No its the people making the show just learned about it and now they are trying it the shows pace pace has gone down by miles

episode 1: death gun appears, we see krito and asuna again, and kirito talks to a guy about death gun.
episode 2: sinon gets a rare gun and kills mini gun guy.
episode 3:we see sinon is traumatized by guns from shooting someone before, kirito has to join GGO and death gun is now hunting sinon
Episode 4: kirito joins GGO, looks like a girl and meets sinon, they go shopping, kirito wins jackpot using "skills" and buys a sword.
If were LUCKY they will maybe start BOB next episode, but from the looks of things the next episode will consist of asuna making pot stickers of something boring like that.

People complain the first season was going too fast and was just pointless story progression. Like the episodes was just either Kirito making girls fall for him or playing house with Asuna.
Not to mention that they tried to fit two arcs into a season, and the second half ended up worst than the first half.
Having the story go slow this season is an improvement imo. But we won't know for sure until a few more episodes is released.

ok let me level with you, I like the idea of build up and character development, but every time I watch a damn episode it feels like nothing happens by the time it ends, at least SAO and ALO had stuff happening. every single time I see the end credits for the episode for GGO I'm in disbelief because every damn time the episode ends I struggle to even see progression, the only progression is when the episodes change, then it stays the same for 23 minutes and then when it starts to change, BOOM, credits. I personally like to see the damn change not realize an hour later that "next episode will probably have something else going on because this happened."

I understand what you're feeling, because I feel it too when it ended for the latest episode. Still, I didn't think much of it because we're only 4 episodes in, 4 episodes sounds like a reasonable setup for a season to me.

If they continue to drag on with like, shopping or some crap that won't progress the story in the next 2-3 episodes then I'll start doubting the writer's ability to save this show.

You're a moody bitch aren't you?

lame, i dislike fan service. I guess i will watch it when i finish the seconds arc

looks like pure fan service

it is

The basic plot outline is Kirito is re-telling what happened in the 1st and 2nd arc while the other half of the story is a little fan service

lame, i dislike fan service. I guess i will watch it when i finish the seconds arc

Ahhh, this we can certainly agree on.