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gf is showing me log horizon. DATABASE, DATABASE

‪i appreciate them being in the mmo right from the get-go with no explanation‬

fantasia into cuter girl… yesss

‪they have already established two different, interesting ways in which the world isn't realistic and is video-gamey. this really is the better stuck-in-an-mmo anime‬

‪oh they established what happened to fast travel. did SAO ever bother with that‬

‪THE CHARACTERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE STUCK-IN-AN-MMO GENRE god the writing in this is so much better lmfao‬

they… they know what aggro is,

ep1 made a good impression on me lmao

‪i think the writer might have played an rpg before‬

‪YOU CAN PUT OTHER PLAYERS TO SLEEP????‬

“it's like we're floating in the sky”

yes this is what i also dislike about ffxiv's flight system,

‪ep2 also good‬

living in the database isn't just a banger refrain it's also like, the truest description of an mmo

‪nyanta… that's such a name‬

‪seen ep3‬

gotta have your landscape covered with crystals

‪protag of this series is a glasses-thing person. he does the glasses thing. does anyone know what that's called‬

oh my god they are actually talking about cast times and cooldowns

oh my god a trapped-in-an-mmorpg anime where they actually use rpg mechanics!!!! healing and protection skill stuff…

log horizon good (finished ep4)

‪the way cooking food works is incredibly bullshit,‬

‪wait they have fucking, level-sync considerations. this is really a completely different world to SAO ^^;;;‬

finished ep5

LOG HORIZON

borgar

“my grandfather had the monopoly on all food in akiba” — @JosJuice

the capitalistic intrigue, with music like who wants to be a millionaire, this is amazing

Legolas's real name is William Massachusetts

this is just like the dissolution of the USSR

oomfie really be establishing a monopoly on violence, and in so doing, creating a state?

(i've now watched nine episodes this show is amazing i love it)

‪yeah we are ready for the punchline‬

‪game players discover technology‬

human rights…

damn they actually went somewhere with shiroe's plan. i was annoyed at the anime refusing to explain anything to begin with but the result is quite satisfying and justified

‪you're a guild meowster,‬

nobility without lands of their own

ah so log horizon also has aoe markers, #ffxiv

from capitalistic intrigue to diplomatic intrigue

‪aggro! the writer knows what aggro is!‬

why are the people of the land in such miserable circumstances from a technology perspective, this world makes no sense

wait not all npcs in a game would be commoners!!!! ooooh

WORLD FRACTION

‪this world has lore!!!‬

‪teamwork actually counts in this world‬

‪military-strategic-diplomatic intrigue. god‬

‪i won't pretend it's particularly deep but this series keeps surprising me in how many topics it comes up with‬

i regret to inform you that the characters of log horizon are better at mmorpgs than i am

“your resolve [in the face of literally having died] is sorely lacking”

‪i appreciate how this series mostly isn't trying to do a romance/harem/love-triangle thing so far (though i'm worried about the next episode haha)‬

‪as a technically swedish person i can't help but be amused that the japanese use the english word “viking” to refer to a buffet, presumably because of smörgåsbord?‬

‪i regret to inform you that the fourth-to-last episode seemingly gives up on this‬

https://social.noyu.me/@hikari/statuses/01HRJ6H96XNX0VERKNY8H6Z2EN

was the writer under pressure from the publisher to hook people for the next volume or something

‪oh look it's discount kefka‬

‪shiroe the goat‬

finished log horizon s1. log horizon good

log horizon s2 let's goooooo

‪this sure is an mmo economy‬

‪every time they explain a battle system i keep being reminded it's possible for an author to know the thing they're writing about, it's great‬

“flavour text”?!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

this is just like ace attorney

they keep finding the most interesting ways to bridge the unrealisticness of a game world to the realism of a real world, and have things gradually transition from one to the other, i love this setting

‪there's this really funny contrast from SAO i think: on the surface they have the same premise, but they're very different! Log Horizon in about life in a fantasy world, written by someone who knows games. SAO is about life in a game, written by someone who doesn't know games‬

@hikari That's true, but I think also SAO is about a game that is sort of a fantasy of what games are. I think it's a game that a lot of people have wanted to make before realising there's no way it would work.

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I mean SAO has the holodeck problem, where it only really works because the creator of the scenario also controls how the players engage with the scenario.

They are, effectively, a DM where the players always do what they're expected to, and what's more fantastical than that?