Let me tell you faggots the tales of my time on MapleStory

Let me tell you faggots the tales of my time on MapleStory.

>Be me
>Around 11 years old
>Be in good house
>Shit internet, but a decent computer
>Discover the amazing wonders of online gaming through Combat Arms, produced by Nexon.
>Play for hours on end, wouldn't want to stop
>Weekends were filled with non-stop of this game.
>One day, I realized that Combat Arms wasn't the only game that Nexon had on their website.
>Begin asking around about MapleStory and what it was about
>General shit, nothing too good, nothing too bad.
>Never played an MMORPG before.
>Decide to make an account one day out of boredom
>Takes three god-damned years to download because of shit internet (my father was loaded, but he had no idea how to pick an internet service)
>Finally finishes
>Server select
>uhhhhhhh........ Broa...? I guess?
>Fuck it, Broa. Everything else looked retarded anyway.
>TheseKoreansKnewHowToMakeAFuckingGame.zip
>Didn't realize it was a platformer
>Make a character
>Literally no idea what I was doing
>The appeal of the game was found through the animation and the fluidity of the movements, I loved the aesthetic scenery and how everything just fit, even the music was so calming
>Make a warrior since I played football in middle-school
>I was big for an 11 year-old.
>Go through the tutorial stages
>notbadatall
>Meet some players who I thought were new as well, turns out they were just dicks who made new characters, lead me in the wrong direction to find my quest objective
>One person stayed behind
>And thats how I met a very good friend

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>A female character guided me through the entirety of the tutorial
>Just kinda clicked
>Tells me that my first job advancement (your actual role throughout the game) was at a place called Perion (correct me if I'm wrong).
>ok
>Rush over, meet some dude named Sitting Bull in a cave
>It was at this point that I had no intention of getting off of this game until I mastered it
>Looking around online, maximum level was 200
>Look at the EXP charts.
>Gather some testimony from actual level 200 players
>"Yeah, took a good 2 years of straight grinding."
>"Took me 3 years with a break
>"Took me 5 years but I fucked around for the most part"
>fuck...
>Ah well, the fem chick became a mage and she started me on the journey of a lifetime.
>played for hours daily when I wasn't at school
>Got bullied a lot, this was really an escape
>Couldn't stop thinking about just getting home and playing the game
>I just wanted to be free
>Played mostly on weekends
>Got a laptop as a birthday present
>downloaded that shit in an instant
>Got right back into it
>Spent a good 2 - 3 weeks getting to level 30 because I was a dumbass who didn't know that you could have gotten to 30 in a matter of 2 - 3 hours. All it took was a good spot and you grinded.
>Never knew about the tricks to increase your damage and HP, (Dexterity points were considered taboo for warriors and thieves)
>Created a healthy balance (from my point of view)
>Hit level 30 a few days into my summer break
>I remembered that night because it was a Saturday, Nickatnite was on, playing a Family Matters episode where Urkel and the fat nigger were in a plane
>In a jungle region
>Hit 30
>Fucking excited as shit
>The whole reason Dexterity (or DEX) was considered worthless was because some armor and weapons were super good but were only attainable at my level if you put everything into STR (strength)
>Had to get up to 35 before I finally knew what was going on, how to level properly,
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>and how to correctly assign points
>Got my second job advancement (the job advancements took place at levels 10, 30, 60, and 120)
>Didn't think much of it, not too much of a change
>Chose to be a fighter
>Head over to sitting "heyah heyah" faggot
>Get my shit in order
>Head back out and grind again
>Take a small detour to the market to scam for some of that sweet fake pixel money (trust me, it was easy)
>Almost at the market
>Stop dead in my tracks
>Fell in love with a fucking block of code on a computer screen.
>I'll never forget the name Gurjot for the rest of my life
>She's Canadian
>We talk for a while (the old friend of mine who helped me from day one just dropped off of the face of the Earth for some reason...)
>Hit it off real well
>Stay friends for a bit
>Couple of weeks pass, grinding whenever I can, discover the wonders of PQ'ing (party questing)
>Loving every bit of this fucking game
>No friends
>Didn't care
>I had MapleStory

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Don't stop there ye cunt

>I'll throw this out right now for you assholes, yes, I was in an online relationship at the age of 12. It was stupid, I know, but this game literally made me a better person, just listen.

>Gurjot really beginning to like me
>Like, holy shit, she's really starting to like me
>Never knew what this felt like, let alone in real life
>Spending $25 and $50 dollars a pop for Nexon point cards (Birthday money)
>I was enjoying my summer
>Think DOTA and LOL skins, but for weapons as well
>Game had an NXP marketplace to spend it
>Fun shit
>Continuing on...
>Grinding like a madman, playing this game until my ass was flat in my chair, pulling all-nighters, pissing off my family because I never wanted to go anywhere or do anything
>Keep things going with Gurjot
>Keep things going VERY good with Gurjot
>Mind you, you can marry people in this game. I spent 25 dollars to "marry" this girl (it came with VERY rewarding party quests, I'm talking apples that would sell for millions of in-game currency)
>Church and all
>Even proposed to her with a ring that you literally had to gather materials for in game each time you wanted to marry someone
>These fucking Koreans man.... the detail is astounding.
>Spend hours looking for a moonstone, grinding for mesos (the IGC), and other miscellaneous stuff
>Bring her to a beautiful spot in a place called Amora (literally where you got married, near the wedding chapel ((You could only enter it if you were getting married or had an invitation)))
>Told her that I never wanted to be with anyone else in my life (I WAS FUCKING TWELVE YEARS OLD EAT SHIT)
>She said yes!
>All of our friends that we've made since then go nuts

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Don't worry user you already have more game than half of Sup Forums

Don't you dumbasses know to type this shit up beforehand?

>Ceremony was beautiful
>NPC detail was fucking phenomenal
>Even had an Asian priest
>exotic.exe
>Read us our vows
>We even had 10 faces we could show by pressing F1 - F12
>Had to buy the kissing face for like a dollar
>Whatever
>Sat underneath a heart-shaped cloud for hours just honey-mooning
>Romeo and Juliet up in this bitch
>a moment's break from your gaze is an eternity passed
>or some shit
>Had to get off, stayed up all night
>This whole deal went on for months
>Wasn't even looking at chicks in my school because I was so infatuated with this girl
>This fucking girl I met over the internet
>We were doing fantastic
>Our friends would PQ together for hours before just doing whatever else
>We'd sit and chat like the sun wasn't going to come up
>I felt as if I had a home
>I felt as if I was a normal kid for once
>I felt as if I would truly be happy
>Until that day came...

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inb4 it's a man or walk the dinosaur

>mrw you started playing maplestory when Amoria was already in place.
>tfw when i have no reaction to it since I was too busy enjoying the game, being a stupid script kiddie and socialising with the top members of the broa server

>It came like the bombing of Japan in the second world war
>I get online, it just.. it just broke my fucking heart man...
>I looked at my profile (and there would normally be a pink heart in the top right corner to show that you were married)
>It was gone...
>Gurjot was online
>"What the fuck..? Hello? Are you seeing this?"
>"Yes.. I just.. I don't love you like I used to.. It's better if I was single"
>No no no no no no no no no no no no
>My chest was filled with cement
>First heart break of my life came from a girl behind a computer screen
>What the fuck just happened?
>Argue with her about it, demand to know why
>She bullshits me and says that she needed to work on herself
>I didn't sit there and listen to it anyway. I just ran. I ran to the farthest corner of a training ground that I could find and just smited everything I could find
>Beast, slime, or snail, I slaughtered it
>gained probably 3 levels
>All of my friends were asking me what the shit was going on, all of her friends were trying to tell me that she was just confused about everything
>I cried. I cried real tears over a fucking block of code. I just broke down.
>Kept it hidden from the family of course, needed to keep up appearances...
>Inside I was a broken spirit
>Weeks went by, hit around level 70 (I WAS WRONG ABOUT THE JOB ADVANCEMENT LEVELS, THEY WERE DIFFERENT BACK IN 2008)
>Third job advancement..
>Whoopdie-doo....
>Didn't give a rat's-ass...
>It had been days since I've talked to anyone
>Just played solo
>Didn't want dick to do with anyone
>Became a Crusader
>LMPQ and... another quest.. shit I didn't know what it was now that I think about it.. anyway, LMPQ and one with a boat kind of helped me grind into the late 80's.
>I took an extended break at this point, just focused on school for a while
>I spent a whole summer (good six months since I started) before all of it came crashing down on me
>A few months pass...

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Script kiddy gameplay was the funnest by far.

I swear on my dead brother's grave it's not.

Amoria was the name?.. huh. It's been so long.

It was for sure, especially since all the people you met through it were ten times as awesome and very chill since they didn't have to grind 10 hours a day.. like I used to at some point

>Not even a few months, but about another 10.
>13th birthday
>Decide to hop back on for old-time's sake. Wanted to see how much changed
>Nothing really..
>Remembered by password and PIN
>Hopped on in
>Spawned in exactly where I left
>It was a town between two major areas, basically where everyone congregated and where high-leveled priests would spam god-rays at snails while sitting in a chair
>Good times...
>She wasn't anywhere to be found
>Thank God
>Asked around and talked to people here and there about what was a good place to begin grinding again
>Boat PQ
>"Once you hit 90, go to the PQ in the land of ice (or whatever)"

OI, I FOUND THE VIDEO OF ME LEVELING TO 100, WILL POST IN A LITTLE WHILE.

>First I have to tell you of another person that I met.

Nah, the PQs were the best people for me.

Is MapleStory still worth playing now or is it just not worth the download?

I downloaded it again after 3 years and it was like stepping into the cockpit of a fucking space shuttle. Too much new shit going on all at once.

the servers are so horrible. its just being left to rot
Ive played it off and on for a decade. Just dont bother at this point. Its time has passed

So what your saying is it just has a lot of new shit and confusing right

>First I have to tell you of another person that I met.
Get to the fucking point of your story

Don't do it. Started playing in 2012. Off on continuously. Last time getting on was about a year ago, it's fucking trash...the community in any server hardly exists. Henehoes are still around but you know...

Yes very. I might download it but if you don't know anyone you'd probably need to read up on all the new stuff.

Also the new classes basically overshadow all the old ones. So your old character is obsolete.

Also you can switch classes now which is stupid. And you can buy levels.

It's a game for 5 year olds

>The original story of how I met this chick is an utter blur, but I'll try my best for you
>I was dicking around in one of the far lands

NO, DO NOT. IT IS NOT WORTH IT AT ALL

>It was in the land of toys and shit
>Fuck knows
>Had a perfect spot to idle
>cc20... hehehehehehehehehe...
>One day
>Heading around in a PQ lobby I believe
>Meet the group, blah, blah, and... her..
>herewegoagain.rar
>She looked at me
>I looked at her
>JesusChristSaveMySoul.dll
>Its like a perfect homerun
>We hit it off out of the park
>I'm talking IMMEDIATE chemistry
>getanidea
>The place were I would idle was a very serene and dark environment. The portal that lead to the area was on a ledge. There was a long ass drop to the bottom. (Figure where this is at yourself)
>The snow in the background mixed wonderfully with the dark ambiance
>The piano soundtrack would make God cry if he heard it
>Take her across the world, it seemed like
>That becomes our new hangout spot
>I found the girl who was to fill the void in my heart
>And her name was Mari..

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Patience.

I preferred doing PQs with friends rather than strangers. Running Kerning PQ on an endless loop while everyone else was raging like the 13 year olds we were, that was the shit.

It has been an hour since he started

>And her name was Mari..
lol I know her

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>Be with Mari every second I'm online for weeks on end
>Connected on Facebook
>Actual chick
>Hot as fuck too
>Not a catfish either
>I was loving every bit of it
>Every joke she made, every time that smile popped up
>Everything
>I don't know what she saw in me, but it was enough to keep her coming back for more.
>It was an experience of a lifetime
>We PQ'd like nuts together
>I hit 90 from the boat PQ, then we both moved on to... was it Kerning PQ? That rings a huge bell. The one with the goblin at the end, right?

>Anyway
>We're absolutely nuts for each other

You know the exact Mari I'm talking about from 8 years ago who lived in a different part of the world?

>The days and nights I spent with her were nothing short of magical.
>I could feel that cold breeze flowing through the air whenever we would sit in our spot
>Weeks pass
>Another beautiful day with her
>Decide it was time to move on from my pain
>Pop the question again
>Get that moonstone.. I was going in...
>She accepted
>I was complete again...

>Cont.

WAIT NO, That was the Thief headquarters, I got it now.

>The snow danced around us as we sat together for the rest of the night just giving each other sweet-nothings
>We were genuinely excited
>The day of the wedding comes just a week later
>Everything was perfect
>Everyone was in a good mood
>That Asian priest looked the happiest I've ever seen him
>ido.jpg
>Beautiful ceremony thanks to Father Chink
>Do it all over again under the heart and shit
>I finally found the perfect one (YES, I WAS 13, GET OFF MY ASS)
>Our relationship grew over the next few months
>Kind of saw the game as a hang-out spot than an MMO at this point
>Stopped grinding for a long time
>Plenty of shit happened between then though
>Too much detail, memory not clear enough, sorry
>BUT
>Here's what I do remember:

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Level 21 to 30 in said town, Kerning. The ghetto of MapleStory.

That being said, I still fail to see what you are tryinng to accomplish with that story. It was very easy to make new friends and find girls, I had one I would hop on MSN with, turn on the webcam and we talked for hours while grinding mobs, waiting for the 3rd job to be released.

You try to make it sound special but back then it really, really wasn't. So unless this turns into something huge, I will be disappointed.

>It happened same as the last.
>I get on, and the love of my life had disappeared.
>To this day I have no idea why
>The heart was gone
>She was gone.
>I mean off of the fucking server
>Her name didn't exist in this server anymore
>or on any server
>So she either changed the name or she just deleted her shit altogether
>I was... alone again..
>Cried my eyes out for days
>Kept trying to tell myself it would be okay.
>I wasn't okay at all.
>I just... fuck...
>I logged off.
>For two long years.

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>You know the exact Mari I'm talking about from 8 years ago who lived in a different part of the world?
yes

All I said was that I was going to tell you my experience. It may not mean shit to you, and thats fine, but it meant something to me.

The X at the top right of your screen isn't locked. Go ahead man.

k

Please continue OP....

>Why I got back on I'll never know.
>Like, never.
>It never occurred to me that anything would be the same ever again, and it wasn't. I didn't play the game for TWO YEARS. Everything had changed drastically.
>PQ's were different
>Worlds were different
>Everything was different.
>Be 14 years-old
>Decide I wasn't going out like a bitch.
>I was at level 90 on the dot.
>Lets get going then..
>Get a hog because muh piggie :3
>Loved that fucking swine
>Head into that Ice PQ that everyone was talking about.
>I remembered the 2% I would get every time I did it.
>Took me two weeks to get 10 levels. Had to do the same quest 50 times each level.
>Jesus fuck... I was at 99 and had to stop myself before I got the last bit of EXP
>Got a screen recorder

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OP says that he played in ~2008
Says it took 2-3 hours to reach 30
Pre BB reaching 30 took a couple of days unless you had a full party of third jobs+ buffing you but ok

C'mon OP, I wanna hear how this story of love and heartbreak concludes.

>Tfw you can't even read
>I said it took me weeks before I understood that you could level a character to 30 in a matter of hours.

Second, you didn't need PQ's for level 30 and under back then. All you had to do was grind like shit for a while.

still there op?

THE END.

>Recorded a monstrosity of a video. Would show but it's connected to a channel too close to my own and too cringy to look at
>The video itself is fine, but the channel, ehh......

>I hit 100 the summer of 2010, right before I got into highschool.
>I logged off and never looked back until..
>I got curious one day.
>I had a new laptop, and just wanted to see one last time what everything was like. I completely forgot the PIN for my character, so... that was a lost cause. The email associated with the account was deleted because it was being used for spam by some asshole who took it.
>Still, it gave me comfort looking at that little bastard standing there with that sword in his hand
>I made a new account instead
>Became a Warrior.. in memoriam..
>Either it was my laptop, or the server, but HOLY GOD IT WAS LAGGY...
>I managed to stop two people passing by and pulled them into a house where my FPS wasn't -10
>Talked to them for a bit about what's changed
>Talked about the good old days..
>Found out that the fucking max level these days was 250.
>2. 5. 0.
>Any old school player remembers the respect people had for those dudes.
>They were legends.
>And Nexon just stripped it away.
>All of that work and grinding didn't amount to shit then
>I heard rumors during my time that there was a player who had attained level 201.. but now its probably a pittance compared to what they have now.
>I logged out again, then looked at my character one last time, those blue eyes I gave him, that little sway of his body flicking side to side
>I'll always remember the lessons I've learned from you
And I'll always remember the good times I've had in the game of MapleStory..

>Those dudes
Who? The ones who hit 200?

Sweet lord it's crazy how just playing games can get this deep

Yep, sorry for leaving that out.

Well this was a colossal waste time, thanks for nothing OP.

You're welcome, now go kill yourself faggot.

Give us videos OP

The person you responded to here.
That was a great story filled with ups and downs, I had a great time tonight. Good night user.

Thanks for the tale, Op, truly. Any one whose grown up on mmorpgs have their own stories as well, amazing the kind of relationships we find ourselevs in through video games.

>mmorpgs
Some side scrolling kiddie game is not an mmorpg

Kind of a pointless story, why did you feel the need to write it out?

I liked the story, thanks user