fuck women, but why would I if they don't bring me hapiness. What use is it to eat if you're never full, if you cannot taste? Why live if you can't be happy?
>>322064459
If your life is so boring to you that you need to leave it all behind and escape to a virtual world permanently, do you think that maybe you should think about fixing your life before trying to abandon it?
>>322070395
>>322070361
Tried watching Log Horizon. Shit is fucking boring.
I just think there's a lot you can do with that idea. I mean, you have some pretty high stakes but a really fun scenario to work with. Plenty of room for action and drama, as well as comedy and light hearted moments.
But seriously I want my japanese gamer empire.
>>322064459
>With this knowledge. Would you log in?
I would not log in because the chances of dying from external power surge/outage are too high. Now if it was more of a fantasy gimmick like Log Horizon where I don't have to worry about things outside of the game killing me, I would definitely log in.
>>322070863
I think you just have shit taste, pal.
>>322070132
What if you only precieved them as months and years, but you actually only played for a few hours?
>>322070273
People don't know how it feels to be depressed. You don't want to do anything, you just want to end it all. And it's worse when you have loved ones, you just have to continue suffering to not bring sadness to them. Everything is shit
>>322064459
No, fuck raid bosses.
I don't play MMO's to fight with people.
I play MMO's to fight in rivalry OF people.
>>322070813
But I'd get shot or arrested for emptying my 9 in a welfare line, online I could pretend to be the second comming of ben garrison or you know experience shit you cant do in real life which is kinda the point of most videogames.
>>322064459
no
id become a burglar and break into the homes of players and clean em out
>>322071254
>TFW Jamal can't afford VR with the rest of the cool people
Why would I not just live in a comfy town and work on my non-combat skills for my entire life? Who would WANT to return to real life when the VR world is that but better?
>>322069951
>tfw you might've be born too early to experience full VR MMO's
Even a carbon copy of the SAO MMO would just be fucking amazing to experience. I can't even put into words how badly I want to play something like a VR MMO.
>>322070132
Well if we follow the SAO then as soon as you find out in game that you can't log out, the news spreads IRL very shorty afterwords. So we're talking hours before people know what's going on and people can't log out and forceful log outs mean death.
The VR headset has an internal battery which has enough power to last a few weeks, enough time to transport anyone logged into the MMO to a hospital. From then on you're put on the drip and plugged back into the mains.
The internet, I can't remember how they explained it but I assume it has built in Wifi and it's easy enough to set up a connection to transfer people to hospitals.
>>322071374
Shadowrun warned us about BTLs
>>322069640
Fuck you and fuck your emotional blackmail.
>>322071374
that's what most players did, the others were just autists
>>322070717
If the world has no taste for you, then die. If you wish to find good in the world, then find it. But whatever you do do not spend your time bemoaning your fate on an image board. By all odds, inaction and indecision are what made you depressed in the first place.
>>322069081
I hope you get better one day, anon.
>>322069951
>It's wish fulfillment for gamers
I cannot agree with that statement. There's too much wrong with the SAO world that people who actually played games would be annoyed at. One of the biggest issues I have with the whole series is that it doesn't take any advantage of the whole setting. SAO could of just as easily been one of those transported into a fantasy world story because of how little regard they cared about the system mechanics.
>>322071661
People who are legitimately depressed have chemical imbalances in the brain you retard. You can't just decide to be better.
>>322070813
OP here
I'm content with my life, sure there's always something else to do but I'm alright just now.
It's not permanently, It would only be until the final boss was defeated which would take years mind you, but you would not be there forever. Ultimately it's up to the skill of the players that determine how long they are in the MMO.
I just found it a very interesting plot and wondered what people would do given to choice to log in optionally. Personally I have a lot of commitments which would force me to say no but I'd have to stop and think for a second about it, would I risk my life for what could be the greatest adventure I might ever know?
>>322064459
>sub-par
more like absolute shit, and the second season manages to become even worse.
Not ashamed to admit I loved SAO
All of it. Aincrad was cool but flying around in ALO sounds amazing
And GGO is basically a cyberpunk vr mmofps
That's fucking rad, I'm sorry if you don't think so
Anyway to answer OP
Sure why not, dying in SAO was described as relatively painless anyway.
>>322072145
There's always a reason to be depressed. How can someone get depressed over nothing? You just have to fix it, even if it's not easy.
>>322069924
I should've mentioned the shopkeep/trade function in the op.
Yes the second arc of the first season was just fucking dogshit, I didn't watch the 2nd season as a result.
Copycat game with none of the negatives would just come out a year later so no.
>>322072529
>ALO sounds amazing
uwot. Jesus the second arc put me off watching the 2nd season.
>>322072771
>How can someone get depressed over nothing?
Because they have brain problems
>>322073052
>Copycat game with none of the negatives
And added flight
>>322072784
Let's be honest SAO is no masterpiece but it's great trash fiction and the GGO arc/Phantom Bullet was fucking entertaining
Depressed anons:Hang in there, just keep trying to meet people, even online.
I met someone a few months ago who completely turned my life around, I used to want to kill myself every morning when I woke up, but now I want to wake up just to talk to them every day, it took my whole life to find this person but I firmly believe we'll be together forever, we've already met irl and have plans to live together in the near future.
Sometimes it's still painful to live, but talking to them makes my mood change so fast it's incredible.
You won't get anywhere if you're too close minded though, if people actively try to get to know you, just go with it, these types of people are rare and so worth the effort.
Even if it doesn't work out, they'll have made such an impact on your life that it'll seem meaningless, I never did anything before, now I get up every day, make a good breakfast, walk my dog, get some exercise, find new things I like, etc, etc, even if that person was suddenly gone my life has been made easier as a result of them existing.
Good luck. /blog
>>322064459
Depends on if I can bring people with me, it just sounds objectively better than the real world.
>>322073060
It's literally SAO except with elf girls, kemono girls and flight
I liked Aincrad better too from a writing and story standpoint but conceptually ALO is more interesting as an actual game
>>322073372
Right in the feels.
Bring people with you? No reason why you can't and in the anime groups of friends did log in together. But remember, they'll have to make the same decision. Would you really want to see your friends take the risk too?
>>322073243
There are plenty of other manga/anime that have done or are doing the game gimmick better.
>dotHack
>Log Horizon
>Rise of Shield Hero
>In Regards to My Reincarnation As a Slime
>Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
>Overlord
No reason to watch six episodes of SAO just to have the following thirty to ruin your new found expectations for the series.
>>322064459
I'll just log in and shout SASUGA AINZ-SAMA every waking second in town
>>322073738
Nothing stopping me from just living a life in the town, right?
>>322073515
I guess I'm just not as interested in the whole "fairy" direction they took it. Difference of opinions is all.
>>322064459
>placing your life in the hands of the average MMO
>first lag spikes or unfixed "feature" bug
>>322073935
No nothing would stop you from doing that, you could open a shop, trade, train your professions in all manner of skills and level them up to great feats. You could hire gaurds to follow you around the world so you could see the wonders and be in relative safety.
In short, you can do anything.
>>322073759
I also like many of those. But they don't span multiple game genres like SAO, nor do they do the flight fantasy. Self-insertion and wish fulfillment isn't all about writing quality.
DanMachi is great though. Would live in that world.
>>322064459
>massive on line game
>if you die in the game you die for real
boring, at least Epic tried to branch out by making it a runescape type game where you lose everything upon death and destroy your real life financial situation
>>322073372
How would you feel if that person suddenly got bored of you, stop talking to you for no reason? Or even worse if everything is a lie, an illusion.
Sorry anon
>>322073965
Fair enough, I would have preferred more character diversity in the ALO arc too, but I guess the author wasn't too clever in justifying why everyone can fly.
>>322074303
>VR Runescape MMO
Jesus christ the horrors.
Can you imagine wading through the shit and carnage of lumbridge on relase to try and reach anything, anywhere but there, only to be attacked and almost killed by a goblin or highwayman?
I would not wish that fat on anyone. Dear god please make it so this never reaches the light of day.
>>322074319
>How would you feel if that person suddenly got bored of you, stop talking to you for no reason?
Literally just happened to me. It's fucking heart rending.
Reminder to never do long distance I guess.
Or really dating period. Waste of time.
I want a roguelike of this series.
>>322072771
I've been trying to fix myself for years. I've tried so many different medications, treatments, counselling and therapy, but none of it makes me better. It takes so much to leave the house, and when I return, I often vomit from the stress. I'm plagued by memories that I can't get rid of, but by all accounts they aren't that bad - so why can't I stop?
I think the worst thing about it is that I agree with you. I agree that I shouldn't be depressed, that I should just be able to get over it. I just don't understand why I can't.
After a while, it's hard to not accept that there's just something wrong with my brain. There has to be. I don't see an alternative.
>>322073372
How/where do you even meet people?
>>322074769
I've never had that experience, all my past online friendships kind of just fizzled out overtime. I do get sad when I log on to WoW and remain the only person in the guild to have actually logged in that month/year. Good memories, just wish I could see how they're doing every now and then.
i am just here to say that this fucking hugbox disgusts me and all you cunts should off yourself and make the world a better place also stream live on twitch or whatever or fuck off to tumblr to whine about your life.
On topic:
SAO seems boring due to giving some random people OP superpowers with skill being near irrelevant and with it completely concentrated on combat makes it boring to live in. Also you look as scrub you are IRL so screw that.
Log horizon is superior because you can be cute courtesan intruguing around the royal court or a meido being nice to your master or just trying to cook delicious cakes and you are as useful as frontline combatant, personal experience is important. Also it seems as more interesting world to live in.
>>322074319
Well the chance of that is zero, I already know everything about them and same for them, we've met irl so I know about their living conditions and they know about mine, basically we both fucking hate living where we currently do so we're going to live together elsewhere.
And even if it did happen, like I said, I have much more motivation and happiness now, I doubt it'd go away after they left.
>>322075254
Anywhere, depends on the type of people you want to meet.
I meet a lot of likeminded people on 4chan, on various boards, you'll have to look really hard on the shittier boards but there's still some really good people on them.
How?
I don't really know, most of my friends are my friends because they talked to me first, just put yourself out there, make it very clear you're not just some random asshole, you have to be a nice person if you want nice people to be your friends.
>>322069331
>overlord is just standard jap "invincible mc, watch as he never struggles" escapism.
Overlord is literally P2W the anime
>>322073372
> just keep trying to meet people, even online.
>meet people
>online
WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT DO THIS
>>322075694
STRANGER DANGER
>>322075391
I feel ya man. I used to play FFXI and I really miss some of those people.
Funny enough I've been best friends with one girl I met there for eight years now
The person in question I met online accidentally via a dating thing... we weren't in the same state but we just kinda continued talking
Suddenly it stopped without warning.
The irony is right before it happened we were talking about meeting and she sent me this long text about how important I was to her
What a joke.
>stuck in an MMO
>nobody has the ability to use magic spells
nice try japan i'm onto you
>>322075473
The only OP skill I saw was the duel wield talent, but apparently that was meant to be in the game and given only as a 1 time deal to 1 player due to there progression or some shit like that.
The world is not completely concentrated on combat, the anime was and did have a few filler episodes which did show what other people were doing in the world. Like shopkeepers, information traders, people doing skill based stuff like fishing etc. You do all manner of things in the SAO world not just pursue combat. It's all about what you want to do, how you want to play it. You want to go fish in that lake? go do it, cook, eat or sell the fish to a vendor or another player next, or just keep fishing. It's up to you.
>>322064459
>MMO
>Beatable.
Fuck off with your shit story
>>322076069
You get to build and invent shit in Log Horizon.
>>322069081
someone post the mountain dew suicide guy
>>322076028
that's why i'd rather be stuck in ALO
that and sakuya
Why did they ruin an anime that could have been great with fucking atrocious romance garbage? I was really liking the show for the first 7 or so episodes, then suddenly there was an episode where the protag and that awful girl were in a log cabin together and it was one of the cheesiest things I've ever fucking seen.
>>322075936
Aye it's a shame when you fall out of contact with your old buddies.
Sorry to hear though, sounds strange. I could rattle off the explanations like how she might've lost your details/sudden emergency. But I dunno, shit just happens I guess. Hope you're keeping well.
>>322075936
That sucks. I met my fiancée on an mmo and after a few years of seeing each other for a few weeks at a time I moved and am currently living with her.
Long distance isn't for everyone though, that's for sure
>>322076242
Well I didn't create the thread to talk about which was the better anime, I know SAO isn't very good.
I guess, stripped down to the basics, is, would you risk your life to pursue what could be the greatest adventure of your life?
>>322076384
Because the author never actually played an MMO before and just chose that setting because it was cool.
>>322067207
.hack fag here, a lot of players were put into comas and stuck in the game, not just one.
And that's exactly what happened in SAO, they went into comas.
>>322076385
>>322076431
Thanks for the words, dudes.
Yeah I'm fine, it just sucks a bit. Between this and other horrid real life experiences it'll put me off online dating for a long time though, I think.
>>322076656
It's pretty widely accepted that SAO "borrowed" pretty heavily from .hack
However...
Anime:
SAO>.hack
Games:
.hack>SAO
>>322076069
Dual. Wielding . Axes. Never forget that this came first.
Absolutely. I would play sword art for sure
>>322074319
>decide to take a chance and meet new people via a gamefinder thread on /tg/
>going well, having some /m/echa fun mixed in
>decide to invite another friend, who seems like she never gets to do much online except MMOs and could use a change
>they immediately take a liking to her, and I become a third wheel
Even through trying to make a better game for them to play in, they never seem to give two shits about me. I would probably just leave because I don't feel that well playing with them, but they're basically my only friends right now thanks to real life friends going to shit.
>>322076242
There are secret recipes in SAO and who knows what else because it was destroyed before majority of players could play it. Reminder that SAO was written during early 2000s, before WOW turned the genre into tank/healer/dps CD spam.
Nobody could log in after it was closed off. So no.
>>322075579
I'm not a nice person. What now?
>>322076976
>Borrowed
They outright used the same composer from a couple of the .Hack animu
>>322064459
Maybe. What bothers me is that SAO's battle system is retarded with the "switch" shit.
>>322066648
Season 2 was GGO, Calibur, and Mother's Rosario. You're thinking of the second half to season 1.
>>322071568
>>tfw you might've be born too early to experience full VR MMO's
I mean, I don't know if we'll get full neural interface VR ready for the mass market in the next fifty years or so, but considering the tech progression of things like smartphones, we are going to see some fucking amazing breakthroughs in VR tech in the next ten years, let alone twenty.
I'm really excited to see what happens.
>>322064459
Your IRL body still exists and needs to be cared for. I.E while you are in there your wasting away IRL
>>322070061
>Go out and do all these fun things :^)
Fuck off, people kill themselves because they've the will and motivation to live entirely
A picture telling them to go out and do shit isn't going to change a damn thing and chances are they've already thought about leaving it all behind and decided against in anyway
It's obvious that the post and the picture were made by somebody who's never experienced depression or despair a single day of their life and thinks that it amounts to nothing more than feeling sad.
Here's a much better picture made by someone who actually fucking gets it and not some retard pretending to understand.
>>322081184
*they've LOST the will and motivation to live entirely
>>322064459
too long. will read later...
SAO had a good premise. but the weeb shit fucked up very hard.
and other related series aren´t better
>>322064459
I personally would not, because the game forces you to look like your real self instead of the custom avatar. I want to play as a cute girl!
>>322075579
I'm happy for you, I wish you the best in life.
But even if you make friends, how and where will you add them? steam or what?
>>322075936
What a joke right? It's even worse to remember the conversations and good times, and now it's all gone. I can't talk about being optimitic, but maybe in the future life will get better.
>>322075149
I'm sorry anon, It could be that you need friends to support you, make you forget the memories with new one. I know this is hard but try finding people to have fun everyday, talk about shit, drink and even help you when you are sad.
>>322078401
Yeah, friends always get bored of you and even not give a shit about you anymore when they find someone funner. Maybe it was for the best, at least they are having fun.
>>322081184
That pic is pretty good
I would love to live in the database.
>>322081425
wow wow
>>322069761
maximum b8
>>322069081
>guaranteed replies
evry tim
>>322064459
Without a doubt, I'd like my death to be recorded if I do die, that way people can see the situation that caused my death not "oh he got killed by that game" i want "he was killed when He walked into an ambush and took 4 with him"
But I don't Want to die, I'm just saying a shot of glory eternal or boring monotony.
Sign me up.
>>322071374
Something to think about that was never brought up in the anime/light novel:
Let's say that Kirito failed in his quest. Let's say that all the fighters failed in their quest to get to the end of level 100. The only people left alive in the world would be casuals that only rarely leave the towns and player killers hiding just outside of the towns. What then?
Would the game's creator get bored and let everyone go free? How long is the government willing to keep people on life support until they decide it's getting too expensive?
Even if you wanted to spend the rest of your life in a virtual reality simulation, unless you were independently wealthy and there was a dedicated staff taking care of your body irl before you went in, you would only get a certain amount of time until either the government pulled the plug or your frail irl body died from some complication.
>>322064459
>Forceful attempts to disconnect them from the game would result in the characters death.
How would they know?
>>322068813
This right here, Everything was fine until DUH MUH RUSH ENDING
I liked the pseudo-medieval aesthetics of SAO, a lot of the towns and floors looked comfy, so I think I would. No combat though, just open a shop, restaurant, or blacksmith, and wait for someone else to finish. It'd take a couple years, so it'd be like a chill ass vacation in a cool fantasy world.
>>322069081
You will get better one day. It takes time, but you will.Trust me.
>>322081867
I doubt it would matter because Kayaba's motivation was "i forgot lol."
>>322081184
it's like a paraphrase of the myth of sisyphus by camus, a good read if you've never read it.
>>322081910
if I remember correctly it was because the original story was submitted for a writing competition with a word limit, so once he closed in on that limit he had to tie it up that's why the ending is so ridiculously rushed
>>322066648
>>322069582
Read SAO Progressive. All its about is the SAO world and adventures. It's officially a retconning of it and the author's "true intent" of the scenario without needing to rush to an conclusion.
>>322082957
That shit ever going to finish? The latest LN apparently only goes through the 5th floor. I don't think SAO can maintain popularity for that long, in fact it's already lost a lot of steam.
>>322064459
If my body didn't die of being a vegetable while I was in game and I could be a stealth DPS, sure why the fuck not. I know if I ever got out I'd have a hell of a hospital bill and I'd probably just live on floor 99 for the rest of my life because fuck Medicare.
>>322074319
>stop talking to you for no reason
right in the feels familar
>>322069081
do a flip faggot
>>322064459
no
because in real life they still had to be taken into a hospital to be given fluids
they couldn't stay ingame forever
>>322064459
no, you want to live that fantasy go join the army
>to be anything significant you have to work your ass off
>you can get any skillset because army pays for that shit
>you're stuck in that world just like you're stuck in the army for 3 years
>you can travel to all sorts of unique worlds aka humanitarian aid
>you can make groups and do shit together
>only dif is complete lack of choice or freedom in some areas
and a shitload of people don't want to be in the army. probably because reality tells us that there's a 0% chance of becoming a asspuller like kirito and a 99% chance of being raped by slimes. Though I guess you cant be a loli in the army though.
Of course I'd do it.
As some anon said on /r9k/ there is no mystery in the real world. No more frontiers to explore. I want that desperately.
>>322086434
I kind of agree.
I value a sense of wonder and awe pretty highly, and I'm hoping that VR will bring us closer and closer to being able to explore new, fantastical, limitless worlds.
>tfw the first VR MMO isn't far off
>>322064459
I'd log in. Not because I'm depressed or anything but because it is a much more interesting and fulfilling life. You are given the opportunity to be somebody extraordinary. Many people in real life become your average person, not all of us can impact the world like a genius or be influential leaders. In a world like SAO you could be somebody that makes an impact on the lives of others and through your actions. It's a rare opportunity most people aren't presented with like going to the moon. It is a unique experience and I would take advantage of it so I could be apart of something unique and possibly be immortalized in history.
>>322086937
>the first VR MMO isn't far off
The first VR MMOs won't be very good. If they have oculus and vive they will be neat at first but technology is still too limited to make an experience that is 1/10th as immersive as SAO. We will probably get close enough in our lifetime but who knows how long that will be. Wasn't Oculus in development for like several years? I just want them to make a better version of the VR treadmill thing. Being able to walk around in virtual worlds yourself is essential to me and it gives you a reason to use VR in other genres. Until then, to me using VR for any game will be just like having my face 6 inches away from my monitor. The whole body needs to be immersed in my opinion.
>>322088431
Of course total sensory immersion is going to be incredibly difficult to achieve, but outside of neural interfaces, I think we're gonna get close.
>Wasn't Oculus in development for like several years?
Kickstarted in 2012, releasing Q1 2016 after three or four iterations and improvements on the hardware. Currently at 1080P per eye, 110+ fov, 90Hz refresh rate and 240Hz head and positional tracking rate. Pretty impressive, if you ask me.
>I just want them to make a better version of the VR treadmill thing.
Omni treadmills are still a ways off from being market ready, but the tech is out there and working in several forms, albeit still a bit primitive. I totally get the desire for it, though, actually walking around is an incredible help for presence.
>will be just like having my face 6 inches away from my monitor.
Gotta say though, this is patently false. The 3D effect of VR headsets, combined with a field of view that takes up the vast majority of your field of vision, makes you feel like you're there, like you're inside a cockpit, not just looking at a monitor of someone's point of view of being inside a cockpit. It's something that has to be experienced to be understood, for the most part. I totally understand the skepticism, but just look up some firsthand impressions of the CV1 (or wait for people to give their impressions of it at CES) and see for yourself.
I'm done shilling now.
>>322072331
How is the first season bad? Season 2 isn't great and season 3 is the worst thing I've ever seen but the first season was really good.
>>322069441
This. Painless suicide ftw.
>>322074082
Once upon a time, I wanted to transfer my soul into UO. I loved that game soo much...
>>322064459
Gateway anime of the worst kind.
>>322064459
No. With the new found knowledge that motherfucking magic exist the world is now way more interesting than any MMO. I mean how the fuck else does anyone expect that shit to actually work.
>>322092550
Otherwise known simply as anime.
>>322064459
Log Horizon and overlord's mmos are better, literally who plays fantasy mmos with no magic?
I'd also play those because I wouldn't die from outside shit.
>>322093807
>literally who plays fantasy mmos with no magic?
Anyone who isn't a faggot.
>>322094252
>he wants to play a mmo where swordfaggots get obvious bias and one swordfaggot somehow gets an exclusive skill that lets him beat anyone no matter how experienced they are.
>>322094361
>he wants to use strawmen to ignore a valid point.
>>322094452
nigga you had a point? all I saw was justopinions
log horizon is objectively a better game.
>>322094361
>>322094452
>they want to argue over the internet
>>322073372
Getting attached this much to somebody else is like pulling a delayed trigger
>>322094541
Fuck off retard.
