MapleStory Timelines

We are working on a new feature to address the endless question of "What's changed since X" - Timelines.

In the Calendar section we're adding a calendar for each locale of MS we support, and will be recruiting editors and soliciting contributions from regular users.

1. Congrats to [MENTION=789]Rayquaza2233[/MENTION] on promotion to an (albeit low ranking at the moment) administrator so that he can manage this program.
   
2. Congrats to [MENTION=3430]Sarah[/MENTION] on volunteering to be the first editor, for GMS.
   
3. Semi congrats to [MENTION=2150]Link[/MENTION] on maybe having volunteered to be the first editor for JMS. Still need elaboration from him on that.
   
4. New forum for this endeavor is located - Here. Instructions and further info forthcoming.
   
   

I'd say a 21 gun salute to the new addition. Should be interesting to see how the section all pans out until we have everything to date.

Should be interesting seeing we have a fair bit of content to run through going as far back as beta stages of all three at the moment. That would be assuming you want every niggly detail on what paths each version took to what we know of today.

Only question would be if we will see the inclusion of the relatives of the global service with MapleSEA and the European Service?

Only question would be if we will see the inclusion of the relatives of the global service with MapleSEA and the European Service?

What are you trying to ask here?

He wants to know if you're going to make calendars for MSEA and EMS. He called them "relatives" on IRC too; I'm not sure why. I guess they're all technically relatives.

To the community: First order of business for GMS is to get any old event/patch addition images with respective dates and I'll start popping them in. I made it clear to Eos that my intent is to mostly work as an intermediary, someone he knows won't vandalize the calendar, so this is really dependent on community support.

Thanks Sarah.

Some of us ancient maplers remember when global service and MapleSEA were part of the same English beta.

nice, I like this idea.
Can't wait to see it when it's finished

He wants to know if you're going to make calendars for MSEA and EMS. He called them "relatives" on IRC too; I'm not sure why. I guess they're all technically relatives.

That would depend entirely on people being willing to fill them out and support / contribute to them.

To the community: First order of business for GMS is to get any old event/patch addition images with respective dates and I'll start popping them in. I made it clear to Eos that my intent is to mostly work as an intermediary, someone he knows won't vandalize the calendar, so this is really dependent on community support.

Just remember we're looking for this to be a timeline of important events and changes (changes to the UI, additions of worlds, new classes, new areas, beta beginning/ending, europeans being kicked out and welcomed back), not every time they released a gachabox and 2x, that's what the other calendar is for.

That would depend entirely on people being willing to fill them out and support / contribute to them.



Just remember we're looking for this to be a timeline of important events and changes (changes to the UI, additions of worlds, new classes, new areas, beta beginning/ending, europeans being kicked out and welcomed back), not every time they released a gachabox and 2x, that's what the other calendar is for.

Well, I can sort through all of that. It's easier to get people to submit whatever than can find instead of trying to give them parameters and make them doubt their potential contributions. So give me whatever you've got, guys.

Will this include community highlights? Such as first level 200 KMS/GMS etc.

Will this include community highlights? Such as first level 200 KMS/GMS etc.

Nope. It's a timeline, not an almanac. You can't shove every ounce of trivia in the universe there, if you could even prove half of it down to the date.

I'm still not entirely clear on what exactly we're doing, but yeah, I don't mind doing it. If it's anything like what I've been doing here, then it should be no issue what-so-ever. The forum for it makes me confused, though. xd

problem is how can you get reliable info from the beginning of the game? if i remember correctly all that is deleted from nexon's site. and the only thing remaining is word of mouth.

To the community: First order of business for GMS is to get any old event/patch addition images with respective dates and I'll start popping them in. I made it clear to Eos that my intent is to mostly work as an intermediary, someone he knows won't vandalize the calendar, so this is really dependent on community support.

This thread might help for patch dates and info:

http://www.southperry.net/showthread.php?t=7592

problem is how can you get reliable info from the beginning of the game? if i remember correctly all that is deleted from nexon's site. and the only thing remaining is word of mouth.

Well, I submitted to Sarah two screenshots that I took around the time MTS was implemented. They are separated by 4 days based on "last modified date" and it's coherent (same char, same level) and MTS suddenly appears in the UI. That's not 100% confirmed proof, but it's quite close.

Didn't some basiler do this? 'What came when in GMS' or something like that.

So, basically, this.

[MENTION=3430]Sarah[/MENTION], I think most of your work has been done for you.

[MENTION=7376]BBD[/MENTION];

He could help you out. He does have an account here.

This thread might help for patch dates and info:

http://www.southperry.net/showthread.php?t=7592

This is awesome. It seems like it's missing some stuff, though. Also, thanks Shidoshi. But please don't PM me regarding this. There's a subforum down at the bottom of the maple-related forums.

problem is how can you get reliable info from the beginning of the game? if i remember correctly all that is deleted from nexon's site. and the only thing remaining is word of mouth.

Eh.... Stuff on the GMS website seems to go back to October 2005. (About 6 months worth of updates are missing, but judging by the content I've looked through... not much happened during that time.)

[spoiler=example: some of the earliest "important" GMS stuff.]
10.18.2005 Cash shop.
11.16.2005 Introduction of PIN system.
12.19.2005 3rd jobs, Windia
1.22.2006 Guild system, Lv80-100 items
2.09.2006 Tax system (which was apparently not mentioned anywhere in the patch notes... Sneaky Nexon.)
2.16.2006 Khaini? (This must have just been an image and they've since deleted it...)
3.02.2006 Ludibrium[/spoiler]
I sadly find this kind of thing really entertaining and wouldn't mind digging through all of the old posts on Nexon's site to pull out all of the important updates. When there's a set format for contributions I'll dig through more of it and post it properly. x3

I'm still not entirely clear on what exactly we're doing, but yeah, I don't mind doing it. If it's anything like what I've been doing here, then it should be no issue what-so-ever. The forum for it makes me confused, though. xd

Similar, but a little less detailed really. More the broad strokes of important stuff. Not necessarily every fluff update, but a list of key changes and milestones.