Quote Originally Posted by Pseudopsia View Post
I watched SAO, it was very good. I have no idea if SAO caused more people to watch the stream. I think us MMO players can relate to SAO very easy, however people not familiar with MMOs may not. SAO theme is not new, .hack//sign has the same theme probably not a popular since it is a lot older.

Maybe everyone wants to be a Beater(Beta Cheater) now
The difference is that .hack was never popular as SAO is.