3 Life Lessons I Learned From Playing MapleStory
Confessions of a hardcore MapleStory addict
I was a hardcore Maplestory addict.
And when I say hardcore, I mean from the age of 11 to 14, all I did was join PQ’s, farm Mesos, kill bosses, and grind, grind, grind.
The cute sprites and animations hide a game with a surprising amount of depth. MapleStory’s character and equipment builds were complex, a stark contrast to gameplay mechanics so simple a 7-year-old could play. The game itself was massive, featuring hundreds of monsters and sprawling maps, with terrain as diverse as simple Henesys grasslands to sacred Temples of Time.
Each area was accompanied by background music unique. Till this day, listening to MapleStory’s unmistakeable BGM infuses in me a deep sense of nostalgia.
I adored the game, and I’ve always been ultra-competitive towards what I loved. My goal then was to be the best Dark Knight MapleStory had ever seen, a veritable gaming legend.
So in addition to playing for hours every day, a large chunk of my time was spent on either:
- Trawling through forums reading gameplay guides, or
