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The effect of NX cash on today’s youth

When i first started playing maple, maybe one of every 5 players have nx cash. But that was 2 years ago. Now, when i walk around Vic, Ludi and Orbis all i see is nx equips left and right. I understand that it looks cool and you can buy 2xEXP cards and 2xEXP drops and your own virtual pets, but it is negatively affecting the youth of the….world. I first saw the problem in an online game called Habbo Hotel. Where you use real currency to buy furniture for your room in Habbo hotel. That way when people enter, they can be very impressed. Same goes with maple story. People buy stuff to look cool in a virtual world. The massive problem with this is that it is teaching youth how to not properly manage your money. Spending all of their allowance on a virtual character that they will not be playing with in 3 or 4 years is a problem. I am not saying that kids should buy furniture for their apartment for when they are 20 years old. Im saying that maybe they should spend money on more material issues. Im not boycotting video games lol. They could buy an xbox 360 game or maybe a DS/PSP game. Something that they will still play after it goes out of style when the next console comes out. I still play my SNES all the time! and i love it. I just dont see myself playing maple in 4 or 5 years. Why would i put money into it? I dunno. Am i crazy? Let me know, read more