The extra life was a special gift from Og. Nobody else had access to something like that. As for Artemis, she was using an IOI avatar which someone else took over when she was killed. That was what the Cataclyst destroyed. As for just logging out, the only one in a position to do that was Irok but his avatar would still have been destroyed since there was no time to get it to safety

In the book he states when you log out, your avatar will remain vulnerable for one minute, so people don't just DC when in the middle of a fight. There is a ton of explanation in the book that they cut out, ESPECIALLY for the first key. So much better in the book.

@Dandelo19 said:

In the book he states when you log out, your avatar will remain vulnerable for one minute, so people don't just DC when in the middle of a fight. There is a ton of explanation in the book that they cut out, ESPECIALLY for the first key. So much better in the book.

Saw the movie recently - well, kinda liked it. It was okay, perhaps for the younger audience. I will have to read a book now.

Anyway, in all that mayhem, I couldn't figure out how they all made a living? If they were playing games all day long, who put the food on the table?

@Dandelo19 said:

In the book he states when you log out, your avatar will remain vulnerable for one minute, so people don't just DC when in the middle of a fight. There is a ton of explanation in the book that they cut out, ESPECIALLY for the first key. So much better in the book.

Yes, I definitely was more engrossed in the book. The film was fun but they basically streamlined it all into a straight action adventure. Whenever it tried it's hand at the more dramatic moments the performances and dialogue felt flat. So I wasn't really engaged the same way as I was with the book.

I enjoyed it for the spectacle and the 80s references. But then another problem was that there seemed to be a lot less 80s tunes and references in the second half than the first.

@RobPatelli said:

@Dandelo19 said:

In the book he states when you log out, your avatar will remain vulnerable for one minute, so people don't just DC when in the middle of a fight. There is a ton of explanation in the book that they cut out, ESPECIALLY for the first key. So much better in the book.

Saw the movie recently - well, kinda liked it. It was okay, perhaps for the younger audience. I will have to read a book now.

Anyway, in all that mayhem, I couldn't figure out how they all made a living? If they were playing games all day long, who put the food on the table?

You can totally have a real job in the Oasis.

yeah I heard in the book that kids even go to school in the Oasis