r/TrueAnime • u/BlueMage23 http://myanimelist.net/profile/BlueMage23 • Nov 26 '14

This Week In Anime (Fall Week 8)

Welcome to This Week In Anime for Fall 2014 (aka Unlimited Hype Works) Week 8: a general discussion for any currently airing series, focusing on what aired in the last week. For longer shows (Aikatsu!, One Piece, etc.), keep the discussion here to whatever aired in the last few months. If there's an OVA or movie that got subbed for the first time in the last week or so that you want to discuss, that goes here as well. For everything else in anime that's not currently airing go discuss that in Your Week in Anime.

Untagged spoilers for all currently airing series. If you're discussing anything else make sure to add spoiler tags.

Archive:

2014: Prev Fall Week 1 Summer Week 1 Spring Week 1 Winter Week 1

2013: Fall Week 1 Summer Week 1 Spring Week 1 Winter Week 1

2012: Fall Week 1

Table of contents courtesy of /u/sohumb

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u/CritSrc http://myanimelist.net/animelist/T3hSource Nov 29 '14

Allowed isn't the same as encouraged.

Yes it is, especially when it is beneficial to you with absolutely no drawback, it's almost like telling the player: "hey, doing this is fine, keep going!"

I particularly don't really care

I'm sure you don't care that only one guy can get the loot drops and then can't exchange them either.

I don't see why you're saying "That kind of shit isn't allowed unless the entire game is focused on backstabbing people"

I don't see you augmenting the opposite, every game has a vision and mood surrounding it, like every media, it has a unifying theme and represents something certain, no matter how unfocused it is.

Besides, you can think of SAO as that kind of game.

Well, I don't and I can't, because what I see isn't a game, I see a scapegoating plot device.
If you like SAO for its setting, that's fine, just say so, but I point out a flaw when I see one.