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  <p>Were the players of SAO able to communicate with the outside world? Could they get any info from the outside world? </p>
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<p>If I remember correctly, no, they cannot communicate with the outside world nor was it hinted that they were able to. Regarding the information brokers, I think they only deal with information inside the SAO world, not with information in the real world. As seen <a href="http://swordartonline.wikia.com/wiki/Argo" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>, Argo sold information between players but <strong>the information sold was restricted to information found in the game world.</strong></p>

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<p>They definitely could not have. Then none of the players would of panicked as much, because they could have contacted their families.</p>

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<p>Were the players of SAO able to communicate with the outside world?  Could they get any info from the outside world?</p>

<p>We don't see anything in season 1 to support this, but they did have information brokers, and I think it was hinted that they brokers could get information from the outside, for example news.</p>

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Were the players able to communicate with the outside world?
# Were the players able to communicate with the outside world?
Posted by: username_0 on 2018-11-17
Were the players of SAO able to communicate with the outside world? Could they get any info from the outside world?

We don't see anything in season 1 to support this, but they did have information brokers, and I think it was hinted that they brokers could get information from the outside, for example news.
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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-11-17. Score: 3
> Were the players of SAO able to communicate with the outside world? Could they get any info from the outside world?

If I remember correctly, no, they cannot communicate with the outside world nor was it hinted that they were able to. Regarding the information brokers, I think they only deal with information inside the SAO world, not with information in the real world. As seen [here](http://swordartonline.wikia.com/wiki/Argo), Argo sold information between players but **the information sold was restricted to information found in the game world.**
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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-12-05. Score: 0
They definitely could not have. Then none of the players would of panicked as much, because they could have contacted their families.
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