Talk:Albedo/@comment-76.170.34.80-20150822065856/@comment-66.8.240.46-20160101041840

Interesting train of thought if they do decide to bring in those two unnamed Guild Members... but there are some glaring logical discrepancies. I think I mentioned a train of thought similar to this in another thread on the Wiki, but I forgot exactly where.

1. Satoru / Momonga / Ainz was sent to the NW by a Server shutdown. Technically speaking, this may or may not be anything special and players may have been sent into the NW by nothing other than story fiat, but why make the start of the story like it is if not?

2. As any MMO Player knows... Server Maintenance happens, and there's no way in hell that EVERYONE will get out when they are warned to. If this train of thought is followed, there may be quite a number of Players around. The same thing would happen for updates, and we know of at least 1 update due to Shizu's write-up. What happens if the 'player' is afk and has the Dive Helmet off while the Acct/Character is still logged-in when the shutdown happens. What if the player isn't afk and has fallen asleep with the Helmet on and the game still running? The flavor text of a player character and the settings of a NPC are pretty much the same thing...

3. Is there only one Server? This doesn't make sense if you look at existing MMOs. It would make more sense to have multiple Servers spread across multiple areas. This train of thought is supported by the fact that the LN noted that different languages are being spoken by the NW residents, but mysteriously... every single one of them seems to have a permanent 'translate all language' effect on them that can't be dispelled or negated. If we assume that DMMOs are based on existing MMOs: Was there a Test Server? How about Alpha and Beta testing? Was it shut down prior to Service ending? What kind of stuff was in the Test / Alpha / Beta that never made it onto the Production Servers?

4. Did Satoru really get sent to the NW in entirety or was it just a 'snapshot' when the Server got shut down? If it was a 'snapshot'... could there be 'snapshots' of other Players in NW? What about another 'snapshot' of himself or the NPCs? Alot of NW residents leap to the conclusion that Ainz is one of the 13 heroes, or one of the Greed Kings... what if that's actually true? If it is a 'snapshot' type deal, a earlier version of himself may have very well have been one of them. Adding #2 to this train of thought: What would 'Momonga' be like without the influence of Satoru being there? How would the NPCs react since they're technically the same person? How about the other SBs? With or without the player behind the character?