How many people are REALLY still playing Maplestory?

Good morning to your essays, Jim.

Your credibility is pretty much slipping as well. (First of all, people are probably laughing because this conversation has been going on for awhile.) My point isn't that the decline is caused purely by people moving. I'm saying that's a reason why some have left. Some people have other reasons for leaving as well. Just because someone stops playing doesn't mean they permanently hate the game. They just stop playing.

So essentially what it's boiling down to is difference of viewpoints on the matter and opinions for the two of us. Difference is I don't really care what my "credibility" is. I write r18 fanfiction for Maplestory.

No, its the difference of you trying to invalidate data with a really really sh`itty justification. If the game was doing better as many of you masochists claim, then clearly the population wouldn't be showing a steady decline.

Instead you're trying to deflect the decline on people just randomly having an epiphany and quitting. But considering we have 3 maplestory forums that all show the consistent complaints, criticism, and frankly just fed up opinion of nexon's battle plan, that's irrational to even think that.

In the end the only irrational people that still play represent the minority of those as a whole who used to play. The numbers are there, and they are also steep, these are not casual dips, this is a constant trend. You're essentially arguing that almost the entire population of maplestory lost interest "just cause".