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Its getting intense in the kitchen....

[quote=icemage11]That's the point. They don't. After they get to 200 they boss, merch, mess around on their character, train a new character, prepare for the NEXT new class, etc etc. It's rarely the case where someone have a maple marathon for 24 hours then don't touch the game again for days/weeks/months.[/quote]

That's actually pretty far from the reality. Often times people lose interest in the game after completing such a task. I personally know quite a few friends of mine during the 200 race for Phantom's who just up and quit shortly after because they were sick of the game. Too much of anything makes you want to stop, even if not permanently, at least for a time.

[quote=Magicman19]How is one day wasting their life after they're done they can go outside or something -_-[/quote]

That's the point. They don't. After they get to 200 they boss, merch, mess around on their character, train a new character, prepare for the NEXT new class, etc etc. It's rarely the case where someone have a maple marathon for 24 hours then don't touch the game again for days/weeks/months.

How is one day wasting their life after they're done they can go outside or something -_-

Who cares, let them waste their life.. The new level cap will make it pointless. </3

I seen level 166-176?

Maybe more people that used to care about the rankings realized that 250 is the soon to be future and are taking their time as the rankings now are temporary anyways?

Those saying "once they reached lvl 200, they just stopped playing" LOL. Good Luck on that.

And how is this sacrificing health? Playing maplestory for 24 hours straight without seeing the sunlight, downing on junk foods, not exercising, not socializing, and many more.

[quote=cilverx4]@imnew09

Lol! Another one of you. For some reason your kind always come out for a new release hating on people who can achieve way more than you.

If you ask me, racing to 200 is one of the best challenges available in this game. However, I race alone...none of that organizing a team bs. If anyone reading this has ever spent 24 hours straight to help SOMEONE ELSE hit 200, know that you should feel bad about yourself. Unless theyre trading off who gets to be the 200 for certain character releases, the "supporters" are the ones with no lives.[/quote]

I agree on everything but the supporter thing. Giving like 2 hours of your time to help someone achieve a goal they deem great is nice. I don't support organizing non stop leeching party to make another character reach 200, but encourage alliance training with you (different people at ocasional shifts) or different people giving you HS.
A guildie always tries to race and different alliance members train with him when they feel like it. Just because there are many other members he gets nonstop training

@imnew09

Lol! Another one of you. For some reason your kind always come out for a new release hating on people who can achieve way more than you.

If you ask me, racing to 200 is one of the best challenges available in this game. However, I race alone...none of that organizing a team bs. If anyone reading this has ever spent 24 hours straight to help SOMEONE ELSE hit 200, know that you should feel bad about yourself. Unless theyre trading off who gets to be the 200 for certain character releases, the "supporters" are the ones with no lives.

I trained rank #8 AB (was rank 9 dunno what happened).

I have no friends, am overweight, live with my parents, and only leave my house for my pathetic minimum wage job.
It's all true. You cannot have a life and race to 200. It's just not possible.

@mrxxkim
huh?
i've been playing for like 2-3 hours straight on my Kanna no DC?

somebody already reached lv 200. i took an SS of the congratulatory message.

[quote=geeth1234]The fact that people are "highly organised and co-ordinated" for Maplestory sort of shows how much effort people are willing to put into a game.
You do realize that you will probably stop playing after a while (at least I hope so). Even If you played only 4 hours a week (that's what I do on only a few weeks) for 2 years, you just spent 416 hours on a game (not to mention the amount of cash that people spend to level up their characters), and that's not even a third of how much other people play.
I'm not saying that anyone who plays games is a loser. I, for one love videogames. However, when this becomes so influential that you have to give up so much time, effort, and sometimes money into it, then it becomes a problem.[/quote]

416 hours your complaining? THAT IS 3 weeks .. that is nothing

[quote=imnew09]@Elated
@EatNow

No where in the thread I said maplestory can destroy one's life. I'm still sticking to my claims, which is sacrificing your health, friends, time, and etc just to hit lvl 200 in Maplestory(assuming the title, this is mainly for the race to hit lvl 200 first), and please do not try to shift my arguments into some invalid points that I've not stated.

@WorkOfArt
The main twist is I will get paid while filing those data.[/quote]

I'm sorry, you're just not smart at all.

There are maplers who take three thousand years to hit level 200, these smart players organize a full day dedicated to hitting 200, and bam they are done. "sacrificing your health, friends, time, and etc" As opposed to what? You really think a week of planning will really be detrimental to one's health? Seriously? There are plenty of other leisure activities that aren't social, and aren't exactly healthy. Pick your poison.

@geeth1234: Again as opposed to what? Not everyone is dedicated to constantly being productive. You'll always be wasting time doing something else, if not maplestory. That's the truth.

EDIT: TS is probably a troll. I wasted my time responding to him lul

[quote=BeginnerSudo]I just wanted to know if someones done it already.
Can't there be one "race to 200" thread without the same argument being repeated?[/quote]

Yes, there is a level 200 Kanna. Not sure if it's legitimate. The second and third ranks are however.

I just wanted to know if someones done it already.
Can't there be one "race to 200" thread without the same argument being repeated?

@PoetryIsMeh That sounded so much like a troll response. I don't even want to give a serious response to this thread anymore lol.

@PoetryIsMeh

My points were precise and clear. It's just you that lack of English comprehension that couldn't understand them. And I can tell you're bad at English because the spacing of your sentences. The argument about "most people spend much much longer on a normally-trained level 200 character than they do on the 24hr one," is extremely dull. It's normal to play 1 or 2 hours a day, but 24 hours a day even just for one day, it's a bit too much and exaggerated.

[quote=blackwest]Are you implying that grinding is fun[/quote]

Grinding isn't the only way to level up all the way to 200 lol. Do party quests and boss.

@Elated
@EatNow

No where in the thread I said maplestory can destroy one's life. I'm still sticking to my claims, which is sacrificing your health, friends, time, and etc just to hit lvl 200 in Maplestory(assuming the title, this is mainly for the race to hit lvl 200 first), and please do not try to shift my arguments into some invalid points that I've not stated.

@WorkOfArt
The main twist is I will get paid while filing those data.

@icemage11 Except the fact that he said doing this for even 1 day will basically destroy your life.
He needs to get off maple, basilmarket and the computer altogether to avoid messing his life up (lol)

[quote=GeEmEs]The people who decide to race to 200 when a new class is released are generally quite organised (some have months of organisation before hand in order to perfectly execute the plan.) It generally involves a whole group of people providing different services to the character to maximise the experience for the minimum amount of time.

Granted it is a whole day but a day of this will not be that detrimental to your health. These race teams are highly organised and co-ordinated - it hardly is ever just one individual that is capable of doing it on their own (though that depends on how well the person can train efficiently and what resources are at their disposal.)[/quote]

THANK YOU.
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, IT TAKES ALOT OF CORDINATION AND PEOPLE CALL THOSE PEOPLE "No lifes"

THEY COULD EASILY APPLY THESE SKILLS TO LIFE IN A JOB. SO, YOU'RE THE NO LIFE FOR HENE H03ING (not you geemes, the people who call the 200's no lifes.)

All your opinions. Some people might be able to do _____ for certain hours, others can achieve higher.

@chauchalink, I don't know for sure either if there's anybody that tries to be first for every job. I assume there's a minority though and I'm just looking at the most "committed" Maplers. I agree that they do play more than average and I believe that they could spend that time towards something else that will benefit them later in their life. That being said, what people choose to do with their time or money has no effect on me whatsoever so I'm just giving my opinion on this topic.

@ person above, you're taking it out of proportion. Everybody needs leisure time and just do things for fun. Moderation is key and you just need to have a balanced life. I believe the TS is talking about people that spends a significant amount of time on Maple and taking away from other aspects of their life such as friends etc.

Not everyone has to believe what you believe lol.. Very narrow minded thinking on your part.
If you thought about it, from your point of view, even spending 1 millisecond on this game is toxic to your "health, friends, time and etc".

[quote=icemage11]I agree with you. Yet people don't seem to realize that it's hardly the case where people grind for 24hrs to reach level 200, then don't go on Maple for periods of time after. These people spend countless hours on Maple every single day planning and funding themselves to achieve 200 as fast as possible whenever a new character comes out. It's not as if 1 person is set on just a level 200 Kanna. They need to race to be first for Luminous, Kaiser, AB, and all the other new-ish classes.

Really, person comparing the Olympics to Maplestory? The Olympics require real skill. It's not that hard to blow one's teenage allowance on NX and hang on a rope or press buttons repeatedly.[/quote]

Your main point is good, that those people that 'only waste 24 hours to get to 200' rarely take breaks to compensate for that one day. It is usually the case that these people do spend a lot more time playing maplestory than other more casual maplers. However I don't think there are that many people who try to be first for EVERY class that comes out as you suggest. I know some people that are the first for a few different classes, and in general they are all fast levelers, but they don't try to be 200 for every class, I mean everyone I can think of just has like one. Often times people that I know 'no life' to 200 just to prove to themselves that they have the endurance that it takes to do it. It's fun for some people, and the fact that a lot of people try makes it a good challenge.

I do think that those people that are the first to 200 do spend too much time playing this game, outside of trying to get to 200, though. However, it isn't fair to say anyone who gets to 200 first has no life, because you have no proof that they spent anymore time playing this game than you do outside of the one time that they SAVED countless weeks of grinding to get to 200 quickly. I mean a well organized party + 24hour 2x card, will save you a lot of money since you don't have to buy each card individually. It will also save you time because you don't waste time having bad training sessions, bad parties, or waste cards when its organized well enough. After all 1 24 hour card is 6 regular cards, and I don't know about you, but it has taken me more than 6 cards to get to where I am now. Not to mention that you spend weeks or months whining about grinding, where they could just focus on obtaining equips and have great damage from all their levels.

@imnew09
You better pray to god that you aren't a business field major, because most likely, your first job will be accounting or bookkeeping, and you'll be spending eight hours a day doing nothing more than filing and data entry. You think maplestory is boring? You know nothing yet. Even if you're one of the top students and you somehow get into investment banking, you'll be working 120 hour work weeks (no exaggeration), morning to morning, with half your day doing nothing but valuations.

For me, it's easy as hell to sit for 20 hours and play MapleStory (although I don't anymore, simply because i don't play at all anymore), because you need this kind of patience for starter position business jobs.

if @Skyenets can pull off reaching level 200 without any type of loss, so can some people.

[quote=imnew09]@darkspawn980:

To my standards, it will not affect health as much. Whatever point I'm trying to make here will be pointless to you anyways. However, sooner or later you will realize the back pain that can be caused by sitting in front of the computer countless hours in a day.

@DaFish

Really? Comparing the Olympics to Maplestory? This is straightout sad.[/quote]

It's not sad. He's just giving an example of something else that has a similar idea, and I think that it's actually a valid point to make. If something is important to you, it's not crazy or sad to spend a lot of time and effort doing it.

I'm an artist, and I sometimes spend whole days (or even two) doing pieces, but you wouldn't ridicule me for that. There's no social interaction in art, either. At least when people spend a whole day or two to reach 200, they're talking with friends and having social interaction. Don't be so stubborn. Understand that people have different sets of values, and that it's not a 'no-life' situation if they race to 200.

@icemage11: Same to you. It's a valid point to make. I honestly don't think that he's comparing the difficulty or skill levels of the Olympics to Maplestory. He's comparing the two in terms of time spent mostly. And aside from that, I don't understand how people think its sad to compare the two. Yes, of course people train their minds and bodies MUCH more for the Olympics, but what's truly important is how much the person values what they're doing. If someone is passionate about getting to 200 in Maplestory, who are you to say that it's pathetic, or that its a sad goal to have? I'm sure its not their only life goal, so why try to make fun of them as if it is?

I agree with you. Yet people don't seem to realize that it's hardly the case where people grind for 24hrs to reach level 200, then don't go on Maple for periods of time after. These people spend countless hours on Maple every single day planning and funding themselves to achieve 200 as fast as possible whenever a new character comes out. It's not as if 1 person is set on just a level 200 Kanna. They need to race to be first for Luminous, Kaiser, AB, and all the other new-ish classes.

Really, person comparing the Olympics to Maplestory? The Olympics require real skill. It's not that hard to blow one's teenage allowance on NX and hang on a rope or press buttons repeatedly.

@darkspawn980:

To my standards, it will not affect health as much. Whatever point I'm trying to make here will be pointless to you anyways. However, sooner or later you will realize the back pain that can be caused by sitting in front of the computer countless hours in a day.

@DaFish

Really? Comparing the Olympics to Maplestory? This is straightout sad.

Scania is still going for the second and third spot as far as I know.

the race is kinda delayed due to server maintenance, and the constant dc every 5 min when you are on kanna.

@imnew09: that's you, others however, have the time and can pull the grind. just because you can't doesn't mean everyone should be held to your standards.

@darkspawn980:

One day of hard grinding will eventually hurt my life. I can't even grind for 3 hours straight now... this game is boring.

@imnew09: you can be first without sacrificing your friends, health, time, etc. one day of hard grinding won't destroy your life.

There is a lv200 Kanna in Scania, 2nd is lv192, and 3rd lv186.

[quote=XxMapleStoryxX]seriously they whats the point in being max lvl.. i would rather enjoy going thru my levels instead of rushing them o.o[/quote]
Maybe how you enjoy going through your levels, others enjoy having the title as "First" or being recognized?

The people who decide to race to 200 when a new class is released are generally quite organised (some have months of organisation before hand in order to perfectly execute the plan.) It generally involves a whole group of people providing different services to the character to maximise the experience for the minimum amount of time.

Granted it is a whole day but a day of this will not be that detrimental to your health. These race teams are highly organised and co-ordinated - it hardly is ever just one individual that is capable of doing it on their own (though that depends on how well the person can train efficiently and what resources are at their disposal.)

It's still going as far as I know.

they know they are gonna get the whole "who the hell cares" type of thing so i guess they don't wanna post anything, just wait till the rankings update.

maintenances, crashes, yeah and more