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| As a addicted to MMOs gamer and a Guild Master I find William's speech great. |
| It was good episode but why the speech was so long :D And I want to see more Marielle and Naotsugu together :) |
| Wtf is wrong with this pacing? Sure, I liked the speech and William's story, but a WHOLE EPISODE on this was over-the-top excessive. |
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| As a person who spent those last 10 years in WoW, and in one guild at that, that speech really did strike a chord. It was a rather weak episode with very little progress story-wise perhaps, but that damn speech was something... well, tangible, something I really could write myself under. I'm keeping hold of this episode, for an avid mmo gamer it really is something more than meets the eye. |
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| That was a bit of a drag for 15 minutes of just talking. A good bit of it too being repetitive at that. |
| Bleh. I got bored and stopped paying attention. |
| As someone who's played MMORPGs for many years I just loved this episode and it reminded me again why I love Log Horizon so much. The speech was breathtaking, because you could relate to it, if you are/were a MMORPG player. However, it seems like only people who've played MMORPGs for years appreciated this speech and the episode, which is kinda understandable. Plebs will never understand how it feels to be a gamer, let alone how much that stuff means to us. Imo LH is the type of anime that only people who've played MMORPGs can truly enjoy and appreciate. |
| well they said theres not enough material so this ep is forgiven.. |
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| lol a speech defending hikikomori gamers ? Kinda weird NHK would fund this show. |
| That.... really honestly resounded with me as a fairly hardcore gamer. at first i thought it was a waste of an entire episode, but it really made its point. If kind of reminded you that all these people were just gamers in the real world. |
| Be sure to message me if you quoted me and want me to respond! Just give me a link to the forum, because usually I leave my comment, then leave the forum. |
| Played more then enough of my share i guess, so i can understand where he is going with that speech. But it was defintively over the top, both the content and the length. Well, at least they got that out of the way. What Shiroe has in mind with all that gold should be more interesting, and i wonder how they'll deal with 3 raid bosses when they barely managed one, so i'm looking forward to next episode. |
| Nice speech from William. A built up episode, I guess next eps will have a lot more action. |
| Uh... Well that was sort of shit. The entire episode felt like one way too long speech |
| Even though this episode didn't do anything but gave a speech, it damn well did a good job in executing it. This maybe because I'm a gamer myself and that 20 minute speech was so good that it hit me too. Looking forward to the next episode, this episode deserves a 5/5 for the morale. |
| *Facepalm* |
| William spoke to me. Yeah, I know it would be perceived by regular society as "weird" or "abnormal," but once you made the social connections in MMO's (heck even the web) it really does feel as real as a real world relationship. Which is why it is always sad to see a guild slowly lose members over time, but the memories carved by the bits of 1's and 0's in-game are still as real as the ones you have done in real life. Human's are social creatures, the marginalized in our society craves to drag itself out of isolation and loneliness, Online social games are just one way of doing so. Hence why E-sports is starting to garner so much popularity over the past decade. What makes it so different from the regular sports of today? (physical exercise notwithstanding) |
| Lame ep is lame. |
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| Being an MMO gamer myself I found this episode to really relate to me. This is one of the reasons why I love this series so damn much |
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| 10/10 Amazing episode. For the people who didn't like this episode. I feel as though the people who liked this episode was because of how relatable that speech was. I've been playing gw2 and other MMORPG's since I was pretty young, so hearing a speech like that really hit to heart with me. If you didn't like it, it's totally understandable. I just hope you understand why that episode is so touching to people who actually are able to relate to it. I thought the episode was great, even without any action. It's just really cool to see the development of characters that we never knew about much. |
| Everybody is saying this ep was just a bunch of talking and crap but if you read into the message it is broadcasting it's really deep and insightful. I thoroughly enjoyed this ep. Log Horizon is doing just great. |
| Let’s say you drink too much strawberry milk, and have to use the bathroom in the middle of the night. You don’t want to get up, but the urge to urinate is just too strong! You run to the bathroom, stand in front of the toilet, and let loose! You think that all your life has led to this moment! YOU'RE STILL IN BED! That feeling of lukewarm wetness spreads! But you can’t stop! THAT’S THE TRUTH OF THE STRAWBERRY MILK! DO YOU GET IT? ~ Gintoki An unforeseen situation... An unexpected turn of events... In the face of those, you too will face your true self. — Makishima Shougo |
NettoAzure said: William spoke to me. Yeah, I know it would be perceived by regular society as "weird" or "abnormal," but once you made the social connections in MMO's (heck even the web) it really does feel as real as a real world relationship. Which is why it is always sad to see a guild slowly lose members over time, but the memories carved by the bits of 1's and 0's in-game are still as real as the ones you have done in real life. Human's are social creatures, the marginalized in our society craves to drag itself out of isolation and loneliness, Online social games are just one way of doing so. Hence why E-sports is starting to garner so much popularity over the past decade. What makes it so different from the regular sports of today? (physical exercise notwithstanding) ^^ Wow... really polarized opinions here. O.O I'm with the group that really likes this episode. I'm surprised that a great episode could consist of not much more than William talking. It seems like a good counterpart to episode 3, where Shiroe explained the mechanics of raids, while here, William explains some of the human aspect. I haven't played MMORPGs much, so maybe this isn't so unusual, but... I found it interesting that a raiding guild could share the unallocated items in such a way that no-one felt dissatisfied in the long term. Also inspiring that, William looks up to Shiroe for bringing peace to Akiba - a mission that William didn't attempt because he deemed it impossible. At the same time, Shiroe looks up to William for being able to pull his guild back up from a morale-crushing defeat by 3 raid bosses. It's like an... upward spiral. ^^ |
| Interesting episode. Also some character development (we see it quite a lot throughout the season too). The actual concept though is pretty peculiar of MMO gamers being social outcasts, we see actually someone openly admitting to being an outcast but accepting it. Most of time if you call someone having no life they respond with something negative, but here the author goes to address the issue by saying that the guild master accepts it. Anyway I can relate to this on some level about being an introvert, but not much more than that as I've never really been an MMO addict. I actually wish I could spend all my time playing games and such but need to pay for rent and food, otherwise I would probably do it too. Anyway quite the complicated issue, maybe I'm looking into it deeper than I should. |
| Wow. A whole episode of William character development, and a pretty good one at that. That speech was painful, embarrassing, and most importantly real. I like how they show his thoughts on what is he even saying lol. It certainly did overstay it's welcome, but pretty moving nonetheless (at least to gamers considering the setting). Whats funny is that he even addresses those types of ppl that berate dedicated gamers (like some of the commentators here). |
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| Epic speech by William. Still more interesting than Akatsuki part. |
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
| I'm seeing a lot of people complaining about all the talking this episode, but being a HUGE gamer myself; I could definitely relate to William's speech! Being a gamer myself for 36 years and someone who has been playing MMOs since 1999, I was moved by that speech. Reminds me of quite a few I've heard from my online friends and guild members! I'm liking William a whole lot more now, knowing that he is a TRUE gamer! I thought this episode was amazing and the speech is what made the episode! RISE UP GAMERS AND TRY AGAIN! |
| So glad that I'm not a huge manga reader, because the manga readers WHINE WAY TOO MUCH and have to RUIN every adapted anime for the ANIME ONLY WATCHERS! |
| This made me rebem why i loved the first season. the round table meetings and shiroe speeches. |
| EL PSY KONGROO!!! |
| This is one of those times where they try and relate with the viewer as much as possible and I think they did a spectacular job. Everyone who has played MMO's at one point must have felt something akin to William's speech. If you didn't then you just didn't love the game enough, and that's not a problem. 5/5 Episode 750/750 Tears fully stacked |
| Nice speech by William (Master of NEETs) but it really could have been half as long. I got his point within the first 5 minutes. And obviously they're going to leave it at a cliffhanger on the reveal of what Shiroe is really after. |
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| i dont know why this took a whole episode, william is interesting but he didnt need a whole episode dedicated to him |
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| I want to see some action by the next episode I think we have already have enough speeches. |
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| Liked his back story but I was waiting for someone to holler out Fag the entire time. lmao |
| While I thought it was a good speech, it was pretty damn long. Was hoping for some action, but... another week to go I guess. |
| Such a tedious but necessary speech for William's character. Would like to see the raid finally wrapped up though, they need to address what happened to Crusty and try to get him back if possible. |
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| "WE'RE GAMERS DAMMIT" |
| Nice speech, William, nice speech. Your passion and the OST really helped everyone feel what you're feeling. But you must use those feelings and make them into actions. Shiroe has a plan and there's a 15% chance of success. Fight, gamers! |
I’m always searching for something, for someone. This feeling has possessed me I think, from that day… That day when the stars came falling. |
| While I liked LH a bit more than SAO I am liking SAOII more than LH2. |
| I also found the speech a bit boring. I understand it's aimed towards gamers (I'm a gamer too) but this just felt frustratingly long to me. I really want the overall plot to move a bit faster than it is now. |
| I'm a bit disappointed with S2 LH. 6/10 honestly. The whole Christmas thing moved WAY too slowly. Episode 3 is when they first showed this Raid Boss. It's now Episode 10, and we've seen only a few minutes of combat with it. Very frustrated at this snail-pace. Gamer pandering was fine. At the beginning of the episode I was stoked to see the beginning of the Raid Boss Battle, and during the OP I paused and said to my roommate, "It's been seven episodes without any progression. I swear to God if it takes longer than 5 minutes to psyche themselves back up, I'm gonna [insert any promised phrase that's never intended to be kept]. And, if they end the episode ABOUT to enter the battle, I'll hate this show." Sure enough, my roommate had no clue what I was talking about, but he saw me freaking out and said, "cliffhanger before the battle, huh?" |
| Wow,that was one hell of a speech lol :))) I took longer than i expected haha~ I can sympathize with that guy though,and i thought that the speech was really cool! |
This is where I`d put my signature...If i had one. |
| A lot better than the recent few episodes. |
| So much talking doe xD I actually want to know Shiroe's reasons.. idk if the show already talked about it before and I just forgot but oh well. I want to see Akatsuki soon :D |
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