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Dec 13, 7:27 AM
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Dec 13, 7:27 AM
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What do you know...shields are effective in combat after all.

Pitou played a bit an aggressive role as always. She treats the game as HER game without fear. Episode pretty much involves trying to storm a castle. Fun and engaging to watch although you can tell the risk of this operation.
Dec 13, 10:55 AM
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So... are the enemy really NPC's, they seem to have more thought process than that, and were obviously baffled by LLENN's loli appearance. Once more episode to find out - loving how they're keeping so honest to the source material.
Dec 13, 11:04 AM
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Pitohui came up with a solid plan to have all the teams work together. Having a coordinated attack on these high thinking npc enemies is the right way to go. They have such a fortified position that without a plan none of these teams could make it inside within the time limit. Pitohui rallying all the players in a way only she could. Her plan was well thought out and executed too. Providing covering fire and moving forward incrementally is the best course of action. Some of the other team's members infiltrating, they got pretty far before the npc took them out. These npc enemies are way too smart. The programmers thought of everything and then some. Only having taken out maybe two npc inside the castle before even Llenn could zoom in. Her standing by ready to attack as Fuka provided some grenade cover. Llenn did good getting inside the castle but not so much getting captured. I never expected npc to go with a hostage strategy. They must be highly programmed to think of something like that. Llenn doing the only thing she could do, running into the wall and ending one of her lives so she could respawn outside. This play test is really brutal.
Dec 13, 11:40 AM
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Pitohui came up with a solid plan to have all the teams work together. Having a coordinated attack on these high thinking npc enemies is the right way to go. They have such a fortified position that without a plan none of these teams could make it inside within the time limit. Pitohui rallying all the players in a way only she could. Her plan was well thought out and executed too. Providing covering fire and moving forward incrementally is the best course of action. Some of the other team's members infiltrating, they got pretty far before the npc took them out. These npc enemies are way too smart. The programmers thought of everything and then some. Only having taken out maybe two npc inside the castle before even Llenn could zoom in. Her standing by ready to attack as Fuka provided some grenade cover. Llenn did good getting inside the castle but not so much getting captured. I never expected npc to go with a hostage strategy. They must be highly programmed to think of something like that. Llenn doing the only thing she could do, running into the wall and ending one of her lives so she could respawn outside. This play test is really brutal.
@Dukino I never thought she would do a kamikaze run into the castle wall! ROFLMAO
Dec 13, 12:10 PM
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Pito using Llen as messenger lol

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Dec 13, 12:16 PM
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another great episode


this Npc are not joking arouond

Lleen tried the easy way to die then she decided to get hurt herself, that's badass, real determination!!!
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Dec 13, 1:06 PM
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This is a good AI arch, but these “NPCs” might not be NPCs after all

LLENN looks cool even when she kills herself. 😅😂

So wish this was a real game, it would be so much fun.
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Dec 13, 1:41 PM
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Pitohui had a good strategy for advancing on the castle: staying behind the shields, drawing fire, then sniping them down once revealed.

But then why did they abandon that after LLENN got in? They just went back to blindly charging in and getting gunned down since there were still active shooters. If they'd kept up the shield strategy they'd have had a better chance of taking out more NPCs without casualties.
Dec 13, 2:10 PM

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I am a little surprised everyone trusted Pito so easily after what happened last time, I guess everyone wants to win more than anything else.
It was a good strategy she came up with.
Those NPC's have great ai, don't know what they are talking about a lot though.
That was very clever by Llenn to do herself in like that.

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Dec 13, 4:14 PM

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WE'RE LET US NOT A GET IN HOSTILE TO THE TEAM! CASTLE!

Dec 13, 4:52 PM

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Bet those ain't npcs and got told that they were going to be invaded by npcs

As how do they not know who the popular teams from ggo are, there are two options, either they are professionals that were asked to do a drill using ggo, or
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Dec 13, 4:56 PM

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WE'RE LET US NOT A GET IN HOSTILE TO THE TEAM! CASTLE!
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..That's not a nice thing to be hostile to the Team Castle, even if you're not A Get In
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Dec 13, 5:27 PM
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EP 11

Its ep 11
Last time uhhh
The game continues i guess


I was expecting some big plot twist, apparently not
1 ep left
Dec 13, 5:38 PM

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and there are those who say that artificial intelligence will not dominate the world one day, just look at these NPCs
Dec 13, 6:01 PM
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We deserve a season 3!! 🙏Pleasee. this storyline is becoming really interesting!!
Dec 13, 10:08 PM
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LLenn as the messenger lol fits her like a glove. The advance under cover method supported by sniper overwatch was the right strat to use here. Perfect cover for a flanking force to exploit. That sniper calmly fitting the grenade pin before it went off was damm scary. Fuka's quips as she goes to town on the enemy was damm lively. Llenn being captured sure was a odd result. Guess that was one way for Llenn to force a reset of the situation.
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Dec 14, 3:47 AM

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As usual everything goes Pito's way. Wonder if there is some deeper meaning about the NPCs, like their personality taken from real people, or if it's just a "they were made in the US" kinda thing.
Dec 14, 5:13 AM

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LLENN being a messenger really suits her in more ways than one. Thanks to her, everyone agreed to work with Pitohui's plan and, so far, it has been rather successful.

It was unfortunate than LLENN herself got captured after being surrounded by four NPC enemies, although she did observe that some of their lip flap dialogue wasn't matching. Still, she did get some important intel about what the "NPC's" are planning, so she made good use of her speed and the hesitation of the NPC's being surprised by taking herself out by running full speed into the wall.

Now it's a race against time for her to respawn and let her allies know about the NPC's plan. This should make the final episode to be a a fun one. =)
Dec 14, 6:02 AM
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Prediction.
As an anime only watcher, i do not know what is coming up.
But could the NPCs be some of those souls from the main show?
That would make the ultimate NPC.
Dec 14, 7:50 AM

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She's making a smart move to respawn.
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Dec 14, 1:10 PM
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Nice epic assault! But it's true that these NPCs are weird... anyway Llenn killing herself by rushing into the wall was insane ahahah. Only one episode left :(
Dec 14, 8:43 PM

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I loved seeing all of them ACTUALLY working together, it was nice!

Damn, this NPC stuff is really intriguing...

AND THERE IS ONLY 1 EPISODE LEFT, I'M SO FUCKING SAD RIGHT NOW.
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Dec 15, 3:57 AM

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That is one way to kill yourself (in a game).

These NPCs are interesting, are the GMs trying to train these guys to make a story campaign or something? idk
Dec 15, 4:14 PM
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Pitohui is a hottie

Wonder what's up with the NPC's behaviour, is there really only one episode left?
Dec 16, 6:42 AM
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Ah united against common enemies eh.
NPCs are really sus.
Dec 16, 7:13 AM

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Ah watching Llenn run her face into to the wall makes me want to go back and read the books. Because holy shit the next episode is gonna be great.
Dec 17, 7:25 AM
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Maybe these NPCs are actually foreign veterans given a "mission" inside GGO without being given specific details that this is a beta test
Dec 17, 7:38 AM

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Pitohui's one shrewd girl, if she can't she won't let them either. But leave it to her to come up with crazy ideas. Love more Fuka. It's been super amusing to watch her. Also these npcs are highly inteligent after all. Born in Alicization?
Dec 18, 4:20 AM

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Oh so they arent NPCs after all? I guess advanced AI is a core trait of SAO, Its nice to see this element coming back to the spinoff.
They cant be just human lab rats, they atleast have to be aware this is a game since they respawn? Alicization AI?

Great episode, I think this is actually more interesting than the last squad jam.

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Dec 20, 11:04 AM
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Only left 4 enemies in the castle!!!!
Intelligent Pito strategy with all the teams together1!!
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Dec 22, 5:36 AM

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These NPCs are strange. Some kind of advanced artificial intelligence?
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All of them working together against the NPC!!


The NPC be like: who tf send children to fight us LMAO
Damn these AI is insanely good.

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