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HiddenMistMan

When I was in middle school and high school 10+ years ago I would play Maplestory during Holidays

I remember grinding away at Robos at Ludi on my beginner during the holiday 2x events while chatting in BL, Guild, or Alliance chat during Thanksgiving for one year. Spending time on video games during the Holidays had or may still have a negative connotation... but I was never really close to my family for various reasons. After we had dinner together, everyone just went on to do their own things. Since friends were busy, I didn't have anything else to do aside from playing and socializing with other players in-game. Those were fond memories...

Happy Holidays

Posted Nov 28, 2019, 3:14 AM UTC · edited

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celestialLuminary•

my family and i would play mabinogi when i was in middle school, together. now my mom just plays mabinogi, and i occaisonally get on maplestory...

i kind of wish i could grab that nostalgia of the game before a hurricane of classes came crashing down. it just feels so grindy now...

happy holidays to you too ^v^

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luvvlanChaos•

same here i miss those nostalgic moments w the friends i had there. sometimes i wish i could go back to those times

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TheInactiveWall•

You can. Now during the Tera Burning event there are more people on than any other time. Time to make some friends! Sure you don't party grind, but you can do stuff with them in other ways (bosses,VJ prequest/daily, just chatting while grinding).

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SranialeRaven•

Ahhh I could hear the BGM from the Christmas tree map in my head still. Remember those letters we could drop too and take screenies in those big Christmas tree maps. I didn’t realize how much people I’ve met through MS and while I don’t talk to many of them, I still have them on socials.

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HeyImGhost•

Stories like these are depressing.

If you were in middle school 10 years ago, then you're in your early-mid 20's today, and yet you sound like a retired person who's best days are behind them. Sure not all of us have the best current situation, but it seems like all of this looking back means that we have no hope for our futures.

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Kenarsene•

I look back on those days as some of the most fun I’ve had in my life thus far. My life isn’t necessarily worse or better than it was back then, I just remember those days as being not only some of the most fun I’ve ever had, but it was a time when I had zero responsibilities, zero worries, nothing but a great time with great friends as far as Maplestory goes. I’m sure for those with shitty home situations ten years ago also looked forward to going into maple and having some great times as well!

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fradd13Windia•

22, you got it.

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iBeFloe•

I view these memories the same as I view any other good memory. They’re fond moments of my life tbh Didn’t have the best school life & Maplestory was a huge player in my life late Elem. to Middle school (mainly Middle) because of the friends I had.

Trust me, I don’t view Maple as the only peak in my life lol

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PillowHandz•

Me and my brothers would all play together in November/December. Good memories

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RazorNionGreenTeaSip / 9498•

I can totally relate. Over a decade playing with friends, some only through online, and the joy of actually meeting them in real life was something to treasure and cherish...

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TheInactiveWall•

While people like to complain about the (lack of) community in Maplestory now a days, I see it like this:

All those that stayed have developed some sort of Stockholm + sunken cost syndrome. We have been burned so many times and so big, that small mistakes by Nexon (like extended maintenances) don't phase us anymore. We have spend so much cumulative money over the past decade we also can't really leave, since else we are not getting our 1000 dollars worth of content back in our eyes.

So all those that stayed, we have all bounded together in our shared sorrows. Where in the past we had other things going on and other games we could play so we could be assholes and KS eachother, now that's not the case. We might know the guild the guy whose map you are entering is in. We know the struggles of doing the Vanishing Journey quest. So instead of KSing, we party up and help.

You can also see this in the MvP system. If this was released in 2008, people would use it for themselves, or maybe even sell it for messo to the highest bidder. But now? We share in Ardent. It's amazing, really. No other game does this.

Especially during the Tera Burning, guilds are popping and BLs are exploding. So many people on. Add that to the current create atmosphere and we have one of the best times to create new fond memories.

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Avareall•

Got holidays, KerningPQ, ludiPQ, grinding and socializing with friends and guild, those were the times!

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Emu83•

You'll make many more memories. Just keep doing you. Chin up

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guppy_house•

I have similar memories. The best part about holidays/summer break is that we all were usually online bc no school. Even though I didn't keep in touch with all of them, I hope they're all doing well.

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milky_mouse•

i like stories like these ^^

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SqueekySambaFacePaste•

Same here. I still remember the music in the Christmas themed world we used to get to go into. Farming Rudi’s cuz every needed the red nose face accessory

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iBeFloe•

I used to play literally every day. I don’t even remember doing my hw or projects but I guess I must’ve quickly done the, to play Maple. On holidays me & my cousins would argue about who gets the computers to play lol... Not the greatest bonding for family either on my end.

I remember enjoying the holidays with my online friends. Literally the best times.

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SwitchK5•

Haha, yeah it's great memories, I'm tempted to come back for this reason, was working insane hours and would jump on maple any chance I got

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namdet•

I played a permanent beginner too, many times really do fly

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