General

[quote=ArlongNight]1. Do you consider events such as cake vs pie or Freud's ring canon to the story? Do you maybe consider some of them canon and not others? If so which ones and why or why not.[/quote]

Strange usually holiday related events like Cake vs. Pie, no, but events like Freud's Ring, yes.
Unlike Cake vs. Pie, Freud's Ring seems "believable" and actually adds to mythos of the Maple Story universe. Cake vs. Pie is just silly fun that doesn't make a lick of sense and neither adds nor detracts from the story-line..

[quote=ArlongNight]2. Do you consider exclusive classes (Jett, Hayato, Kanna, Beast Tamer) canon to the story? Or do you consider them spin offs or side stories that could exist but are not integral to the main storyline? Why or why not.[/quote]

As much as I like most of the exclusive classes, I don't find any of them even vaguely plausible enough to be considered canon.
Well, maybe Beast Tamer, somewhat, but still...

[quote=ArlongNight]3. Do you consider exclusive content such as Masteria or Commerci canon to the story? Some of them and not others? Or perhaps they are side stories or spin offs?[/quote]

Some exclusive content, I guess, but not much.
To me, the whole Masteria region might as well be non-canon. Commerci, on the other hand, I feel fits well enough into Maple Story's universe.

[quote=ArlongNight]4. Do you consider content such as friend story, star planet or monster life canon to the story?[/quote]

No.
I literally don't acknowledge their existence much less consider any of them canon.

[quote=ArlongNight]5. (Optional) Do you like pickles?[/quote]

Somewhat, but only in hamburgers/sandwiches.

[quote=ArlongNight]Just write your answers in the comments and be as detailed as possible because I will read them all. Because I have no life. Thanks to anyone that answers in advance.[/quote]

No problem. ^_^
And I doubt your average Basiler has much of a life, so don't worry about it.

[quote=ArlongNight]Please follow me I have only 5 followers BECAUSE IM SO UNPOPULAR. My tweets are absolute garbage.[/quote]

Sorry, but I don't use Twitter.
Good luck getting more followers, though. =p

I've never paid enough attention to the "storyline" to really care about whether or not something is "canon".
And yes, I like pickles.
But not just any pickles, just the crisp, salty Dill ones.

I find FriendStory, Star planet, cake vs pie ,and monster life not canon to the story and find them awful personally. Masteria not quite either but I find them interesting. Those exclusive classes are really just side stories to me. I prefer not to answer the last question

@buster1651 Freud was not hit by the curse so he lived a normal life after the final battle. So he's presumably dead now.

Keep the answers coming. Most of these replies are very different from those of the community from the official forum so its good to see different perspectives.

1. No, these events aren't canon. They're just events, I feel like something that is in the Maple world for a month and gone most of the year can't be considered canon.

2. No. Since they and their storylines weren't developed by KMS, then they don't have canonical significance towards the Black Mage plotline. KMS has complete control over the canon and plot, so anything JMS/GMS adds can't be canon unless it's in KMS as well.

3. No, they aren't canon. They have no effect on the Black Mage storyline and again were not created by KMS.

4. Yes, all canon. Although they don't have effect on the Black Mage storyline (except for Friend Story maybe), these are all things that you could consider as available to citizens of the Maple World, as something to do in the world.

[quote=Buster1651]
How a japanese mage, samurai, space pirate and a toddler is relevant to an Evil Black Mage and the plot of saving the Maple world is beyond me.
[/quote]

This made me laugh a little bit more than it should have

1. I haven't done the story of Freud's ring (regret ), but I see the cake v. pie stuff as some fun little side quests that may or may not expand on some parts of Maple World. From the sound of the latter, I guess I would see that as a side quest to the canon story?

2. I see exclusive classes as support to the main story line rather than canon. I see them as ways to expand MS's main story line so there's more to it than just the heroes and Black Mage. I like that these classes have stories to them because, and I'm prolly just being biased, I like reading story based quests and it makes it more fun for me to play the character.

3. For Commerci I don't consider it canon, just something extra to once again expand Maple World in general so it doesn't completely revolve around the heroes and Black Mage.

4. None of those I consider canon. I think someone else said Friend Story is like an AU or something? and I agree with that. Star Planet and Monster Life are just extra things to do, I don't even really consider them to be side stories because there's not much of an actual story line going for them.

5. They're okay

I really like reading anything related to maple's story It's the main reason why I even still play actually.

Theres a story?

Correct me if I'm wrong. But the main story of Maple has been to stop the resurrection of the Black Mage and to stop the Black Wings and the Commanders (Magnus, Hilla etc). So Im guessing if the quests do not progress this, it's more of a side quest or filler.
1. I dont know how Cake vs Pie has any relevance to the story. Freud's ring I considered a side quest because Freud hasn't been relevant since forever. Didn't he die or get sealed or disappear?

2. I think they're spinoffs. How a japanese mage, samurai, space pirate and a toddler is relevant to an Evil Black Mage and the plot of saving the Maple world is beyond me.

3. I think Commerci and Masteria is a side story as well. Has nothing to do with the black mage (I think). I haven't been to Masteria but Commerci doesn't seem to have much to do with the Black
Mage unless the Barrier does.

4. I dont consider Star planet canon, I dont consider monster life canon but Friendstory I consider a side quest.

5. I don't like havin pickles but itself, but in burgers.

You forgot the PICKLES! lol - (Demon Slayer Councillor)

The real question is. Why am I not the mlc rep for Zero. I spread the word of Zero everyday. lol tbh idk the mlc even do so I didn't apply.

I consider everything canon unless explicitly stated otherwise or if it contradicts the main storyline.
I hate pickles.

I like the story when senpai notices.

1. Cake vs. pie, no. Freud's ring, maybe. At least with the latter they tried to tie it into Maple lore. I think it's important to distinguish between storyline lore and "community lore" - for example, events like Maplemas hold a lot of good memories for long time players. It's not related to the core storyline of MapleStory; players made it what it is.

2. No, if they were part of the story they would be in all MapleStory versions. It's awkward to have these classes but not have them adequately tied into the rest of the storyline. Most of the exclusive class storylines never coincide with the heroes or the black mage.

3. Technically, only if the content is present in all MapleStory versions. The original Masteria had a good amount of high quality writing, and I think it's good enough to pass as canon. It should be ported to non-GMS versions.

4. No. I imagine these storylines take place in parallel universes unrelated to the [b]main[/b] storyline (heroes sealing black mage, black mage reawakening, etc).

@Dominion What'd I do o.o

[quote=Seodan]
I enjoyed Friendstory, it's one of the better things Nexon put out there.[/quote]

i hate you so much right now

Didn't you used to be arlongpark

Also
-No
-Side stories
-Again Side Stories
-Friend story i think is canon in its own thing, but still a side story.
-Who doesn't like pickles

[quote=ArlongNight]1. Do you consider events such as cake vs pie or Freud's ring canon to the story? Do you maybe consider some of them canon and not others? If so which ones and why or why not.[/quote]
No, in fact I don't even pay attention to them or know what they're about. But they do seem like fun little spin-offs though

[quote=ArlongNight]2. Do you consider exclusive classes (Jett, Hayato, Kanna, Beast Tamer) canon to the story? Or do you consider them spin offs or side stories that could exist but are not integral to the main storyline? Why or why not.[/quote]
No, I don't see how they have anything to do with the main storyline, but they're already there so it could be the same as #1

[quote=ArlongNight]3. Do you consider exclusive content such as Masteria or Commerci canon to the story? Some of them and not others? Or perhaps they are side stories or spin offs? [/quote]
Same as 1 and 2, except I like these better and pay more attention to. More content to explore isn't a bad thing (with the exception of twisted aqua road maybe)

[quote=ArlongNight]4. Do you consider content such as friend story, star planet or monster life canon to the story? [/quote]
I enjoyed Friendstory, it's one of the better things Nexon put out there. Monster life and star planet, not so much. Not canon though

[quote=ArlongNight]5. (Optional) Do you like pickles?[/quote]
I'm the guy that will ask for the pickles that you picked out of your burger

my main question is why arent the mlc giving me perm nx yet