>>358030950
you may think the houses were cool, but for what they were for, it was way too much rigamarole. The whole thing was far too complex a system. things like that work in smaller groups, or, if there is a strict herding and event coordination. Neither of which were present. Nobody wanted yet another costume contest, which was why it was made a more passive ranking thing, and just being herded around a map for it wasnt gonna happen.
So as a result, people simply explained to newcomers that they could simply rank people at spawn from the menu that was present there.

It might have been better to somehow integrate it into the SAO menu, which was also needless, and im pretty sure everyone forgot was there.

and the layout was just not organic. people occasionally slid down the center rail to the bottom, and that was it. nobody bothered with the bouncy castle area or hang out in another area but the big center court