Yeah, Krusty and Isaac do sport some nice pauldrons but the way the guilds were operated reminded me more of Ragnarok Online personally, though it's probably because it's the mmorpg I have the most experience with.

PS: Soujirou > all, the guy doesn't have a guild, he has a fethin harem! (and a living sword, dunno if it's part of said harem though)

Hm...kept thinking Kirito was maybe 15 or even 14 at least. He just looked a little short to be 16 .

He goes into the game when he is 14 or 15. Time flies in the episodes

But even after those years he still looks a little short...meh, guess i'll have to keep watching

Whenever they mention Elder Tale, I always think of Elder Scrolls.

SO I just finished watching SAO first season. no tears were shed

I don't know if you guys talked about this is already but here goes...
It's been a few weeks since i finished Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood AND ITS AWESOME i would recommend it to everyone blindly... Seriously watch it!

I've watched it a bit, from a personal perspective it just dosen't seem like something i'm into though

I watched it sometime last year and I agree that it was a good not-all-too-serious (for the most part) series

I didn't watch Brotherhood, but the original series was pretty good. Some people died for no reason at all (OH NO I GOT A LIGHT WOUND TO MY SHOULDER, I'M DOOOOMED) and the ending felt a little rushed (no idea how the manga dealt with that part and continued from it). Overall it was quite entertaining though, but no masterpiece.