What really keeps you coming back?

I had been reading posts from a variety of people in a variety of forums regarding maplestory, and I apologize if perhaps there was already a topic started on this forum regarding this, but I am curious as to the why...

So I will begin by stating mine, and then let's see what everyone else says. Below is what I posted on the other forum...

I'm going to be honest, I have mostly lurked within these forums and others, rarely posting.

However, there is a certain allure to this game. I started during the 1 year anniversary, played for a few years, then quit in 2008 after the great guild hack. Last September, I came back. Not because of any addiction, nor because of obsession, but because I still, after all these years have friends I have made in maple, that still play. Many of them I have on facebook, I know who they are. I came back because there are many things about the game I still enjoy. Guilds, messing around for no apparent reason killing worthless mobs that provide no benefit whatsoever to my character advancement. It is a game that can be as easy as you want it, or as hard. Yes it has problems, many times more so than any other MMO in existence. I have come to ignore those facts, and for as long as maple exists, I shall continue to play.

It says something about a game community that even after being completely absent for 3 years, when I first came back, many of my original buddies still had me in there list, still remembered my real name. That is a felling you can't duplicate on any other game I have played...I know I have tried.

And before anyone does say anything, I started playing this game well beyond my twenties, and this game has even become a family fun event. My wife, and all my kids play as well...so does my brother.

There may be times i leave for one reason or another, but the community I know will always welcome me and for that I shall always return.