First day I started Maple (2009) I selected Mage as a character. I was trying to get some mesos killing monsters but it wasnt enough. I came back to Ellinia and one guy bought me some beginner equip and pots and I was really appreciated. We started mobbing together but I died... I lost him because I didnt know the map and couldn't remember his full name just some words... One or two years later I was in henesys chilling with some friends inside the store when suddenly I saw a guy with some words that I recognized so I asked him about her last names and the situation previously mentioned and yeah, it was him. He remembered me too and we were talking for a while :D I gave him 1 million and he told me wtf!? why dude? and I told him "np bro, you bought me some stuff 2 years ago and now I would like to thank you". And yes, mesos were appreciated in the past. I really miss my old friends in maple and how funny it was and now that I came back I know is not the same and it's sad. Memories are memories, but old times are the best. I just wanted to share my story, thanks :')
This story is perfect to what Maplesotry used to be. I feel you bro, it's sad how it has changed but we all share the nostalgia with you and are grateful that at least we got to experience it when it was awesome
The whole Maplestory soundtrack (most especially for those of us who played the game early on - let's say pre-big bang) is like a collection of childhood lullabies. They are so calming, so pacifying, so relaxing. They are other-wordly
Man, I’m 19 but experienced this at a very young age due to my brother playing it. Game always stuck with me. Wish even I could go back to those times. Music in this game used to be so otherworldly.
this song hurts me so much, i'm not one with emotions but I have this feeling of sadness, happiness and regret rushing into me! I miss the old days, when I was young.. playing this game.. my family was together.. I hope the people I remember and think about from time to time remember me still. We had great times. It's crazy how strangers can mean so much. I used to be in a guild with a girl called KrNxSwTy called "Pwnographics" in scania, I was EthenticSin! That memory of getting 4th job together as a team, battling zakuum! Henesys hunting grounds, ludipq, kerningPQ, ludi maze pq.. i miss this game so much.. aaaaaahhhhh
I always come back to these videos and get so saddened, the music brings the biggest rush of nostalgia, both happiness and sadness. I repeatedly returned to the game every year while giving up a few weeks after each time.. Its never the same nor am I the same.... I only wish to share those feelings and memories with others now
thats crazy haha i was in scania and i remember seeing that guild around when i was a kid... man so many memories song sends shivers down my body. the nostalgia makes me so happy
i know man. if only maplestory fixed its game and made it back to pre big bang. pretty sure people would come back to game because of the hard training, the community was closely nit unlike today's maplestory community. back then pq's was the shit now its more about solo play
A wise man once said, "Do not cry for what you have lost. Cherish for what you have experienced." Let us close that chapter of our lives, for we know it will always be vivid in our hearts. The Maple Era was an important stepping stone in our growth. But it was just a stepping stone nonetheless. It is time to move on. Push forward so that we may one day experience that same degree of happiness, albeit in a different medium than Maplestory. If we return to the current Maplestory to chase that elusive joy from our childhood, we will only end up disappointed and empty handed.
@You Big Trippin I quite liked several private servers in the past, it always felt free and casual to play on them - I remember my brother was playing on one with a character for a while and he had gotten a lot of skills from various classes already. He combined the Shadow skill and the multiple throwing stars skill with the new archer transformation buff for a super ridiculous volley of throwing stars. However, it was so ridiculous that the server auto-banned him for "speed hacking", even though it was legit x)
Mapleman9322 MapleRoyals has nearly a 1000 active players online at peak times. There has never been an old school private server as big as Royals before.
Mapleman9322 MapleRoyals developer is unparallelled. He's just working on something enormous that's not been released yet. I've tried Legends also, but felt the community was way too small.
My older brother played MapleStory in 2005 and he introduced me to it around 2006 when I was 6-7. I'm glad he introduced me to this game. It piqued my interest in Korean and Japanese cultures.
@@LuaxonMMORPGI know this is an old comment, but if you haven't try FFXIV yet, that's basically my go to for modern Maplestory now. The community in that game is amazing and people for the most part are super nice. You do have a subscription fee $13 every month, but you really see the money going back into updating the game. I think the money is worth it because it keeps the game flourishing for years to come. And I have met so many wonderful friends in that game from raiding too.
Friend: I'll see you tommorow! Let's go to pig beach and train there when we level up!! Me: Okay! baii good night! ^_^ *friend last seen 12 years ago ;(
+richard22134 It's not the game itself, it is what the community was back then. In this present day, you'll never find that kind of cohesive and friendly community in the gaming world. It can never be recreated.
No, is the game itself. People just adapt their actions to the ambient. You don't mold the game, but the game mold you. In every COUNTRY ''nice'' people stay in the game in that time. Brazil or USA, everyone feels so much nostalgia for that time. The humans keep humans itself, and depending the game or ambient, they changes. ''Friendly community'' is just your instinct + the ambient. You just still can't see the geniality of the game, is art.
the memories of walking as lv 13 warrior kill slimes in Elinia.. looking at Maple of today, I cannot believe it used to excite me so much to see beyond portals..
This popped up in my recommendations at 11pm right before I headed to bed. Literally 5 seconds in I had to pause, breathe in and say "I can't be feeling like this right now. I have work in the morning." Dangerous song to listen to as a nostalgic adult. You'll spend hours walking through your memories.
@@ChrisXPZits never the same unfortunately - the towns feel different, the people have changed, and personally - i feel like i'm waiting for the good times to happen again
I remember when I was 7 years old. My cousin was playing Maplestory on his computer, this was back in like 2004. He had just arrived into Lith Harbor and I couldn't keep my eyes off the screen. It was like I was sucked into the screen, genuinely felt like we were exploring a new world. Every portal was like a journey, we didn't know what surprises was behind those portals. My brother and I would stay over at his house during the summer. We played this game every day. It literally took me 10 days to get out of the beginner world. My first job was Archer. I barely spoke English back then, yet there were many strangers who helped me. Who gave me items and mesos. A few years later, after big bang, I lost interest. I had my own private server with friends, but it wasn't the same. The magic was gone. Every few months I come back to these videos and remember all the beautiful moments this game has given me. Always makes me feel nostalgic, sad and happy at the same time. This game will forever have a special place in my heart. Times were so simple back then. I wonder if anything in the future can make me feel this way.
i used to dislike ellinia music when i was a kid because i thought it was too mellow, but now looking back and listening to the songs, i’ve gotta say that ellinia has one of the most beautiful bgm ever. not only does ellinia remind me of the nostalgic times on maplestory with the loving and friendly community, but it also makes me think, especially this song. it makes me just look outside the window and think that this world is big and that there’s so many places to see and how we are all individually unique. it makes me think that there are so many people in this world too and that there’s so much to know from one another. i also think about how where each of us live, it’s just a small place rlly compared to the whole entire world. overall, i think about the beautiful places this world can hold. idk if it makes sense but food for thought..
MapleStory private servers don't have millions of Maplers like old MapleStory Global and MapleStory Europe and many if not even most of us old MapleStory players have grown up from being children into young adults and adults, we view this values and physical world differently, most people have changed towards more evil, negativity and untruthfulness and we do not have as much time to play MapleStory anymore compared to when we were younger children. I used to miss old MapleStory Europe a lot more than nowadays but I got used to the easier, less social and less fun MapleStory after Big Bang patch and other patches, I haven't played nor missed MapleStory a lot anymore because it is not as hard to level up, social and fun as it used to be in old MapleStory. We should try to be more good, positive, truthful, loving and peaceful :) energyfanatics.com/2017/05/27/human-energy-field-dna/
I used to play this with my brother. We would laugh and enjoy every single little adventure we had. I've never seen him so happy. Too bad our real lives wasn't as great.. you could say he left my party forever I'll always be missing you brother
I’m in a similar boat, brother showed me this game and taught me everything there was to know when I was a kiddo. We don’t speak anymore, but I miss him and I miss adventuring with him in video games. I’m sorry for your loss..
he's talking abot the goodass feelin from the experience o him and his friends playing outside and then going to pc cafe to play maplestory i miss goo'ol' korean memories too
Nearly eleven years' memory. Though already became veteran player, I still want to back to six years ago where there is no Cygnus and no Big bang. That's pure and cure, though hard and tough.
But the painful grind is all of the fun and nostalgic flavor! How's the community on MapleRoyals? I think it must be a more popular server, but I like to stick to the 1x / 1x / 1x v62 rates.
+明秋原 Cygnus was fine, everything was okay until Big Bang. Sure things were different and things were missing, but it still had that initial concept and most of these nostalgic areas... Now? not so much...
Reading the comment section in these collection of videos is so heartwarming. Back then I remember looking forward to the time spent after school roaming around the vast world of maplestory with friends. It's amazing to see how the community of a game that was so significant to our childhood is still being looked back on with nostalgia. Love you guys
MapleStory private servers don't have millions of Maplers like old MapleStory Global and MapleStory Europe and many if not even most of us old MapleStory players have grown up from being children into young adults and adults, we view this values and physical world differently, most people have changed towards more evil, negativity and untruthfulness and we do not have as much time to play MapleStory anymore compared to when we were younger children. I used to miss old MapleStory Europe a lot more than nowadays but I got used to the easier, less social and less fun MapleStory after Big Bang patch and other patches, I haven't played nor missed MapleStory a lot anymore because it is not as hard to level up, social and fun as it used to be in old MapleStory. We should try to be more good, positive, truthful, loving and peaceful :) energyfanatics.com/2017/05/27/human-energy-field-dna/
I had a really good friend back in 2007, she lived overseas in Quebec, Canada. We met at the house at henesys hanging spot someday back in like 2007 and we became good online friends for a few years. We used to chat on Messenger a lot back in the days. We played in Scania and she made my days in MapleStory a whole lot better. I'll never forget you and I will forever cherish those memories with you, Bianca.
Today I found out my cousin passed He was like a brother to me and we grew up together 12 years ago he showed me Maplestory and I played MapleSEA Ever since then I fell in love with maple i was so hooked He didn’t really like it that much and after he showed it to me he dropped it like a bad habit But I kept playing and playing and it was so fun Today I’m 24, and I’m still playing! A private server called MapleRoyals I’m so happy he showed me this game I’ll never forget him Rest In Peace, Gregory I love you
I started MapleStory around 2005-2006 before the Big Bang. Made quite a few friends, even had an online GF at that time lol. I would play after school, spend hours and hours, kind of got addicted to the point where I started to use my allowance for NX. By the time I started highschool the Big Bang happened and everything was so different so I quit playing. Years into the future, around when I started college I played on private servers to get that nostalgia back, one of the ones I really liked was Maple Royals but later quit for sometime to finish my college studies. Now I've started playing again on MapleRoyals with a new character. I'm 27 now, time has passed.
I hope everyone is doing well. One of life's many beautiful gifts is the power of our brain to connect a song to a very special time in our lives: a time of innocence, newness, and adventure in the world of MapleStory. Those unique experiences that could only happen in the unique circumstances we lived in are the reason we long for those times: because we will never experience them in quite the same way. We will never again be that eleven year old who knew nothing about the real world and its impurities. Our minds hold on to those feelings because they brought us so much joy. Times get tougher and the world gets darker, but always remember that the memories that will stick with us forever are the ones that are new. There's so much for all of us to experience in our lives, and the feeling of nostalgia will come again in other ways. x
I’ll never forget my time playing this game back in the day. All I have to say is, here’s to my old guild “Peace” in Bellocan in Global during the late 2000s early 2010s. Ganon58, MikaruYen, Kazekage4444, and all the rest, missing you.
My kitty passed away a day ago. We've been together for 15 years. This song is so healing and reminds me to enjoy the wonderful sunny times we've had. I'm seeing a lot of people in the comments saying the same. I'm glad we got to know such happiness. I'm truly fortunate 💝
every time i hear this song after i while it easily brings me to tears, the innocence you once had, the joy you felt logging in to this game to party up with random people also enjoying a good time, doing party quests, exploring the world of maple, taking that airship for a 20 minute ride, getting to know fellow maplers, you treated them like real people, people you'd say hi to regularly, seeing familiar faces and growing fond of the players you spend hours upon hours leveling up and grinding for that 3rd job and the excitement we felt when 4th jobs were first announced, that kind of passion for a game is long lost to many of us, coming back to listen to this song, remembering what it was like to simply get lost in a magical world filled with real people also experiencing the same joys. Don't cry because it's over, smile and embrace that it happened. cherish those memories forever, wish your old guildmates and friends good lives, all sorts of people from different walks of life had one thing in common, enjoying maplestory in a time where things seemed uncertain and the world seemed not so kind, it let us escape for a brief time and that'll always stay with us.
I still remember meeting some guy from korea who played EMS because he wanted to play the old version of the game... I don't remember his name and I have lost so many accounts due to me forgetting passwords and how tough it was to recover the accounts, with my original email gone now, even when I attempted to get it back... I secretly wish he thinks of me, back to those times, and wonders about me, too... I miss him.
Anyone else is just afraid at how quickly time seems to pass and you feel so blinded about it ? There's those obvious undescribable reasons on why people like us loved playing this game back then and those nostalgic and cant be described by words moments come back to haunt us as of now, and ive been choosing to ignore it as i cant get my mind stuck in the past, but everytime i have times like this when heavy nostalgia hits me, i just want to drop everything and give anything to literally travel back into that time and relive those moments again ... yet there's something thats just scary yet worth it about it .. i hope that one day when its time for me to stop living, i'll get to choose and relive one period of my lifetime .. and yes, this part of my life is the time where i will go back to .. i wish i can describe my full emotion right now, but i cant, i just really cant, i really hope some of you guys understand my undescribable feeling towards this game. Oh how i wanna go back in time .. but i cant and i wont no matter how i want to. I can only move on forward. But out of all the things i just said, i feel that the most important thing to remind yourself is that the present youre living in now will somehow become the nostalgic memory you will miss later on in the future, so dont ever underrappreciate the moments you live right now as you'd probably feel closely nostalgic, but of course never the same amount, as this game gave you.
Its a very bittersweet feeling knowing that someday Maplestory will be no more, and the source of our childhood memories will come to an end. I keep thinking back about the friends I made along the way but also about how much more simple life was back then, when my family was whole and I looked forward to playing this game afterschool. I started in second grade..and now I've graduated from college for two years. It has already been more than a decade and we still remember this game as if we played it yesterday. I realized there were so many things I took for granted as a kid. It won't be much longer til I'm 30 years old and I feel like my life is already near its end. You only live once but you appreciate that you got to experience these memories with others.
Thé community made this game. By far my best gaming experience of life hands down. Sad I’ll never get it back but I’m happy I got to enjoy when it was there
I'm listening to this in 2019 and I have so many flashbacks to when I was just a kid playing this, thank you Nexon for this amazing game that brought so much joy and colour into my life and to you as well, the uploader for making this mid-20's man nostalgic and happy.
My best friend died yesterday. I will never forget him. The countless hours we spent playing and laughing together, playing old maplestory and growing up together. I wouldn't be myself without him. I can't even describe how much I love him. See you soon buddy, I'll be with you soon. I miss you.
My friend noah told me about this game. I had no idea what I was getting into but it was honestly the best experience of my life. We would play for hours and hours on end ever since we were in second grade up until the big bang patch came out. All the friends I made and just even the countless memories made doing all the fun and crazy things in-game, something ill never forget. About two years ago almost in November, my friend Noah passed away in his sleep but the crazy part is the last thing we were doing was playing maplestory the night before he died... Rip Noah.. knew him for 17 years and he was like a brother to me. I come back time to time to reminisce on those memories him and I made playing the game, but also the ones I made playing the game overall.
in 2006, i still remember when i was a lvl 40 cleric, farming at zombie lupin..telling myself to up one level per day, playing from 8pm to 2am, healing lupin..lack of mp..holding the rope to restore mp..looting cursed doll..selling cursed doll at 300mesos each..and bgm was with me all the time..nostalgia
Dovahkiin I remember having this stupid online girlfriend, in MS, and we'd spend all our time just talking, instead of actually playing the game. This game was there for me, when everyone hated me.
I once reached level 37 in a day with hacks, my friends didn't believe me. Today if you're not level 200 in a day, people won't believe you. There are old versions maple story servers though.
People just aren't the same anymore. Neither is the world. Old MS was a once in a lifetime opportunity; those of us that had the miraculous chance to enjoy it, will never stop missing it.
I still play Maple, but I remember when I first played this game. I made a mage after fucking up a few characters and learning that you do not raise STR as a mage. I was level 9 training in the map next to Ellinia, and there was some dude that was like level 25 asking for some mana potions 'cause he had no money. So I traded him like half of what I had, which was around 30-40 potions. This legend traded me back 500k and said he was just rewarding some people for being nice, and changed channels. That character is still on my account, he's level 184 from pre-big bang and I refuse to touch him at all. My entire journey with that character (like 6-7 years) started with a nice dude in Maple. MMO's just aren't the same anymore, that sense of socializing and community is just gone. I'll never forget those days, and I feel remorse for the people that didn't grow up during that time. Also just to vent this out: Ashley (xzeldax8) if you by some chance actually read this, I still think about ya from time to time. You were my best friend as a kid. I love ya.
Maple is very much alive, but what will never come back is the child-like wonder and need to explore, making tracks like this tug at heartstrings. As one of the starting area bgms it was cemented into the minds of young players back then as they grinded pre Big Bang for xp, where level 20 was an amazing feat. Grinding alone for hours, getting excited when a stranger comes to the same spot, making friends and lasting memories. One can play Maple anytime now but the same experience will never come back.
I remember the day where you find anyone to do the same main-story quests while in a party and beginning a friendship with cheesy conversations. Now it's just people trying to boost their mains with character cards and stuff. It makes me feel lonely.
most helpful, wholesome, friendly community. Ppl that made your day that u never met again. And few that stuck around with u a little longer. Time passes but memories and gratitude dont fade. Some of them are in these comment sections more than decade after.. Man. Life is so hard to describe with few words.
I remember back in the days exploration was the most exciting thing ever in MS. What will be in the next portal? What will the monsters look like? Will they drop something rare that'll be useful for my class or will I get rich from selling the equipments it drops. Oh the memories.
When I was 10, I was hunting mushrooms for a low level shield. Hoping it will drop some day haha... Man... love for MapleStory will always be in my heart.
+Łukasz Mioduszewski Yeaaaah.. I proposed to my best friend on this stage too, cause I met her there randomly when she was a lv 12 magician, and I was a lv 28 warrior... We both got to third job together.. I called her back there, asked her to marry me.. she said yes! Best year ever... but like all things, it had eventually come to an end....
I'm old AF and I legit play MS from time to time solely because the music brings me back. I've been playing since the days where we only had up to 3rd job advancement. Since then the game has changed so much (both good and bad). The game definitely got easier and user friendly but it lacks the human interactions. I miss all the PQs.
This song will always make me cry. I havent found a game since that I’ve been as invested in as Maplestory. Grinding to reach level 200 and begging my brother to help me. (Let’s not forget begging for the Zakum helmet) Making my parents spend money on NX… ugh what a time to be alive.
I remember the days of 2000 goddamn 5. I met a friend who had BLAZE in all his names. lived in New york and i lived in Canada. homies forever in game until one day life takes over and we all stopped playing. the game changed as well which lead to disinterest. its wild when you get older and realize more shit, you look back and can understand why the game died and people moved on. but at the same time youre filled with a lot of nostalgia. i miss the adventures and exploration, the grind was hard but in a way it kept you playing. and working with other players to get items and finish quests. things mattered and had a purpose, everything you did in the game was both social and beneficial. i truly dont think a game like that can ever be created again, because i think the mentality of people has changed. less social media was better because it made people actually work harder to communicate given the limited platforms. im really high as i type this also. BROa squad.
Thanks for the memories, maplestory, (not you, post-big bang) And Thank you to anyone who ever grinded, PQ'd, Traded fame, sat with me on the boat to orbis/ludi, waited 4 hours for griffy/manon, hung out in HHG1 or even failed miserably at jump quests on Europe Maplestory with me. Shoutout to Aiwass my first ever friend, you stopped logging on and I never saw you since, I hope lifes being kind to you brother. ♥
I deeply miss those years. I miss when adult life still looked, for the most part, exciting. I miss my friends, the last year of school, the first college semester, those weekends where I could still have the whole family reunited. I miss living without constant anxiety, fear, sadness, worries. I'm thankful I had the chance to experience such a great game and make so many indestructible memories along the way.
I still remember the days where I took off all my gears and begged for mesos and some equip or pots saying I got hacked and shits... It was good ol days and I'll surely remember those once in a life time experience
So beautiful, never played Maple Story but the emotions and instruments and intricacies in the track are wonderful. I can see how so many resonate with it and how it takes them back to good times of the past.
It's funny laying here after what seemed like forever ago, (I guess 11 or so years is quite a while huh) and I can still remember all the wonderful people I've met and connected with and made the world seem a little less scary at 12-13 y.o when I had just moved. The nostalgia I'm experiencing can only be felt through tears and pangs of heartache. I hope you are doing well friends, wherever you may be in the world. And the funny thing is the first person I met on here that I talked to, she reconnected with me through Facebook a few years back. Ironic how it almost still feels like yesterday and forever ago at the same time. I realized how this game defined my childhood, and hearing this is like walking to a place where you've always belonged.
Boy... I've always remembered this song because in my first experience (in which I didn't sleep until 9:00 AM) I got lost in these woods and the very first friends that I found also got lost, but we did found each other after a few minutes... all I can say is that I really do miss this game how it was before and I do feel proud to say that when I started, the Cygnus Knights didn't exist. And when they developed them I was so hyped because of the unexpected cut scene that they show you when you reach lvl 20 so that you can create your Cygnus Knight. Sad thing is that I never found my initial companions again... and I haven't found an MMORPG that can satisfy me as much as this game did...
I remember when I first played MS, I chose to be a Mage. That was more than 10 years ago. At that time I would wander around Ellinia, then one day I entered a tree dungeon. Then I realized that the bgm in the map is just so beautiful. At that time I did not know how to search for the bgm, so I just hang on a rope in the map and listen to the music. And I would do that everyday. It was so silly but was also the best time of my life
i really wish i could relive those days of playing with all my online friends on maplestory, its just sad to think that at one point that would be the last time i would ever speak to them again. I just hope everyone is doing well in life.
This OST contains some epic ninja cutting onions man.. The reason I came back to this video is that currently I’m in the back of a car home after a long wholesome sunny day, and just now I was totally zoned out listening to this song, looking distantly out the window into the dark, seeing the trees fly by. Maple was such a big part of my teenage years. I’m 30 now and I cherish it still. Idk who reads this, but man, if there’s still some old-skool maplers.. you’re all BLOODY LEGENDS!
I moved from MS China to MS US in 2007, when I was in grade 5. I met my first two American friends and one of them gave me an beautiful Independence Day hat that I’ve never seen before. We were hanging out together all the time and they taught me English. Soon I left because my free VPN service expired. My name is ChinaPaul but now China is banned from a name in game. I still kept the hat. Hope they can get back online again. I as a kid, used VPN to explore US, Japan, Singapore and Korea servers. Each with unique maps and cultures. It was truly a lifetime traveling experience. Friends I made 15 years ago are still connected with me through their wechat number in China. I lived in that world for my entire childhood while China and the world changed so much. Thank you MapleStory. This bgm is a time machine.
My friends at the time always wondered why I would come here for atleast 2 hours a day and not bother to try lvl up.. I came here to relax after school listen to music and talk with them. That’s how I played the game for 3 years, I just socialize and listen to music lol.. probably why I was only lvl 38 when I quit. Where are you guys now I wonder.. how are you all doing? I’m doing good on my end and I hope you are too. Thank you for all the memories! I also would like to add that I played during the time of tiger and sushi I think was her name.. so 06 or 07 or something like that 😊
I remember living in a foster home playing this game :) I had to share one computer with 5 others during the school year. Me and the other kids didn't really get along like brothers or sisters, but this game brought me good fortune with them. When I got back with my real family, I still played maplestory.... but after a while the others stopped playing, soon after I lost interest, I just wish I could have those emotions back when this all happened, but maplestory will always have a special place in my heart.
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