Why didn't Sugu recognize Kirito in ALO


When Kirito logs in to ALO with his SAO account, all his SAO skills and points
and even Yui's heart are loaded; so we can conclude that the same thing must
have happened to his avatar, too. If so, why didn't Sugu recognize him and if
not, why is that?




When people were trapped in SAO, their avatars became exactly similar to their
real-life bodies, so recognizing someone from real life was possible there.

**Kirito at SAO:**

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UDbjQ.jpg)

**Kirito in real life:**

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rzasj.jpg)

But in ALO, it's totally different.

See Sugu and leafa as an example:

**Real Life:**

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uBijO.png)

**ALO:**

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oZic0.png)

Kirito's avatar in ALO may **resemble** his character from SAO, yet it's still
different. A player with that avatar could look totally different in real
life. And people that play MMORPG's are not use to talk about their real life
at the game.

So, Leafa didn't recognize Kirito because there was no reason for her to do so
in a game like ALO.

