Here i just give you my take on SAO. And for why i like it so much.

Sword Art Online is a really good Anime. I used to hate SAO. I used to think it was a ripoff of .hack//, but one time I was at Game Stop and I saw them advertising a trailer and talking about the SAO Lost Song game on the GameStop TV. Instead of me thinking it was a .hack// rip off, i tried it for myself. And I actually enjoyed SAO. My friend at the time hated Anime. So I showed SAO to him on Netflix. And now he is a fan trying all sorts of different Anime's, games, books and listens to Japanese music as well.

What makes Sword Art Online good is the enjoyable characters.
My friends first Anime crush was Asuna Yuuki. The storyline is based on video games. And as a person who grew up with video games I enjoyed SAO. The fights were well done. Reminded me of playing a video game.
Art style for SAO is really beautiful. And when it comes to Anime art it is beautiful to look at. The music is beautiful to listen to. Lisa does a wonderful good job singing the Openings/Intros for the series. Lisa does sing for other Anime as well.

For me Sword Art Online is not a bad Anime. It has an enjoyable cast of characters each with there own personalities.
I like seeing that no matter what arc be it Ordinal Scale the Movie, Aincrad or any of the worlds in SAO Kirito is always gonna be a man of his word. And protect Asuna as he is her knight in shining armour. Yui is Kirito and Asuna's daughter they adopted in Aincrad. Yui is like the perfect obedient beautiful young daughter that anyone would want to have as a daughter. Klein and Agil, Sinon, Silica, Lisbeth Rika Shinozaki and everyone of Kirito's group from than to now is what makes up SAO. And makes it really enjoyable. I became a fan of of the series cause of SAO Lost Song Video Game. And I like how the game go through each part of the Anime/Manga/Light Novel book series, but with it's series with different set of characters added in for Kirito and Asuna in the game.

I find it weird people wanna say SAO is so bad, but if it was than it wouldn't be as popular and still ongoing series like it is. If it was so bad, the creator of SAO Reki Kawahara would not of brought back Sword Art due to popular demand. Not many good Anime out there can brag and say they accomplished that goal of returning.

I like how SAO takes the technology we already have and expands apon it. I know SAO was not the first. And will not be the last Anime to do something like this. So all in all Sword Art Online is a good series. And my mind will never be changed by the haters.

Sidenote: Sword Art Online Ordinal Scale Movie is basically Pokemon Go but 10X's better.

I do not listen to more care what haters have to say. I can respect there opinions. So respect mine.

If your a Sword Art Online Fan do not watch any videos hating. Avoid and ignore haters at all cost. Do not subscribe to anyone hating on SAO.