Story: [RPG] Sword Art Online - EU Server

My name is Akihiko Kayaba. And as of this moment, I am in control of this world.
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I'm sure most of you have already noticed an item missing from your main menus -- the log out button. Let me assure you, this is not a defect in the game. I repeat, this is not a defect.
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You cannot log yourselves out of SAO, and no one from the outside will be able to shut down or remove the "NerveGear" from your head. If anyone attempts to do so, a transmitter inside the NerveGear will discharge a microwave signal into your skull, destroying your brain and ending your life.
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As a result, the game now has two hundred thirteen less players than when it began. They've been deleted from both Aincrad and the real world.
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It's important to remember the following: There is no longer any way to revive someone within the game. If your HP drops to zero, your avatar will be deleted from the system... forever. There is only one way for a player to escape now -- you must clear the game. Defeat the boss on Floor 100, and you will clear the game.

More than a year later, the words still echo through the streets of the Town of Beginnings.
On November 6th 2022, 10.000 gamers were trapped in the VRMMORPG Sword Art Online.
Despite the warning, over 2.000 players have already died in this game, yet it still hasn’t been cleared. They aren’t even halfway through and some are losing hope.
Some still fight to clear the game and go back to their lives in the real world, but as time passes, more and more people are starting to accept this world as their new reality and start to settle for a life in Aincrad. Among some players, there is even a concern if they will ever clear the game in this rate….