BelleShadow Wrote:Why are you posting on a forum for a game that you've quit? Obviously you're still interested in some aspect of Maple Story if you're still participating in a community forum dedicated to the game. If you've made a conscious decision to stop playing Maple, then why have you not eliminated it from your life? Stop visiting the forums, stop thinking about the game; if you don't play it anymore, why is it still a part of your life?Because
butterfli Wrote:I'm presenting an analysis of what modern Maplestory is. The players not only create what modern maplestory is, they reflect it. Maplestory on it's own is a culture almost. What makes a culture a culture? A culture has shared ideas, symbols, values. Maplestory has this. People are in guilds, they have interaction, they have friends, they do things together. And they have a shared a set of values and rules, and what is acceptable behavior and what isn't.
Do you read the newspaper? Magazine articles? Because people do that. They present to you "news" when it's not really news, it's just the same idea about the world around you.
Scientists Say Dieting Does Not Work
Scientists Say Everyone Can Read Minds
Scientists say they're closer to invisibility material
Analyze your world.
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You speak of "quiting" as if it were quitting from some addition like drugs or gambling. In the sense you say me continuing to visit sp after quitting is like going to an alcoholics anonymous after I quit drinking.
But just because you chose to end something or deciding to stop ding something, you don't necessarily have to end it from your life if it was once a big impact on your life. Take high school for instance. We all hated high school when we're in it. We get in trouble, we have authorities, we have tardy sweeps, we have people calling our parents when we ditch school. But if you ask any person who are out of high school, many people will say they miss high school--high school reunions. If you ask college students, many would trade college for high school again any day.