MapleGeek

I’ve mentioned MapleGeek before. It’s the first private server community I have ever been a part of, and the third one I played. A couple of years ago, before [i]real[/i] private servers were available, I used to browse through the Xtremetop100 rankings fishing for an actual working private server. In January of 08, I made that search again, but didn’t have to look far. MapleGeek was #1, and it was the first one I’d seen that didn’t lie about the fact that it didn’t have a server yet. The ad said that it was awaiting the release of the OdinMS source. I then tried to join OdinMS, but was of course stonewalled, they put the [i]private[/i] in Private Server. So I signed up for MapleGeek!
Anyways, they ended up closing down that summer due to a number of reasons, but now, about a year later, it’s back and under new management. One of the former MapleGeek staff set up a new forum for MapleGeeks to reunite, and we’re now merging with an existing private server.

Check out http://www.MapleGeek.com for more info on that. If you join up on the forums, chat me up. My display name is LiteralLight.

MapleStory: My Anti-drug

Or rather, my drug. It’s just one of those games that, once you allow yourself to get hooked, you can’t stop playing. The call is too strong to resist. I have recently gotten an iPod, and I subscribed to a MapleStory podcast, Aqua Road Radio. After listening for a while, I decided to give MapleStory another go, despite the difficulties I’ve talked about in earlier posts. I’ve started on the Khaini server (I used to play Bera, but I’ve gotten fed up with it) as a Rogue. I’ve only gotten to level 10 in the past few days, because I’m a very busy guy with work and school and all. I was fighting mushrooms in Kerning, trying to save up for a garnier so I could throw stars and do more damage. I had 1.5k mesos and the garnier costs 3k. On top of that, a set of 500 throwing stars costs 500 mesos. I would have to make a total of 2k more just to get a weapon set. And I could forget about armor. Anyways, as I was training, this level 20+ magician chick uses this NX cash item that makes a card frame pop up around the user. Apparently, this was some kind of test, because her Priest bf said something to the effect of “He passed the noob test.” The chick said that she figured I have a main. I replied that I had a main and went on to describe my Maple troubles. I got the usual reply of “That sux,” but the priest gave me 30k. Awesome. So now, I have a completely decked out level 10 rogue, and I’m all set and ready to go. Hopefully, before the 2008-2009 school year begins (sometime during the summer) I can get to the third job as a Hermit. If anyone wants to chat with me in game, my character is RockmanStar of the Khaini server. I’ll probably be posting more about this as I go along.