First off, let me just say that this blog has no story, no climax and no point, it is simply
a way for me to share my good experience with…well, anyone.
Also, I think it’s very long, not too easy to tell here in the submit form though.
If you’re gonna flame, don’t bother because I probably won’t read the comments…I might though…I probably will actually, because now that I’m thinking about it, I never thought I’d be writing a blog either.

Hello.

I’m CheeseGnome, currently a lvl 72 Priest on Broa.I have been playing maplestory on and off since November 2005(that was before 3rd job was out in global, and 60% glove att. scrolls were 3 mill at most), and MMORPGs for…a long time, I can’t remember when I started.

Through my cleric lvls I’ve never been very wealthy, unlike the stereotypical cleric is, partly because I chose not to max MP Eater, but mostly because I tend to spend a bit too much in the FM. I’ve never really been able to make money efficiently either, and my average inventory lies in the 5-8 million range. Today was different however, today was the beginning of global maplestory’s 2nd anniversary, and while I was a bit worried about the rumors about IP banning the European players from GMS because we now have our own localized version, I was still kinda excited about the maple items dropping once again, seeing as I could only get my hands on a Maple Wagner last year.

I started working on the patch as soon as I got home from school, and then I noticed a topic on BasilMarket regarding double exp cards, my pulse must’ve doubled, I read it and found out that 1 of the exp cards were out in GMS, and after a few calculations and google searches, I saw that the 2x exp card that GMS got, was the one that would last from 3 to 5 am for me, so I didn’t really get a good start, and I wasn’t really too motivated to do anything. Nevertheless, I decided to stop by Ludibrium to kill some cakes, as I remember that Ludibrium was one of the best places to kill cakes during last years anniversary.

After a trip through Aqua and the Helios tower, with a pit stop in Korean Folk Town, I arrived in Ludibrium,I immediately went into the clock tower and got into a routine of killing the 4/5 cakes that spawn in the far right section of the first map. I kept this up for about 15 minutes when I got my first blue present, it was a great moment, I decided to use it, after all, it was my first present. Cake, no surprise there, I went back to kill cakes, and got another present almost immediately I stayed there for a while, and before I knew it, I was looking at 3 presents in my inventory. My brain said that I should sell them in the FM a bit later, but my instincts told me to use them, I’m stupid enough to listen to my instincts instead of my brain, 1 minute later, I was looking at 4 cakes in my inventory instead of presents. I didn’t want to go back to cakes, and I had seen a screenshot on basil showing someone getting a lvl 70 maple hat at bubblings, so I took a gigantic train made of Lego, a flying boat, and a magic scroll to get there. I stayed at bubblings until I had about 700 bubbles, and I was doing my best to avoid their bubbles, I looked in my equip inventory, and saw that I had gotten 2 fish spears, 1 maple scorpio, 1 maple bow, 1 maple snowboard and a bunch of NPC food. Life was good, but I decided to take a break, and to my astonishment, the time was 5 30 pm, I couldn’t believe it, this was a feeling I hadn’t felt since my 3rd job advancement, and before that, I hadn’t felt it in months, maplestory was fun.

I decided to log back on and kill some cakes again, so once again I went to Ludibrium, and started killing, I could only get 2 presents before I was out-ksed by a very skilled fire mage, I decided to sell these and went to the FM.
It didn’t take long for me to see a few people buying presents, I traded one of them and asked him how much he payed per present, he said 1 mil, but that he only needed 1. This price seemed alright with me, so I accepted.
I felt good about getting 1 mil for the present and traded another buyer, I asked him the same question and couldn’t believe what I saw, “3m” he wrote, 3 times more than the trade I was so happy with, I immediately accepted.
A devious plan was made in my twisted head, and I went back to the cake spawn area, where I bought 4 presents for around 1m each, and went back to the FM. And however clever I thought I was, the actual prices soon reached the cake spawn area, and I had to stop before I lost all my money, but all in all, it was the most profitable day for me for as long as I can remember, getting me about 8 mil in pure cash, 7 of which were made in the last two hours, along with a few maple items that will probably be worth something in 8 months time.

I hope you couldn’t be bothered to read all that, because if you did read it, you need a hobby.

Bye.