Recommendations VRMMO's that are just games

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  1. jacobpaige

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    Looking for stories with VRMMO's that are just games. No AI's trying to take over the world. No hidden tutorials for apocalypses. No kidnapped people. No one's trapped in the game. Just a normal game that happens to be a full immersion VR game that the MC and his or her friends/coworkers play.

    The MC needs to be someone you wouldn't mind knowing in real life (aka: not an a**hole, troll, griefer, etc.), and they need to spend at least a third of the chapters in the real world and at least a third in the game.

    No horror or BL please. Needs to be legally available for free, in English, online.

    Edit: I should probably mention that, unless its fairly new, I've probably read it already. I'm mostly just checking that something new hasn't cropped up that I've missed.
     
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    Only Sense Online (LN) might fit. The problem is the translator dropped the series after vol 11.

    edit: Yes, My Class Is "Lumberjack", So What? is another possible.
     
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    Yeah, but if they don't spend time in the real world, then there's no point in it being VRMMO. Might as well read isekai at that point.

    Dropped it. Don't remember why.
    Dropped it. It felt too much like a knock off of OSO.
    Its not a VRMMO story.
    Read it.
    Dropped it. If I recall correctly, I hated the MC and the way the FL was treated.
    Dropped it. The characters felt more like stereotypes than people.

    Thanks for the suggestions :)
     
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    Virtual world: Peerless White Emperor? They spend quite a bit of time outside the game at least in the beginning. (Haven't read much of it). MC probably fails the character part of your requirements though, but there seems to be some sort of foreshadowing as to why he's like that so it might not end up too bad.
     
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    Dropped it. I just lost interest.
    Is that the one with the defense focused girl? I'm pretty sure I dropped it.
    Dropped it.
    Its not being translated.
    I'll look into it.
    Dropped it.
    I'll look into it.
    Dropped it.

    Thanks for the suggestions :)
     
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    You seem to be a VRMMO novel connoisseur. Any recommendations for someone who hasn't read more than a few?
     
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    Hmm, the last requirement makes it harder, since most VRMMO may be a form of escapism; or there isn't enough to meet it, because the focus is the VRMMO itself.

    Anyways, think I know of only one that meets your requirement, but can't bee sure, since it's been an age--mainly due to the low chapter number.
    Tidal Lock -- Some RL, not dunno if it's 12 chapters. Also seems dead as a door nail.
    ... Huh, weird, thought it has been longer, not just 1.5 years. since last update. Odd even, since I know it didn't update during the pandemic.
     
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    I'm surprised The King's Avatar wasn't mentioned? Quite a decent read, almost like a Sports novel.
     
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    That 'coz it's not virtual reality
     
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    SAO Alternative - Gun Gale Online (alternate story to SAO Phantom Bullet arc, w/ different author & characters)
    Reader (KOR, often mistaken as Omniscient Reader, I only have followed the manhwa)
    Genocide Online
    Matan Shooter (KOR, plan to read)
    Blunt Ogre Girl (yuri)
    The Strongest Florist (manhwa)
     
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    Well, if you're looking for ones like what I've asked for then Farming for Gold (indefinite hiatus) and Data Dragon Danika (completed) are both quite good. You can find them on royalroad.

    Read it. It was definitely one of the better ones, but even when it was active there'd be huge gaps between chapters :(

    Dropped it. MC was just too much of an a**hole to his teammates.
    Watched it.
    The reviews seemed to indicate that it wasn't very good?
    Protagonist is evil.
    I'll look into it.
    Dropped it.
    I'll look into it.

    Thanks for the suggestions :)
     
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    Going to go ahead and add The Strongest Florist that @S4TY4 suggested. I'm only on chapter 10, but its been hilarious so far ;)
     
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    Reign of the Hunters
     
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