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-Impulse

Dear Maplers,

The upcoming patch includes:

Version 0.80

[Game]
Launch of New World Hercules
Say a big Hello to the new English server Hercules world, a new addition of Malaysia Gateway! Here are the lists of events and details that will be held to celebrate the birth of the brand new world. All the launch events will commence from 2nd September till the 23rd September 2009, lasting for 3 weeks!

• 24 Hours 2X EXP Event In celebration of the launch for Hercules world, 2x EXP event will be available 24 hours in Hercules world.
• Hercules Bandanna Event
  Receive a bandanna exclusive to Hercules world when you hit level 10, 30 and 50. Simply meet the level requirement and talk to NPC Maple Administrator.
  • Splash Bandanna, Level 0. STR +1, DEX +1, INT +1, LUK +1, Weapon Defence 15
  • Hercules Bandanna, Level 30. STR +3, DEX +3, INT +3, LUK +3, Weapon Defence 40, Speed +5
  • Super Hercules Banadanna, Level 50. STR +4, DEX +4, INT +4, LUK +4, Weapon Defence 60, Speed +10, Jump +5
• Special Cash Item rewards NPC Maple Administrator will reward you with Cash Item rewards absolutely FREE when you hit various level milestones in Hercules!
  • Reward 1: Upon Character Creation – Rewarded with NPC Teleport Rock (10)
  • Reward 2. Upon completing 1st Job Advancement – Rewarded with 1 out of the 4 stunning looking Overall Suits
  • Reward 3: Upon completing 2nd Job Advancement – Rewarded with a Regular Henesys Skin, Face and Hair Coupon.
  • Reward 4: Upon reaching level 50 – Rewarded with Gachapon Ticket (5), Twin Coupon (7days)
• Maple Equipment Event Walk around with the cool Maple Equipments (except Maple Cape) in the new Hercules world! Available through NPC Joyce.
• GM Events
  Anticipate session exciting GM Events throughout the September School holiday! To make you don’t make out any of the events, stay tune to the updates in http://www.MapleSEA.com
• Let’s go Zakum! Event
  Work hand-in-hand with the GameMasters as they will be helping Maplers to obtain the highly desired Zakum Helmet! Available to Hercules Maples at level 50 and above!!
  Event Dates: 4th,5th,11th,12th,18th & 19th September 2009
  Time: To be announced by GMs in-game
  Requirement: For more details, please visit http://www.MapleSEA.com
• Timeless and Reverse Weapons Bonanza
  Adventurer class heroes of each individual job in Hercules world will be rewarded! Highest level of every job will be rewarded with a Reverse Weapon each! What’s more? The highest level among the top rankers will be rewarded with a Timeless Weapon. Knights of Cygnus is not subjected to this event.

  With so much events and freebies lined up for you in the new Hercules world.. Jump into the Hercules world now!

World Merge for Fornax and Gemini
To balance the population to enhance the gameplay on low population has affected majority of the players in both Fornax and Gemini world, Fornax and Gemini world are coming together! Players with Chinese Characters in their In-Game Nick, Pet’s Name, Guild Name or Repeated Guild names in both worlds, please check here for more details on steps to change your In-Game Nick, Guild names or Pet Name

Removal of Chinese Client
Gemini world will be replaced with English contents. For more details please visit HERE
All Gemini world players will receive 10K Maplepoints as a compensation for the removal of Chinese client.

Launch of Ninja Castle
Rescue Aoi’s father from the palms of the evil Emperor. Prepare yourself to the strongest area in Zipangu! Monsters in the Castle become stronger and stronger! Beware of the trap doors while venturing through to the deepest yet one of the strongest…

New Duku Mini Dungeon
Tired of squeezing while training? New mini dungeon in Singapore Map has been launched! Team up and train hard with the launch of this new mini dungeon now!!

New Balrog reward items
Balrog boss is now giving away equipments! Grab these rare items with fast attacking speed and speed up your training process!

	Vain Sword – Attacking Speed Fast, Weapon Att 55
	Vain Viter – Attacking Speed Fast, Dex +4, Weapon Att 33
	Vain Wings – Attacking Speed Fast, Weapon Att 53, Magic Att 85

New Scavenger Monster: Oberon implemented
Scavenger Monster has been implemented in Various Map in this patch!

New Hair and Face update!
New Hairstyle and Face has been updated to Henesys town! Grab this cool and nice hairstyle in Henesys today!

Gachapon Update
Miracle Scrolls added to Gachapon Machines in El Nath, Aquarium, CBD & Kumpung.

• Miracle Scroll for Helmet for DEF
• Miracle Scroll for Helmet for HP
• Miracle Scroll for Earring for INT
• Miracle Scroll for Topwear for DEF
• Miracle Scroll for Overall Armor for DEX
• Miracle Scroll for Overall Armor for DEF
• Miracle Scroll for Bottomwear for DEF
• Miracle Scroll for Shoes for DEX
• Miracle Scroll for Shoes for Jump
• Miracle Scroll for Shoes for Speed
• Miracle Scroll for Gloves for DEX
• Miracle Scroll for Shield for DEF
• Miracle Scroll for Cape for Magic Def
• Miracle Scroll for Cape for Weapon Def
• Miracle Scroll for One-Handed Sword for ATT
• Miracle Scroll for One-Handed Axe for ATT
• Miracle Scroll for One-Handed BW for ATT
• Miracle Scroll for Dagger for ATT
• Miracle Scroll for Wand for Magic Att.
• Miracle Scroll for Staff for Magic Att.
• Miracle Scroll for Two-handed Sword for ATT
• Miracle Scroll for Two-handed Axe for ATT
• Miracle Scroll for Two-handed BW for ATT
• Miracle Scroll for Spear for ATT
• Miracle Scroll for Pole Arm for ATT
• Miracle Scroll for Bow for ATT
• Miracle Scroll for Crossbow for ATT
• Miracle Scroll for Claw for ATT
• Miracle Scroll for Two-handed Sword for Magic power
• Miracle Scroll for Knuckle for ATT
• Miracle Scroll for Gun for ATT

[Event]

Monster Riding Event (Available from 2nd Sept to 7th Oct)

Envy with players riding around on monsters and yet you have not reached the level to ride one?
Your chance is here! If you are ranged between level 30 – 56, participate in this Monster Riding Event by looking for Jenny Worry located at various towns!!

Aramia’s Firework Event (Available from 2nd Sept to 13th Sept)
Firework event is back! From 5th Sept 2009 to 13th Sept 2009, participate in the Aramia’s Firework Event and get rewarded with Physical and Magic Attack buff!

Triple-Tri-Trio Event (Available from 21st Sept to 6th Oct)
Here is your chance to get bonus experience points as you hunt on every 3rd monster! Furthermore, the bonus EXP will increase with every hour you stay in the game.

So the longer you stay, the higher bonus EXP you will receive when you hit the 3rd monster. What are you waiting for?? Charge!!!!

2x EXP & Droprate Event for September Holidays (Available from 5th Sept to 13th Sept)
There will be a 2x EXP & Droprate event for All Worlds this coming School Holidays on the following timeslot:

Date: From 5th to 13th September 2009
Weekdays (Mon to Fri): 1400hrs to 1600hrs
Weekends (Mon to Fri): 1400hrs to 1600hrs & 2000hrs to 2200hrs

2x EXP event for Hari Raya Puasa
There will be a 2x EXP event for All worlds on the following timeslot:

Date: 20th September 2009
Time: 1400hrs to 1600hrs & 2000hrs to 2200hrs

[Cash shop Updates]
Upcoming Cash shop update includes:

• [Equip] Fire Shadow Hair
• [Equip] Fire Shadow Suit
• [Equip] Ninja Shoes (M)
• [Equip] Cheery Blossom Hair
• [Equip] Cheery Blossom Suit
• [Equip] Ninja Shoes (F)
• [Equip] Wind Bell Earrings
• [Equip] Fairy’s Shawl
• [Equip] White Slipshoes
• [Game] Vicious’ Hammer
• [Game] Premium Service Coupon
• [Game] Remote Gachapon Ticket
• [Package] Toy Tank Mount Cover
• [Package] Fire Shadow Package
• [Package] Cheery Blossom Package

  Please look out for the website notice to get the latest update on the actual patch date and duration.

  – MapleSEA Administrator

How Microsoft came up with the gaming console we all know today… the xbox 360.

Hot off the presses! Here are the updates Maplers can look forward to in the next patch. There are so many, we thought it best to put them in one big post!

Monster Carnival 2

Mu Lung Dojo

Back to School Events

MapleStory Ver. 75 Update Notes

New Content!

The Mu Lung Dojo

Do you think you can defeat boss after boss to reach the top of the Mu Lung Dojo to challenge Mu Gong? Users level 25 and above can go in with a party of at least 3 members or take the challenge alone. You can enter the Mu Lung Dojo by clicking on the Mu Lung Dojo Bulletin Board placed in almost all major towns. While in the Mu Lung Dojo, players cannot use any consumable items in their inventory. They must rely on the items dropped by the spawned monsters to recover HP and MP. While fighting in the Mu Lung Dojo, a special energy gauge will fill up to allow the use of special finishing moves. Players can earn one of 5 martial arts belts depending on their score from the dojo. Each belt has special stats but the Black Belt is the best of the best and has the highest stats. 32 medals can also be earned for continued fighting in the dojo. If Mu Gong, the master, is defeated 100 times, players can receive the Mu Lung Dojo Vanquisher Medal, the ultimate Mu Lung medal to possess.

Click here for more information.

Monster Carnival 2

Monster Carnival 2 has arrived! Just like Monster Carnival 1, this is a competitive quest in which 2 parties enter and hunt monsters the opposing party has summoned. This time, the monsters are stronger, the prizes greater, and there are even titles at stake! The party that earns the most Carnival Points wins! Use CP to summon more powerful monsters, use Skills to weaken or slow down your opponents, or Protectors to give your team’s monsters a buff to become more powerful. Collect Shiny Maple Coins and trade them with Spiegelmann to earn Spiegelmann’s Necklace of Chaos. The player with the most wins earns the Absolute Victory Carnivalian Medal. But if you have the highest winning percentage, then you’ll earn the Gifted Carnivalian Medal.

Click here for more information.

Events

Back-to-School Events

Collect Alphabet Pasta letters and spell MAPLESTORY, WIZET, or NEXON to be rewarded with rare ores, scrolls, or equips! (08.26.09 - 09.22.09)

Cassandra is giving out back-to-school gifts too! Go see her in any town and just for logging in that day she’ll give you a gift of Alphabet Pasta, Fat Sausage or Barbeque. She might part with some rare alphabet letters, so be sure to see her every day! (08.26.09 - 09.22.09)

Aramia is also back in school and participating in a book drive. Collect Aramia’s Books for Aramia and she’ll reward you with Alphabet Pasta or various consumable items. Once she has collected all of her books she’ll put on a fabulous fireworks show that attract monsters. (08.26.09 - 09.22.09)

Click here for more information.

Cash Shop Sales

Back-to-School packages and individual items on sale at 30% off. (08.26.09 – 09.01.09)

New Quests Added

The Mu Lung Dojo Quests

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Mano Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Stumpy Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Deo Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	King Slime Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Giant Centipede Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Faust Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	King Clang Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Mushmom Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Alishar Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Timer Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Dyle Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Papa Pixie Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Zombie Mushmom Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Zeno Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Lord Pirate Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Nine-Tailed Fox Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Tae Roon Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Poison Golem Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	King Sage Cat Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Jr. Balrog Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Eliza Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Frankenroid Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Chimera Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Snack Bar Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Snowman Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Blue Mushmom Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Crimson Balrog Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Manon Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Griffey Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Leviathan Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Papulatus Vanquisher Medal

Title:	I Want to Receive a Medal
NPC:	So Gong
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	25+
Reward:	Mu Lung Dojo Vanquisher Medal

Monster Carnival 2 Quests

Title:	Title Challenge–Absolute Victory Carnivalian
NPC:	Spiegelmann
Job Requirement:	All
Party Requirement:	2 - 6 members in a party
Level Requirement:	51 - 70
Reward:	Absolute Carnivalian Medal

Title:	Title Challenge–Gifted Carnivalian
NPC:	Spiegelmann
Job Requirement:	All
Party Requirement:	2 - 6 members in a party
Level Requirement:	51 - 70
Reward:	Gifted Carnivalian Medal

Alphabet Gathering Quests

Title:	Back to School Event: MapleStory
NPC:	Maple Administrator
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	13+
Reward:	2400 EXP

Title:	Back to School Event: Wizet
NPC:	Maple Administrator
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	13+
Reward:	2700 EXP

Title:	Back to School Event: Nexon
NPC:	Maple Administrator
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	13+
Reward:	1800 EXP

Title:	Surprise Event: Special Alphabets
NPC:	Cassandra
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	13+
Reward:	Alphabet Pasta or a Use item

Title:	The Great MapleStory Book Drive
NPC:	Aramia
Job Requirement:	All
Level Requirement:	13+
Required Item:	1 Aramia’s Book
Reward:	N/A

New Items

All new Gachapon items–scrolls and two new chairs
Click here for more information.

White Belt

Yellow Belt

Blue Belt

Red Belt

Black Belt

Mu Lung Training Tower Mana Elixir

Mu Lung Training Tower Elixir

Mu Lung Training Tower Cure-all

Mano Vanquisher Medal

Stumpy Vanquisher Medal

Deo Vanquisher Medal

King Slime Vanquisher Medal

Giant Centipede Vanquisher Medal

Faust Vanquisher Medal

King Clang Vanquisher Medal

Mushmom Vanquisher Medal

Alishar Vanquisher Medal

Timer Vanquisher Medal

Dyle Vanquisher Medal

Papa Pixie Vanquisher Medal

Zombie Mushmom Vanquisher Medal

Zeno Vanquisher Medal

Lord Pirate Vanquisher Medal

Nine-Tailed Fox Vanquisher Medal

Tae Roon Vanquisher Medal

Poison Golem Vanquisher Medal

King Sage Cat Vanquisher Medal

Jr. Balrog Vanquisher Medal

Eliza Vanquisher Medal

Frankenroid Vanquisher Medal

Chimera Vanquisher Medal

Snack Bar Vanquisher Medal

Snowman Vanquisher Medal

Blue Mushmom Vanquisher Medal

Crimson Balrog Vanquisher Medal

Manon Vanquisher Medal

Griffey Vanquisher Medal

Leviathan Vanquisher Medal

Papulatus Vanquisher Medal

Mu Lung Dojo Vanquisher Medal

Shiny Maple Coin

Spiegelmann’s Necklace of Chaos

Absolute Victory Carnivalian Medal

Gifted Carnivalian Medal

Aramia’s Book

Alphabet Pasta (M, W, S, A, E, I, L, N, O, P, R, T, X, Y, Z)

Increase in Weapon Att. (7)

Increase in Magic Att. (7)

Increase in Weapon DEF (7)

Increase in Magic DEF (7)

Increase in Accuracy (7)

Increase in Avoidability (7)

Increase in Speed (7)

Increase in MaxHP (7)

Increase in MaxMP (7)

New Monster Cards

Giant Centipede

Blue Mushmom

Snack Bar Card

New Maps/Zones

Mu Lung Dojo

Mu Lung Dojo Entrance

Mu Lung Dojo Exit

Mu Lung Dojo Rooftop

Mu Lung Dojo Training Hall

Mu Lung Dojo 1st-38^th floor

Spiegelmann’s Office

Carnival Field 1 <Lobby>

Carnival Field 1 <Battleground>

Carnival Field 1 <Resurrection>

Carnival Field 1 <Victorious>

Carnival Field 1 <The Defeated>

Carnival Field 2 <Lobby>

Carnival Field 2 <Battleground>

Carnival Field 2 <Resurrection>

Carnival Field 2 <Victorious>

Carnival Field 2 <The Defeated>

Carnival Field 3 <Lobby>

Carnival Field 3 <Battleground>

Carnival Field 3 <Resurrection>

Carnival Field 3 <Victorious>

Carnival Field 3 <The Defeated>

New NPCs

So Gong: Mu Lung Dojo NPC

Spiegelmann: Monster Carnival Entrance

Spiegelmann: Lobby

Spiegelmann: Change Map

Assistant Blue: Monster Carnival 2

Assistant Red: Monster Carnival 2

Aramia: Mushroom Park (Henesys)

New Monsters

Mu Gong

Bug Fixes!

• The problem with getting a new engagement ring has been resolved.
• The issue of users already receiving the permission even when they do not have the officiator’s permission has been fixed.
• Users will be kicked out of Horntail Cave if Horntail isn’t summoned in 15 minutes.
• The issue of pet not being deactivated upon entering Ariant Colosseum has been fixed.
• The issue of users not being able to pick up items or mesos when only the Magic Scale is equipped is fixed.
• The use of Dark Sight and other skills in a map that disables skills has been fixed.

Vicious Hammer Update

We examined this issue and decided to disable Vicious Hammer’s ability to upgrade the Horntail Necklace. Unfortunately, our records indicate that some players have already invested time, money, and energy into upgrading their Horntail Necklaces. For the sake of game balance and equality, we have reset these Necklaces to the level and strength they were originally intended to be.

Players affected by this will have compensation placed on their account. An additional compensation will be provided in recognition of the time players invested doing this. This will be provided during next week’s patch.

We appreciate your taking the time to read this, as well as your understanding regarding this situation.

Happy Mapling,

The MapleStory Team

As part of our project to get the forums a bit more active for the next 2 weeks we will be giving away 10,000 NX cash to 2 lucky forumers! In order to have a chance to win you must make at least one post per day. The more posts you make, the better your chances of winning are! Be aware that staff members are excluded from this event.

The event will begin tomorrow August 26th and will conclude on September 9th.

To sign up on our forums, click here.

Good luck!

Remember a server named Maple Geek? No, then let me refresh your brain from the information I have. Maple Geek was basically the same as OdinMS because it ran off the OdinMS Source. They had a hard time getting their server online because they were still trying to get the source from the Odin Devs. They got the server online and it was in beta for a while, then all of a sudden NEXON filed a lawsuit against OdinMS and that is when a lot of the major servers at the time were afraid of getting sued and this is only part of the reason why Maple Geek shutdown. I took a look at their website and from some other stuff and it turns out that they also shutdown because of some ownership problems.

A couple days ago I was checking my email and I got a email from Maple Geek a while back that I ignored saying they were re-opening the community, but not the server. However, if they got a high amount of people wanting them to re-open the server they may take it into consideration.  I checked my email again and I received another email saying that Maple Geek is looking for new management and the owner will get all privileges and all that good and complicated stuff. I think it was yesterday or so that they picked the new owner and released it to the public. The new owner at the moment is Espada. He made a announcement saying that they will be merging with an existing server and the staff will all merge. This is one of the oldest servers coming back from the dead. I will update you on this as much as I can.

Images and most info:

Google.com ;D

maplegeek.com

Think of the most corrupted kid in your life and then compare him to this.

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(PS There is nothing illegal in the video so don’t worry!)

-M3 ALViN (formerly known as windjungj)

I read this very interesting article on MMO hut and I thought you would all like to read it. And before you start shouting insults keep in mind that A) this post was not written by me and B) it is an editorial. If you have any common sense and maturity, then feel free to continue reading.

By, Justin Miller

It is a rare thing when a MMO gains such popularity that it actually has multiple TV commercials airing in the united states. So rare in fact that only a small hand full have ever achieved such market penetration in the history of the medium.

What completely befuddles me is how this one particular game released in 2005 managed to ascend beyond the obscure realm from which it spawned, and become a international super Juggernaut that claims to have enough concurrent worldwide accounts to fill a small nation. It befuddles me because the game is horrible!
No not World of Warcraft; I am talking about MapleStory. If you have never at least heard of this game then I do not really know how you found this article. MapleStory is the flagship MMORPG from Nexon; the companies bread, and butter.

When it launched back in 05 it was a one of a kind game, a 2D platformer MMORPG where you ran, and jumped, and fought much like in the old Castlevania games. It also pioneered another innovation that has become almost standard among eastern, and even some western MMOs, the Free to Play, and cash shop systems.
Rather then having to buy a boxed copy of the game and then pay a subscription on top of that, players instead were able to download the full game directly from the developer, and play as much as they wanted for free. Then if they REALLY liked it they could pay real money for special items, and clothing unattainable though normal play. Back in the early to mid 2000’s this was a radical departure from the standard pay to play norms of almost all MMOs, and was the key to the games early success. Nexon throwing up banner ads from hell to breakfast also might have had something to do with it as well.

But times change better games come out, and MapleStory must die!

The very fact this game has the astronomical sum of 70 million world wide accounts just sickens me. Well that’s actually a lie, the 70 million accounts I mean, not me being sick.

MapleStory being a free game, an account costs no money, so many people create multiple accounts for whatever reason.
Then you have to factor in the millions of dead accounts, closed accounts, banned accounts, and god only knows how many of those 70 million are goldfarmer/goldseller accounts.

The day the game was released its graphics were already a decade out of date. I am by no means a graphic snob, but when you launch a 2D title that looks like a TurboGrafx game, has 3 frames of movement, and pixels large enough to kill a small dog YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG!

Of course Nexon has used the fact the game looks like Bonk’s Revenge to their advantage. MapleStory is constantly updated with new zones, and mobs because they are just so easy to make. What they have never updated however, is the games frustrating, tedious, and completely broken gameplay.

To start, why make your MMO a platformer at all when the characters can barely jump as high as Mario in the original DonkeyKong? You are not going to clear any rolling barrels with those weak ups, and you are certainly not going to jump over the games mobs, which deal damage to the player just by casually rubbing against them. This has created an enormous problem since the games release, and has never been addressed. To get through groups of mobs you either have to kill them, or just run through them, and take the damage.

“Whats the big deal with that? Just kill em.” you say. That’s where the problem with MapleStory’s monster claim system comes in. Say you are fighting a monster trying to level up, I come rolling in, and see you fighting this thing in the way of where I am going. I am a pretty high level guy, but for whatever reason I don’t feel like taking the damage running through your mob, so I hit it, and kill it. The game credits me with the mobs kill instead of you, and all that fighting was for nothing, You are now mad at me, and will probably start shouting at me in misspelled caps locked sentence fragments about how I am a kill stealer and you hope my mother dies of malaria or something equally ridiculous.

Which segways to the games worst aspect, the player base. Everyone either is, or at the very least acts like they are 13 years old. MapleStory has become the 4chan of the MMO kingdom. A feted warren of raw concentrated dickery, where all logic, kindness, and common sense has long died, dried up, and blown away. This goes for all forums, and online communities associated with the game as well; doubly so for the godless pit known as Basilmarket.com.

The most terrifying thing about Maplestory is not even the game itself, rather it is other developers looking at its numbers, mistaking it for an actual good game, and making clones of it. Wind Slayer. Ghost Online, WonderKing Online, all near identical carbon copies of a game that is fundamentally broken. LaTale is the only exception, being the only MMO platformer that has come in the wake of the MapleStory craze that is even worth playing at all, because it’s the only one that at least attempts to fix whats wrong with the formula.

With the unbelievable amount of free online games on the market now, there is no reason to still be playing this broken crappy game anymore.
If you have never played MapleStory, don’t. If you use to play it, and wonder if you should try it again to see if it has got any better, it hasn’t.
If you are playing MapleStory right now, stop, and look at all the infinitely better options you have.

No wait.

Learn to spell first, then go find something better.

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On August 12th, Nexon America released the official MapleStory iTCG trading card game online at http://itcg.nexon.net/

Greetings Maplers! The online version of MapleStory iTCG is starting up and we are inviting YOU to join in on the fun! Beta testing starts from August 11th and only lasts for 2 weeks! This version is just as fun as the offline iTCG, but with awesome special effects! You can use your Nexon passport ID to play. And the best part is, no sign ups are needed! How cool is that? We’ll catch you at the lobby!

We have opened a new category, iTCG, on the Maple News website. Please look to that category for all MapleStory iTCG news.