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And that's what people think about life RIGHT before they suicide.

[quote=Kuku]What is the point of life? You are just gonna die one day
The point is make a goal for yourself and accomplish it[/quote]

Wow exactly what i always think .

OT: This game is not about leveling up, leveling up lets you do more things explore do something new.

The point of games is to have fun and to pass the time. Simple as that.

why are you asking basil? like seriously LOL, it should be up to you if you wanna play or not.

You shouldn't play, quit now and I mean it literally.

If you need to find a reason from US why you should play Maple, you're better off quitting.

[quote=MaNuke]It's a lot more fun if you have funding.[/quote]

funding isn't everything; i was never funded and everything i have i got from in game. money isn't the only thing you need to have fun. i sometimes ask myself that question, "why am i still playing this game?" the answer, honestly it eludes me, lol. everyone has their own reason for wanting to play, just find yours. if you don't have one, then you either don't like the game as much as you thought, or just haven't found your thing. the game is quite repetitive, but that could be something you like about it.

Just grinding is BORING. Join a guild, go henehoe. If your online just grinding try and find something more productive to do before you log on maple.

Cause you need level 170 to kill empress.

to become a POKEMON MASTER!

emm i mean maplemon master! emmm

no to make friend and be high class and make fun of other and treat them like shzz for the rest of your maple life so a new class can pass by and you become and noob again and start the endless circle yet AGAIN

I quit a while back.

League of legends is where I'm at on a daily basis.

@TheOrange:
There's your reason.

[quote=Littlesin678]If you don't know why you're playing this game, then why are you still playing this game...[/quote]

Because I thought PvP would be fun. >.>

If you don't know why you're playing this game, then why are you still playing this game...

[quote=MyCleverName]I'm not bashing real life in any way, I'm just curious: Why should I keep going to school/work. All I'm doing is grinding to get more money to grind more to get more money, etc...
I don't see the point...

Why should I keep living?[/quote]
The satisfaction of living a successful and happy life.

Friends make this game go round and round!

[quote=Tempestatus]I dunno. It helps if you set a goal. If you just mindlessly grind, then you're not gonna be satisfied with playing Maple. But if you have a friend, whether IRL or a guildie or something, you can have a competition for whoever gets to a certain level first, you'll be more motivated to train. If you don't want to train a current character, try making a new character, maybe even in a new world, and try it out until 50-80. A lot of people quit characters because they didn't like their 1st job and didn't know how awesome their later jobs would be.[/quote]
But what are you training for?

[quote=gimliofdurin]that sounds like most games.[/quote]

Then most games are fun.

[quote=ryannosaur]i would 100000x agree with you if the people i played with weren't 100% retarded lol. i mean some games are great while most are...pretty sad lol.[/quote]

Well, someone has to be on the losing team...

[quote=ryannosaur]what's the point to LoL? derp.[/quote]

The fun in accomplishing a task using strategy, team work, and quick thinking.

It's a game. Play to have fun. It's really repetitive, though. Not good for impatient people.

[quote=ryannosaur]maple is progressive while most other popular games are not. take a piece of crap game like LoL for example (i mean, i play it sometimes)...after you win/lose a game, then what? don't even say ranking...its too hard to rank up and too easy to get into elo hell when teamed with a bunch of fat noobs. pass 1500, then find a fat losing streak and you'll be in the 1300's forever...

then again, maple isn't much better because once you quit, it's over anyway. but at least there are a lot of things to do instead of just leveling. like i merch or boss probably 80% of the time i spend on the game, which isn't that much.[/quote]
I stopped reading after you said, "Piece of crap game like LoL"

Some ppl play for making friends
Some are playing for the feeling u accomplished something
Others are playing for entartainment and some for time killing
Personally I play mostly for time killing nowdays but back than(like 1~2 yrs pre bb)I was playing for fun

[quote=Cappuccino]All I'm doing is grinding to get more skills to grind more to get more skills, etc... < I guess that pretty much show your problem, try something else[/quote]

Like what?

[quote=JJoestar]usually playing videeogames is fun, if it isnt anymore just change game/turn off comp.[/quote]

Well, I just wanted to know what kept everyone else playing and see what all the fuss was about.

usually playing videeogames is fun, if it isnt anymore just change game/turn off comp.

[quote=membersonlyy]So how about it?[/quote]

Well, actually, I'll be listening to these guys' suggestions and play different game. Apparently it's just not for me anymore...:/

So how about it?

[quote=BellocanSucks]I don't like you, so you can quit. [/quote]

You don't like me?

BurnedFrozen, I love the AIM FOR THAT CHAMP. Really does motivate

I feel you, unlike almost everyone before me.

[quote=Auku1]I tried it "for teh lulz"
Got banned within the first 3 minutes like a boss.[/quote]

Only a boss can make me laugh, thus you are a boss. Explain what happened please.

Start in Scania, and I promise I'll be your friend. <3 I hate leaving people behind. I have a very good guild called Deranged. Full of frindliness and love (:

YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO PLAY WITH YOU

Do YOU see any point in doing it?

No?

Then you can quit and find a better game or do something else with your life.

Yes?

Aim for that champ.

[quote=Rageofaollo]Pretty much every mmo has no point. its only for your entertainment.[/quote]

I just don't get how grinding is entertainment...

[quote=TheOrange]And what do I do with funding?[/quote]

Funding is more of a sense of accomplishment. Pretty much the only thing I went on MS for; I go on like once every week now though...nothing to do anymore.

[quote=membersonlyy]You're probably not very socially active. The point of maple is to HAVE FUN with other PEOPLE. Henesys hoeing is kinda boring, but don't play if you don't have friends. Next time don't complain. Grind if you want. But overall, grinding with a friend is a hundred times better.[/quote]
Well, I tried looking for a guild, but no one wanted to add me. Then I thought I could make some friends by doing Party Quests, but apparently no one does them anymore...

@zvsilver In about the 4th grade my friend convinced me to play. Then the next two summers there was nothing else to do.

why did you even want to play maplestory? o.o

You're probably not very socially active. The point of maple is to HAVE FUN with other PEOPLE. Henesys hoeing is kinda boring, but don't play if you don't have friends. Next time don't complain. Grind if you want. But overall, grinding with a friend is a hundred times better.

[quote=SaftSuseLand]If you dont see any point in playing the game, dont play it [/quote]

I'm just wondering why you guys play, jeez...

[quote=slimeking203]You should keep playing, since I noticed every other game is the same thing. Grind, level up, and cool armor.[/quote]

No. I played World of Warcraft, you never grinded. You got to do fun quests that had variety. PvP and raids all had strategy involved, not just spam buttons...

@Itachithe7th You don't grind in WoW... I also don't get how spamming buttons is fun.

Maplestory is actually a really dull game... more so now than ever before. Simply because everything is so easy to achieve now.

[quote=Duckinthesky]which is why i did what i always wanted to do on maple, and made a spearman. hopefully planning on getting it to at least 3rd job before i go back to school.

OT: grinding and leveling up is the basis of which all MMO's run by. it's up to you to make goals for yourself and accomplish them.[/quote]
Well, I've played other MMO's, and they're not all about grinding... I don't know what goals I'm supposed to make though. What will my reward be for all this grinding? I'm just wondering, I'm not bashing MapleStory, I just want to know why everyone wants to level up...

Because you want to. That's the only possible reason that would matter. If you don't want to, then don't.

no one is making ya play. If you hate maple quit.

[quote=Duckinthesky]i feel ya. ever since big bang, everything's just been so easy and i dont feel like i'm accomplishing anything.[/quote]

i feel the saame way .

[quote=xnewbguyx]What's so different about this than any other game ?
ALL MMORPG's are like this.
Heck even FPS games are like this. You level / rank up to unlock or upgrade new items / weapons.[/quote]

i dont think that the major part of most other mmo's is the social aspcect, without the social aspect maple greatly strives of, there really is not much to do, out of all the mmo's ive played, maple is the dullest in terms of activities to do that are actually entertaining.

I have guildies and people I talk to; just grinding by itself is POINTLESS and BORING... I've dozed off while grinding D; Talking to people is what makes it funn

[quote=artemlos10]Just stop playing.

No ones forcing you to, don't waste everyones time whining about how its so hard.
Go play Club Penguin.[/quote]

why dont you naked-@$$ you'll fit in just fine

What's so different about this than any other game ?
ALL MMORPG's are like this.
Heck even FPS games are like this. You level / rank up to unlock or upgrade new items / weapons.