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	Being a computer scientist-in-training, Darrin is an avant gamer. He spends most of his time either fiddling with his computer, finding any part to it he could upgrade, or playing games. Recently, he got his hands on an amusphere as well as a game his friend over-seas told him about. His friend said that it wouldn’t be easy, but it was definitely worth a try. 
Confusing Darrin with this comment, Darrin decides to look up the game online before he plays. What he finds is astonishing.
	There are multiple posts about the game, none with great detail on the game itself, but all sharing one thing in common: a video. Watching the video, Darrin can understand why people are as vague as they are about the game, as the video shows a man who is a part of a gang of world criminals. That gang is Laughing Coffin, a notorious guild from the game that started it all: Sword Art Online. Thinking about that, Darrin looks over the case of the game in his hand, pauses for a second, then slaps his forehead hard enough force to leave a mark, as the game, Safehold Assault Online, is still SAO for short. The only thing he is thinking is how stuck the Laughing Coffin guild is in the virtual world.
	Either way, after properly bandaging his forehead, Darrin grabs his new amusphere and game, sets it up and fires it up. A few calibrations are ran to ensure the amusphere is working properly, then the game begins loading. About three seconds pass, and Darrin is greeted by the system, “Welcome, to S.A.O. Please fill in your information for security purposes.” Really, Darrin though as the system said SAO like it was nothing, but also because of the “security purposes.” A list for generic info you would give to a banker for a new car loan or something appears before Darrin. Reluctantly, Darrin puts in his information truthfully and begins the real work, as the system continues, “Please put in your initial stats.”
	Looking at it, Darrin feels that the stat list is pretty small. And to have 100 points to allocate right of the bat? “Man, these guys must really be confident……. or cocky. One of the two,” Darrin said out loud as he continued to put in stats evenly, since he wasn’t sure how they worked, and he couldn’t find a guide to explain the game, so he is at a loss. Once completing his stats, the system continues as he is ported, “Have fun, Player.” Then the voice changes for a quick second to a manly, evil voice, “And good luck.”
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	[i]The world today is in a state of more or less panic. After the announcement made by Laughing Coffin, things began to change... drastically. World Leaders began putting old rivalries behind them and stated pooling their resources together in order to find LC, people kept claming to be apart of LC all around the world, and the economy blew up due to everyone's fear that they would be a target for LC, making them believe they neede to stock up on 'apocalypse' supplies.
	While that was happening in the real world, the virtual world began to see some changes. Online games began shutting down out of fear that LC was inside it, others began changing to worship the LC guild, while very few were unaffected by LC. 
	And all this happened within days of the video being posted. It really goes to show how much one group of people can change the world.
	On another note, things began to change within this new SAO was changing. Some players stopped signing in after a while, other who died just disappeared all-together, and many players who were still alive began to change and show more of who the really were inside. It turned pretty bloody.... technically. No blood since it was just a game, but many people began dying left and right. While many turned into honest murderers, almost double that amount turned into protectors, body guards, bounty hunters, etc. You name it, and they became it.[/i]