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Jobs, hobbies, lifestyles—the world has advanced to a point where nothing can be separated from VR anymore. And now, a VR game was released using the most cutting-edge technologies; its name was “Boot Hour, Shoot Curse.” Our protagonist had no choice but to play solo during the closed beta test, but once the game officially launched, she made lots of friends (but not necessarily with the players), formed a huge clan (but not a clan of players), and matured as an individual.

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Ougon no Keikenchi
The Golden Experience Point
黃金經驗值
黄金の経験値
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The Golden Experience Point (Light Novel)
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In the Land of Leadale (1)
Itai no wa Iya nanode Bōgyo-Ryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu (1)
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09/17/24 Temporalis TL c192
09/14/24 Temporalis TL c191
09/10/24 Temporalis TL c190
09/08/24 Temporalis TL c189
08/28/24 Temporalis TL c188
08/18/24 Temporalis TL c187
08/09/24 Temporalis TL c186
07/30/24 Temporalis TL c185
07/18/24 Temporalis TL c184
07/18/24 Temporalis TL c183
07/06/24 Temporalis TL c182
07/06/24 Temporalis TL c181
07/06/24 Temporalis TL c180
06/27/24 Temporalis TL c179
06/27/24 Temporalis TL c178
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ilLUMIAnated
ilLUMIAnated rated it
November 28, 2021
Status: c103
Before I even dive into the review, I have to applaud the brilliant work done by the translator. Seriously, after having encountered rough TLs in the novels that I've read previously, this is a breath of fresh air. The website is seamless and dialogues make sense (as they should). That alone makes such a huge contribution to the overall experience that I'll add a bonus star to the final rating.

Now, to the meat and potatoes of this review.

As the author admits in the summary and in the author's notes present... more>> in key chapters, the title for the novel initially wasn't intended to make sense. Think of it as like a placeholder, but more permanent in nature, it's there, but it is just a decorative thing with not much significance. However, things changed after chapter 87. Before I elaborate on the events that unfold in this turning point, a bird's eye view of this novel is necessary.

P.S. Since this review discusses a lot of key events that could be deemed as spoilers, please read ahead with discretion.

Spoiler

Rare, the protagonist of this story belongs to a family of martial artists that are hell bent on using the power of mind instead of brute physical strength. Having prioritised elegance over strength, rare became an existence that swung too far into two stats at the start of the game, the MND and INT. Like a certain shield loli, if you might. The difference here, however, is that she deliberately choose worse starting conditions than normal players to get bonus starting XP, about 50-100 XP, IIRC. These bonus XP let's her steamroll her starting zone and end up dominate with sheer XP value. I don't know if this counts as spoiler or not, but a character's strength is measured by how much XP they have invested/earned. Rare had a treasure trove of XP at her disposal. But, here's where things get interesting.

As mentioned earlier, Rare's family were a bunch of martial artists who single-mindedly desired to hone their minds, they didn't want to practice brutish arts like the way of the sword. To put it bluntly, they were a bunch of elitists who looked down at the act of physically tempering your body and honing your craft. Rare, being one of them, was the same. She vehemently refused to get ANY close combat skills, as she never planned to show herself to other players, only going for magic and production based skill trees was fine. She did an extremely good job at exploring her skill trees and strengthening her followers as best as she could. But, due to the elitist nature ingrained in her being and the near invincible status that she had, she never thought of exploring the public information network used by other players. That overconfident behaviour soon led to her splendid implosion in chapter 87.

Rare had died at the hands of the players, due to the lack of information on her side, she was thoroughly dragged through the mud. Humiliated, violated even. This, was a slap across her face, in death, she strengthened her enemies and ended up feeling vexed. She was sure that she'd win, but the fact that she did not had pried her eyes open. Her greed for the gold, the xp that served to strengthen her had ended up being her downfall.

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The author managed to craft a story that displays the shameless nature of humanity. Greed is one big driving force, allowing one to improve. But that very greed is also a curse, consuming all those that revel in it. Even though it would've been a lot better if the charcters, specifically the NPCs under Rare were more fleshed out and given time to mature in these 103 chapters I've read so far, the underlying message from the author building up to that turning point was what has me sold. If not for the very well measured placing, I might've dropped it at the turning point that is ch. 87. But I will stick around to see this through to the end.

So, should you give it a shot? In my opinion, if you liked Genocide online and want something that's a wee bit more tame in comparison (the full on slaughter fest doesn't occur until the second event arc starts, which is quite a long time) then this would serve you quite well.

My final rating (2 stars taken off for dull, almost too shallow NPCs; 1 star added for translation quality and overall reading experience) is 4 stars.

Edit- I tried reading the raws using a combination of Google translate and DeepL, and as much as I like how much chaos the newer chapters (the mastermind arc- ch 246 onwards) bring to the table; I also deeply dislike the lack of the MC's perspective during key developments. Rare's plans are being experienced in full from other player's perspectives, at times these chapters can go on for seemingly forever but when they congeal into a single mass- it's all very cohesive. I'm conflicted now cause I like where the story is headed but the MC's perspective in my opinion are much more enjoyable than some pe*vert in a latex bodysuit. <<less
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Gacitua
Gacitua rated it
May 16, 2021
Status: c67
Very good novel and translation, tough it's a shame that the translator's website doesn't seem to have a way to comment.

If you read until the curtent transslated chapter and still like the novel, keep reading, it only gets better.

EDIT: Suggestions for the translator (RAW Spoilers)

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Spoiler

Change the term "Demon" in Great Demon to Devil, and change Great Demon to Archdevil, since unlike a Demon and Demon Lord which comes from the Spirit evolution line (Elf/Dwarf evolution) Angels and Devils come from the Homunculus evolution line.

Also, when the time that [REDACTED] evolves into the human's evolution disaster, instead of calling the evolution "Evil Human" and "Good Human" I propose calling them Sin/Virtue of Humanity, because it sounds more like a race than an adjetive.

For the Vampiric disaster evolution, instead of "True Vampire" I suggest using the "Vampire Progenitor" term.

Lastly, for the Beastman disaster evolution, instead of "Spirit Beastman", use "Sacred Beastman"

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rialm
rialm rated it
March 7, 2021
Status: c57
So far a very interesting novel with a compelling female MC.

The translation is very good.

This seems to be a faction-building novel so far. MC subordinates a bunch of entities (beastkin, monsters,...) in the first few chapters.

... more>> Might be boring if not for the intelligent observations and remarks on the side. I am genuinely interested in MC and her life outside VR which, so far, has only been hinted at.

Sometimes, the perspective switches to other characters. It will be interesting to see how important those will become.

That's as much as I can say so far. Why leave a comment so early? I am afraid I might forget to...

And the translation is really very well done! If I don't leave a comment, it'd be a shame.

Good job translator! <<less
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TotallyNotT3mmie
TotallyNotT3mmie rated it
May 17, 2021
Status: c68
Great translation, good concept, well written, honestly there's nothing I can complain about here it's just all good. Thank you translator (s) for letting me be able to read this.
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LupenTheWolf
LupenTheWolf rated it
August 24, 2023
Status: c111
Okay, so it's been a while since the last chapter was uploaded, but according to the translator's website they aren't totally abandoning the novel. They just have some unspecified IRL stuff going on that prevents them from translating.

With that out of the way, I can do the review proper. There are three main things about this novel that I particularly enjoy and that have contributed to my giving it 5 stars.

1. Despite playing a typical humanoid race, Rare plays the game as if she's a monster player. The fact that... more>> even after spawning in she had the choice to play on the "Good" side, but still chose to be a villain says something about her character, and if it were ever known to other players they'd definitely question her sanity.

2. At one point Rare uses her followers to create her own little dungeon and manage it for giggles and EXP. She called it an "Amusement Park" which I found rather humorous, given it's accuracy after thinking about it. Dungeon management themes are hard to get right, especially here since her "Dungeon" was non-traditional, but I thought it was handled well here. Just enough details to catch your interest without boring the reader with minutia.

3. The system the game functions on is... Enigmatic to say the least, but it follows all the rules that have been revealed so far and appears to be consistent. A good part of the fun is uncovering the mysteries of the game's inner workings right along with Rare and her friends.

So, those are the major things I enjoyed, but it isn't perfect. Next will be my gripes.

1. The characters that Rare interacts with are mostly NPCs, and while a few of them have distinct personalities, most of them are kind of bland. I do understand that she's essentially building a faction of monsters, but you'd at least think that her closest NPC allies would have more personality than "Abandoned as kids and then became bandits." Even the other players aren't totally immune to this ether, as most of them will come and go while showing no more individuality than a stone on the roadside. This does have the effect of making the main characters stand out all the more, but the overall effect lessens the feel of the world outside of the MCs.

2. The game world seems to have some fairly deep lore, and what little the novel shows is quite interesting. But outside of a handful of specific details that impact Rare and her friends, we're left ignorant of the rest. What we're shown screams that there's more to find and learn about, but as of c111 we don't know much. I can only hope that more of the game world's lore and history are revealed in later chapters. This kind of tease always rubs me the wrong way.

Overall, I would recommend others to give this novel a read. The current translation quality is superb, so that's a plus too. <<less
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WartimerSloth
WartimerSloth rated it
April 13, 2024
Status: c114
Maybe the conceits of this subgenre (especially the VR type) aren't for me, so I'm cutting the story a lot of slack for its gaps and self-contradictions: The antihero tag is false, this is a villain protagonist but there's no tag on this site. Rare is a horror movie villain presented without criticism. There's no heroism, no sim-stranger to save, only the sim-genocide. The author repeatedly goes out of their way to describe how Rare sees the AI as both seemingly identical to sapient humans, and in some unclear implied... more>> way not true sapience. Not even a shallow excuse for dehumanization, or ironic self-deception underlying the mu*der fetish? That's a cowardly balance to make Rare edgy without expressing that she PKs in the game with no established qualms about, and maybe even holding her back from, becoming a real serial killer. Assuming the story faces that, it's still a massive worldbuilding issue and not written well yet.

As for what I'm actually rating for: The protagonist isn't complicated or likeable, she's an addicted PKer with few social skills, who got an opportunity to massacre whole countries. Trolling and hurting others is nearly as fun to her as powering up. That's fine in itself, so Rare is a slasher villain who gained an army, but Rare and the plot don't gain any depth through relationships with others or herself. Rare's internal monologue is sometimes interesting, but mostly she's just thinking mechanically how to screw with other people and maximize stats. Up to where I'm at, Rare hasn't met any inconvenience she can't power through with sheer tenacity. I don't expect the story to improve from here.

There are massacre-based fantasy stories that get more interesting and emotional. If you're only seeking stats without long pages and want to see cities of humans butchered for the lolz, this may be for you. I barely got through 1/6 of the plot, but the formula never changed so I expect it stays repetitive despite shifting the power balance or adding more ways to capture territory than gore festivals.

Rating with a subgenre-tolerant handicap I think others are using, 3/5. Rating including how the story fails to get any emotional mileage besides shock from its take on mu*der and genocide, 2/5 at best. Rating if any AI becomes sapient 1/ (homo sapiens are speciest psychos, prepare to be judged) <<less
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Hosh
Hosh rated it
May 19, 2023
Status: c111
As someone who'd currently in their VRMMORPG novel phase, I didn't think I'd write a review on any of these guilty pleasure-ish novels of mine but this one is just so good I couldn't resist.

The first few chapters start off as classic VRMMORPG Power Fantasy. MC gets overpowered quickly and overwhelms everyone, flexing her powers. By this point I have no particular impression except that 1. The MC is intelligent, 2. The way the MC gets overpowered isn't nearly as ret*rded as the majority of other novels, and 3. The... more>> translation quality is insane.

The protagonist in this novel is made out to be evil or a villain but still manages to remain likeable. And tbh from an objective standpoint. Most of her actions aren't even particularly horrible.

But then we reach chapter 87. This is where it goes from 'good VRMMORPG novel' to 'Top 10 favorite novels of all time period'. I can't use the spoiler tag worth sh*t so I'll be as vague as possible. Stop scrolling if you wish to remain as spoiler-free as possible.

The writer manages to develop the protagonist in a way that doesn't make it seem completely out of sync with the rest of the story. The protagonist makes a pretty understandable mistake out of her own hubris and gets frustrated. Its excellent in

    1. It keeps the Power Fantasy vibe in that the consequences aren't severe and the MC gets their revenge pretty early.
    2. You don't feel frustrated at the MC's s*upidity
    3. And lastly, You understand and can relate to why the MC is frustrated and develops from this incident. This honestly turned the MC from a 7/10 to 9/10 character for me.
If you've read those hero revenge stories, chapters 1-87 is similar to the prologue and afterwards is when the story is really starting.

The translator also made an update somewhat recently so there's a slim chance the translation might continue. Knowing me I'd probably lose interest in a few months because ADHD but I'd just like to commend him even if he doesn't return because if you've navigated novel updates enough just giving an update and trying to continue translating 1 year after going on an indefinite hiatus is something only a true hero would do

Now onto the cons:

    1. The POV changes, these happen fairly often and they're annoying at first but later when the paths of the characters intersect it gets super entertaining.
    2. The NPCs are barely developed. They're occasionally entertain but for the most part they're more just goons for the MC to order around but well, you're reading a VRMMORPG novel.
    3. The translation quality. The translation quality is good, insanely good. Hence why when it ran out and I had to resort to MTLs. Its was painful af and I barely made it half a dozen chapters
    4. The translator left off at a pretty rough spot. I felt the story really got much more interesting after the breeze of fresh air that was chapter 87, so when I read 20-ish more chapters and ran out, I felt immensely blue-balled
All in all:

Plot:8.5/10

Writing: 8.5/10 (The descriptions gets a bit excessive and the setting really doesn't get much love but everything else is excellent)

Setting: 10/10 (Where this novel really shines for me, the world is a classic fantasy world, interesting but nothing remarkable, but the game the story takes place in and its mechanics are not only unique but also insanely well though out. Eg. The way evolution works (It lets you learn more, better skills but doesn't boost your stats) and the way magic works)

Action: 8.5/10 (The action is a bit more realistic (?), people don't just chain together attacks like its DBZ like in most other VRMMORPG novels. Unless you're cracked in stats like the protagonist, you need ambushes, teamwork, or strategy to actually win as opposed to pure control skills, which I like but I can see why some other people might not)

Entertainment Value: 9.5/10 (Drags a bit before 87)

Characters: 7.5/10 (MC is excellent but nobody else comes close in terms of writing)

Translation (When they're not on hiatus) :9.5/10 (Perfect translation quality but they're somewhat slow. Yes, I'm nitpicking.)

Conclusion: This is peak if you go in with the right mindset. Don't expect LOTM level plot or writing. This is like a Souls Game, the priority is to have fun but if you wish to focus on the plot you'll find its still pretty amazing <<less
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Beer_Kitty
Beer_Kitty rated it
May 31, 2024
Status: c173
Great story tbh.

It shows the different perspective of the MC, her minions, her friends ingame and the forums where the other players are.

I really liked the forums part. It shows what the player base is thinking about the events happening while we see the MCs side most of the time.

The only part that I dont really like are some of the MCs game knowledge. Its a info dump on a chapter which I skip most of the time.

but currently Im entertained by this story and would like to read more.
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cavler
cavler rated it
June 28, 2022
Status: c610
I enjoyed this story.

It is a typical 'lets play a game' story, with lots of worldbuilding and lore.

What I dislike however is the absolute gigantic cast of characters. More otten than not I question myself, who is this again? It's especially annoying if this happens during the alternate perspectives. Additionally there is mayor character neglect, where a lot of them devolve into the occasional mention here or there, it is something I find unfortunate and regretful. There is also fairly little character development, but that was euprisingly ok for me.

Other... more>> than that it's just fun to read how the MC completely dominates the game, and the epilogue is handled quite well. <<less
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Boredom529
Boredom529
August 5, 2021
Status: c87
I was mostly enjoying this story except maybe all the side character pov's (these can be rather excessive and do little to advance the plot in most cases) until chapter 87. As of this chapter I'm not even sure I want to read the next one.

Rather major spoiler below.

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Spoiler

The author decided that the MC was going to die in this chapter ahead of time and starts it with her ressing afterwards. This was pre planned as they had written the MC gradually starting to feel invincible.

This would have been fine except for the fact that the author has her turn into a brain dead moron when she is supposed to be an intelligent MC and has her die to a bunch of idiots who shouldn't have even known she was coming to set up a trap specifically for her. There is also the issue of them even being able to damage her as she had gone through several massive power spikes since the previous event.

It would have been less s*upid if one of the other cataclysms had randomly shown up and killed her to teach her not to get ahead of her self and that she wasn't invincible and I would have cared alot less. The author also had her forget that she can teleport to her minions without using castling which was an ability that made no sense to introduce as she had a better one already. The whole thing was just a poorly written excuse to teach the character a lesson.

All in all a really sh*t chapter and I might read the follow up chapter that supposedly goes into more detail later on but this really killed any trust I had in the author.

Rant over.

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Monokrom
Monokrom rated it
April 25, 2021
Status: c64
very good and very interesting, too bad the translator of this translation, I hope the next chapter will translate. I love this novel.

The plot is clear, the story is interesting, there are no cheats in this novel, the MC only uses the right method. There is no special ability for MC, only smart MC.
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shirochan07
shirochan07 rated it
July 22, 2024
Status: c117
The work is very much to my taste, so I'm biased when talking about it.

MC is made to be intelligent and rational as much as possible and this seems to be a result of pushing herself too hard even though others rate her very highly.

Until chapter 114 this was well done and determined, but after that her flaws began to appear in large numbers and very quickly to the point that I think the author decided to make her dumber on purpose and ended up exaggerating.

Since this started happening as... more>> soon as she met the idiotic character named Blanc, I have my doubts if she caught some kind of contagious disease.

Regarding the translation, it is almost perfect until chapter 114, but after that it became a complete mess in the dialogues to the point where I don't know who is saying what, even though I have already read more than 100 chapters of this work and use Word Replacer II to help me with the names.

I only intend to read it again if there is another translator. <<less
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Blithe
Blithe rated it
March 23, 2022
Status: c79
So far so good. I love the MC. I just like the fact that she indeed does what she likes. I love her free spirit you can say. There is very little novels with mmorg and female protagonist as their tagline. This is one of the good ones.

Only problem is that I’m personally not a fan of multiple POVs. To me I’d rather skip Blanc’s part of the novel. I would’ve preferred if the novel only focused on Rare, you know ?
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KetchupOnSoup
KetchupOnSoup rated it
July 11, 2024
Status: --
From a players point of view, its an interesting concept. Will it succeed if put into practice? No.

Right from the start there's already a problem with balance. XP funnelling will allow you to ignore everything else, why bother hunt monster? Just learn "Taming" and let them do the work.

Since there's no Level, no Level Cap to restrict the players. There's no Profession, but players are divided to your typical fantasy profession other than the MC being Miss Have It All.

The very first event was a "failure" due to the absence... more>> of the necessary NPC. What does this entail? All future events will also be a "failure" as this is practically, a one man show. The very first event is the most crucial after all, if there's any issue, they shouldn't done any at the moment and find the cause yet they launched a different one to cover it up.

After that? No maintenance what-so-ever, so we can assume that the MC's skills can be obtained by everyone and that it is working as intended.

Then the skills and XP system, everyone else appeared dumb as no "Game Researchers" have appeared over the first two weeks since the game launched. No one analyzed how skills work, nor how to properly allocate your XP to have easier time in future hunts. What's more illogical is that, the Game Company acted like they are from the time when information wasn't easily accessible by the public and only game magazine and official game booklets has the information you'll need.

Then what's more, a one man conquest. I call it "Rare's Six Kingdoms Conquest" event. Will any sane players play this Player Initiated Event? Yes, if there were clans and kingdom management system in place otherwise? No, everyone will sit it out as you won't get a reward anyway as you have to kill the main Culprit but the question is, can you? The MC's a player so no, the so called "Rare's Six Kingdoms Conquest" event will never end. Unless all the players annihilated every single Subordinates the MC has but is it possible? No. INSECTS are present and with their ability to propagate, the players will never succeed as the low level units will drain them while the high level units will massacre them.

This is a Kusugo, or a "Shitty Game" since the management thew out balance out of the window.

TL;DR... Its a VRMMORPG that failed to showcase the point that a game is a VRMMORPG. Author should have done isekai like KUMO GA NANI KA. <<less
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SonicWizard
SonicWizard rated it
June 4, 2024
Status: c89
The author has a really bad habit of interrupting interesting moments with pointless digression. One moment could be some cool player killing antics or interesting city (dungeon?) building only to be hit with a multi paragraph lore dump out of nowhere. I'm a fan of lore but please don't interrupt the flow just to go on a tangent that has literally nothing to do with anything, its obnoxious and it happens all the time.

Whats more annoying is the inclusion of separate POVs that really don't add much of anything. The... more>> small amount of extra context you receive isn't worth the multiple chapter slog about characters you have zero reason to care about. I find myself skimming these as fast as possible because they are just so uninteresting.

the translation is good there's some minor hiccups but really nothing to get in the way of comprehension. <<less
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