Y maple story.
Maple Story; Maple; MS.
Lynette. Yiting. Liana. Kenny jie. Kelly Ann. Ben. Katie. Willie kor. Ang CC. Ang CK. Kelvin. Steve. Huifang mei. Fiona mei. Kaixian mei. Kasther. Amelia. Caleb di.
Once upon a time, I was really crazy about the game. Mind you, there are quite a lot of people around my age that play the game. I got to know a few of them in the game and it became more of login to chat or to disturb the younger punks rather than to level up. We were quite a close knit group.
The main bulk of players consisted of Primary to Secondary School students. There are a lot of "ah bengs" or gangster wannabes, really childish actually. Not happy, they would challenge us to meet them outside and fight and they would claim to be from some Ang Mo Kio or Hougang gang. Seriously hilarious.
Their command of English was atrocious, not forgetting the vulgarities in dialect and the Singaporean slang. We need only talk in proper English for them to get totally confused at what we're trying to say. We loved our "verbal wars" 'cause those youngsters just never got it. Our source of entertainment when we're bored. Haha.
There are adults who play the game even. I've walked past LAN shops and noticed "uncles", possibly in their thirties or forties, playing MS. It's quite funny watching someone their age play a 2D cartoon game.
I've had the chance to meet up with some of my friends in real life and I'll probably try to meet up with the others if they ever come to Singapore. There was someone, I can't be bothered to mention his name, who was strongly against me meeting up with the friends I had made in MS. His belief was that online friends should remain online friends. It's a good thing I didn't listen to him, if not I wouldn't have made such great friends! I don't play the game anymore, but there are a few that I still keep in touch with.
Heh, playing games aren't totally useless and a waste of time. You never know just who you might happen to meet yeah. I've heard of people who met up, romance blossomed, they end up getting married and it all started through the game. But please be careful and safe about meeting people alright! Happy gaming!
.lady d.
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