So, yesterday I leveled to 51, which meant no more PQ. I thought I would take myself a break and head over to Victoria to sit in my relaxer with a pimp cane and sip some tequila. I hadn’t returned to Vic since I left on a cool misty morning at level 33.

I went around and did some quests, the usual, when I thought I’d give mushmom a try. I partied with this guy, and we waited a while. When mushmom finally spawned, a warrior came in and ksed us. He even had the nerve to be a jerk about it.
So I returned today in the wee hours of the morning, when Khaini is quiet. I soloed my first mushmom as the first channel I found was empty. And luckily enough, another one half an hour later. After this I channel surfed. Now, I respect those who wanna solo, so if I see even one person in there, I’ll go.
Most people however, do not share this common decency. I found another empty channel, and I was killing pigs while I waited, when a mage comes in. I tell him that I’m trying to solo mushmom, if he could either find another channel or not kill this one. Nicely. I don’t want to come off boisterous or rude.
He doesn’t answer me. So I stay anyway.
Now, as much as I’m proud of my newfound damage after 20 levels of fairly average weapons, and suddenly shooting up 19 weapon attack, I know I cannot win against an ice/lite mage. Mages will still be able to kill steal me for a long time to come. And as if the mage wasn’t enough, a thief comes in, this is when I said forget it.
Obviously, this made me mad, so, I told them they were -ah- jerks, in a matter of speaking, and prompty made my dramatic channel change.
I found another empty channel, and continued my pig bashing. Another thief comes in, and again, I say I’m trying to solo mushmom. ‘Good for you’ he says.
I’m kinda thinking I want to kill their first born by now, but I settle for bludgeoning him to death with my bow.
However, I wake up and find out that he’s still here, but now only that, there’s another thief and a fire mage.
I say something like; ‘Akjsfdhkfghsdfg’. But, being stubborn I ‘m going to wait it out.
Mushmom spawns, I get like, 200exp. And the fire mage gets everything. He’s like, ‘PWNZ00rz, saifjsdfsfeasy LOLLOOOLOLOL’
I’m ready to inflict the most bodily pain possible on these kids. But, being a reasonable person. I call him a ‘jerk’ and go to Henesys to blow off some steam.
At least I got two, right? Anyway, I’m headed back to Ossyria for another 35923 levels. And quite frankly, mushmom, and the jerks that loiter around there will not be missed. read more

Honestly, my happiness could probably solidify itself and knock me unconcsious.
I’m level 50, the big 5-0, the sum of 25+25, half of 100, the–

Yes, anyway.
Words could not possibly begin to describe my unfathomable elation. Not even big, complicated words that I probably can’t pronounce.
I’m level 50. It may not seem like much to most, but this was my ultimate maple goal, since I was a young, naive newb. Even when I experienced a discouraging setback, such as realizing that becoming an archer at level 12, with 17 int and 14 luk, was NOT a good thing, and therefore having to restart after a full 23 levels. (Seemed like a lot back then)
I still kept my head high, and promised myself, level 50 would be mine. But not only that, I would beat level 50 into submission, make it cry out for mercy, force it to say uncle!…er,but enough about that.
I’m so proud of myself, even if I’m not a ridiculously high, admirable level, I completed one of my goals.
And goddamn does it feel good.
Now, level 70, here I come. read more

So I finally leveled.
I groaned and moaned and sighed at the 750 white pots I have sitting in my inventory, mocking me. But I did it. I took level 49 and puched it in the mouth. Or, something like that.
I’ve been, since level 39, PQing. That’s 10 levels of the pots, the annoying people, and the constant rushing due to the mysterious ticket that seems to always dissapear.
I am the archer, I arrow bomb all the bloctopuses and summon all the golems-at the spam requests by my party- so I can proceed to whack them to death with my bow.
However my PQ days are not all monotonous, they’ve had their moments:
everyone getting warped to the second room in stage 2; getting the code 12345 and 56789 on stage 8; seeing my team get a newb to commit suicide by telling him he had to kill the golems in order to move on; the CONSTANT arguing between that party member that’s just a total jerk; trying to jump the pass back up on to the platform at boss; and getting a quick screenshot of the keys in your inventory before hastily dropping them for the leader.
I’m tired of PQing now, but I’m sure when the days are over, I’ll miss it.
But until then, all I can do is stare at my level 49 and salivate over level 50. Paw at the screen when I look at the equips I bought what seems like AGES ago, and run around half naked with a cape, boots and pig headband because I’ve grown tired of my clothes. read more

As I log onto Maple this morning, it will be accompanied by another day endlessly searching for brightly coloured Hallowe’en candies.
When they first announced the event, I thought it would be fun, run around, grab a few candies, get a basket. But no, never are such things that easy, are they?
My first day was good, I managed 20 candies. I thought, ‘If I can keep this up I’ll be done in a couple days’. But alas, as I logged on yesterday in the afternoon (as opposed to night), it was like a whole different atmosphere! People where downright ruthless! Maybe it’s because at night, people are tired. Or drunk. I don’t know, but they seem much more laid back.
But anyway, I got my spot at the usual bottom of the slime tree, and began my hunt for candies. It’s funny the way you get a short burst of excitement when you see the small bundle of sweets drop. Other’s not so funny as much as a sudden race! I’m sure had this not been a game I’d have been tackled violently to the ground in order to obtain my candy. This is where all my problems began.
I started off sharing the bottom platforms with a mage, he stayed on the very bottom, I two platforms up. Didn’t ks each other, and got about 3 slimes each respawn. Eventually, he left, and then a thief comes in. All was well, we were mutually ksing each other, much different than normal. He left as well, and for a while, I had the whole bottom to myself. I’ve found about 5 candies by now, and I’m thinking I’m on a roll, so I continue my rounds.
A warrior comes in, and I figure, okay, I can share. So we do that. I get kind of bored fighting the same three slimes over and over again, so I venture upwards. I really wonder I people realize that there’s a bottom to slime tree! Cause there was like, 100 people up there, all fighting over the same slimes!
I stay at the middle for a few seconds, before returning to familiar territory. But it seems that in my few seconds absence someone has decided to take over my area. Well, obviously I had to reclaim my territory. It seems as in situations like this, our primal instincts are in full flourish. I could almost hear the growling.
I get my spot back, and keep hunting. Then a sin comes in a starts ksing the warrior I’m with, and then starts coming for me too, and this is where things got crazy.
We both go for the same slime. Dead. I figure it’s his, so I continue fighting while he goes to loot. I watch him as he’s just standing over the candy, so I think maybe it’s mine. I head over and, what do you know, I pick it up.
This guy starts spamming, ‘giv me plz’ and ‘i killed it’. I’d been able to pick up the candy right away, so I assume it’s rightfully mine. Then he starts freaking out, yelling ‘noob’ and ‘looter’ and ‘giv me my candie’.
I keep saying that it’s mine, and I’m not giving him anything. Then his friend comes, 6x Warrior by the look of it. And as if he can frighten my with his big I’m level 60 attitude, tells me to give the kid the candy. I tell him No, it’s mine. He tried to trade, but I know better than to accept. They start cursing off in some other language, then report me! For what? Taking my candy!? Rubbish.
They leave and again, I continue mindlessly killing slimes. This would be much easier had I been my archer, and just Arrow Bomb them all. But slime tree is too awkward a map, and I’m in Ludi on my archer.
Another thief comes in, and just blatently starts ksing me. I try to give the heads up that I can share by not killing any of his, but he persists.
That’s when it became A Full Out KS War.
Nothing to hold either of us back, and what seems like an almost feral desire for these candies, we engage in a gruseome battle for the small mounds of orange gellatin. Us being both sins, it wasn’t pretty. Tobis and Icies everywhere! A war zone, I tell you!
I think I win, because he leaves. I’ve finally made my quota for the day, and manage 20 candies.I figure that’s enough, and I got to chill in Henesys, where I’m ever more bombarded with ‘Selling candy, u offer plz’ or, ‘Candy 50k, hurry!!’. That was more than enough for me, so I log offa maple to do something else.
This candy thing is crazy, it seems that’s all anyone has time for. All you can do is wait it out in a small bunker hidden beneath pig beach. read more