2I don't mean (too much) personal injury to anyone who enjoys playing MapleStory. I have, in fact, enjoyed many hours of tree-stump bashing myself. However, these are my opinions and I have decided to share them. Please try to overcome the fact that this is highly rant-y. Thank you.
It was your typical day as a mediocre individual in the world of MapleStory. You sign in, immediately confronted by the following three events: the guild says hi, your buddies say hi, and the maple administer says hi (via light bulb quests).
Pleasantries aside, you begin to contemplate the day's training spots and budget of money that should be spent on potions and other miscellaneous (but equally useless) items. This quite commonly requires no time at all, since the majority of our fellow Maplers train in the same map for days on end. Maybe that's why Nexon had to introduce so many new jobs - to entice players back to the monotony that is MapleStory.
But of course, these deep, profound thoughts are nowhere to be found right now. More probable would be that the following three thoughts are running through each user's mind. The first being, "OH YEEEAAAAH TAKE THAT YOU HORNY MUSHROOM!" which will most likely lead to the thought, "Haha, horny mushroom. Hey, I'm horny too!" And finally, this brings us to Thought #3: "All this talk of sex and masturbating is making me hungry. I'd say it's... RAMEN TIME!"
Now, you may be thinking: What?! There was never any talk of masturbating!
To that, we say: Don't lie to us. We know how hot the warrior and magician equipment is. And just think about those tube tops. H-O-T!
Obviously, at this point, you the user will need to take some time away from the computer to ...take care of some things. And this is where the handy "afk" comes in! Simply "brb" or "afk" to all those buddies and guild members that care so much about you (especially when they're halfway across the Earth) and relieve yourself. To be even more productive, sitting in a chair while being away from keyboard will boost recovery speed of HP, MP, or both. Your social life can even improve using this patented method. Simply collect a set of monster cards to create a deck that allows you to leave a terrific personal message available to all players to read. "Fame me if you dislike the Jonas Brothers!" is one of the more common messages.
And by the negative fame rankings most of these users are receiving, there seems to be only two explanations for this outcome.
The first would be that this game is mostly played by young, fanatic girls and boys who will soon become the bitchy men and women of our society's backbone. Hooray!
The other is that the user clicked the wrong arrow by accident due to the many hours they have spent bashing stones and tree stumps. Of course they can't see straight anymore, let alone be trusted to click the right buttons.
What a thrill this game stirs in all its users! Imagine all that tree stump bashing, bleary-eye rubbing, and little button clicking!
Best of all, you are role-playing in this game and interacting with thousands of other people around the world. (Although there seems to be quite a number of American and Canadian players... not too sure why that is the case.) As a result of this anonymity, users are free to participate in exciting group parties as well.
One of the most common types of parties is those needed for Party Quests. Indeed, they are a great way to diss other players of similar ranking and power while gaining tons of experience. Plus, you can loot each other freely and no one can do a thing about it. Goooo PQ!
A looser definition of the word could be used to describe the situations when a number of players crowd into one map and drop various items and amounts of money. Other users rush to pick these items up, hopefully before the owner of the object is able to record your username and report you to the GAME MASTERS. These social gatherings, better known as Drop Parties, are the equivalent to our daily life bars and clubs.
Finally, there are the secret rendezvous parties. These range from the illegal "hacking and sharing the chaos scrolls that were stolen/forged" to the "sensual get-togethers where users strip to their pink and blue undershirts to have butt secks".
Obviously, this game is thoroughly addicting and it is no wonder so many people around the world play this stupendous game. To this, we have nothing to say but: long live MapleStory and its addicts, which without, the game would be nothing.
(Especially since they are the ones providing the funding through the amazing NX used to scam users – I mean, give users the chance to enhance their gaming experience.)