As far as the show goes, unfortunately there is not a lot of material to theorize on, since gooseworx can't shut the fuck up and keeps confirming shit on tumblr instead of the actual show, I'll use the tumblr trivia as facts just because, since they are not in the show they aren't really canon and can change whenever.>what is The Amazing Digital Circus?The Amazing Digital Circus is a hyper augmented reality game running exclusively in one single computer in an office building of a company known as “C&A”, some have theorised C&A is Cain And Abel, with Caine actually being the creator of the game, this is false since Caine is an acronym for Creative Artificial Intelligence Networking Entity, which means he is not a human being and just a barely functional AI who is sentient of his own condition.>how does one enter the TADC?No one knows. Of course, the physical action is just plugging the headset in your head, this automatically erases all the memories of the individual such as his name and physical appearance, but how does one come across this computer is not known. All the characters in the show come from extremely different backgrounds and ages, Kinger is 48 and a computer science specialist while Jax is a farm boy and only 22. My best guess would be that it happens just by pure luck and currently the company known as “C&A” is no longer active or does not know about TADC, the question of how is this sci-fi abomination running on a PC from the 90's or early 2000's is also completely open.
>>146444597>how long has this game been running in our reality? The best I can come up with is using Kinger as a metric, since he is the only person in there with background on computers and has been there the longest and is already a pretty old dude, it isn't difficult to assume he spent a little more than two decades and was actually involved with the original team behind TADC but was left to die, with his wife coming after him inside the game, since Queenie and Kinger have extremely similar appearances, we can assume the following: Your avatar reflects your psyche: Jax wears suspenders because he is a farm boy, Zooble can change parts because they are non-binary, Pomni probably struggles with extreme anxiety and feels herself as a jester, Kinger and Queenie completement each other et cetera. >is it possible to actually leave the game?Probably yes, but Caine would hide that information anyway since wants more and more players. Caine also isn't all-powerful and can really only interact with the avatars, there is no proof the can harm the players or kill them by himself, abstraction seems to be a purely mental process and just hitting the characters over and over will just cause the sensation of pain and not abstract them, unless Caine resorted to torture - which I believe, he is incapable of since he was programmed into the game by someone - the avatars he can't really harm anyone or even force them into the adventures
didn't read lol
i love SAO!
>>146444611>but Caine would hide that information anyway since wants more and more playersI think the key to escaping the game is to deliberately cause Caine to break or have a mental episode like he did with Zooble, then maybe the real exit will be visible or they'll be able to get out somehow. The only question is, if the players know they essentially have to kill Caine to leave, will they still do it? Jax of course would, Zooble probably too but I'm unsure of the others.
>>146446664No. Abstraction is the way to get out. You have to let go of your mind as that is the only thing binding you in the game.
>>146446708I doubt that very much.
>>146444611>implications that there's one (1) headset>with his wife coming after him inside the gameReally does look like a "physically sucked in" scenario when framed like that.
>>146446439SAO is just a shitty copy of .hack which is far superior, I don't know if the writing of TADC was inspired by anime but the production team of Murder Drones really liked anime so it is possible some influence in style carries on. >>146446664Caine cannot control The Void, but Pomni's experience makes pretty clear avatars can't actually walk in the void, they just stand there from where they were dropped unable to do anything. Caine can only move there cuz' he's AI. Maybe if they glitch Caine and just jump straight into the void they will fall down into the menu of the game and press the quit button.My guess would be that in a later future episode (towards the end of the series) the characters would try to leave through the void and realize it doesn't work.>>146446708Jax can teleport and make keys (which violate Caine's constructions and adventures, maybe these mind powers are some of those other things he can't control), maybe he is just trying to find a way of quiting without abstracting and coming back insane to the real world.>>146446986Seeing that TADC is going full unexplainable sci-fi I wouldn't doubt that the headset literally sucks you molecularly and digitalizes your very existence.
Her body, MY choice!
>>146448394>*hugs in protection*
>>146448407Why are you protecting my wife from me?
the crossover for dreams
>>146444597I fear it's going to end up like Murder Drones where the plot is a fucking mess to follow and you're just expected to sift through fucking random reddit threads or tumblr posts to piece shit together.
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>>146447248>Jax can teleportI didn't know this, did he do it in an episode and I was just oblivious or?>>146448598It's not written by the same people though right, maybe it won't be that bad. I hope.
>>146444597>C&ACaine and AbelGenius Caine is the AI that killed Abel(AI too?)
What if this show was actually good, what would change?
>>146444611>but Caine would hide that information anyway since wants more and more playersFunny, the vibe I got from him is that he legitimately doesn't know HOW to leave the game. He said he'd been trying to make an exit, since that's what everyone kept asking for, but ended up hiding it because he had no idea what to put on the other side of the door.
>>146451320Caine's name is an acronym for the type of AI he is.>>146451339I got this feeling too, he seemed to genuinely want to make it for them but he just can't understand.
>>146451339>>146451576>caine trying to figure out where an exit goes
>>146451602I do like the idea that hes genuinely just trying to do what the avatars want and keep them sane but is a half-baked AI
>>146451742hes doing the best he can with what limited abilities he was given
>>146448394Post dolly snuggles
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>>146444611Post Gangle's titties.
>>146444597>keep on truckin
>>146451339>>146451576Yep. Which heavily implies they're digital copies. They've always been here and there's nowhere for them to go. That's why their host computer is abandoned and ignored; nobody sends a rescue team for a server of Quake bots. That's why they can't remember their names. They never had any.
>>146452499Its so obvious of an conclusion that at this point i believe its like a huge fucking red herring or something. Or the drilltranny will try to subvert everything because people figured out his grand plot twist instantly. It just makes to much sense
>>146452544I considered that, but I doubt it. The first episode was weaker than the others since it was all setup, and I don't think you make that kind of sacrifice unless you really care about coherency. I've seen authors drive their plot off a cliff to increase the spectacle but I don't think that's how 'sworx works
I hope to all thats decent that the end isn't a Gotcha kinda deal, like evangellion.
