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BurningChaos said: Jordan_ said: I'm confused, can someone explain how can they continue playing without food/water and sleep(considering that things continue how they are going)? Is it now what you eat and drink in game affects you in real life? Hahaha I didn't even think of that and I don't know...that's what I'm thinking, that when they eat in the game it sustains them....hahaha I'm not sure we'll have to see... They lightly mention food in the first episode when klien was talking about his pizza and, kirito mention how eating in game food only makes you feel like your not hungry. There was already a debate on the how your body survives in the real world when spending an excessive amount of time in the game. It's safe to assume the people who were in SAO where moved to hospitals and, treated as if they were in a coma. If you want to know more about that you can read here http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/coma.html It will talk about what happens after and, during the time the person is in a coma although in the after part the only thing that would be need is muscle rehab since there mind is active in the game they wouldn't have forgotten about basics things. |
MidnightPride said: BurningChaos said: Jordan_ said: I'm confused, can someone explain how can they continue playing without food/water and sleep(considering that things continue how they are going)? Is it now what you eat and drink in game affects you in real life? Hahaha I didn't even think of that and I don't know...that's what I'm thinking, that when they eat in the game it sustains them....hahaha I'm not sure we'll have to see... They lightly mention food in the first episode when klien was talking about his pizza and, kirito mention how eating in game food only makes you feel like your not hungry. There was already a debate on the how your body survives in the real world when spending an excessive amount of time in the game. It's safe to assume the people who were in SAO where moved to hospitals and, treated as if they were in a coma. If you want to know more about that you can read here http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/coma.html It will talk about what happens after and, during the time the person is in a coma although in the after part the only thing that would be need is muscle rehab since there mind is active in the game they wouldn't have forgotten about basics things. Sums it up basically. Remember this is 10 years into the future. There were some medical advances by then, although not to the point of Accel World, but still enough to treat people as coma patients. |
Netto_Azure said: MidnightPride said: BurningChaos said: Jordan_ said: I'm confused, can someone explain how can they continue playing without food/water and sleep(considering that things continue how they are going)? Is it now what you eat and drink in game affects you in real life? Hahaha I didn't even think of that and I don't know...that's what I'm thinking, that when they eat in the game it sustains them....hahaha I'm not sure we'll have to see... They lightly mention food in the first episode when klien was talking about his pizza and, kirito mention how eating in game food only makes you feel like your not hungry. There was already a debate on the how your body survives in the real world when spending an excessive amount of time in the game. It's safe to assume the people who were in SAO where moved to hospitals and, treated as if they were in a coma. If you want to know more about that you can read here http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/coma.html It will talk about what happens after and, during the time the person is in a coma although in the after part the only thing that would be need is muscle rehab since there mind is active in the game they wouldn't have forgotten about basics things. Sums it up basically. Remember this is 10 years into the future. There were some medical advances by then, although not to the point of Accel World, but still enough to treat people as coma patients. Netto_Azure said: MidnightPride said: BurningChaos said: Jordan_ said: I'm confused, can someone explain how can they continue playing without food/water and sleep(considering that things continue how they are going)? Is it now what you eat and drink in game affects you in real life? Hahaha I didn't even think of that and I don't know...that's what I'm thinking, that when they eat in the game it sustains them....hahaha I'm not sure we'll have to see... They lightly mention food in the first episode when klien was talking about his pizza and, kirito mention how eating in game food only makes you feel like your not hungry. There was already a debate on the how your body survives in the real world when spending an excessive amount of time in the game. It's safe to assume the people who were in SAO where moved to hospitals and, treated as if they were in a coma. If you want to know more about that you can read here http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/coma.html It will talk about what happens after and, during the time the person is in a coma although in the after part the only thing that would be need is muscle rehab since there mind is active in the game they wouldn't have forgotten about basics things. Sums it up basically. Remember this is 10 years into the future. There were some medical advances by then, although not to the point of Accel World, but still enough to treat people as coma patients. I'm sure in 2022 it will be better but, regardless of the time feeding people who where alive can be done in. I'm mean hell I could chop some food up and, shove it down someones throat ( I doubt they would want that though >.> ) and, that would basically do it. I'm sure they have much better facilities but, the objective is to get nutrients to the body ( and, oxygen if they can't breathe while in a coma ) the only change will be the effectiveness of the treatment ^_^ |
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TK8 said: A quick question: What kinds of swords are there in SAO? Only one-handed? Any duel wield? And what about shields? Kirito is the only one with dual wielding skills. |
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Tyrel said: Best show of the season, no doubt. More like the only good show of the season LOL. But in all seriousness the show is at a good start, despite how flawed the premise is, this something I'll keep an eye on as I'm trying to finish up my leftovers from last season. 3/5 for the first episode. |
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TK8 said: A quick question: What kinds of swords are there in SAO? Only one-handed? Any duel wield? And what about shields? The sword types are in the spoiler just in case there isn't anything other then, sword names in it so you don't have to worry :3 |
MidnightPride said: TK8 said: A quick question: What kinds of swords are there in SAO? Only one-handed? Any duel wield? And what about shields? The sword types are in the spoiler just in case there isn't anything other then, sword names in it so you don't have to worry :3 thanks |
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| This is no better than any other cry baby protag anime. Clichéd crap 6/10 |
| Glad I tuned in...the hype was so big.... Darker than I imagined, which is a WIN. Also, 520 comments?! Dayumm. |
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| ive often wondered what it would be like to wind up in an mmorpg myself. and it looks interesting, definitely excited to see how this will pan out. i kinda wish klein was the main character tho haha. he seems cool. cant believe this is ranked 33 after only 1 week... |
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BloodRequiem said: I hear it's really any Beta Tester who has and I hear also there are others who might have it cause they were Beta Testers.TK8 said: A quick question: What kinds of swords are there in SAO? Only one-handed? Any duel wield? And what about shields? Kirito is the only one with dual wielding skills. |
| So far so good. The only knock I have on the show thus far is that we know nothing about Kirito other than the fact that he felt more alive in game than out of the game, suggesting he is a bit of a loner/geek type. Klien seems like a nice guy, but other than that, we haven't met any of the other characters and the rest was exposition. There wasn't a whole lot of action either, so it was slightly flat up to the point where mad-scientist dude got his mad-on, then it had some serious vibes that it is headed toward great things. I just hope the characters get developed and are not one-dimensional. |
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Tayau said: Yumekichi11 said: BloodRequiem said: I hear it's really any Beta Tester who has and I hear also there are others who might have it cause they were Beta Testers.TK8 said: A quick question: What kinds of swords are there in SAO? Only one-handed? Any duel wield? And what about shields? Kirito is the only one with dual wielding skills. It's kinda hush-hush. Kirito is one of very very very few that can dual weild and thus avoids using it at almost all costs in order to refrain from attracting any unwanted attention. No...actually Kirito is the only one with the special skill dual sword. |
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Tayau said: It's just general incessant elitism. Don't really mind it lol, Kirito is far from a crybaby protag and the people actually rating this as "crap" from a single episode are clearly working on a seriously flawed logical premise. ain't the irony strong with this one? if people rating this as "crap" from a single episode are clearly working on a seriously flawed logical premise, isn't it the same with those rating it 10/10 from a single episode? 0/10 here, no offence but that was a fail, even though I liked the first episode |
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Barion-Zara said: No...actually Kirito is the only one with the special skill dual sword. The ONE with Dual Wield, but hes one of the two with a special sword skill. |
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| we'll see how it goes i dont really have high hopes on a side note this reminds me a lot of wow |
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Barion-Zara said: Tayau said: Yumekichi11 said: BloodRequiem said: I hear it's really any Beta Tester who has and I hear also there are others who might have it cause they were Beta Testers.TK8 said: A quick question: What kinds of swords are there in SAO? Only one-handed? Any duel wield? And what about shields? Kirito is the only one with dual wielding skills. It's kinda hush-hush. Kirito is one of very very very few that can dual weild and thus avoids using it at almost all costs in order to refrain from attracting any unwanted attention. No...actually Kirito is the only one with the special skill dual sword. Yeah it's exactly as Tayau said. These "skills" are very rare to where only one person has it. BUT |
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| This series started strong and I'm liking it already. The concept of living in an MMORPG is quite intriguing. I have high hopes for this series. |
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Ragix said: Barion-Zara said: Tayau said: Yumekichi11 said: BloodRequiem said: I hear it's really any Beta Tester who has and I hear also there are others who might have it cause they were Beta Testers.TK8 said: A quick question: What kinds of swords are there in SAO? Only one-handed? Any duel wield? And what about shields? Kirito is the only one with dual wielding skills. It's kinda hush-hush. Kirito is one of very very very few that can dual weild and thus avoids using it at almost all costs in order to refrain from attracting any unwanted attention. No...actually Kirito is the only one with the special skill dual sword. Yeah it's exactly as Tayau said. These "skills" are very rare to where only one person has it. BUT What about the "unlimited skills" they were talking about in this episode? |
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| It reminds me of one of the Detective Conan movies. Looking forward to more of these episodes. |
| Looks like it will be cool. Yuki Kajiura already strutting her stuff. Her music alone gave me goosebumps. But ranked #33? LOL MAL. |
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DraconisMarch said: Looks like it will be cool. Yuki Kajiura already strutting her stuff. Her music alone gave me goosebumps. But ranked #33? LOL MAL. Expected anything else? It will most likely drop, but I bet it will stay in the top 80-. Anyways I rate this episode 5/5, hence I'm not a hard 'Scorer'. If I enjoy it I'll rate it good. People need to know that some will rate the show after every episode, dropping there score up or down every so often. |
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| 1 month, 20% mortality rate, >1% game completion. I'm assuming that the physical bodies of the remaining 8,000 players still playing with the game are under close medical care and supervision by then, hooked to an IV or feeding tube and a urine catheter. o_O Kjeldoran said: Yeah, let us be thankful we are in the real world still. XDAt least in the real world I have the pleasure of knowing that the quack scientist who would do such a thing would quickly meet the barrel-end of a SWAT team Play for your life in a video game has been done before but I think this was still OK. At the very least, I like his long black coat at the ED which he might wear in the future. |
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Tayau said: Ragix said: Barion-Zara said: Tayau said: Yumekichi11 said: BloodRequiem said: I hear it's really any Beta Tester who has and I hear also there are others who might have it cause they were Beta Testers.TK8 said: A quick question: What kinds of swords are there in SAO? Only one-handed? Any duel wield? And what about shields? Kirito is the only one with dual wielding skills. It's kinda hush-hush. Kirito is one of very very very few that can dual weild and thus avoids using it at almost all costs in order to refrain from attracting any unwanted attention. No...actually Kirito is the only one with the special skill dual sword. Yeah it's exactly as Tayau said. These "skills" are very rare to where only one person has it. BUT I'm always careful about how I phrase these because sooner or later the author tends to pull a new character that poses as a threat or a revelation to these 'secrets'. That said, I've really no clue how the LN series will progress considering the author has found no alternative to simply creating new MMORPGs and pitting the characters in them. Back on topic : That should pretty much explain his dual wielding ability. That's what I'm thinking to. They probably say "oh it's only two rare skills now" but later they are probably going to throw another crazy skill in our face for all we know. After all the beta players only got to floor 8. They only scratched the surface of the game so their is probably a bunch of other crazy skills/items we don't even know about yet. |
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| I'm so behind on tis season. 28 pages... not gonna read a single one. Ep1 was incredibly weak. That one guy, the GM, reason for causing all this mayhem... seriously? Well at the very least the animation is spectacular so far. |
Paul said: I'm so behind on tis season. 28 pages... not gonna read a single one. Ep1 was incredibly weak. That one guy, the GM, reason for causing all this mayhem... seriously? Well at the very least the animation is spectacular so far. Well he is the CREATOR of both the virtual world (SOA) and the NerveGear what do you expect. |
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Tyrel said: Paul said: I'm so behind on tis season. 28 pages... not gonna read a single one. Ep1 was incredibly weak. That one guy, the GM, reason for causing all this mayhem... seriously? Well at the very least the animation is spectacular so far. Well he is the CREATOR of both the virtual world (SOA) and the NerveGear what do you expect. Mad Genius Kirito calls him I think. As for the retconning, in subsiquent volumes I think it's a good thing to get a more fleshed out world. And even then there is a change in theme each arc. |
Tyrel said: Paul said: I'm so behind on tis season. 28 pages... not gonna read a single one. Ep1 was incredibly weak. That one guy, the GM, reason for causing all this mayhem... seriously? Well at the very least the animation is spectacular so far. Well he is the CREATOR of both the virtual world (SOA) and the NerveGear what do you expect. I was expecting an actual reason and not him going "I'm gonna screw around with all you players because I felt like it" reasoning, which is what I got and which it pretty much is, him playing god. He seemed like a extremely intelligent person but who wasted their talent, though it's a anime so I don't think people would care in the end since he's a fictional character. |
| I think it's good so far, pretty solid plot imo and I love the art and animation. I'm interested to seeing how the plot and characters are going to develop though. |
| This start was pretty nice and I can tell I am gunna be looking forward to watching this every week. This type of plot is very interesting and I really love the concept here. And the serious mood that was created in this ep was well done as well. That Klein guy was actually a pretty cool dude, too bad he's gunna be just a side character. And I just can't wait to see the main girl get introduced. From what I can see in OP it looks like things are going to get real fun when they're together. Oh and I really like this OP song. |
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| That's one sick, sick Admin :O I really liked the first episode. The characters are enjoyable, and so is the plot though I do pity the characters. Klein seems quite the character as well, but I wonder if we're gonna see him again, or if he'll be by the protagonist's side. |
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| This was so predictable for a first episode, I'm hoping this will get better over time. |
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Paul said: Tyrel said: Paul said: I'm so behind on tis season. 28 pages... not gonna read a single one. Ep1 was incredibly weak. That one guy, the GM, reason for causing all this mayhem... seriously? Well at the very least the animation is spectacular so far. Well he is the CREATOR of both the virtual world (SOA) and the NerveGear what do you expect. I was expecting an actual reason and not him going "I'm gonna screw around with all you players because I felt like it" reasoning, which is what I got and which it pretty much is, him playing god. He seemed like a extremely intelligent person but who wasted their talent, though it's a anime so I don't think people would care in the end since he's a fictional character. He does have a reason and he tries to explain that reason later on. |
| The quality of the first episode is fucking unbelievable. This has the potential to be one of the best animes of this year.The bar has been raised, let's see if they can keep it going. |
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| Jesus crist! The first episode was just amazing! I've never seen something that put me nervous so soon! |
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| Like the animation quality, character design, fantasy scenery, and plot. Hope the main character doesn't go all emo later on, which seems to be this show's only possible weakness now. |
Mika_Inamori said: Like the animation quality, character design, fantasy scenery, and plot. Hope the main character doesn't go all emo later on, which seems to be this show's only possible weakness now. Well... |
| Being a loner is fine with me. What I hate is like that guy from Mirai Nikki would jumps at loud noises to be a wimp. Totally kills the possibility of enjoying the show when a main character is like that. I also hope he won't be a self righteous naive moralizing bastard. All that leaves is if the main character is stupid, a hit or miss in anime. That's 3 things I always judged the male anime characters for, every single time. |
Mika_Inamori said: Again.... none of those. He's a pretty big bad-ass throughout the story, makes for a great read. I just hope they don't change his character into one of those cliched stereotypes.Being a loner is fine with me. What I hate is like that guy from Mirai Nikki would jumps at loud noises to be a wimp. Totally kills the possibility of enjoying the show when a main character is like that. I also hope he won't be a self righteous naive moralizing bastard. All that leaves is if the main character is stupid, a hit or miss in anime. That's 3 things I always judged the male anime characters for, every single time. |
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