History YMMV / TheKingsAvatar

** Huang Shaotian, largely due to {{Bishounen}} looks, playing the comic relief (but without being a ButtMonkey), exceptional MotorMouth skills and combat prowess.

* ItWasHisSled: Happy [[spoiler:becoming league champions in Season 10 after stopping Samsara's dynasty run]] is already well known, even to Western fans, who may not have read up to that point in the web novel yet.

* {{Narm}}: Given the series is a Chinese-produced work, expect English translations (including the official one) of player names to be taken literally at face value. This gets exceptionally hard for audiences to take certain scenes seriously when avatar names include ones such as "Steamed Bun Invasion" and "Plantago Seed". Lampshaded by Ye Xiu in the {{Manhua}}, who states Bao Rongxing (Steamed Bun's user) is decent for a newcomer to the game, but is put off by his embarrassing identification tag.
* ShippingGoggles: Averted with Ye Xiu/Su Mucheng - the series doesn't dwell on notions of romance, thus most fans do not see any form of ShipTease between the two, despite how close they are, especially the revelation they aren't only ChildhoodFriends, but they share the same motive to play Glory competitively [[spoiler:because of Mucheng's {{posthumous|character}} brother Su Muqiu]]. The most their relationship can be chalked up to is LikeBrotherAndSister; similarly, the same applies with Ye Xiu's other female associates - the fandom sees his relationship with Chen Guo and Tang Rou as VitriolicBestBuds and StudentAndMasterTeam, respectively.

* FandomBerserkButton: Do ''not'' say the series ripped off or stole ideas from ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' (see FandomRivalry for more).

* CounterpartComparison: Inevitably due to FandomRivalry (see below), Ye Xiu to [[Anime/SwordArtOnline Kirito]] - black-haired players of a large scale MassivelyMultiplayerOnline game they've played since the beta, are immensely talented due to their longevity in the game, break away from their peers to pursue their own goals, and are primarily sword users (relatively in Ye Xiu's [[MixAndMatchWeapon case]]). Adding to that, both characters' female companions (Asuna Yuuki and Su Mucheng) bear an uncanny resemblance in appearance and in-game avatar.

* BaseBreaker: A minor example, but the web novel, {{Manhua}}, and animation never seem to stick to one appearance for every character, leading to discussions over which incarnation is better.
* BrokenBase

* ItWasHisSled
** Happy [[spoiler: becoming champions in Season 10 after stopping Samsara's dynasty run]] is pretty well known, even with the English speakers.
*** In the same vein, [[spoiler: Tang Rou pulling out an impressive, and her first, 1v3 in Game 3 Finals Group Competition against Samsara, reversing the tide into Happy's favor after the disastrous Zhou Zekai's 1v3 and also shutting up her haters.]]
%%** The events of the first few sagas resulting in the creation of [[spoiler:Team Happy]] is well known by web novel readers; justified as it's somewhat hard to talk about the latter half of the series without bringing it up.
%%** [[spoiler:Su Muqiu's existence and his impact on the plot]] is common knowledge due to this character's status as an EnsembleDarkhorse. Interestingly, [[spoiler:Ye Xiu's twin brother Ye Qiu]] is much less talked about, making the latter more of a surprise when the story gives way for the character to appear, as [[spoiler:Ye Xiu essentially committed identity theft against his own brother to play professionally]].

** The events of the first few sagas resulting in the creation of [[spoiler:Team Happy]] is well known by web novel readers; justified as it's somewhat hard to talk about the latter half of the series without bringing it up.
** [[spoiler:Su Muqiu's existence and his impact on the plot]] is common knowledge due to this character's status as an EnsembleDarkhorse. Interestingly, [[spoiler:Ye Xiu's twin brother Ye Qiu]] is much less talked about, making the latter more of a surprise when the story gives way for the character to appear, as [[spoiler:Ye Xiu essentially committed identity theft against his own brother to play professionally]].

** In a meta-example, the show turned into this for the UsefulNotes/Spring2017Anime season, due to coming from an unknown animation studio and the sole Chinese publication that could have easily been swept under the rug, did it not garner good word-of-mouth from social media and viewers.

* BaseBreaker: A minor example, but the web novel, {{Manhua}}, and animation never seem to stick to one appearance for every character, leading to discus:sions over which incarnation is better.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Liu Hao's line "Why that voice feels like pissing me off?" reminds the viewers that the majority of the Anime fans (who has grown fond to the original Japanese language) showed ''extreme discomfort'' to the Chinese voice dubbing.

* WinTheCrowd: During its first airing, many people praised the show for how it wrote its characters and succeeded in writing a story about a video game in areas where [[Anime/{{SwordArtOnline}} the most popular examples]] have failed, such as justifying (and somewhat deconstructing) its InvincibleHero, making the MMO played feel realistic, and its well done animation made on a low budget.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Liu Hao's line "Why that voice feels like pissing me off?" reminds the viewers that the majority of Anime fans (who grown fond to the original Japanese language) is ''pretty much uncomfortable'' to the Chinese voice dubbing.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Liu Hao's line "Why that voice feels like pissing me off?" reminds the viewers that the majority of Anime fans (who grown fond to the original Japanese language) is ''pretty much against'' the Chinese voice dubbing due to occasionally uneven tones.

* BaseBreaker: A minor example, but the web novel, {{Manhua}}, and animation never seem to stick to one appearance for every character, leading to discussions over which incarnation is better.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Thousand Creations' {{Manhua}} design gives him a girlish ponytail. It doesn't help that his shirt is form fitting enough to make it seem like he's a [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/e6e92d400321506a7547b368db7e68b3/tumblr_inline_otzk7mp1Q11u9czmv_540.png flat chested girl]] at first glance.

** Tying in with the above, the preview of the 2018 OriginalVideoAnimation brought mixed reactions to the "One Autumn Leaf" avatar having [[RuleOfSymbolism Sun Xiang's face rather than Ye Xiu's]]: is it a good way of showing the fact the avatar is, of course, no longer Ye Xiu's, or is the previous symbolism of the avatar still belonging to Ye Xiu in spirit just fine and it's an UnnecessaryMakeover?

** [[spoiler:Su Muqiu's existence and his impact on the plot]] is common knowledge due to this character's status as an EnsembleDarkhorse. Interestingly, [[spoiler:Ye Xiu's twin brother Ye Qiu]] is much less talked about, making the latter much more of a surprise when the story gives way for the character to appear, as [[spoiler:Ye Xiu essentially committed identity theft against his own brother to play professionally]].

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Ye Xiu genuinely a {{Troll}} at heart or is he simply putting up a facade so other players can leave him alone during his climb back up to the top?
** It's implied that he does partially troll people for the fun of it, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIZFt_7ByTg this video]] (you need to understand Chinese) shows, provided you take it as canon (it's set after the books). Basically, [[spoiler:Du Ming confessed his liking for Tang Rou, and Ye Xiu and Team Happy took advantage and caused an online scandal implying love triangles within Team Happy. This drew away everyone's attention from the game, allowing Team Happy to steal away multiple bosses right under the pro-teams noses. Ye Xiu's last comment at the end takes the cake.]]

** Quite a few fans of the web novel have stated the AnimatedAdaptation is going too fast with its episodes by not properly adapting the chapters, citing how the animation studio isn't developing the game, its mechanics and setting more. However, those who haven't read the novel and started with the animated adaptation first believe it's fine, and that it provides an incentive for viewers to start reading the web novel to fully enjoy ''The King's Avatar''.
** Season two of the animated adaptation is underway for a 2018 release: however, it being produced by a different animation studio rather than G.CMAY Animation & Film isn't sitting well with some viewers, who are wary the new studio will not follow the same quality production value G.CMAY used for the first season, while others state their successors should be a given a chance until more information for season two is unveiled.
** Tying in with the above, the preview of the [=OVA=] brought mixed reactions to the "One Autumn Leaf" avatar having [[RuleOfSymbolism Sun Xiang's face rather than Ye Xiu's]]: is it a good way of showing the fact the avatar is, of course, no longer Ye Xiu's, or is the previous symbolism of the avatar still belonging to Ye Xiu in spirit just fine and it's an UnnecessaryMakeover?

* FandomRivalry: To ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' - both feature an ExperiencedProtagonist who are experts in a MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame with incredible skills, yet alienate themselves from their respective establishments. Expect plenty of people who support ''Sword Art Online'' [[TheyCopiedItNowItSucks to brush this series off as a ripoff]], never minding that ''Sword Art Online'' has far more ScienceFantasy elements, whereas ''The King's Avatar'' has none and deliberately uses RealityEnsues and TruthInTelevision abundantly. Furthermore, there's the possibility the first publication of ''The King's Avatar'' was released in 2011, ''a year'' before ''Sword Art Online'' began airing as an {{Anime}} - to some viewers, this would be popular enough to rip off.

* GatewaySeries: While there have been plenty of other Chinese animated works that have tried to catch the attention of a non-Chinese audience, ''The King's Avatar'' seems to be the first to really make an impact on Western viewers because of its premise and setting by doing away traditional {{Fantasy}} and ScienceFiction entirely from other animated works influenced by the [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame genre]].

** The events of the first few sagas resulting in the creation of [[spoiler: Team Happy]] is well known by now. Justified, as it's somewhat hard to talk about the later half of the series without bringing it up.
** [[spoiler:Su Muqiu's existence and impact on the plot]] is common knowledge due to their status as an EnsembleDarkhorse. Interestingly, [[spoiler:Ye Qiu]] is much less talked about, making him much more of a surprise.

** It's implied that he does partially troll people for the fun of it, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIZFt_7ByTg this video]] (you need to understand Chinese) shows, provided you take it as canon (it's set after the books). Basically, [[spoiler:Du Ming confessed his liking for Tang Rou, and Ye Xiu and Team Happy took advantage and caused an online scandal implying love triangles that drew away everyone's attention from the game, allowing Team Happy to steal away multiple bosses right under the pro-teams noses.]]

** Probably a troll, as this link (you need to understand Chinese) shows, provided you take it as canon (it's set after the books). Basically, [[spoiler:Du Ming confessed his liking for Tang Rou, and Ye Xiu and Team Happy took advantage and caused an online scandal implying love triangles that drew away everyone's attention from the game, allowing Team Happy to steal away multiple bosses right under the pro-teams noses.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** Is Ye Xiu genuinely a {{Troll}} at heart, or is he simply putting up a facade so other players can leave him alone during his climb back up to the top?
* ArchivePanic: At over ''1728'' chapters (some not even translated yet), LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters belonging to many different teams, and a whole ton of game mechanics to Glory, it's hard to chronicle all of Ye Xiu's antics without pulling off more than one read-through.

* FridgeHorror: What exactly will happen to Ye Xiu's friends that [[spoiler:he was supporting with his earnings now that he's only making minimum wage that he can't split?]]

* HilariousInHindsight: In ''Glory'', Witch-type mages can cast Acid Rain and Lava Flask while in mid-air and/or riding their brooms, something that isn't possible in the RealLife [[VideoGame/DungeonFighterOnline source game]]. Fast forward to 2017, and Witches in the Korean version of [=DFO=] were given the same ability in an update patch. Depending on how familiar Neople is with the web novel, this may or may not be a form of {{Defictionalization}} on their part.

* HilariousInHindsight: In ''Glory'', Witch-type mages can cast Acid Rain and Lava Flask while in mid-air and/or riding their brooms, something that isn't possible in the RealLife [[VideoGame/DungeonFighterOnline source game]]. Fast forward to 2017, and Witches in [=DFO=] were given the same ability in an update patch. Depending on how familiar Neople is with the web novel, this may or may not be a form of {{Defictionalization}} on their part.

* HilariousInHindsight: In ''Glory'', Witch-type mages can cast Acid Rain and Lava Flask while in mid-air and/or riding their brooms, something that isn't possible in the RealLife [[VideoGame/DungeonFighterOnline source game]]. Fast forward to 2017, and Witches in [=DFO=] were given the same ability in an update patch. Depending on how familiar Neople is with the web novel, this may or may not be a form of {{Defictionalization}} or AscendedFanon.

* BaseBreaker: Minor, but the web novel, {{Manhua}}, and animation never seem to stick to one appearance for every character, leading to discussions over which incarnation is better.

** Some people have called for Ye Xiu to use Unrivaled Super Hottie more.

* {{Narm}}: Given the series is a Chinese-produced work, expect English translations (including the official one) of player names to be taken literally at face value. This gets exceptionally hard for audiences to take certain scenes seriously when avatar names include ones such as "Steamed Bun Invasion" and "Plantago Seed". Lampshaded by Ye Xiu in the {{Manhua}}, who states Bao Rongxing (Steamed Bun's user) is decent for a newcomer to the game, but is offput by his embarrassing identification tag.

* ArchivePanic: At over ''1728'' chapters, LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, and a whole ton of game mechanics to Glory, it's hard to chronicle all of Ye Xiu's antics without pulling off multiple read-throughs.

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Ye Xiu has been paired with just about every character Lord Grim interacts with in Glory, including, but not limited, to Bao Rongxing, Xu Boyuan, Huang Shaotian, Zhou Zekai, Wang Jiexi, Han Wenqing, [[FoeYayShipping Sun Xiang]], etc. It comes as no surprise many of his pairings are with guys when the series has a lack of ShipTease between him and female characters.

** Tying in with the above, the preview of the OVA brought mixed reactions to the "One Autumn Leaf" avatar having [[RuleOfSymbolism Sun Xiang's face rather than Ye Xiu's]]: is it a good way of showing the fact the avatar is, of course, no longer Ye Xiu's, or is the previous symbolism of the avatar still belonging to Ye Xiu in spirit just fine and it's an UnnecessaryMakeover?

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Ye Xiu has been paired with just about every character Lord Grim interacts with in Glory, including but not limited to Bao Rongxing, Xu Boyuan, Huang Shaotian, Zhou Zekai, Wang Jiexi, Han Wenqing, [[FoeYayShipping Sung Xiang]], and the list continues.

* ShippingGoggles: Averted with Ye Xiu/Su Mucheng - never minding the series doesn't dwell on notions of romance, most fans do not see any form of ShipTease between the two, despite how close they are, especially the revelation they aren't only ChildhoodFriends, but they share the same motive to play Glory competitively [[spoiler:because of Mucheng's {{posthumous|character}} brother Su Muqiu]]. The most their relationship can be chalked up to is LikeBrotherAndSister. The same could be said with Ye Xiu's other female friends, the fandom seeing his relationship with Chen Guo and Tang Rou as VitriolicBestBuds and StudentAndMasterTeam, respectively.