D&D Online mocking Maplestory?

Dungeons & Dragons Online recently became a free-to-play game since it wasn't doing too well with a subscription business model. Anyways, I came across a banner ad for the game where it mimics one of the older Maplestory banner ads of a warrior running across the banner.

In their version, an extremely pixelated warrior that has no shading on it and and cat ears runs across the banner ad and encounters a broccoli monster. The broccoli monster says "I'm nutritious" and a "Fight" message appears. They fight and a giant laser from the sky zaps them both. The banner ad then transitions into the message about Dungeons and Dragons Online.

Lol, I saw that ad and thought the same thing. Fighting brocolli did give me a chuckle though.

They fight and a giant laser from the sky zaps them both. The banner ad then transitions into the message about Dungeons and Dragons Online.

Sounds like Genesis to me.

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They're taking their business model and mimicing it. How is that mocking? Nexon should be flattered, especially since D&D has no chance of competing.

Sounds like Genesis to me.

Actually it's a beholder, you see it fly over their heads and fire a disintegrate ray at them.

The finale of the ad is something like "Brocolli vs Beholder, which would you rather fight?"

I wondered if it was targeted against Maple, wouldn't surprise me.

Beholder > Anything Maple can think of. Only PB stands a chance.

Beholder > Anything Maple can think of. Only PB stands a chance.

Psh, Beholder?



Tarrasque says hi.

Psh, Beholder?

 Spoiler

Tarrasque says hi.

Strangely the Tarrasque is more vulnerable from inside than out... If only you're immune to stomach acid and can get past the vorpal teeth alive. Also makes the multiverse's most secure hiding place.

They know they can never beat us.

Strangely the Tarrasque is more vulnerable from inside than out... If only you're immune to stomach acid and can get past the vorpal teeth alive. Also makes the multiverse's most secure hiding place.

For kicks, try emptying a bag of holding full of goblin corpses infused with explosive energy inside a Tararsque. Strangely, it survived this happening, but had severe internal damage.

For kicks, try emptying a bag of holding full of goblin corpses infused with explosive energy inside a Tararsque. Strangely, it survived this happening, but had severe internal damage.

Some DM's are cruel enough to insist the interior is permeated with anti-magic. That makes that ever so much more awkward too.

Some DM's are cruel enough to insist the interior is permeated with anti-magic. That makes that ever so much more awkward too.

[color="#cc8899"]Anti-magic would still cancel the effects of a bag of holding, causing its contents to rupture outward. Even without explosive energy, the masses of Goblin parts would force it to expand outward as far as its hide would allow. Somewhat hindered by extremely powerful stomach acid, but still instantaneous.

However, the anti-magic would also cancel any magical defense against the acid. So the best way is to lob the bag into it's mouth. Unfortunate in that it requires you to lose your bag of holding [/COLOR]

[color="#cc8899"]Anti-magic would still cancel the effects of a bag of holding, causing its contents to rupture outward. Even without explosive energy, the masses of Goblin parts would force it to expand outward as far as its hide would allow. Somewhat hindered by extremely powerful stomach acid, but still instantaneous.
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Not necessarily - It could be ruled that the anti magic field simply severs the bags connection to the pocket dimension actually holding the materials, turning it into an ordinary bag for the duration of it's proximity to the field, without altering the contents or the bag itself. Except of course the bag would be vaporized by the acid, while the gate was nullified, leaving no way to re-establish access to the pocket-dimension.

The only time a bag ruptures like that is when one bag is placed into another.

The scenario you described would only be applicable to a lesser bag of holding, which rather than using a pocket dimension has merely augmented the natural storage capacity of a standard sack. Those frankly suck because they can't handle nearly the capacity and still retain a vast majority of the weight so you'd never be able to load them quite that well as the pocket-dimension variety, which physically are just an empty sack that serves as the locus for the prime material side of the conduit.

Not necessarily - It could be ruled that the anti magic field simply severs the bags connection to the pocket dimension actually holding the materials, turning it into an ordinary bag for the duration of it's proximity to the field, without altering the contents or the bag itself. Except of course the bag would be vaporized by the acid, while the gate was nullified, leaving no way to re-establish access to the pocket-dimension.

The only time a bag ruptures like that is when one bag is placed into another.

The scenario you described would only be applicable to a lesser bag of holding, which rather than using a pocket dimension has merely augmented the natural storage capacity of a standard sack. Those frankly suck because they can't handle nearly the capacity and still retain a vast majority of the weight so you'd never be able to load them quite that well as the pocket-dimension variety, which physically are just an empty sack that serves as the locus for the prime material side of the conduit.

Hmm, guess my DM just favored creative solutions to problems and allowed the above to occur. He had ruled that the dimension was contained within the sack, not that the bag was a conduit to said dimension. When the bag's magical properties were gone, the dimension ceased to exist inside the bag, and the items spilled into the player dimension. Your scenario works too though. Incidentally, playing a Gnome Barbarian is hella fun, wielding a Butcher Knife like a Buster Sword

Wth did I just read?

D&D mocked Maplestory? Who the hell do they think they are? Do they realize they were the nerdiest game before WoW came out? Even now, they're still number two! They should grow some real balls before using their internet ones!

Do tarrasques have anuses? There's an acrobatics feat to fit through narrow spaces...

Alright guys let's all make Dungeons and Dragons chars, and go ks/kill if it's a PvP game all their players until they quit, then we quit the game ourselves, leaving them bussinessless.

Hmm, guess my DM just favored creative solutions to problems and allowed the above to occur. He had ruled that the dimension was contained within the sack, not that the bag was a conduit to said dimension. When the bag's magical properties were gone, the dimension ceased to exist inside the bag, and the items spilled into the player dimension. Your scenario works too though. Incidentally, playing a Gnome Barbarian is hella fun, wielding a Butcher Knife like a Buster Sword

You want creative? Here's creative:

http://llengib.blogspot.com/2007/01/seve...ue-on.html

Wth did I just read?

Th nerdiness of D&D.