How many people are REALLY still playing Maplestory?

I wasn't even a part of this thread until your story remark.

So basically what you are saying now is that "the majority that hates maplestory" is now "the majority that hates Nexon", which is an entirely different topic with its own topics and discussion. Maplestory itself can still be enjoyable. You hate the publisher, not the product.

-rubs temples-

Nexon is a publisher that made decisions specifically to make maplestory not to be able to be enjoyed by the majority which is why majority of them left. Whether they "hate" it or not is irrelevant, they left. My proof lies in the mountains of threads/banned users on the forum threads who have criticized nexon as a whole with how they have handled maplestory.

The story/lore is part of nexon jurisdiction, and it's also part of the bastardized version of the game, so all of this is on topic, the idea that maplestory is a bad game is still valid, with nexon to blame. Just because the apple salesman is a twit doesn't mean that the rotten apples are suddenly edible.