Well of course they would - an organization of magi that big would probably rival the Clocktower's own membership, and the culture of sharing discoveries and openly used power is antithetical to the traditional mage associations. It's a shame Nasu metaphysics are set up to make shared Mysteries lose potency, but I suppose a properly pragmatic magus would see setting up a competitive magical research pool of 10,000 to gain the benefits of collaborative work, then killing off all but a handful of the best to preserve the Mysteries developed as a worthy use of human resources.
And, just to keep from making this a completely rec-less post:
...Fucking Tinkers brings post-series Taylor into SAO
http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/ ... ao.276498/
Heartless features an SI who gets turned into a Shadow, the mookliest of mook Heartless, and tossed into a world full of elemental magic users. Needless to say, he is displeased.
http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/ ... si.276762/
Warning: Spacebattles is practically unusable due to heavy lag between about 2pm and 2am Eastern time
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
And, just to keep from making this a completely rec-less post:
...Fucking Tinkers brings post-series Taylor into SAO
http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/ ... ao.276498/
Heartless features an SI who gets turned into a Shadow, the mookliest of mook Heartless, and tossed into a world full of elemental magic users. Needless to say, he is displeased.
http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/ ... si.276762/
Warning: Spacebattles is practically unusable due to heavy lag between about 2pm and 2am Eastern time
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows