After ’scaling’ the wall on which the 3rd job adv house (I like to call it the ‘G house’) I arrive in front of it. Not that I can do the 3rd job, but I was there because of my boringness.(is there such a word? o.0) And when I enter and click on Tylus, the 3rd job adv instructor, this is what I saw…
Weird, right? o.0
This reminds mw of another equally strange incident, early this year. I remember that I was slacking in Orbis when this guy jumped pass me, proudly saying the f-word, with a traditional Chinese character instead of the f. In other words, we have <chinese character> u c k . Sadly, my computer crashed quite some time ago, so I do not have the screenshot with me.
Well, I hope that the gms will get rid of this very irritating bug.
I was scooting around crunchyroll.com one day, when out of curiousity, I decided to search for ‘maplestory’. And guess what I found…
I was quite shocked to find out that Nexon has branched out into the anime scene. And so, I watched the 1st episode of this relatively new anime.(currently 3 episodes only.) Here’s the synopsis… (taken from crunchyroll.com too)
TTen years ago, the World Tree that protected peace and order of the world was being targeted by an evil organization called the Zakun (in Mandarin pinyin, it is za1 kun1 tuan2). The Human race led four other races in a fight against the Zakuns. In the end, the World Tree activated self-destruction to protect itself. However, the other races thought it was the Human race that destroyed the World Tree. Since then, a never-ending war between the different races began. Ten years later, the main protagonist, Al, determines to revive the World Tree. Al and his companions begin their journey to seek the seed of the World Tree. At the same time, the Zakuns
This anime has quite an interesting storyline. However, from the quality, I can tell that Nexon did not put much effort into the production and only wanted to use this anime to attract more people to the actual game. In fact, you can say that this anime is just simply blending all the monsters, maps and places into one and conjuring up a storyline to go with it. Don’t waste your time on this anime; there are much better ones for you to watch.
Talking about crunchyroll, some people call it the Asian youtube’ but it is actually an upsize version of youtube, with better organization and other stuff like groups. Oh yes, if you are a member of crunchyroll too(like me!), get someone to invite you to the maplestory group!
With the release of the new patch, the gms have given us their Christmas present! For with this new patch comes a slew of never before-seen updates, especially the 4th job!
For the 4th job, I can’t really believe that we are ahead of some servers. This is just too kewl~! =) All the best to everyone(including me) and I hope we will all achieve 4th job one day! X)
In regards to the alphabet quest (talk to maple admin and she tells you to collect letters from certain monsters, so that you form the words “maplestory”, “asiasoft” and “nexon”), for those froggies in the well, the alphabets are selling like hotcakes in the free market, from 200k-500k! However, I advise you not to buy them; firstly, it spoils the fun and secondly, 200k-500k is quite a hefty price to pay for an alphabet! After the patch, I remember that I was one of the first to log in, but already there were some enterprising people selling the alphabets in the free market. After 1 whole day of hunting at the forest of dead trees, I only received a pathetic 2 As and 1 E. ARGH!!!!
Also, with this new patch, a new boss monster has been unleased…
I was like ‘WOW!!’ when I first saw the picture. After some research(aka checking out the MSEA website) I realised that this was none other than the Horned Tail boss monster, probably hidden in a remote corner of Leafre? I have heard some rumors that you will take an INFINITY to kill the tail, so please beware. And all the best to the extremely brave and (stupid?) who wish to take on the Tail.
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Along with this patch also comes the monster riding system, which is currently used only by a privileged few…
I’m that guy with the flame golden circut to the left. This monster riding is really cool; I wonder how those pros get it? o.0
SO, overall this is one of the most useful patch ever! x)
In this picture, some cash items I have bought 90 days ago have just expired. WAAA!! *grabs tissue*
These have made me realise something: Those items, although they made me look cool, were TEMPERORY, meaning that after a pitiful 90 days, they disappear into thin air. And so I question myself: What is the use of those white elephant clothes? Is looking cool for 90 days worth the cost I paid? (9k cash)
That is the sad thing behind cash items. Although they make us go ‘WOW!’ when we see them, we always forget the sad truth that they act as white elephants and will always disappear one day. That is what makes the cash shop so successful and to keep that wow factor there, the gms constantly add more white elephants into the already highly-populated white elephant cash shop.
I’m not trying to say that we should boycott the cash shop; all I want to advise is this: Before you buy the cash shop item, ask yourself: Is it really worth the _______ a-cash* I have to spend for this? What will I gain from the item?
You can say that this blog was dead for a period of more than 1 month, before I decided to revive it again. It seems like my motivation to post had weakened(thanks to some other games which distracted me from mapling), but now I have decided to come back and post again. In theme with my previous post, I will be talking about OPQ.
I had been pqing for 7 levels before i decided to train at the dead mine instead. I did that because the experience given was just too little. (I had received an ‘exp-cut’ because I did a full pq before.) Over these 7 levels, I have met many new people(good or bad; cute or ugly) and here is a list of things I(and probably many maplers) hate…
A leader who always misses- I usually gives the leader a couple of chances as I know how difficult it is to be a successful pq leader and how frustrating it is if the members ‘mass-quit’ . However, this does not mean that I will hang around with a ‘confirm miss’ leader all day, waiting for him to successfully go into pq. (That is TOO time consuming!) A piece of advice to all potential leaders: If you don’t think you have the skill to be a leader, DON’T BE ONE!
’sure in’ members- How many times have you seen this? In channel 1, there’s this high-leveled pro saying ‘I WAN RUSH/BLEACH*/FULL PQ MUST SURE IN@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@) This is even more common in ludibrum pq. This is a message for everyone who commonly says that: I don’t agree with saying ’sure in’, for every leader is human and they all make mistakes(especially when trying to enter pq!) Further more, entering pq is not as easy as you think! And if you are so demanding and think that getting into pq is a piece of cake (we can infer that from what you have said) why not create your own party? Anyway, I have tested and found out that even though you say sure in, there are still a lot of chances of ending up with a leader who cannot enter the pq. Also, many leaders now prefer NOT TO add those who say ’sure in’.
Irresponsible leaders- There is now a function which allows the leader to appoint a new leader with a click of a button. This function has often been abused, especially when the leader is in ‘dire straits’ :He keeps missing, people mass quit the party and in order to get himself out of the mess, he transfers the leadership to the highest leveled player. This is very irresponsible.
* The name of this kind of pq varies from server to server. It is called super-rush pq in Aquila; I’m using the bootes name as I am in bootes.
Phew! You have come to the end of this wordy entry. Thanks for reading! =)
The above picture was taken in the sealed room of the Orbis PQ.
I’ve noticed a flaw in the Orbis PQ system; no matter where you go in the tower, the map name is “Tower of the goddess” (With some exceptions of course.) This means that when the party outside tracks (/find ________) the track will usually be in the tower of the goddess. This also means that the party outside will NOT be able to anticipate when the party will come out, rendering their track useless, especially if the party is doing rush or bleach PQ (Trust me, it is irritating!)
Perhaps the GMS should change the naming system, so that the map name corresponds with the room the party is in??
Events…Where should I begin? I personally feel that it is a HUGE waste of time. It can be summarized in the following words:GMS summons some UBER monsters, makes everyone die OR GMS play some games with us, in a bid to earn more $$ by making us answer their questions by ‘weathering’. (This has been the recent trend for events.)
I feel that these events are NOT at all fun. After all, do you call lagging with a huge crowd of maplers, trying to take screenshots with the GMs fun!? Or do you call being killed again and again by some legendary monsters fun!? And most importantly, do you think spending your money on weathers just to say ‘HI’ to the GMs or answer some of their crummy questions FUN!? Or do you call your computer lagging and crashing even AFTER you have quit maple FUN!?(Trust me, it happens!)
Well, that is why i do not like to attend events. I think I will give the upcoming Hari Raya Puasa event the miss and spend some time in PQ and training instead.
IMPORTANT NOTE:ALL VIEWS STATED HERE ARE NOT, IN ANY WAY, SUPPOSED TO PERSUADE THE READER TO CHANGE HIS MIND ABOUT THE TOPIC(S) MENTIONED.
I made 2 discoveries today: the ludibrum and ossyria continents finally have maps! w00t!(The GMS are so evil; they didn’t inform us on this!)
Kudos to the person who drew out these intricate maps! They are much better than the Victoria Island one! Anyway, with the release of these 2 maps, i wonder if there will be maps for Shanghai, Singapore,Zipangu…
Yeah, I know that this is old news, but version 0.47 comes with a very useful update, the monster name and HP bar…
(PS Do I look cool? X) )
I find this update useful, especially when fighting UBER boss monsters with UBER HPs and even more UBER MPs. You can spend your time gawking at the uberness of its HP and at the same time, know how much HP does it have left before it kicks the bucket.(PLONK!)
I can’t really think of any cons to this new update, except a cluttered up screen? However, its still bearable, so I still give this update a 4½/5.
Yeah, i know, this blog has experienced ’sudden death’ throughout the month of August. And now once again, I have managed to squeeze out some time to post something here. For all the froggies in the well(CROAK!) Today marks the launch of a brand new wedding service and a new town(or should I just call it a map?) Read this to find out more.
Anyway, I don’t have a gf or anything like tat(call me a hermit if you wan, although I am a cleric!) so this dosen’t really concern me. But this whole new wedding idea sounds pretty interesting and a HUGE improvement from last time…
