The case for Old School MapleStory (MapleStory Nostalgia)

MapleStory was and always will be one of my favorite games growing up. In this video we discuss the nostalgia that MapleStory provides me in the present day, by revisting things like kerning city party quest, pig beach, hunting grounds, and much more. We also discuss the possibly of classic maplestory, or oldschool maplestory from Nexon. The current state of MapleStory isn’t what it once was, and old School MapleStory would be awesome.
0:00 intro
1:35 early game
7:20 Kerning city party quests
13:30 2nd job and “late” game
16:05 big bang update
18:15 MapleStory classic / old school maplestory
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[@KadaiGaming]

This one took a LONG time to make, sorry for the delay! Hope you all enjoyed

[@clanDeCo]

I was also a windia player back in the day. Played somewhere since v0.06~v0.23 i believe

[@Shiftarus]

You aren’t the only one that remembers Tiger and Sushi. I still remember adventuring to go see Tiger killing sharks, saying stupid shit to him and getting a 😑 at most for a response lol

[@DanKoips]

I remember. I used to run IPSGIVE back in ‘05-‘08. I loved just killing time and helping other players. I was the guy who’d help and then you’d out-level me because I was just training the noobs up and getting them used to the mechanics of PQs and classes and ALL the details of newbies needed to know- along with helping them with their quests and just encouraging them. I miss that.

[@kingmusik8901]

i missed the old gms 😢😢i would relive it agian if i had a time machine thanks for sharing this video ❤❤❤❤

[@BuffPomsky]

A huge part of the nostalgia is definitely the lack of social media's prevalence around that time. Maplestory WAS our social hub

[@LeeHowon90]

Maplestory was a chat world *with* a game you could play while socializing.

[@gunnarfit]

Ahhhh that’s so true

[@NinjapowerMS]

Maplestory is where I first got scammed and learned how to scam.

[@gunnarfit]

@@NinjapowerMS ME TOO LOL HAHA do you remember the trade scam? 1,111,111 instead of 11,111,111

[@Z32-300ZX]

Social Media was very prevelant in that time.

[@JoTheWeirdoz]

Nowadays everyone calls a new job advancement a big update but back in my day the update that added the ability to jump downwards was life-changing.

[@Arekiffle]

I had taken a break and when I got back I thought people were hacking / glitching since we had the chair glitch for like 2 days before I realized I could do the same 😅 KPQ life changing

[@PossibleVolcano]

Man what a moment that was. I started in beta, how time flies.

[@PokeMan69]

thats now called quality of life updates but hey you was a kid so of course anything that small would make you feel life changing games these days lack updates and characters that make the game good or fun these days .

[@9godofthe6ix]

Forgot that wasn't a thing in the past. Damn ye that was crazy

[@johnnyprencipe696]

hahahahaha for some reason i was convinced that the jumpdown update was a bug and i insisted to all my friends that it would be fixed in a future patch. not sure why i thought that

[@RossSpeirs]

Man I used to make my mom so mad spending 8 hours a day on weekends playing Maplestory and insisting we leave the game running during my school day so people could buy things from my free market store

[@dewwwd3431]

Dude I used to pretend to go to sleep then sneak to the computer to play. Only got caught once and my mom was pissed was 3 AM on a Saturday and I was doing kerning PQ trying to hit level 30 on my assassin. Thought I was a badass with my 6 att BWG, Icies and 17 attack claw that I used 100% scrolls on and was dexless

[@RossSpeirs]

@@dewwwd3431 classic memory, and that was badass back in the day. I remember when I made my first 1m in the Bera FM, thought I was so rich. Top class merch.

[@L7Fx]

the amount of times I stayed up all night playing this game as a kid was insane. I was literally addicted. my parents had to intervene@@dewwwd3431

[@Try_Hard_Dad]

@@dewwwd3431lmaooo grinding til 3 am for a Kerning PQ , wow what a nostalgia hit

[@MapleMazt]

@@dewwwd3431 that was so me :'D haha i laughed when i read this

[@weedseeds5211]

Even as adults I think we would all play the old maplestory if they released it. Even though we all work and have jobs now I feel like a good portion of the day would still be dedicated to grinding and partying. The slow grinding is what made the game fun thats forsure.

[@basedsouljah]

The same thing with Classic World of Warcraft, I know people personally that took weeks, days off of their jobs lmao - maple would be intense.

[@Shafiksz]

There is a few private servers which is the exact same as the old school maplestory

[@weedseeds5211]

I know but theres only a few thousand players on the most popular server. Feels like a ghost town when you play. @@Shafiksz

[@Rafael-oq9vu]

@@weedseeds5211 Exactly, and it is not the same thing. For example, playing osrs is very different from playing some old rs private server.

[@bknighty28]

Private servers do not cut it. Just give us maple classic. It would EXPLODE.

[@Kevin-hq5os]

Maplestory was such a double edged sword for me. I threw my entire childhood into this, completely ignoring everything else like school, but these are some of the greatest memories of my life growing up. Big Bang seriously killed this game and this is coming from someone who climbed to the top of the mountain and hit 200 twice. Also fun fact, just because I saw him in the video, Khainpriest still plays till this day. He’s in the run to 300, lol.

[@yt_nh9347]

wtf khainpriest still plays... jesus i remember him back in 2008 days on khaini in his guild kamisultra or something?

[@TheAtlanticCraft]

this needs to happen and with no microtransactions 🙏🙏 I still remember my first pair of crystal ilbis

[@davidheinrich6918]

Yeah what if they redid it and instead of having 2x passes etc they just made that the normal leveling rate or maybe at like lvl 70 or sumthing.

[@Loug522]

The problem is it wouldn't take long for the game to be filled with bots, just like wow classic and gms, on private servers at least there's some kind of moderation to remove the trash, although they also have 2 big flaws which are too many servers and most of them being a 2 months p2w cashgrab, I really wish some of the serious server owners would team up to make something big or with plenty of new content without killing the oldschool feeling, like it happens with wow.

[@laindump911]

I played oldschool runescape on release. The nostalgia carried us for about a month, maybe 2, after that, the game absolutely needed new updates as it was just bleeding players almost to it's death. Everyone was older, game mechanics were figured out, metas were formed quick and people didn't like to deviate. The old Maplestory you knew is never coming back, it feels like it did because you were a kid. Any official oldschool maple servers would need new content if it wants to survive. It is not a simple straight road as you want to believe.

[@chillerapfel23]

go play mapleroyals, good sever

[@dailup]

IT's been a well over a decade since I played this. If they ever decide to release a classic reboot. I could actually see myself playing this.

[@tehKoZur]

Unfortunately in modern days, Nexon only cares about making the most money. But there are super good and popular classic servers! I recommend Mapleroyals.

[@theophanyy5698]

Have you ever considered looking into private servers like MapleRoyals? There are several that have rollbacks from various points in MS’ history. MapleRoyals being one of the ones to cover pre-big bang. I suggest you check it out!

[@dewwwd3431]

There is a private server called MapleRoyals which is pretty good it’s 3.5x exp so not as slow as original game but out of all private servers it’s definitely best

[@dailup]

@@dewwwd3431 nice, will definately take a look at it

[@dailup]

@@dewwwd3431 sadly there seems to be an issue registering for an account, the login screen music got my nostalgia senses a-tingling. Pity, hope it gets fixed soon.

[@RuffRyder93]

Would 100% play a classic server, I've dabbled quite a bit in private servers and enjoyed them. But the feeling of them not being an official server always made me annoyed. I actually uninstalled MS for the first time a few months ago, I would login maybe once every couple months to see how the game was doing and every time I would log out after 5 mins and now I won't reinstall until a classic server is released.

[@ilikefoodx20]

leveling up in oldsckool MS was so hard people said congrats every time you levels. Its was always an accomplishment.

[@thetanweerali]

I remember the "congratz". You just gave me nostalgic hit here. 😅

[@kajetanbawelnoswiat]

and then you realize some psychopaths actually played hp warriors or beginners all the way above the level 100 holy shit

[@thetanweerali]

@@kajetanbawelnoswiat LOOL funny you say that, before quitting Maple I've had a beginner that I got level 85. PQ's especially ludi helped a ton!

[@enzokuro]

@@thetanweerali hell ya! i remember that

[@YourBoyGunther]

KPQ was peak MapleStory fr man I remember being like 13 years old selling tracking names in ch 1 and feeling like Mark Cuban. This video perfectly describes my MS experience growing up haha

[@dirtybird6861]

Man, Maplestory, Runescape and Gunz were my childhood games as well. You just slapped me with a crazy dose of nostalgia

[@TurboWindex]

K-styler unite ✊️

[@itayalroy5930]

MapleStory, GunZ and MU Online for me

[@WhataTofu]

gunbound too

[@dirtybird6861]

@@WhataTofu Oh yeah, J-Frog for life

[@bilbobongins4245]

Old school RuneScape is still going strong if you want another dose of nostalgia, even has a mobile app too

[@momchi98]

What I always loved about Maplestory is the art and music. Finally getting to Sleepywood and hearing the music and seeing the weird, but lovable NPC's and OH MY GOD thee background with the packed trees just made my child brain fill with joy, it just looked truly magical. Going to Ant Tunnel was the same, but with a much more serious, I felt like I was approaching a place that was mysterious and really dangerous and difficult to get to. All the while helping eachother with other people. It's just the vibes, man, Maplestory mastered the comfy yet wild vibe, I just loved its world. And my first time going to El Nath...man, I cannot describe with words how it made me feel, but it makes me tear up thinking about the magic I felt. Put on Sleepywood or El Nath's themes right now for whoever is reading this and you will get my point atleast partially.

[@OutofToast]

I joined Maplestory pretty late, by the time pirates were playable. I remember putting my skill points into HP/ MP wondering why I was doing so little damage in CPQ. I didn't care, I just loved the game! Private servers are great for when you want to scratch that nostalgia itch, but it's just not the same. I miss getting on the ship to Orbis and getting to chat with people inside the boat because everyone was terrified by the balrogs (Minus the few masochists who stayed on deck). I miss the community. This version of Maplestory will always live rent free inside my heart.

[@hopiuscoliun6746]

heyyy samee, but for me it was putting skill points on both hand and legs skill, and during my job advancement(i forgot is it 2nd or 3rd), I do not have enuf sp to use my sp on that higher job's skill, in the end im just stuck there so I just created another night walker character cuz it looks cool

[@heartlessmushroom]

That ship added to the immersion so much. Made it clear you're leaving your cozy home in Victoria Island and into the true adventure and establishing high level players as *heroes* to look up to and strive to match one day. To all those high level players who gifted me a town scroll after i explored areas way out of my debt, thank you.

[@OnlyDaanish]

I love seeing people just as passionate about me still and nostalgic about old maple. Ahh the memories they were amazing. Also, Its /find not /track.. noob

[@MonumentHD]

I remember being told to get off for the night at like 10-12 years old and I'd say to myself "someday when I retire I will spend it all playing maplestory"... little did I know the game wouldn't stay the same. The grind and mystery is what made it what it was. Happy for the memories. i hope my kids have a similar chance at it.

[@raichu56k]

love how all these videos about commemorating the golden era of MS are starting to surface, thanks

[@NinjapowerMS]

Or the OG maplestory youtubers like Dray, missed, rcham,etc there's more but I forgot haha

[@pauloromero5477]

I spent so many years in ludipq and I don't regret a single second. That time I was living the life.

[@sc9573]

nostalgia is powerful. everything i did from age 10-18 seemed magical and i live the rest of my life trying to feel that again

[@YonManX]

Tiger and sushi! You’re amazing, thanks for the nostalgia! 15:31

[@Yzerbruh]

The feeling of your pre-BigBang character being useless really resonates with me. I remember looking up the changed Exp tables before they hit. It stunned me. It made me wonder what kind of chaos would've ensued if total Exp was transferred; imagine people that weren't even 3rd job post-patch being at the lvl threshold for 4th job advancement.

[@ebunny1652]

oh man. first GunZ, then Runescape and now Maplestory. actually 3 of my main childhood games as well man. at least during a certain time. I loved all three, but especially GunZ and Maplestory. they have such a special place in my heart. so much nostalgia. I wish I could feel the things that I felt back then again. it was truly magical and I would definitely be down for some kind of Old School MapleStory, even if it probably wouldn't be the same. I'd at least get a lil kick out of it.

[@rickyclark9754]

Gunz was the goat. Maplestory second goat. Osrs third. I still play osrs n mapleroyals sometimes😂😂 i have a gunz ps dl but i havent played it rlly

[@markov622]

Haha exactly the same, but played rs first, then ms and then gz

[@alexiluffy216]

i remember that map with Big Ben looking clock tower with snow in it.. maybe it was a christmas update? dang the nostalgia @@markov622

[@bejamillion2]

This was a great analysis of one on my favorite games. I still love it so much after all these years that I even currently play on one of those private servers you briefly mentioned.

[@UrGumped]

I'll never forget the feeling coming from runescape dull and slow clicking to maplestory around v0.55 moving with the arrows faster pace killing and the bright colours and flashy skills

[@Esandeech2]

Same!!

[@yoshaymosheido]

i take my metaphorical hat to you kind sir. ty for this- it was exactly what i needed without knowing that i need it... i overcomplicate life most of the time- and this once in a while videos that break up my endless daily work and development give me true perspective. thank you for this piece- i truly had a lovely time watching this.

[@BBQKana]

The feeling of MapleStory was real. I used to play so much, but basically got stuck on lvl 40-45 on my main since I was just hanging around and trying to make money (didn't make much). I stopped playing way earlier than Big Bang, but I guess the main reason was that I couldn't progress without massive grinding. I've tried some Old School MS private servers, but even then the game is basically just a grind. There's also a problem where the private servers just don't have enough players to feel like a MMO.

[@Zanter06]

Windia represent! 2005-2010! Great memories. Great vid. Subbed!

[@0kev1n0]

Ahh the memories... The grind was brutal but it really amplified the feeling of leveling up and finally equipping that new gear to the max. It was basically crack for my 12 year old brain. Great video!

[@NinjapowerMS]

I remember coming back and getting to level 100+ in a few days that took my original character months to do lol

[@Bennijh]

This was my childhood !!! Thanks for this video man!!! It brought me back to that time for a moment. I miss that peacefull hours behind my desk playong this game with friend al over te world. Love it !!

[@user-qp5ot2wm4u]

Such a good video. You're a real one. I don't play anymore, but I still log in every once in a while to hear Kerning City music and just sit AFK at the top of the map. One of my most vivid and cherished memories was going over to my old bestfriends house circa 2008, I had picked him up a NX card for his birthday and it started to snow right when I got to his house. The Christmas event was going on in the game as well. While we weren't taking turns on the computer, grinding our dexless Sins, we were skating in the church parking lot up the road, then back to Maple. Pointless story I know, but this game holds a special place in my heart dude.

[@JAAPJXBIT]

I managed to get to 150ish pre big bang and right after i made it to 200 being one of the first 5k people to do it. It was still an ungodly amount of grinding to make it from 190-200 right after BB. Now that I’m older and more mature i realize how much of a waste of time that was but honestly, I was so happy throughout those years as a kid. Now i see people saying the game starts at lvl 200 like wtf. I will forever cherish my early mapling times with real and online friends. I will forever miss those days and I would definitely love to go back in time and hit it hard again only worrying about leveling up instead of worrying about bills, going to work and all that adult bs lol

[@ianwieds]

This game has given me so many fond memories and actually changed my life! I remember being like 8 years old in 2005 sitting and watching my older friend play for the first time on his mage and how i couldn't wait to get home and download the game and try it out. I spent countless, countless hours exploring and adventuring with friends. I think i got to lv 85 on my I/L mage pre-BB. Right around all the BB changes, I wanted to learn how to make a private server for me and my friends to play on which forced me to learn Java and HTML. Then fast-forward to high school I stopped playing and I focused on following my dream of making my own games, then college came and I chose to study computer science & business because I actually had some skills I picked up from MapleStory and game developing for fun. Now I'm almost 30 years old and I run my own software development company and I get to build software that hundreds of thousands of people use every day and I love it so much! If not for this game, I probably would have never went down this path that I am on now. Thanks MapleStory!!1

[@iAreYin]

There were actually only two servers in my Maplestory era, Scania and Bera. I played this game in beta but was so young I never realized I could get the mark of the beta bandana haha. Thanks for making this video, I love that this game touched others the way it touched me. I think about it all the time to this day and it was some of the best fun I've ever had.

[@asmrrandom9721]

Oldschool Maplestory OSMS with a polling system for updates would be amazing 😀so many good memories from past Maplestory and I also still listen to the Maple soundtrack, nice vid man

[@ronakowski6717]

I hope Nexon see's this.. because i was 11 when i played maple, now im 31 and it still has a spot in me...

[@sheleg4807]

Thank you for making your videos kadai. Gunz and Maplestory are the only games I really got into ever.

[@vajayjayfrendly]

Excellent video man. You really nailed the nostalgia. My wife and I had played this game up to Big Bang (long before we had met obviously) and decided to check the game out. We were shocked by not only how different it was, but how that warm charming game now felt cold and unfamiliar. If they ever made an officiall Old School Maple Story server, I can only imagine my wife and I flocking to that at day 0, even if it cost a membership fee. Also, Windia for life baby.

[@L7Fx]

when ludibrium came out is was literally like exploring a new world. Ludibrium PQ was such an amazing party quest it felt like yoru really has to work as a team and everyone was valuable. when the other party was finally about to exit everyone would start screaming CLICKKKKK lmao sometimes there were so many people on the same channel that trying to get in would be impossible without an autoclicker. Once you got to grinding at zombies you were basically in the endgame. I personally never got to that high of a level back then. by the time I got that strong on my main things started to change significantly. I wss such a henehoe instead of tarining

[@galnadjar]

Me , returning to maple at the 10000000 time in the age of 26 seeing this, sheeesh what a game. literally the best.

[@BlkOctoCoven]

Came across your channel because of this video. Not even 2 mins in and you already gained a fan.

[@dabsouljaboy]

Your gunz video got me to play gunz, and its gameplay has stuck with me so much that I'm now programming a gunzlike. I also love old-school Maplestory so much, I listen to the ost multiple times a week and have a Maplestory desk mat I made in photoshop lmao. Good stuff dude

[@PerryProject_]

loved maplestory back in the day, thanks for making this video

[@Creat1veCreature]

This was such a good video! Thank you!

[@cscoop]

I barely got to 30 in the peak OG maple but me and my homies are past 160 on a pre-big bang private server doing endgame bosses I never could have dreamed of as a kid. The community is so active and dedicated it’s kind of beautiful. Great video

[@davidalexander5137]

Royal?

[@Vinicius_BatistaT]

Old School Maplestory would be nuts, i mean, i can't play hours and hours of maple like i used to in my childhood, but nostalgia is really powerful, i'm pretty sure that it would be a pretty good usage of my humble free time. And as you sayd, Reboot is the best thing they did to maple since big bang, no pay to win, but still, they get SO MUCH money with just cosmetics, it's insane. This game can't die without going back to it's roots officially, it would be criminal to do so. Best BGM ever

[@jieyinghao]

Thank you for reminding me of my childhood, which was happy and full of mystery. I don’t know why I want to cry when the music plays in my ears.

[@thegliks]

Dude you said the words! ❤

[@mr.a.silence]

This is such a nostalgia rush for me, love it!

[@vidasstirbys9452]

bro Maplestory SLAPPED together with the entire ERA of internet at the time. Nah I'm hitting subscribe for sure

[@omgstoptakingnames]

Oh man this brought me back to my middle school days, I was literally thinking of whatever happened to Tiger and Suuushi as I was watching this and then you just mentioned them lol. Also I remember my main and first character that was a lvl45 warrior that had fucked up stats but I couldn't reroll cause getting to that level literally took months lmao.

[@OpPlays]

Really enjoyed the video. My childhood brought back to life :)

[@PlazyFella]

I remember when I was young I joined Maplestory right on the day the Demon Slayer was introduced, so I can't say I experienced this old school Maplestory back then. But I got a sense of the gameplay somewhat by playing private servers before and it's interesting to see that despite the game back then not being as polished gameplay-wise, the social aspect was much stronger than it is nowadays. Sure, you can join guilds to interact with people, but a majority of players now practically speedrun the game and it's not too common now to interact with people that aren't within your guild. Game nowadays feels more like a single-player game. Nexon is really missing out on free money by not making Old School servers. I know for a fact I would give it a try.

[@Giaki]

Lovely video, felt like talking to a friend about old memories. I really do miss the early maplestory days, I had a lv23 wizard that rolled high str score and I put points into it because I thought that at least I wouldn't have to worry about mana lol

[@jordanvespa720]

MapleStory was a huge part of my childhood. What definitely set it apart was the social aspect. PQs, Ship Rides, Free Market, etc. I would sometimes just spend an hour browsing random FM stalls even though I was dirt poor. If they bring it back, I think one key to making it successful would be to try and add more social activities like these. And probably modifying the exp curve as well since everyone has less free time now.

[@Matanki]

True, i guess we all at the ages of 25-35 range. people got married, kids etc.. we have less time. but we would still jump back for sure.

[@ockyguru]

You get the utmost respect for this video my guy. Just something about Maplestory hits different. Even if it’s many years later. RESPECT!

[@Matt-ub8mz]

Broooo I say it all the time, same as you, if they made an old school in a similar way to osrs, i would absolutely pay a subscription. I tried Reboot sort of recently and its a big step up from the completely pay-to-win Maple of today, but it doesn't hit the mark like I'm sure a fully old school version would. I'm super confident it would be a success, here's to hoping one day!

[@ellepalmer]

i made so many friends on maplestory. funnily enough i made internet friends on club penguin, then we migrated over to maplestory as we got older. i met people and had a blast. i started RIGHT after the big bang update. my first character was an aran. i think it changed for the worse sometime in 2012/2013 when they introduced new characters that leveled up three times faster than the OGs, it just made no sense to play those anymore when you could make a new character and have a much faster progression. so i share the same gripes as you, but with fond memories of the early big bang and then distaste for the next big update. funny how that works huh.

[@ellepalmer]

also, YES I WOULD 10000% PLAY THE RETRO VERSION

[@justinbotte1212]

Great video man, loved it

[@EffectiveTelevision]

the first 30 seconds of this video alone makes me want to redownload maplestory. great video!

[@AnderssonChr]

This was so good man! A lot of it is relatable. My friend showed me this game when we were 13 and my first thought was, "what the hell is this crap, let me go back to Half-Life and Battlefield". Somehow I'm now 31 years old and every now and then through the years I get the urge to play Maplestory and it's the reason why I found your video to begin with. I have friends as well who same as me have been enjoying the real game as well as private servers in recent years, or should I say all years since we started as teenagers. There's only been some pauses in between.

[@LongLostPlasticTo]

well, you summed it up perfectly. I can still feel the way I first felt hearing that log in screen music.

[@dimrocksosabby2553]

I remember back in like 2009 risking straight up my whole PC downloading cursor mods to get the maplestory cursor on my desktop

[@thefieryblood9129]

Wow. This video took me back. It evoked memories i didint think i had.

[@jilliankleemann9200]

Dude you KILLED it in this video, I want to go back to these days. I also remember the fight for tiger and sushi to get top and that was like the most intense fight as kids 😂 I remember being 8 and loving sushi and looking up to her. Whenever I make characters now, they’re all naked sushi. For my FF14 character I got so many comments saying “omg I love sushi!” And I’m just sitting over here like no remember the OG in maple story? And no one ever knows 🥲 shout out to you ❤

[@mauri1996fs]

I played MapleStory (Europe) for a few years, starting in 2007. Haven't played in ~13 years (basically stopped before the big bang, and then tried it again after BB had been implemented, enjoyed it at first, but it didnt feel the same anymore and i stopped - similarly to what you are describing in this video...), but to this day I remember these beautiful times. Some friendships I've made in Maple last to this day

[@angell1387]

Maplestory impacted my life so much, I have been playing since the age of 7. I will never forgot the best times I had playing this game with my friends. The nostalgia is INSANE! R.I.P pre-big bang your will forever be in my heart.

[@thegliks]

I love you bro it’s thanks to guys like you that the world is a better place

[@Marplegamer]

i was never really grinding on pig beach but on the Secret Kerning Octupus Map, best spot ever for early leveling xD

[@IluKoru]

Great video mate. I spent a good chunk of the pandemic playing MapleLegends, and they did a lot to improve the gameplay in a way that I think Nexon could just copy over. I think the following would be the minimum (presumably all easy) fixes to have a successful OSMS reboot: 1. increase xp rates (somewhere between 1.5-3x original rates) 2. remove entry limit to party quests 3. remove the need for hp washing 4. buff quest xp/rewards 5. fix leeching meta

[@RuTo94]

I miss the Kerning PQ days when I had to say I have AC "Auto Click" but reality it's just my ninja finger😂

[@Mehecanogeesir]

What captivated me in my childhood was experiencing my first game with great soundtrack, great party play, and artsy graphics. These are still my favorite parts of the game. Hoping party play becomes great again :-)

[@Warrenified]

nostalgia overload holyyy. first game i ever fell in love with. PQ'ing back in the day was magical.

[@FrozenBlossom]

Everytime I heart Maple Story's Intro Music It Always Makes Me Want To Play The OG Game Again...

[@JustChillTelevision]

Bro looking back at all this and the memories it gives me almost made me cry 🥺 I truly have never had the same feeling MS gave me till this day with any other game

[@praisedaura]

I've been binging a lot of videos looking back fondly at the older days of Maplestory as of recent, and it's really heart warming to see that even if the game was objectively grindy as sin and poorly balanced in a ton of aspects, there was a hell of a lot of charm for what it was and we all bonded with the little things like PQing, chilling out in Henesys, meeting guildmates to afk at the FM, or just lounge in HHG1. I used to play this game an ungodly amount of time over the years but quit around the time Kaiser and Angelic Buster were added. I have met many people that would end up being close friends of mine I still keep in touch with well over a decade later when most of us have moved on from the game and are busy doing stuff with our lives now as grown adults. Sadly, I don't think the game can ever recapture the magic it once had as it did back in the day, and will simply be something we can look back. You can revert the game to its state as of then, but many people will clamor for stuff like newer classes, magic damage formula change, HP washing, leeching, power guard mules, potential, EXP curves, etc. that diminish the experience of having an "Old School" version of the game. Apologies for the rambling, its just been a huge part of my adolescence and even some of my early post-graduate adult years.

[@mqtlol]

I would without a doubt, play an old school version of maplestory

[@Djsinane]

Let’s as a community come together and make a MapleStory classic successor. Something that’s difficult to level in, time consuming and forces you to socialize

[@BadBeanBoy]

Good vid took me down a nice nostalgia trip

[@cl2045]

Maplestory was the reason behind the first time i pretended to be sick to not go to school just to stay home and play.

[@AeonTH]

I was actually friends with Tiger. I started out looting his drops at Gobies and ended up spending every day with him and his gf at the time, Kittyz0r. Good times. I still play Maplestory now, tho nowhere near as much as I used to.

[@violentincantation]

THE CLIP OF THE XIV ERP CLUBS SCENE THOUGH. IM IN TEARS.

[@youngphil8766]

Very nice video thanks man :)

[@dylansimmons4057]

Damn... you unlocked some serious memories lol. I played on and off since the game released and finally gave it up in 2016. Towards the end it was just sad. No one was in the FM, no one hanging out in the usual spots. I was primarily a collector for the last few years I played and ended up selling off basically everything I had for around $1k usd. Started playing osrs this year for the nostalgia and have been thinking about trying to figure out my login info for maple again just to see whats up...

[@amdyl]

I've brought this idea up to my friends so many times and they're all for it. I started out with Runescape back in 2007 and play both RS3 and OSRS today. I started MapleStory back in like 2008 after the fact and loved every second of playing. Playing MapleStory now definitely isn't the same as it used to be. I've played on Reboot until lvl 240 and just can't do it anymore. I agree with you 100% that MapleStory could potentially do something like Runescape or WoW in terms of bringing back classic servers. I feel like if they brought it back and updated it in its own way like OSRS does, it'd be a massive hit. I know for a fact that if MapleStory classic was announced I'd be going crazy and would at the very least give it a try. Great video man!

[@matthewbim10]

The music brings back the innocence of childhood. This was a perfect game for a kid back in the day. I played it religiously and only got a level 40 bowman and wizard

[@jeehyunyun5856]

Thanks for sharing!

[@MapleMissile]

Really enjoyed the video.

[@0M3GA64]

I never thought I would ever randomly come across a video that just happens to have my old guild leader in it, I do miss the days of what felt like an eternity at bear wolves

[@AznEn4cer]

This brings back so many memories! I was also on Windia server too!

[@joaosamizs]

Maplestory arrived in Brazil in 2007. unfortunately the server was closed in 2009 before the bigbang and I thought the game itself would no longer exist. After growing up I discovered not only that the game still exists but is still as fun as before

[@ToastPop92]

This game ment so much for me as a kid. I totally agree with your points. Being 31 now, I realize wasn't just logging into a game, I was logging into my "third place".

[@DefeatLust]

Lmao, me and this dude had the exact same mindset and gaming experience. I went into this weird cartoony chibi bs with a negative as well. "Man, this looks SO LAME.. but my friend is playing, so i'll try it 😒" Rest is history, just as you described. Great video, brother 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@kennyp9796]

Almost 20 years later, the login music still hits

[@yukisama-vh8lz]

been playing maplestory for 18 and still going ! the game is amazing with always new update

[@user-nu3sj7qi6s]

I would play old school right up to before cygnus knights came out! I remember making a crossbowman after maxing out my wind archer (120 iirc) and you'd start off at a higher level using the wind archers moves, and even gave gear as well. I loved crossbowmen so much, barely anyone was playing them too. The ice bird pet was so neat to me. I remember quitting right after middleschool. The days where you would trade total strangers wins in a PVP/PVE game mode. sometimes you'd get scammed. sometimes you wouldnt. you never knew!

[@omaraly41]

Awesome content! this spoke to me. One thing that I wanna highlight to devs out there. That generation that loved Maplestory are the ones in their 20s and 30s now with tons of purchasing power and little responsibilities. If I'd play oldschool maplestory now, I'd be covered in NX cash. :D

[@YellowSlice813]

Aznben1994 - Bowmaster - Scania To all my friends I’ve made, hope you’re all doing well/happy in life. Life back then was simple and fun with no worries but party leveling, boss fights or just social hanging out enjoying time with each other. Life now has been not so fun and hard at times. But we struggled much harder back in the days grinding to lvl200 or trying to scroll god tier items and much more. So we all got this. I miss and love you all❤. Those memory I will always cherish even after death.

[@CatsandDragons7]

The Henesys song plays on a loop in my head 24/7 to this day

[@heartlessmushroom]

I actually went on through the early days of Big Bang and it still felt like home. (Mushroom Castle my beloved) But it was a death by a thousand cuts, the production values went up but the original vibe of the game kept getting buried. More and more new classes were added and the story became more convoluted and less mysterious. Nowadays there's a portal to everywhere and several PQs and entire areas were removed to make it more of a single player experience (???) There is no longer any mystery on what awaits you in areas beyond your zone of comfort, I recall travelling to Ariant and descending to Aqua Road to explore and try my mettle against stronger monsters even though i was not meant to be there yet. With so many modern conviniences the magic of discovering and exploring such a large world is gone forever.

[@Esandeech2]

Saw my older brother playing the GMS beta around 2003/2004/2005? Don’t know the exact year. I made an account myself and played all the way until 2011/2012. I miss those days a ton. Even had a relationship with a guy from Maple for 4 years (long distance) I will never forget saying ‘see you on the new server’ when the beta was closing down. Everyone got a bandana called ‘Mark of the Beta’ when making an account on the new server. Maple will hold such a special place in my heart ❤️ i grew up on Maple.

[@DougBolden9]

You are absolutely right about the soundtrack,I got a spotify playlist myself as well lol Reminds me of the good old days of chatting with people while on orbis ship and drop games in henesys.