Hi! I really hope someone here knows this book, as it's been on the tip of my tongue for years at this point, and I really like to just find it so I can stop thinking about it.

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Published before 2013.

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Was read in Danish, but I am very very sure it wasn't originally Danish. I'm also sure the characters had English sounding names.

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not part of a series! It was a standalone book.

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What I remember of the cover was a drawn scene of the main characters. I'm pretty sure it was night, and they were ready to go to battle or something in the game world. I think there was fire shown somewhere.

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It wasn't totally dark, and I think it was aimed towards teenagers aged 13-15 or so, and not YA like ready player one or the like.

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I might be wrong about this, since it has been a while, but I think the title was a few short words and had a catchy title, and wasn't a super long title.

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It's not Ready Player One. Saying that because I always get someone asking if it's that. Edit: It's not User Unfriendly either.

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Plot bits I remember:

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The characters are all stuck in a game world. I'm pretty sure the main character was this one boy (teenager?), and if I remember correctly, he was kind of annoyed or angry at omething, maybe just the world idk, and he then gets sucked into the game alongside a wide array of characters. One of the might be his (depicted as being annoying) little sister, unless she's the sis of someone else.

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There's a scene kind of early on where the players meet, and one of them try to kill a monkey in the game, but find that they can't harm the monkeys. An argument then breas out, and I remember someone tries to hurt one of the other players, but find that they can't.

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I'm pretty sure that there is a scene in that same bit where someone says something about being hungry and wanting to make some microwave food, and one of the others basically being "where would you plug it in??/ we don't even have a microwave??" or something like that.

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At some point, they discover that if you die in game, you're forcefully logged out, and they worry if that means you die in game as well (no you don't, after the conclusion it's said that they went around checking on the characters fro, earlier since they exchangd names or something like that, and they dicove them alive and well, but they couldn't log in again. I don't remember if they gave an explanation, but something in me tells that it's something like their account being corrupted, something happening to what they used to play etc).

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At some point, and this is sort of the scene that sticks out strongest other than the monkey scene, they've traveled the world, and meet a tribe in game, where they also meet the creator of the game. I remember that he talked about his invention, and how revolutionary it was, and using things like how it could be used to try on clothing when online shopping. I'm pretty sure he said he used the kids as test subjects.

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Something happens so they have to flee, and I remember something like a castle or a fort or something, where they're about to lose, but then the previously mentioned annoying little sister saved the day, by befriending someone that showed them a hidden exit or something like that. I just vividly remember how they wouldn't have won if it wasn't for her.

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And that's basically it. I really hope someone knows it, I've been searching for years!