2011-05-18, 04:37 PM
IMO, been playing the game for a long time(have screen shots to prove it. still have my first ss on my computer) and i think its better in the more current gen then it was way back when. the only bad consequence atm that affects me is the "wave" community and the cash based system. I personally have 2 theories on this.
The first one is that too many people are too nostalgic, which I name "Nostalgiafargs" because usually;not all the time, they think it makes them look cool that they are an old player. This doesn't just apply to Maplestory, but to everything else, like old tv shows and games like Pokemon. This also applies to real life and not just the online community. Like i know people in RL who say, "Why does Cartoon Network suck now" or "Why isn't there anything good to watch on television anymore" and proceed to compare it to an old show and praise how good it was. What irks me the most about this situation is that they never gave the new show a try. There were 2 instances where this happened to me personally. the 2 shows were Ben 10 and Yugioh 5d's. Personally, i overlooked Ben 10 too at first till i actually watched it. I got to say it wasn't that bad and if i were younger, i know for sure i would have liked it even more. As for YGO5D's, the concept of "Card games on Motorcycles" baffles people but really, you haven't seen the show till you gone through the series. I actually think it was way better than the original series(minus season zero). I've also been told that newer shows like flapjack and adventure time were good, never took the time to see them though. Don't get me started in pokemon. if you say the first gen pokemon is the best when you havent played past the 3rd gen pokemon, your opinion is invalid in the pokemon community *insert angry pokemon face here*
The 2nd theory is simply what i mentioned as the "wave" community.
Simple concept. When a game is new, the community is generally nicer because its full of people who wanted to try out the game. especially in beta. Beta communities are usually better because of the fact the ones who are trying out a new game are usually gaming veterans who want something new for a change. Not going to point fingers everywhere, but once a game gets enough players, comes the advertising. And with advertising(both through internet means and peer to peer advertising) the community grows, as the community grows, competition starts for items and goals. This is the point where anyone who bashes young kids gets added into the mix. The young kids start playing the game, learning it from the adverts or peer2peer and the short tempered veterans start to get angry for the littlest things the young people do or ask, due to plain ignorance on a subject, from there a crappy community is born and will start over again on the next game.
Why did i post a wall of text f5
Feel Free to go though my gallery of some of my hand picked old pics i made in a basil thread about a half a year back
The first one is that too many people are too nostalgic, which I name "Nostalgiafargs" because usually;not all the time, they think it makes them look cool that they are an old player. This doesn't just apply to Maplestory, but to everything else, like old tv shows and games like Pokemon. This also applies to real life and not just the online community. Like i know people in RL who say, "Why does Cartoon Network suck now" or "Why isn't there anything good to watch on television anymore" and proceed to compare it to an old show and praise how good it was. What irks me the most about this situation is that they never gave the new show a try. There were 2 instances where this happened to me personally. the 2 shows were Ben 10 and Yugioh 5d's. Personally, i overlooked Ben 10 too at first till i actually watched it. I got to say it wasn't that bad and if i were younger, i know for sure i would have liked it even more. As for YGO5D's, the concept of "Card games on Motorcycles" baffles people but really, you haven't seen the show till you gone through the series. I actually think it was way better than the original series(minus season zero). I've also been told that newer shows like flapjack and adventure time were good, never took the time to see them though. Don't get me started in pokemon. if you say the first gen pokemon is the best when you havent played past the 3rd gen pokemon, your opinion is invalid in the pokemon community *insert angry pokemon face here*
The 2nd theory is simply what i mentioned as the "wave" community.
Simple concept. When a game is new, the community is generally nicer because its full of people who wanted to try out the game. especially in beta. Beta communities are usually better because of the fact the ones who are trying out a new game are usually gaming veterans who want something new for a change. Not going to point fingers everywhere, but once a game gets enough players, comes the advertising. And with advertising(both through internet means and peer to peer advertising) the community grows, as the community grows, competition starts for items and goals. This is the point where anyone who bashes young kids gets added into the mix. The young kids start playing the game, learning it from the adverts or peer2peer and the short tempered veterans start to get angry for the littlest things the young people do or ask, due to plain ignorance on a subject, from there a crappy community is born and will start over again on the next game.
Why did i post a wall of text f5
Feel Free to go though my gallery of some of my hand picked old pics i made in a basil thread about a half a year back