Maple Story...:P
Lolz. Dunno what to write and I feel must update this blog lor...:P Lolz. The title says it all. One of my friends introduced me to Maple Story. I actually heard about it much earlier during secondary school days but didn't really bothered about it. Nowadays, I am exploring new game genres besides real-time strategy...so...why not try this childish looking, 2D side-scroller MMORPG? :p My friend gave me the game program (saved me hours of download) and I started playing Maple Story! What the....Ian playing Maple?? Ian is Mapling?? Yup...:P
Its like a whole new world in there with its own towns and people as well as the job classes of Beginner, Bowman, Warrior, Thief and Magician. I am a bowman....now advanced to 2nd job as a Hunter. Below is a picture of my character. Cool?? Cute??
Even in a imaginary world, its not much different in than the real world. There are people who scam other players and some even hack into accounts. People scold you, use swear words to you, tell lies, etc. Yup. Exact replica of the real world. But I have met very nice people as well who helped me along the way to learn the in and outs of the game.
But I have to be careful myself as sometimes i feel sucked into the game...as in get too engrossed/addicted. like I said, because it is a replica of the real world, one is encouraged to think that the Maple world IS the real world...detaching oneself from reality and pouring oneself into the virtual world...a world made out of binary codes of '1' and '0'....a world that doesn't exist if the server crashes or a computer virus invasion occurs. some people go to the point of using real life money (yes...ringgit malaysia, singapore dollars) to buy something called A Cash which is used to buy special items in the game...items that do not exist...items you can only see but cannot touch and feel. I have not reached that point i do not want to. It is just a game...but it can be quite addictive...i spend 2-3 hours a day on it...sometimes more.
I have heard stories where school children play Maple until their school grades take a tumble..a testament to what I just said about maple. I have met players as young as 11 years!!! My goodness...i didn't even have stable internet connection then! Ask most of them any question concerning maple and they can answer you just like that. I am not schooling already...now waiting for university application. It is a good thing i found out about maple only after my A Levels. If not, my A Levels grades may be even worse...:S
Oh well..just some of my thoughts about maple. I have a feeling it applies to most, if not all, MMORPG's which create an alternate imaginery world to feed the fantasies of the younger generation till the lines of fantasy and reality and blurred. Anyway...here is my character again. I like it...quite cool and I always had interest in archery. :P Lolz.
Ooooo...beyond cool!!! Lolz!!! I'll update when i get nicer clothes and weapons:P
Its like a whole new world in there with its own towns and people as well as the job classes of Beginner, Bowman, Warrior, Thief and Magician. I am a bowman....now advanced to 2nd job as a Hunter. Below is a picture of my character. Cool?? Cute??
Even in a imaginary world, its not much different in than the real world. There are people who scam other players and some even hack into accounts. People scold you, use swear words to you, tell lies, etc. Yup. Exact replica of the real world. But I have met very nice people as well who helped me along the way to learn the in and outs of the game.But I have to be careful myself as sometimes i feel sucked into the game...as in get too engrossed/addicted. like I said, because it is a replica of the real world, one is encouraged to think that the Maple world IS the real world...detaching oneself from reality and pouring oneself into the virtual world...a world made out of binary codes of '1' and '0'....a world that doesn't exist if the server crashes or a computer virus invasion occurs. some people go to the point of using real life money (yes...ringgit malaysia, singapore dollars) to buy something called A Cash which is used to buy special items in the game...items that do not exist...items you can only see but cannot touch and feel. I have not reached that point i do not want to. It is just a game...but it can be quite addictive...i spend 2-3 hours a day on it...sometimes more.
I have heard stories where school children play Maple until their school grades take a tumble..a testament to what I just said about maple. I have met players as young as 11 years!!! My goodness...i didn't even have stable internet connection then! Ask most of them any question concerning maple and they can answer you just like that. I am not schooling already...now waiting for university application. It is a good thing i found out about maple only after my A Levels. If not, my A Levels grades may be even worse...:S
Oh well..just some of my thoughts about maple. I have a feeling it applies to most, if not all, MMORPG's which create an alternate imaginery world to feed the fantasies of the younger generation till the lines of fantasy and reality and blurred. Anyway...here is my character again. I like it...quite cool and I always had interest in archery. :P Lolz.
Ooooo...beyond cool!!! Lolz!!! I'll update when i get nicer clothes and weapons:P
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