Good tale. Cool story

I enjoyed reading your story and felt that the characters were very well written, especially Sora. Sora has always been my favorite character in the .Hack universe. Looking forward to reading more in the future.

Cool! please updated this fabulous story! I like it so much -

Nice to see that the story continues. Sometimes I'm afraid to start long stories because I don't want to get disconnected in the middle of a story.

Tsukasa remains as obnoxious as ever and Subaru somewhat lost. Of course, Mimiru is Mimiru.

Keep those updates coming I'm really enjoying this story.

Hello, I just thought I should add my own two-bits to your story. D

I have to say that this is an interesting fanfic and I like your writing style; everything seems to make sense and the characters seem to be fit in real well. And you've updated recently, so that's good, too.

I hope you continue updating, and I hope that I can find more and more stories like this one that are actually being done, and not left unfinished. It's so hard to find a good, complete one on here nowadays... _

(bows) This is an incredible, awesome story. I especially loved the parts where Sora was pissing off the Cobalt Knights (can definately see him doing that and enjoying every moment of it) I can't wait for the next chapter (and to see what Sora can weedle out of poor, unsuspecting Subaru)!

Well what can I say, your story so far as been simply amazing so far and with how things are going now it will continue to be that way.

Yep I think that just about concludes my review. Not much else I can say besides that I am loving ‘Lost Ground’. Well I believe that is all, take care and hope to see the another chapter in the future. P

-A&W

This is a remarkably good story. You've adapted the dothack cast into a "real" fantasy world very well, keeping plenty of their original characterization. It's a shame that the very mention of the term "alternate universe" is (sadly, often justifiably) enough to turn potential readers away. Anyway, I look forward to seeing more of this story! Keep writing!

D: I was the only one who reviewed the last chapter, wasn't I? Oh no! That simply won't do. -shakes head- Well, anyway, you're welcome - but you needn't thank me. This story is too lovely /not/ to be reviewed! And on that note... -does a dance of happiness that it has been updated, again-

By the way, good luck with grad school. If you don't mind my asking, what field are you getting a graduate degree in?

As usual, your characterizations are lovely! Hm... I'm a little fuzzy on memory, but Silver Knight and Ginkan are the same character, correct? I mean, Ginkan means Silver Knight, if I remember rightly, so... Haha, nevermind. I'm just being stupid, though not stupid enough to assume that he has a second job in a video store here. ;P

ANYWAY... Your Subaru is ever so preferable to the anime's Subaru. I was never fond of her as a character, but you've done a wonderful job of making her more interesting and less... annoying and almost mary-sue-ish, while still making her Subaru.

And Ginkan is so wonderfully... Ginkan-ish. x3 Ha. That's now an adjective because I say it is. He's so polite and business-like and... I dunno. I seem to have lost the power of proper vocabulary just in time for school to begin, again.

I love Sora, though. Such a little kid. xD Like my nieces (or myself, haha), once he starts talking, he never shuts up. Yay! He's so annoying that it's adorable! "Quarter, half... something like that, if I had to guess, which I do, 'cause do I look like I ever met my parents?" I'm still giggilng over that line! x3 Oh, and "On the other hand, mostly people call me you little bastard, so I'll grant you it's a step up."

Oh, and tripping Mimiru was a nice gesture, as well. Teehee!

I'm a little confused on the mechanics of Fort Ouph, though. So, it's not floating over any land - just clouds? Have the people forgotten whence the Fort originated? Or will you be getting to answer these things later? (Or did you answer them earlier, and I, in my infinite forgetfulness, have forgetten?)

And oh, Kamui! Ahaha... xD -pets her-

And huzzah! Tsukasa's back! But did you have to end the chapter right /there/? -obviously wants to read more- It's a good ending place, I admit - nice cliffie-ish place without being too, "And then he fell off the cliff, barely catching himself on a thin bit of root from the tree that was about to topple over the cliff anyway and was, by the way, on fire. Tune in next week to see if our intrepid hero survives or takes a dive!"

By the way, while I'm thinking about it, I saw a random typo in your story. "A fFree meal food was not to be passed up." Your writing is usually impeccable, so this stuck out like a sore thumb. Heh. .;

Ah well... I have absolutely no grounds for pleading for a fast update, given my, ah, erratic (-cough nonexistant cough-) update schedule. However, I will say that I, as usual, look forward to your next chapter!

See you next time!

- Snarky

PS: Thanks for the review! ff dot net is currently giving me the "This Review Does Not Exist" message, so I can't reply to it just yet, but I will... eventually. Ah, so glitchy!

Yay! The long awaited chapter! -dances around in circles happily-

As with the earlier chapters, this one was wonderful. Your writing style is engaging, and I very much enjoy how you write the characters. Heh. Poor Sora.

However, I do have a spot of critique: "ekcetera" ...? It's actually /et/ cetera. Two words, and it's frequently mispronounced, I know. However, it's Latin, and the Latin translates directly to "and otherwise." Or... a better English equivalent, "and so on" or "and so forth." Et is and. As an interesting bit of trivia, in classical Latin, it would actually be pronounced et ketera, as C is a hard consonent in Latin. Not that English has ever been known to follow the pronounciation rules of other languages (much less its own). Heh.

Otherwise, though, I didn't really see anything bothersome, and I very much look forward to reading your next chapter!

I particularly enjoyed Kamui's characterization, as well as seeing more of dear li'l Sora.

'Till next time!

-waves-

- Snarky

Heyla! I'm really glad to see that you've put the next chapter up so fast. It's really good, and I really like the way you've written it. It could have been written a little more smoothly, but other than that, it was really good. Keep up the good work!

Too - damned - long...

Just kidding!

) I figured, since you were kind enough to review two of my stories and even favorite one, I ouhgt to go see if you'd written anything, then return the favor.

Now, it's late at night, right now, and I have insomnia, so take that as a warning that my review may be excessively rambling and nonsensicle, and for that I apologize in advance.

Now then, onto the story itself...

I quite like it, and I look forward to reading more. )

I am particularly fond of your characterization of Sora; he's always been one of my favorite characters, so seeing him written so well in this alternate universe makes me gleeful. I also like how you've done Tsukasa and Mimiru. Subaru, I'm not sure, yet, as we haven't seen a whole lot of her, yet, but so far she's good.

I like how you are original with the plot, but keep it to an extent in line with SIGN. Whether you'll continue like that, or whether you'll diverge, i don't know, but either way, I'm probably going to keep reading this. It's good!

I... um... can't really think of anything mroe to day, because my brain seems to have died... but next chapter you write, I promise I'll do my level best to write something more coherent and possibly helpful, instead of just rambling rambliness.

Mmkay?

Again, excellent job! I love it! You've a fan. )

Love, Snarky

I like the way you're attempting to keep the plot to Hack Sign going in this alternate version. Nicely done.

This is, quite simply, magnificent. Really, I can't remember the last time I saw a good hack fantasy AU. Possibly never. But this is really, really, REALLY good. It needs more reviews. But people are also jerks, so you have to take what you can get.

As far as in-charactertization goes; Tsukasa is overly depressing, which is right on; Mimirui doesn't get nearly enough love, which is also correct(seriously, she was my second favorite character); and Sora is just so many kinds of awesome, which is ALWAYS right. Yeah, I think you can guess who my favorite was. XD;;

I like where the story is going, very much so! Are other non-SIGN characters going to be involved? Anybody from the IMOQ or GU games? Well, technically, someone from GU is already involved. If you know that particular spoiler, you know what I mean. What about Skeith? How will he be in this in fic? I have so many questions I'd like to have answered, which is great! That means it's engaging and enraptures the attention.

And fics can never be too long, in my modest opinion. X3 Hope you continue soon as is convenient for you!~ (Sorry for the insanely long review. Hope I didn't break the word limit again.)

This is a really good story! Keep up the good work, and don't let a lack of reviews get you down! Trust me, you'll get noticed soon!