Okay, you were right.

i was a warrior that managed to get invited to a good hundred of KPQ's and LPQ's.

there were damage whores, but the amount of the population that was a damage whore back then is nothing compared to now, people actually explored the darn maps, chatted, did things other than spending all their money in cubes.

when was the last time you chatted to someone in the game that you didn't know for no other reason than just chatting? and if you did, did they even bother talking back? finding this nowadays is almost impossible, and since most people can pretty much solo the darn game there's also no reason for it. most of the people in my BL i got to know several years ago, barely any are recent, and those who are i was introduced by said old friends.

-and i go out of my way just to try and chat with people.

edit: hell basilmarket has a better community than maplestory.

and why does that have to be part of my game? i don't come on maplestory to plain socialize or chit chat. that's what i go out for, or you know, play something that isn't a platforming, fighting, role-playing game first. that's second life. if i wanted a second life, i would play second life or the sims and chat it up. your plans for maple aren't mine and just because they're becoming the minority doesn't mean anything is wrong. just because you want to come on here to make friends or just to chit chat doesn't mean anyone else has to. there are tools in-game when you feel like doing that, if nobody else is doing it then guess what? nobody wants to. so either find more people like you here or find them somewhere else. this isn't my social life and i don't want it to be nor was it made as a replacement for one so why do i care if people don't chit-chat with me? maple is free in that you can log on it and do what you feel like so long as you don't break the rules, me not wanting to shoot the pomegranate with you is not breaking the rules, me wanting to deal more damage is not breaking the rules. you guys are complaining about the community when they're not being deliberately toxic, they're just not doing what you want them to. cheating and such sure, that's ruining people's fun, them wanting to stack damage, why is that any of your business? are you saying i should talk to everyone i meet on every game even if i just want to get on it to fight some pomegranate? makes no sense. not all of us utilize maple, games, or even the internet as our sole means of socializing. if you do, cool beans, but you have to understand that not every game or community is gonna be exactly what you want. this is one of those cases. the game has changed in a way you don't like, do you stand and gripe about it or move on(not in your case, i know you've mostly moved on bryan).