That was a nice read,yea your right actually the author must be a big fan of MMOs to be writing this series as he has,didnt notice that xD perhaps thats why i also liked this series a lot,it kinda brings back a lot of memories of my many years playing MMOs and can relate to it a lot.
The series was also paced really well,never got boring even though there is almost no action. The comedy in it was also quite good and i liked how they touched the romance part only towards the end (shiroe and the 2 girls going to the cake shop was funny) ;d
SAO on the other hand,while the initial setting was quite good,later on just pissed me off when seeing the MC soloing raid bosses,gaining a unique skill that no one else has :/ The romance was sappy too,not to mention there is a mad rapist in every arc(like wtf?)