Sword Art Online II Episode 2 Discussion

A_Lonely_Jedi said:
A compliment has been discovered! <_<

Kaioshin_Sama said:
lol how easily pleased people are when the show doesn't invoke the whole Kirito Gary Stu thing. It's funny cause anyone should know it's really not going to last and everyone's going to be back to grumbling before long.

clarestanfield said:
While the Death Gun may not be a great name. You have to realize, that the author isn't from an English speaking country. For the Japanese, an English word, might give out an exotic feel. Its like how Ubermensch may be intriguing for non German speaking individuals.

Oddyeus said:
If somebody like her is labeled the best sniper in GGO, it must be a game full of shitty snipers. Why did she go close quarters after firing her second shot, instead of continuing her fire on Behemoth? Does she not understand that a sniper relies on distancing themselves from their targets? Why are they so scared of dying in-game when it has no consequences? Why introduce another forgettable female character with a cookie-cutter personality?

Oddyeus said:
If somebody like her is labeled the best sniper in GGO, it must be a game full of shitty snipers. Why did she go close quarters after firing her second shot, instead of continuing her fire on Behemoth? Does she not understand that a sniper relies on distancing themselves from their targets? Why are they so scared of dying in-game when it has no consequences? Why introduce another forgettable female character with a cookie-cutter personality?

Or, to finally ask the question that matters: Why does Sword Art Online have such a large fan base, when it's absolute crap? Obviously, I can't spoil anything here, but: the method that "Death Gun" (stupidest name in history) uses to kill people ends up being something that was clearly pulled out of the authors ass.

Oddyeus said:
If somebody like her is labeled the best sniper in GGO, it must be a game full of shitty snipers. Why did she go close quarters after firing her second shot, instead of continuing her fire on Behemoth? Does she not understand that a sniper relies on distancing themselves from their targets? Why are they so scared of dying in-game when it has no consequences? Why introduce another forgettable female character with a cookie-cutter personality?

Or, to finally ask the question that matters: Why does Sword Art Online have such a large fan base, when it's absolute crap? Obviously, I can't spoil anything here, but: the method that "Death Gun" (stupidest name in history) uses to kill people ends up being something that was clearly pulled out of the authors ass.

Unlucky-kat said:

Also Death gun is a reference to Death note.

Oddyeus said:
If somebody like her is labeled the best sniper in GGO, it must be a game full of shitty snipers. Why did she go close quarters after firing her second shot, instead of continuing her fire on Behemoth? Does she not understand that a sniper relies on distancing themselves from their targets? Why are they so scared of dying in-game when it has no consequences? Why introduce another forgettable female character with a cookie-cutter personality?

Or, to finally ask the question that matters: Why does Sword Art Online have such a large fan base, when it's absolute crap? Obviously, I can't spoil anything here, but: the method that "Death Gun" (stupidest name in history) uses to kill people ends up being something that was clearly pulled out of the authors ass.

ManaAlchemist said:


Also the whole thing about using a sniper in a game like that just seems boring. And it was of course proven boring just by how extremely boring this episode was. It was just slow and there was like no "good" or even "okay" gunfighting in the whole episode. I'm no big fan of "gun" action in stuff, but if there are guns, the action should be much faster paced and not this slow crap. Hell pretty much all of the first SAO season (even the bad second half) with just swords felt way faster paced. Hopefully it'll get somewhat better, but seeing how hyped the GGO arc has been, I kinda doubt it'll get better as people always over hype the crappiest stuff.

xchee said:
Is there some special game mechanics that I'm missing here because what Sinon did was very illogical for a sniper.

1) Why didn't she warn her team that one guy was wielding a mini-gun? They have the means to communicate, why didn't she radio it in?

2) She had a nice vantage point to snipe the blaster guys. She could still see them even behind cover (if you can even call it that). Why didn't she thin them out so her team could have an easier time dealing with the mini-gun guy?

3) She's a sniper. Why couldn't she just stay in the shadows and snipe the mini-gun guy while he's busy dealing with Dyne and co.? I understand there's some kind of prediction lines or some kind of line of sight (was that what the red line was?) but if the enemy's busy shooting someone else, there's a greater chance that he won't be paying attention to you.

I could just wait for future episodes to explain it and I'll go "ooh so that's why..." but I would appreciate if someone would tell me now so I won't get confused and go "that's just BS." Well, it made for some nice action and I do think Sinon's a cool character. Ditch Kirito and make her the MC.

Oddyeus said:
If somebody like her is labeled the best sniper in GGO, it must be a game full of shitty snipers. Why did she go close quarters after firing her second shot, instead of continuing her fire on Behemoth? Does she not understand that a sniper relies on distancing themselves from their targets? Why are they so scared of dying in-game when it has no consequences? Why introduce another forgettable female character with a cookie-cutter personality?

Or, to finally ask the question that matters: Why does Sword Art Online have such a large fan base, when it's absolute crap? Obviously, I can't spoil anything here, but: the method that "Death Gun" (stupidest name in history) uses to kill people ends up being something that was clearly pulled out of the authors ass.

ManaAlchemist said:


Pretty much my thoughts as well when watching this episode.

Also the whole thing about using a sniper in a game like that just seems boring. And it was of course proven boring just by how extremely boring this episode was. It was just slow and there was like no "good" or even "okay" gunfighting in the whole episode. I'm no big fan of "gun" action in stuff, but if there are guns, the action should be much faster paced and not this slow crap. Hell pretty much all of the first SAO season (even the bad second half) with just swords felt way faster paced. Hopefully it'll get somewhat better, but seeing how hyped the GGO arc has been, I kinda doubt it'll get better as people always over hype the crappiest stuff.

superzombie23 said:
I think only people who play MMOs and strategy tactic games hardcore understand what this anime is really about.

ReaperCreeper said:
The setting reminds me of Fallout.

MarikGr said:
Found something interesting , i think they reused the animation from the first season ep 2 when kirito kills that red ogre http://s17.postimg.org/rtvz9ew8e/coincidenta_don_t_think_so.jpg , what do you guys think ?

NettoAzure said:
Episode 2: 10% Setups, 20% Snipers, 10% Assault tRifles, 10% Energy Weapons, 20% Assault Miniguns, 30% Sinon. :D

babymilo91 said:
That shot to the head was awesome. I like this Sinon character.

RagingMan said:
Smiling while playing an MMO is serious business.

swaggahsaurus said:
I feel like the role of female characters will give a lot of unnecessary fanservice, but hopefully lessons have been learned from last season and they won't go that route. The sniper character, Sinon, seems somewhat over-powered, but I have to admit that I'm quite fascinated by her in real life, since she seems to be weaker? than she is in the game. If SAO plays with the different sides of her, in game and in real life, that would be very interesting!
I haven't read the light novels, so I have no idea where this is going to go ^^' That's a very fascinating theory, Taisho-san!

Caleb8980 said:

As for why she can't stay where she was: As seen her second shot had a glaring red line showing exactly where it would land and every other shot would have done the same for the 60 seconds mentioned in the anime.

Now for the people here calling for her to stay: Would you in ANY FPS game stay where you are as a sniper if your position is exposed and every other shot would be clearly visible and dodgeable?

As for why many people are taking this seriously: As said in episode 1 you can earn money while playing this and while you can't live in luxery it is enough for 1 person to live if he or she is good enough.
That alone is a good reason for taking this game seriously but Sinon has a very personal reason, too and as said as this is based on the SEED just like ALO is, death can mean that you can drop your weapon or gear; taking into account that you needed to buy this from ingame money that you thereafter can't exchange into real money anymore I can see them having some sort of attachment to their guns and gear, or?

superzombie23 said:


Agree with everything you said. It's basically what I was too lazy to write in my post. And I don't think they lose their gear when they die, but they probably do get a bad rating for something.

SayonaraSelena said:

No, they'll lose their item, the light novel have mentioned it.