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Don’t worry, my armor has ignorance resistance 20/- on it.
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Last week, battling the usual zombies, I realized I had been to Victoria island once in the past eight levels; that was for the job advancement. I simply hadn’t felt the urge to go. What reason was there? After all, I have a mule in Henesys, two mules in Orbis, and one mule in Ludibrium. Most of my friends spend their time around El Nath or Ludibrium. Meh. There was no urgent need to visit Victoria, but I still considered what the island had to offer.

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The lights!
The colors!
Orange slimes!
Pure Lagtasticness!
Random jerks and defamers!
Multitudes of idiots in search of Moses!

…Orange slimes!!!

So, I decided to go to Victoria Island. [1]
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Did I click excitedly on a return scroll, rush up the tower, and charge onto the ship? Did I land safely at Victoria Station, gaze wondrously at Ellinia’s forests, and peer curiously at the orange slimes? Did I dart, dash, and charge to my hometown, Henesys? Did I visit Athena, whose wisdom had guided me through both good times and bad? Did I enter Golem Temples, the Mixed Golems of which were a new sight to me? Did I delve deep into Sleepywood, the most mysterious of all of Victoria’s towns?

No.

I made a new character.

^^”

Broa

It’s been a long time since I was a level one, new to the game and all of its intricacies. I remember creating my account and trying to remember which of the three worlds my friends had told me to join. Being a newbie, every moment was filled with discoveries; learning how to jump, attack and pick up stuff was just the beginning. As I thought about all this, I decided to make this new character on the same world, to see what had changed between the creation of my absolutely first character and this one.

Because I was making a magician, I knew I wanted an in-game name that was:

• Loud
• Obnoxious
• The best lists have three items. [2]

I resolved not to fund him too much; I only gave him a Black Bandana, no mesos whatsoever.

Oh.

And about 7k zombie teeth. [3]

Bellocan ~ lepiat

Ah, Bellocan. The newest world. It’s been said that nobody new to Maple Story starts out on this world; you can ask anyone which world their main is on and get an answer. This seemed a good enough reason as any to join Bellocan: to see how people act when humbled by a new world. Once I went through the intense snail-bashing ritual which is getting to level 10, I finally got off Maple Island, took a taxi to Henesys, and became an archer. Travelling west, I entered Henesys Hunting Grounds 1, and I nearly fell off my chair at the sight. What did I see? No, I did not see silly hackers whacking away at snails. No, I did not see mechanical robots whirring around in circles. Didn’t see any flying blue elephants either (parallelism can kiss my arse). I saw…

One other person.

One other person!

One other person, in the whole map! [4]

It was amazing, to say the least. In related news, I somehow got my hands on a rare/ex Bow of Insane Babbling +1. Whattheheckwhywasthereonlyoneotherpersoninthemapdoesanyoneactuallyplayonthatworldthisissosilly comparedtobroabellocanisemptyandabandonedmaybeIshouldexploremoremapsbeforeformingmyopinion ohwellstillhaventrunoutofbreathyetbabblebabblebabblebabbleahhcantsayanymorerunningoutofair.

Scania ~ Iepiat

What can I say about Scania? It was the first world of the official release. It contains many respected “first generation” maplers. It has defeated Zakum many times; it is home to many legit maplers. It is also a focal point for many maplers who began playing on this world, having had the most players. The economy is relatively stable as a far as I can tell, and the value of the meso is not extremely low.

To speak the truth, I think I left my character on the first map. [5]
(What I said was a reference to Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett and a jab at the NPC Heena)

…Damn, those slimes are cool.

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So, now I have characters on two other servers, Bellocan and Scania.

Who should I stalk? >=D