My Maple Experience

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thread starter axleary2010 Jul 14 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Every bit of information in this story is true and I decided to write this hoping it would provide closure so I will be able to leave this game by the time I leave for college in late August. Also, I am a guy depsite my female character. No, you can't have my account. LOLOL. Having said that, let's start from the beginning. Part 1 [quote] Part1 : I remember the day I got my first computer. Well, to be honest, it was the second computer in my household. The first was an old dinosaur computer with Windows 98 with the standard dial-up that took umpteen years to load a single webpage. This computer, however, was a Windows XP and it was all mine. I got it back on Christmas Day in 2005 -- the Christmas when I was in 8th grade. A few days after Christmas, we had High-speed dial-up installed at my house. It felt like heaven to only have to wait 15 seconds for a webpage to load. Soon after, we got Roadrunner -- the Cable/DSL internet around my area that most people use here. The difference in webpage loading was tremendous. It was *click link* and the webpage loaded immediately. At school, a few friends introduced me to a website called GaiaOnline. This was where my addiction to the computer, and soon games, began. I got my computer and internet taken away a lot back then. I was only in the 8th grade and I was already showing signs of addiction. My grades weren�t necessarily beginning to drop yet, but it was definitely noticeable because I had begun to half-heartedly do my homework. GaiaOnline became my love. Gaia was a website in which you created your own avatar and posted on forums with thousands of others, while gaining the Gaia Currency: Gold, and buying clothes for your avatar. The addiction to this website lasted through all of 8th grade and ended during the summer, when my friend introduced me to a game called Maplestory. I was skeptical of this game at first. Since this was my very own computer, I despised the idea of infecting my computer with any type of virus by downloading things or going to sites I wasn�t supposed to be on. I ran virus softwares (notice software is plural) on a regular basis and defragmented often. It was my goal to keep my computer at optimum performance. I decided to install Maplestory and deal with the consequences later because the game was attractive and it seemed like I would enjoy it. Oh was I right. I was sucked into the black hole of Maplestory addiction the summer before I entered high school -- the summer of 06�. I went through the normal motions that everyone went through: creating a mage and putting INT in my stats on Maple Island -- making me do 1~4 damage until level 10, getting upset at the fact that I had put in the wrong stats meaning I had to start over, and even the rush of excitement I got when I stood staring face-to-face at King Slime only to die because I had forgot to use Magic Guard, smothering my rush of excitement with anger. Anger came a lot with this game. I found myself angry when I was told to

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jack7dude 07/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

O-o Kinda like me cept i dont hurt my mom over the internet i just yell and negotiate over it :P and I certianly dont punch holes in my wall and WTH would you sell your dog? o-o

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axleary2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] jack7dude : O-o Kinda like me cept i dont hurt my mom over the internet i just yell and negotiate over it :P and I certianly dont punch holes in my wall and WTH would you sell your dog? o-o [/quote] I'm telling you the game caused me to change my attitude at any given moment. Like I said, I was addicted to the game and didn't make the time to feed my dog or do the things that required it to be healthy, so I was forced to sell it because I was unwilling to quit the game. Yes, this was the bottom-most part of my life, but it improves. Just have to write some more. And it was only one time when I was aggressive over the internet: the time I mentioned in the story where I hit my mom after she hit me. I didn't beat her. Haha. I just smacked her on the arm just as hard as she smacked me.

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bandducky511 07/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Wow D: You should continue your story Colby.

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PreMeta 07/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Good read, keep it up with your detail

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iHeart 07/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

You definitely should continue this.

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bandducky511 07/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Writing about Maple experiences seems to be the rage lately. O-o

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flarebow100 07/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I love how these stories always have somthing sad to it T.T Poor dog. Bet you sold it for Nexon :/

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enoch129 07/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Try to get self control, I can tell that you enjoy playing Maplestory. However, neglecting reality will only lead to a not so bright future. Try to talk to your mom about it, ask if both of you can come up with certain times where you can play. Hope you become less addicted to this game :]

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lesty40 07/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

......im similar cept im too scared of my mum to hit her and shes too addicted to skype to take away the internet o.o but wat happened to me was i quit for a while cos i discovered the wonders of facebook...then went bak to it..

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rangedanger9 07/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I can't say how similar my life is to yours. My account is banned but I just can't seem to pull away from this forsaken game. I would get pissed whenever I was told to get off the computer too except not to the severity of hitting my own mum. My homework and assignments would be rushed due to playing Maple instead of doing work. It's a rare sight to see me happy around my parents and I hate myself for that. My social life is pretty bad. Sure I hang out every weekend here and there with my friends but I have no experience with hanging out with girls whatsoever which has obviously spawned the thought in my darkened mind that I will die alone. A thought I wish I never thought of. I've always dreamed about loving someone as my own, a dream that hasn't happened for the 14 years I've been alive. I wish to be popular which is hard for me seeing as I'm portrayed as that lame asian guy. I currently practice Shuffling in the hope of becoming a pro and being "accepted" into the general social community. I think everyday, what would my life have been like if I never played Maplestory, if I never got hooked onto any game, If I had a life .

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888nomel 07/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

You should write a book

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DrHye 07/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I was kinda hoping for something a little less common, but like everyone said, nicely written and such.

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discharge 07/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Same alost exact thng happened to me. Except it stopped when i met my best friends. They taught me fun, outside stuff like ding dong ditching and lawn knoming, mooning people, egging, and more things. we all live closeby so thats a good thing. and i lik at 12am ddding at peoples houuses, hanging out till dusk. but yea, I hope to hear te rest

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kyuubi90 07/15/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Same here, >.< except im to pu**y to hit my mom

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