One of my favorite parts of old school MapleStory. The race to level 200. Sources used: docs.google.com/document/d/1Q... Become a member: th-cam.com/users/Togainjoin My 2nd Channel: / @lppshow My Discord: / discord
Very much so, we need this kind of content badly for these old mmos from the early to mid 2000's to archive older internet culture, I hope we get another person with the same level of passion as him to do the same to something like ragnarok online or tibia too. So much history and memories from that era could be lost.
Random fact: Fangblade really was all about the leveling, by power standards he actually was weaker than other DK's far lower leveled than him. He never put much effort into his gear. In fact I believe the surfboard he's often seen with had to be donated to him by his friends/guild as an upgrade to his current weapon and even that took a lot of convincing for him to accept it. I remember reading about a conversation he was involved in where someone was asking in guild if they should spend an extra million mesos (I forget the actual number, its likely far more) to buy an item that had a 1 stat upgrade over their current gear and Fangblade commented something like "Why would you spend a million mesos to get 1 stat when you could just level up for free and get 5 stats" - Kinda says a lot about his mentality haha
Thank you so much for covering a topic so nostalgic to me, and with such high quality and care! :) Please don't feel obligated to, but I'd LOVE a video where you cover the famous MapleStory players of the good ol' days in-depth. Wishing you the best! Hopefully you'll get more subscribers and views!
There’s private servers doing this just because nexon won’t…. I bet it would be HUGE I still play a private server just because I miss OG maple it’s fun just grinding senselessly
I distinctly remember Tiger had made a quitting video where he dropped his spear and sat in a chair until is expired. Not able to find it but remember it being a big deal on basilmarket forums.
Very late, but are you sure you're not talking about BSUCLA instead? That video is pretty easy to find on youtube if you just search for "BSUCLA Part VIII"
Great video and trip down memory lane for me. Having been part of this race (my bishop keturah finishing at #8 on Jun 8, 2008) and being part of what you termed FangBlade's bishop squad was a great time for me. I'm impressed with your attention and accuracy with the details. Thank you so much for preserving this part of the Maple Iceberg, it is truly huge!
@@McDudes it’s just weird bc most old games from like 1995-2005 we have info, like arcade game legends, pro players from age of empires 1, or smash bros melee from 2002, stuff like that, because eventually pros players, they come out and talk about there story EVENTUALLY but gms is soooo quiet
I always find it so funny how: 3d job dragon knight and priest loves each other. One cannot do enough damage and the other wants the healing and bless. Then comes 4th job and the bishop dealing massive damage while the dark knight wants none of that heal because of beserk.
Amazing video! I remember before FangBlade hit 200, he went around joining the top guilds like a kind of celebration tour. Each one gave him a gift. The guild I was in at the time (Imperials, which can be seen in screenshot of FangBlade hitting 200) gave him a blue surfboard.
I physically need videos like this in my life, because there was so much history that I not only missed out on (I might have started playing GMS in 2006-2007), but so much that I've forgotten about in my own head. I STILL have a couple of the "road to 200" AMV videos that people would put out, that I used to be obsessed with 😭 Bless you for making these videos of my childhood 🙌❤️
First Corsair level 200 was AnnaVette. Also xxcoreanzxx was a WK/Pally in top 5 (see timestamp 11:43). He disappeared around the time it became publicly known that he was on the LAPD Most Wanted list iRL (where he remains to this day)... otherwise we might've seen a Paladin contender 😂 I think LightOne cracked top 5 at one point as a BM... not sure about that one though. Great video, what a throwback
Regarding Tiger's deletion, I was on Scania but was in L3aF at the time. I was given an account by my brother on Scania, a level 135 Bowmen. It was a high-level guild, and we knew a lot of the other high-level players. The speculation at the time of Tiger stopping to play was real-life related. His real name was Gavin, and it was confirmed by people that knew him, that he shared his account with his girlfriend. Back then, account sharing wasn't punished, but was looked heavily downed upon by the community. One day, Tiger would be silent, training away. The next day, they're talkative in buddy chat, and just generally chatting. The switch between the personalities was pretty apparent. He suddenly stopped logging in, and no one really knew why. It was common to see him online at Gobys, but strangely, after about a week of absence, people started to worry and ask questions. Fast-forward about a month later, and he disappeared from the rankings. No one could find him or get in touch with him. The next month, the rankings updated and a female warrior, named Tiger, level 41, appeared. To appear in the rankings back then, you had to be level 30 or higher. They did play, but never talked. No one knew who it was, but they were grinding away while being harassed by countless people. Back then, /find was a command that would list where the player was in that channel. They located her, and would harass her constantly, preventing her from grinding. Eventually, they, too, stopped logging in. With the confirmation of there being two people with access to Tiger, it was speculated within the high-level community that they broke up, or something related to it. Tiger would log in at the very least, once every 2 or 3 days, but for him to suddenly stop without a word was strange to those that knew him. Again, it was only speculation, but it was the most probable at the time.
The two players that shared the account were Gavin and Craig. One of my old friends used to know Craig (I think) from playing Neopets together. I didn't believe him because he was new to Maplestory, but sure enough he sent a screenshot as proof which was Suuushi at gobies saying hey (my name). It also confirmed that they took over Suuushi's account after she quit, and you'd often see Suuushi online more than Tiger at that time. Or one played on that account while the other played on Tiger.
@@xzigzag So THAT'S where Craig came from. My guild master said his name a few times, but I never met a Craig at all. It's not surprising that Suuushi quit, though. She used to grind at squids, but was constantly harassed by hackers just mob-vaccing the map, so she was forced to CC. When the top players started getting banned for training on maps with AFK hackers, it became a harassment technique.
I always remembered that Tiger was level 160 when I started to play but I couldn't remember the year because I was so young back then. I'm very happy to learn that it was around August 2006, or v0.28. Crazy how new the game was still.
I remember being there in Hene Hunting grounds 1 when Curry hit 200, my computer almost exploded from how many people were there. Such good memories, can't believe it's been over 15 years since then 😢 thank you for the nostalgia
Fantastic job documenting the race to level 200, it must have taken forever to document everything. Nostalgic to remember following the competition as a young kid through rankings. Only missing Xlazhar (I/L Mage from Bera) who was often accompanied by Shiriko (Priest). Xlazhar led the race, hitting level 120 ahead of all, pre-3rd job. He reached around level 122 before quitting, grinding at Bains mostly iirc. Shynobi was the first to 100, Xlazhar then took over in the race to 120. Sadly, their names faded unlike Tiger & Fangblade, due to the timing of a public ranking release. Very interesting watch nonetheless! 👏 If you search for ''Way of Bera'' here on TH-cam, you can find a video my brother made back in early 2006, following Xlazhar & Shiriko grinding at Bains.
We need more of these super long documentary style videos, I love watching these while I'm playing LOL. Some ideas: - A whole episode about maplestorys development / beta - Full timeline of maplestory from start to present - breaking down big bang / reboot / other major changes for the game - Why maplestory 2 failed - Hidden maps npcs and easter eggs from OG maple - Maplestory OG culture, like drop games, faming, mules, megaphones, etc
I LOOOOOVE this video. It took me back to those days and I really appreciate the work you put into it. I was in Broa's top 10 Paladins back during these times and I feel you underestimate just how bad they were at 46:22. I don't think even the most committed player could have made it into the top 5 as a Paladin lol. Gosh, incredible video. This really made my day. Like legit.
@squid3921 Man, life can be pretty crazy sometimes. Lol Cory and I still play but Alex has dropped Maple entirely, though we consistently try to persuade him back. Hahah
@@Orrador Good to hear you're all alive. We were never on the same server (Khaini pride) but thanks for covering KMS2 and MS2 beta back in the day. Shame GMS2 was a later big bang'ed version. You're not forgotten lads!
Few notes I'll add to this! Hot sands was best exp for melee when it was vic only. Had great drops from torties and had best spawn. Also Tiger HATED fighting for areas to train at. And him being on the Scania server there was plenty of competition. He was at lucida because there was no one there so he had the spawn all to himself. Fun fact this is why he went to gobies. Gobies aren't nessisarily faster than squids. But virtually no one was at gobies so that's why Tiger preferred that to squid. Also bera had a fairly decent shot because it launched about over a month after Scania but it had a TWO WEEK double exp event to help players catch up! Also hp washing was invented by Tiger! It was invented a bit later so no one really did that yet. CHief bandits were great at level 70 because of meso explosion... However as they leveled their utility started to demish. See they actually were not that good at mobbing because band of thieves was actually a terrible skill.. Also assaulter did slightly less damage than savage blow. So actually aside from meso explosion their damage didn't really improve from second job to third job. Chief bandits would soar from levels 70-110ish but after that the other classes could kill faster than CBS could drop mesos. Also there was a brief moment in time where Suuushi was number 1. Tigers character was completely gone from the rankings either from character deletion or from ban. The name Tiger was taken by a black female character that made it to the grand level of 12. Eventually Tiger got his character back and did eventually go on to reach 200 albeit much later. Also to further fuel the speculation of Tiger account sharing. Talking so some of his friends at the time and people who bossed with him Tiger alwaysss whispered. He never talked out loud. Idk maybe the celebrity didn't want people to twist his words or something... Untilll the rumors of the account sharing started popping up. I remember going down to aqua road to watch him grind. And one day he was very talkitive. Told people what % he was at. The attack on his spear etc etc. Almost like a different person.
yoooo this video was so in-depth and informative to people who may not know Maplestory's history that well. Would love to see a race to 250 and race to 275 video in the future :)
200 was the race that mattered. MS was still one of the top 3 games played which imo makes it a huge achievement. It's insane going on these days and seeing how far it's fallen. I was so surprised by how many servers were deleted.
Great video. Bigfoot/Anego meta was 100% a way to level at the time. if you were able to juggle Bf's in a corner you could open his hitbox. It was a large amount of exp for a very short amount of time. You could see people shoot up large levels with BF/HH hunts. the unfortunate thing was the around 6-12 hour spawn timer and too many maps to make it consistent outside of maintenance.
I love that you're going to make different videos about the topics in the iceberg. The iceberg video was one of the best videos that I've sat and watched full attention from start to end in a long time. Early days of Maple are some of my most core memories of being in my teens. I still play til this day, on Reboot now though. I remember when I played in Scania trying to track down CurryIsHott and whispering him and he would actually respond and was super nice. Excited for the next video!
I feel some pain looking back to old maple because I went so hard on level grinding but at the same time those times were some of the most memorable and fun times of my life. Great video, thanks for covering this kind of a topic.
Holy crap that's a ton of nostalgia. As someone who did play the beta and also looked at rankings pretty frequently, seeing the old spots, the updates, the names on the rankings, this video definitely hit a spot xD I saw curry when they were still in the 30ish range once, specifically remembered the name, was so surprised to see it on the leaderboards later on ^^
Brought back so many good memories playing this game. Even some from after big bang, racing to 200 in new world releases, the 250 race and community, tower of oz discoveries. Great job on the video :)
this was really fun to watch, a trip down nostalgia road, seeing all the exp rates is not something id ever seen before since i only reached level 62 in vanilla maple
What a fantastic video along with your iceberg overview. I didn't pay attention to all of this while playing so it's so much fun to hear about it now. Thanks for making these videos :)
In the early days of official release I remember a cleric named Stephen who kept on par with Tiger around lvls 70 or so. I dont have much information other than memory, but you can probably find something related to him around. Really nice video though!
I just remembered the time I met Tiger when he was still level 153 in HHG1. He literally just hit dragon roar and level 16 me (like, 10 years old) leveling to become a page was so excited to meet the legend himself.
thanks for making such videos, it's a treat to walking down the memory lane. also would you make more videos perhaps something related to releases of regions(or maps) over the time, events (in-game or irl events, guild meetups) or the transition of maple's economy (trader) from f2p to p2w? i feel like if anyone were to do it, it has to be you.
These iceberg videos are so well researched and so engaging as well. Thank you for putting together the lore and other information about the game into one super intriguing package that we can all consume easily. Excited to see more
Very cool video! At 40:50 you mention that Bigfoot was most likely killed by classes like Hermit, it was actually very difficult for Hermits due to how Bigfoot's knockback mechanics were and how hard the touch damage hit, almost a guaranteed 1 shot unless they were heavily HP washed. Bigfoot after being hit would have a slight invincibility frame where it couldn't be hit again immediately, making it almost impossible for a Hermit to knock it back enough to pin it in the corner. Bigfoot was actually mostly done by warrior classes that were able to utilize rush and pin it in the corner easier while also having enough HP to tank the high touch damage.
I don't remember exactly how it worked, but I seem to recall some leech / boost strat involving bigfoot? I think a War would give you the HP boost and you'd hit it once (somehow, don't recall the details tbh) and it would get you like an entire level lol. My memory isn't great and I don't recall if I ever actually did the boost at any point but that sticks out in my mind.
@@PurpleDragonSpike Power Guard leech! Page & Fighter could learn a damage reflect skill called Power Guard at level 31 which didn't check accuracy. The leech seller would bring a level 31 Warrior mule, get it to suicide into Bigfoot & then you'd gain EXP. As long as you were level 26 or above.
Hey man, been big fan started watching since the reboot progression series. this video got me readdicted to maplestory. This video was so well put together and so motivating to come back. Thanks for the content
That level 102 fighter in beta...wtf!. And that level 93 assassin - it amazes me that he even got access to level 80 gear, this is absolutely nuts in the beta era
I remember stalking Tiger and Suuushi when they we're level 14x. Somehow I can't comprehend that that was in 2005... I was literally 9 years old. My brother reached level 71 at that time, which was already insanely high to me. I never got higher than level 60 on my Dexless sin. Call of Duty became my new favorite game.
holy shit, the crossbowman you have at 41:05 was a friend/guildmate of mine in those days haha! XBish from Windia, his name is carlos and he was a hilarious dude. he was from dominican republic and i'll never forget he told me that his nickname was Dominican Thunder. and how if i ever visit there, that the police will definitely stop me as a tourist but you can get out of it by bribing them with like 10 bucks. miss that guy, hope he's doing well wherever he is. so many good memories on that server
Absolutely love your videos. Been playing maplestory since I was 4 or 5 (24 now) and I just got back into it for the 100th time recently. Love watching these videos along side of it.
What a trip. To think that I've known each and every one of these people in Scania and watched their growth journey from the side as well as my own. Growing up with Maple was a unique experience.....
You really nailed it with this video. I never really got into maple story but I really enjoyed this whole video. Would love to see something like this for other old MMOs too.
Speaking of Curryishot and him being a nice guy, I still remember grinding with him on several occasions in a party at squids, he waa always friendly and invited me and some friends to grind with him several times. Good times with a great dude :]
The reason Chief Bandits were not up high in the ranks but Hermits were, is because getting to Chief bandit alone was a feat in itself, it was statistically the slowest leveling experience up to 70. Considering CBs had to single target as a Melee only really sucked it was comparable to the way Beginners level. All that aside once you do finally hit 70 for that sweet Band of Thieves, you find out quickly that it doesn’t even start with its mobbing potential. At level 1 you could hit 2 monsters at once and it would very slowly increase through levels until cap. So as a CB you were not even efficiently mobbing until 80 or so.
Bruh hermits were just as bad if you were poor. You know how shit a feeling is when every bandit/hermit pre 60 is? We both suffered bro LOL. Couldnt ever make money cause pots + refilling the shitty low level subis were too expensive
@@Ghost1170 lmao no, Sin's/Hermits were WAY better without meso's and with a lot of funding they were extremely strong. The cost of refilling stars isn't the same as actually doing terrible damage.
@@HiImRawr bruh, I struggled way less getting a chief bandit than I did a hermit. You dont need money to auto attack. You need money to auto attack as a sin. What? Even if the process is slower, you win out at a net positive if youre making money. Making money in old maple was literally a time waste unless you hacked. That shit was cancer
The only thing I don’t miss is not being able to afford potions but once you got past there, old MS was so fun. Dexless warriors and trying to get accuracy was a fun challenge.
This brings back so many memories. I remember when Perion used to be the FM, when FM didn't exist. I also remember the summer events when they gave tubes and maple weapon drops. I remember a lot of people were grinding at bubbling's for the maple shield. Good old days. Pig beach was my favorite spot to chill at.
This is the greatest trip down memory lane I've ever experience from any video I've ever seen. Amazing documentary and I swear I'm not crying. Subscribed!
Thank you so much for this. I remember seeing Tiger get dethroned after such a very long time at #1 and it was unreal. 46:22 As a 159 Paladin pre-BB, I can attest that WKs/Paladins were consistently considered worse than Crusader/Heroes because of their lack of a useful party skill. Additionally, Blast, while it was one of the easiest attacks to hit the damage cap when it was still 99k, would actually do LESS damage than a Hero who could hit 3 (or was it 5?) times with their main attack. Although it was weaker than Blast, it would amount to more damage than hitting 99k. Essentially, Paladin damage had a hard cap whereas the other Warriors didn't.
I remember forming expedition teams as a fresh level 30 bandit and traveling to tauros with my friends to see the high level players train during beta. Learned the hard way that the lightning strike kills through darksight too. This was back when LAN shops were still a thing. Great memories
Fangblade, he quit MS after 200. I lost touch with him but he did interact with guild at times. But, he was so focused on leveling that he had zero time for social stuff. Once he hit 200 he was so burned out he quit never to return. Occasionally he'd stop by to say hi but, eventually he just stopped all together. I dunno what happened to him. I hope he's well.
Great video, fun trip down memory lane. One thing I want to add regarding the popularity of hermit, is that back in those days Naruto was the hottest shit around, especially in the countries that populated GMS (Americans, SEA residents, etc.). I am willing to bet the Naruto anime got a lot of those guys to make Hermit chars. So many people around having Naruto variant names like xSaSuKeAzNx or xXxVietSasukexXx. It really was the coolest shit back then and I guess the players drew parallels between Naruto ninjas and Hermits (shurikens and shit). Also about Tiger, the prevalent rumor back then was account sharing fuckery either got him banned, or made him lose his account/character to hacking/griefing. Tiger losing the race to 200 really was a blow to us Scania players as a lot of us had formed some sort of weird parasocial relationship with him and wanted a Scania player to win the race. I remember myself using /find on him and just going to see him exping before promptly leaving as to not disturb him. Way more innocent and better times back then.
I can definitely agree with Curry being the friendly one. He was always willing to interact. Once I found FangBlade farming and he just ignored me and CC'd. I remember it clearly this was when he was farming Himes
Great video dude, this was very nostalgic. I didn’t start playing MS until the start of 2008 but man does this bring back memories of the time, wondering what everyone is doing nowadays, including my old guild mates. I want to say I made it to level 80-100 something pre-BB as a White Knight in Bellocan. I will say while I think WK/Paladin was an underrated class and mostly just not as popular, I will admit we weren’t secretly super good or anything, I wish lol. Shoutout to my old guilds Peace and Jr. Carnage. Thanks for the memories
I was playing jMS at the time, and the first level 200 worldwide was a jMS master thief, mostly due to how good himes were for master thieves, and since they had them for longer along with the 25% exp bonus jMS had. I remember being really happy to see a MT do so well since I was one myself.
100.000% that the level cap was like that, I played literally since releasedate.. Tiger rank 1 first ever to lvl cap 120 in Scania GMS (back in the days when there was no 3rd or 4th job yet).. If my memory is correct he did the final kill at the Crimson Balrog spawned on the boat from Victoria Island to Orbis that would travel once per half hour.. I love your video’s man, they bring back memories! Keep it coming! 😄
great video! im an old school ms player now im 37 i have some screen shots of me following my fav top players. just an extra info. there was a couple players who reached 200 before fangblade 1 from scania and 1 from broa but they were unranked players. not sure why they got unranked. but the one from scania was a bishop
Yo man this is a great video! One thing I'd point out about Chief Bandits vs Hermits was that you mention there weren't many CB representatives due to Hermits being so popular. But I think this was because the CB's DPS was actually much worse than a Hermit's (not counting Meso Explosion). This was mainly (or entirely?) because the way the ATK stat on a claw + glove + throwing stars worked made it so that similarly scrolled gear would benefit the Hermit way more. Similar as to how you described your comparison of Hermits to archers. For example a +7 (60%s) claw had much higher range increase than a +7 dagger. Don't quote me on this though it's been a long time haha and I know you've done your research more than I have! Claw users might have also benefited more with each LUK stat too? Hence one more reason for Dexless sins. Also Savage Blow maxed out meant 80% damage on each hit, so their specialty was meant to be weak but LOTS of attacks that add up to be balanced with the other classes. Band of Thieves had a somewhat similar logic where theoretically it was fast attacks if you held down the attack and happened to have 6 mobs by you. Only downside was that by the time level 80+ monsters came out, their defense was so high that each hit ended up being reduced by literally HUNDREDS of damage PER HIT so the DPS took a massive crash. And I believe their third job skills couldn't keep up with the rest of the classes despite them looking really cool. I remember those Deep Ludi mobs being too physically wide that Assaulter couldn't cut through them and I'd just land ON the monster and get tanked every time. Of course there was Meso Explosion but there was the time consumption of dropping the mesos. However it did let low level CBs power level early on at Gobies. Man can't believe I'm typing this all out of my memory. Shows how much this game has really engrained into my brain. I'd love to talk about anything in those early days if you'd like another resource of those 06-07 days! I was pretty high level in Bera (and a Ranger actually at that time not even a CB). I'm in my 30's now and I was in high school at the time so I'm pretty confident about things that happened. Everything you've said is spot on!
I remember Fangblade from the good old days that getting to lvl 200 was an achievement and a miracle, reaching a certain lvl to get to orbis and try to get to el nath just to get stuck in the tower. Same as ludi, good old ludi PQ and CCing to find an empty ch in order to grind the pq. Hell, even trying to get to Leafre was a goddam challenge back in the day. Bishops spamming genesis boosting low lvl accounts. Damm I miss those days.
Very interesting video for an old player like myself. The video reached new heights for me when I noticed I appear in it as SirJordan, FangBlade's training partner at the 40 minute mark. Good times for sure. Maybe it's time to log back on and start the journey to 300, lmao
20:20 Hermits specifically get a TON more out of raw attack power and stat than other classes. Pre-BB Lucky 7 scaled off of LUK stat, and each point of raw attack power was IMMENSE. This is why dexless thieves were so popular, you could be level THIRTY, still throwing Subis (the weakest throwing star) would still hit 1k lines (which was SUPER high at that level). It was not uncommon to see Hermits OHKOing end game mobs when other players would need three-four hits. This meant they would 1) be using one skill to kill an enemy 2) be able to kill at the SAME rate as other classes, technically, but most importantly 3) be able to move around the map, having more access to mobs and less downtime.
Yes I think they missed this. Archers ATK scaling was trash, and Assassin had the highest ATK scaling. Even with the cost of scrolls, assassins were easier to scroll to higher damage. And you can NEVER understate what an advantage mobility was in early maple.
this gave me so much nostalgia. i remember checking the results every other day before logging in after school to see who was where in the rankings. My in game best friend Joe was on pace to become the first level 200 paladin and was at the top for a while but we all just stopped playing after growing up more. i think he stopped around 173 or so.
The factuality and expansiveness of this video is absolutely insane. I picked up MapleStory as a 13 year old during oct/nov 2005 and played upto Big Bang. Hanging out on forums when not playing the game. I vividly remember the release of 3rd job and Ludibrium. Always interested in the top players and the current meta. You went so far into the details of grinding in gMS.
Amazing video! If you ever get the chance, maybe you could make a video about the Bigfoot leech phenomena, or add it to whatever video that compliments that topic.
I remember when I used to mess around with private servers and very very old versions of MS in the past. One of the earliest versions did not had a level cap of 200, because in that versions levels were a "signed byte" variable, and signed bytes can only range between -128 and 127. So technically, the very first level cap was 127 (But nobody reached it before they changed it to 200).
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you are singlehandedly saving an entire generation's memories
Time to archive this video!
well said. hard to describe my feelings as I watch this. I can close my eyes and be there, almost.
Very much so, we need this kind of content badly for these old mmos from the early to mid 2000's to archive older internet culture, I hope we get another person with the same level of passion as him to do the same to something like ragnarok online or tibia too. So much history and memories from that era could be lost.
Remember Tiger ?
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Random fact:
Fangblade really was all about the leveling, by power standards he actually was weaker than other DK's far lower leveled than him. He never put much effort into his gear.
In fact I believe the surfboard he's often seen with had to be donated to him by his friends/guild as an upgrade to his current weapon and even that took a lot of convincing for him to accept it.
I remember reading about a conversation he was involved in where someone was asking in guild if they should spend an extra million mesos (I forget the actual number, its likely far more) to buy an item that had a 1 stat upgrade over their current gear and Fangblade commented something like
"Why would you spend a million mesos to get 1 stat when you could just level up for free and get 5 stats" - Kinda says a lot about his mentality haha
what a chad mind set
damn he was based
absolute beast
What a gamer. Sounds like he just grinded and had his eyes on his goal without stopping.
Someone get fangblades opinion on 6th cap. “Why spend 50$ for a booster every month when you can just quit”
Thank you so much for covering a topic so nostalgic to me, and with such high quality and care! :) Please don't feel obligated to, but I'd LOVE a video where you cover the famous MapleStory players of the good ol' days in-depth. Wishing you the best! Hopefully you'll get more subscribers and views!
I don't know why Nexon just doesn't put out a MapleStory Classic and milk the game for another 20 years lol
There’s private servers doing this just because nexon won’t….
I bet it would be HUGE I still play a private server just because I miss OG maple it’s fun just grinding senselessly
In kr there is maplestory classic called mapleland its like a private server but it is owned by Nexon and it follows nexons TOS
@@dewwwd3431 mapleland (maplestory classic) is incredibly huge as you mentioned in kr, 3rd class and zakum(?) Was just implemented this month
@@elquiness5254 they do it for Korea but not the rest of world
I distinctly remember Tiger had made a quitting video where he dropped his spear and sat in a chair until is expired. Not able to find it but remember it being a big deal on basilmarket forums.
Very late, but are you sure you're not talking about BSUCLA instead? That video is pretty easy to find on youtube if you just search for "BSUCLA Part VIII"
Great video and trip down memory lane for me. Having been part of this race (my bishop keturah finishing at #8 on Jun 8, 2008) and being part of what you termed FangBlade's bishop squad was a great time for me. I'm impressed with your attention and accuracy with the details. Thank you so much for preserving this part of the Maple Iceberg, it is truly huge!
I hope someone interviews irl old legendary maplers kina like the smash documentary
@@Noahtheorigianl Isn't it hard to get into contact with them? Or someone would already have done that.
@Keturahms how old where you back then if you don't mind asking? Or maybe rather how many hours a day did you guys play 😂
@@McDudes it’s just weird bc most old games from like 1995-2005 we have info, like arcade game legends, pro players from age of empires 1, or smash bros melee from 2002, stuff like that, because eventually pros players, they come out and talk about there story EVENTUALLY but gms is soooo quiet
@@Noahtheorigianl that is true 🤔
That "congrats :D" everytime they leveled hit me right in the nostalgia
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I always find it so funny how: 3d job dragon knight and priest loves each other. One cannot do enough damage and the other wants the healing and bless. Then comes 4th job and the bishop dealing massive damage while the dark knight wants none of that heal because of beserk.
Amazing video! I remember before FangBlade hit 200, he went around joining the top guilds like a kind of celebration tour. Each one gave him a gift. The guild I was in at the time (Imperials, which can be seen in screenshot of FangBlade hitting 200) gave him a blue surfboard.
Hi Keenan! You don't know me on this acc, but it's Dylan - burnedbyfire/Prohibits if you remember those igns LOL.
I physically need videos like this in my life, because there was so much history that I not only missed out on (I might have started playing GMS in 2006-2007), but so much that I've forgotten about in my own head. I STILL have a couple of the "road to 200" AMV videos that people would put out, that I used to be obsessed with 😭
Bless you for making these videos of my childhood 🙌❤️
what a great video, I'm actually speechless how well made this is, thank you so much for this
First Corsair level 200 was AnnaVette.
Also xxcoreanzxx was a WK/Pally in top 5 (see timestamp 11:43). He disappeared around the time it became publicly known that he was on the LAPD Most Wanted list iRL (where he remains to this day)... otherwise we might've seen a Paladin contender 😂
I think LightOne cracked top 5 at one point as a BM... not sure about that one though.
Great video, what a throwback
Regarding Tiger's deletion, I was on Scania but was in L3aF at the time. I was given an account by my brother on Scania, a level 135 Bowmen. It was a high-level guild, and we knew a lot of the other high-level players. The speculation at the time of Tiger stopping to play was real-life related. His real name was Gavin, and it was confirmed by people that knew him, that he shared his account with his girlfriend. Back then, account sharing wasn't punished, but was looked heavily downed upon by the community. One day, Tiger would be silent, training away. The next day, they're talkative in buddy chat, and just generally chatting. The switch between the personalities was pretty apparent.
He suddenly stopped logging in, and no one really knew why. It was common to see him online at Gobys, but strangely, after about a week of absence, people started to worry and ask questions. Fast-forward about a month later, and he disappeared from the rankings. No one could find him or get in touch with him. The next month, the rankings updated and a female warrior, named Tiger, level 41, appeared. To appear in the rankings back then, you had to be level 30 or higher. They did play, but never talked. No one knew who it was, but they were grinding away while being harassed by countless people. Back then, /find was a command that would list where the player was in that channel. They located her, and would harass her constantly, preventing her from grinding. Eventually, they, too, stopped logging in. With the confirmation of there being two people with access to Tiger, it was speculated within the high-level community that they broke up, or something related to it. Tiger would log in at the very least, once every 2 or 3 days, but for him to suddenly stop without a word was strange to those that knew him. Again, it was only speculation, but it was the most probable at the time.
The two players that shared the account were Gavin and Craig. One of my old friends used to know Craig (I think) from playing Neopets together. I didn't believe him because he was new to Maplestory, but sure enough he sent a screenshot as proof which was Suuushi at gobies saying hey (my name). It also confirmed that they took over Suuushi's account after she quit, and you'd often see Suuushi online more than Tiger at that time. Or one played on that account while the other played on Tiger.
@@xzigzag So THAT'S where Craig came from. My guild master said his name a few times, but I never met a Craig at all. It's not surprising that Suuushi quit, though. She used to grind at squids, but was constantly harassed by hackers just mob-vaccing the map, so she was forced to CC. When the top players started getting banned for training on maps with AFK hackers, it became a harassment technique.
I always remembered that Tiger was level 160 when I started to play but I couldn't remember the year because I was so young back then. I'm very happy to learn that it was around August 2006, or v0.28. Crazy how new the game was still.
I remember being there in Hene Hunting grounds 1 when Curry hit 200, my computer almost exploded from how many people were there. Such good memories, can't believe it's been over 15 years since then 😢 thank you for the nostalgia
Im happy I made the top 5 rank in maple and that some people still remembers me. Nice video
Fantastic job documenting the race to level 200, it must have taken forever to document everything. Nostalgic to remember following the competition as a young kid through rankings.
Only missing Xlazhar (I/L Mage from Bera) who was often accompanied by Shiriko (Priest). Xlazhar led the race, hitting level 120 ahead of all, pre-3rd job. He reached around level 122 before quitting, grinding at Bains mostly iirc. Shynobi was the first to 100, Xlazhar then took over in the race to 120.
Sadly, their names faded unlike Tiger & Fangblade, due to the timing of a public ranking release. Very interesting watch nonetheless! 👏
If you search for ''Way of Bera'' here on TH-cam, you can find a video my brother made back in early 2006, following Xlazhar & Shiriko grinding at Bains.
Thief6o9 wasn't far behind ;) I think I have those numbers right
wow I forgot both of these names but played during that time, so the memories are coming back. I was in Shiriko's guild. Thanks for the nostalgia
We need more of these super long documentary style videos, I love watching these while I'm playing LOL. Some ideas:
- A whole episode about maplestorys development / beta
- Full timeline of maplestory from start to present
- breaking down big bang / reboot / other major changes for the game
- Why maplestory 2 failed
- Hidden maps npcs and easter eggs from OG maple
- Maplestory OG culture, like drop games, faming, mules, megaphones, etc
There already are videos about this
Ayumilove. That's a name that brought back so much nostalgia
I LOOOOOVE this video. It took me back to those days and I really appreciate the work you put into it. I was in Broa's top 10 Paladins back during these times and I feel you underestimate just how bad they were at 46:22. I don't think even the most committed player could have made it into the top 5 as a Paladin lol. Gosh, incredible video. This really made my day. Like legit.
What happened to you, Jay & Alex? >:(
@squid3921 Man, life can be pretty crazy sometimes. Lol
Cory and I still play but Alex has dropped Maple entirely, though we consistently try to persuade him back. Hahah
@@Orrador Good to hear you're all alive. We were never on the same server (Khaini pride) but thanks for covering KMS2 and MS2 beta back in the day. Shame GMS2 was a later big bang'ed version. You're not forgotten lads!
Few notes I'll add to this! Hot sands was best exp for melee when it was vic only. Had great drops from torties and had best spawn.
Also Tiger HATED fighting for areas to train at. And him being on the Scania server there was plenty of competition. He was at lucida because there was no one there so he had the spawn all to himself. Fun fact this is why he went to gobies. Gobies aren't nessisarily faster than squids. But virtually no one was at gobies so that's why Tiger preferred that to squid.
Also bera had a fairly decent shot because it launched about over a month after Scania but it had a TWO WEEK double exp event to help players catch up!
Also hp washing was invented by Tiger! It was invented a bit later so no one really did that yet.
CHief bandits were great at level 70 because of meso explosion... However as they leveled their utility started to demish. See they actually were not that good at mobbing because band of thieves was actually a terrible skill.. Also assaulter did slightly less damage than savage blow. So actually aside from meso explosion their damage didn't really improve from second job to third job. Chief bandits would soar from levels 70-110ish but after that the other classes could kill faster than CBS could drop mesos.
Also there was a brief moment in time where Suuushi was number 1. Tigers character was completely gone from the rankings either from character deletion or from ban. The name Tiger was taken by a black female character that made it to the grand level of 12. Eventually Tiger got his character back and did eventually go on to reach 200 albeit much later.
Also to further fuel the speculation of Tiger account sharing. Talking so some of his friends at the time and people who bossed with him Tiger alwaysss whispered. He never talked out loud. Idk maybe the celebrity didn't want people to twist his words or something... Untilll the rumors of the account sharing started popping up. I remember going down to aqua road to watch him grind. And one day he was very talkitive. Told people what % he was at. The attack on his spear etc etc. Almost like a different person.
yoooo this video was so in-depth and informative to people who may not know Maplestory's history that well. Would love to see a race to 250 and race to 275 video in the future :)
YA
200 was the race that mattered. MS was still one of the top 3 games played which imo makes it a huge achievement. It's insane going on these days and seeing how far it's fallen. I was so surprised by how many servers were deleted.
The other two races were a bit faster tho😂 just one minute video
Literally so excited to see more Maple deep dives! I currently can't play due to hand issues so these videos are helping hold me over!
Great video. Bigfoot/Anego meta was 100% a way to level at the time. if you were able to juggle Bf's in a corner you could open his hitbox. It was a large amount of exp for a very short amount of time. You could see people shoot up large levels with BF/HH hunts. the unfortunate thing was the around 6-12 hour spawn timer and too many maps to make it consistent outside of maintenance.
I love that you're going to make different videos about the topics in the iceberg. The iceberg video was one of the best videos that I've sat and watched full attention from start to end in a long time. Early days of Maple are some of my most core memories of being in my teens. I still play til this day, on Reboot now though. I remember when I played in Scania trying to track down CurryIsHott and whispering him and he would actually respond and was super nice. Excited for the next video!
Great video, could listen to u for Hours!
You really can tell how much effort you put into these videos, awesome editing !!
Seriously incredible stuff, I'm honestly speechless at how knowledgeable you are with classic maple. You are the hero we needed!!
I feel some pain looking back to old maple because I went so hard on level grinding but at the same time those times were some of the most memorable and fun times of my life. Great video, thanks for covering this kind of a topic.
really hope you blow up big with these vids, so much research put into this and the iceberg video. Genuinely enjoyed, cheers.
Holy crap that's a ton of nostalgia. As someone who did play the beta and also looked at rankings pretty frequently, seeing the old spots, the updates, the names on the rankings, this video definitely hit a spot xD
I saw curry when they were still in the 30ish range once, specifically remembered the name, was so surprised to see it on the leaderboards later on ^^
Brought back so many good memories playing this game. Even some from after big bang, racing to 200 in new world releases, the 250 race and community, tower of oz discoveries. Great job on the video :)
this was really fun to watch, a trip down nostalgia road, seeing all the exp rates is not something id ever seen before since i only reached level 62 in vanilla maple
Best maplestory video in years thank you for your hardwork. This one and the iceberg were very enjoyable to watch.
What a fantastic video along with your iceberg overview. I didn't pay attention to all of this while playing so it's so much fun to hear about it now. Thanks for making these videos :)
In the early days of official release I remember a cleric named Stephen who kept on par with Tiger around lvls 70 or so. I dont have much information other than memory, but you can probably find something related to him around. Really nice video though!
I just remembered the time I met Tiger when he was still level 153 in HHG1.
He literally just hit dragon roar and level 16 me (like, 10 years old) leveling to become a page was so excited to meet the legend himself.
Great video, looking forward to much more of the MapleStory Iceberg!
Tons of work went into this vid and it shows. Keep it up dude you're killin it with these.
thanks for making such videos, it's a treat to walking down the memory lane. also would you make more videos perhaps something related to releases of regions(or maps) over the time, events (in-game or irl events, guild meetups) or the transition of maple's economy (trader) from f2p to p2w? i feel like if anyone were to do it, it has to be you.
Gosh i really enjoyed this! appreciate the hard work put into the editing and research.
such a high quality, well edited video. great visual and explanations along with rich history of the game. you are doing an incredible job!
These iceberg videos are so well researched and so engaging as well. Thank you for putting together the lore and other information about the game into one super intriguing package that we can all consume easily. Excited to see more
Very cool video!
At 40:50 you mention that Bigfoot was most likely killed by classes like Hermit, it was actually very difficult for Hermits due to how Bigfoot's knockback mechanics were and how hard the touch damage hit, almost a guaranteed 1 shot unless they were heavily HP washed. Bigfoot after being hit would have a slight invincibility frame where it couldn't be hit again immediately, making it almost impossible for a Hermit to knock it back enough to pin it in the corner. Bigfoot was actually mostly done by warrior classes that were able to utilize rush and pin it in the corner easier while also having enough HP to tank the high touch damage.
I don't remember exactly how it worked, but I seem to recall some leech / boost strat involving bigfoot? I think a War would give you the HP boost and you'd hit it once (somehow, don't recall the details tbh) and it would get you like an entire level lol. My memory isn't great and I don't recall if I ever actually did the boost at any point but that sticks out in my mind.
@@PurpleDragonSpike Power Guard leech! Page & Fighter could learn a damage reflect skill called Power Guard at level 31 which didn't check accuracy. The leech seller would bring a level 31 Warrior mule, get it to suicide into Bigfoot & then you'd gain EXP. As long as you were level 26 or above.
Fantastic level of research and the constant EXP growth of the top 5 on the left side of the video is a great detail. Old Maple Best Maple.
Looking forward to maplestory iceberg series! The research and detail these videos go into is very impressive
Hey man, been big fan started watching since the reboot progression series. this video got me readdicted to maplestory. This video was so well put together and so motivating to come back. Thanks for the content
Only 5 minutes into the video but it’s incredible how thorough you’re being and how much I’m learning already
That level 102 fighter in beta...wtf!. And that level 93 assassin - it amazes me that he even got access to level 80 gear, this is absolutely nuts in the beta era
I remember stalking Tiger and Suuushi when they we're level 14x. Somehow I can't comprehend that that was in 2005... I was literally 9 years old. My brother reached level 71 at that time, which was already insanely high to me. I never got higher than level 60 on my Dexless sin. Call of Duty became my new favorite game.
Loved the last video, glad to see more break down videos like this. Keep it up man :)
holy shit, the crossbowman you have at 41:05 was a friend/guildmate of mine in those days haha! XBish from Windia, his name is carlos and he was a hilarious dude. he was from dominican republic and i'll never forget he told me that his nickname was Dominican Thunder. and how if i ever visit there, that the police will definitely stop me as a tourist but you can get out of it by bribing them with like 10 bucks. miss that guy, hope he's doing well wherever he is. so many good memories on that server
Havnet played ms for 15 years. Saw this on recommended. loved it man. subbed
Loaded with nostalgia, good presentation and good storytelling. You earned a subber, my friend.
Absolutely love your videos. Been playing maplestory since I was 4 or 5 (24 now) and I just got back into it for the 100th time recently. Love watching these videos along side of it.
Keep making these videos, they are a great amount of obscure-ish information about MS and the beginning time period. It's also a great listen.
What a trip. To think that I've known each and every one of these people in Scania and watched their growth journey from the side as well as my own. Growing up with Maple was a unique experience.....
Love your maple videos! Looking forward whatever other ones you come up with.
You really nailed it with this video. I never really got into maple story but I really enjoyed this whole video. Would love to see something like this for other old MMOs too.
Well done. Can't believe how much research you did for this. I remember soooo many of these players.
Speaking of Curryishot and him being a nice guy, I still remember grinding with him on several occasions in a party at squids, he waa always friendly and invited me and some friends to grind with him several times. Good times with a great dude :]
i love these videos!! keep on doing them, your work on them is wonderful!
The reason Chief Bandits were not up high in the ranks but Hermits were, is because getting to Chief bandit alone was a feat in itself, it was statistically the slowest leveling experience up to 70. Considering CBs had to single target as a Melee only really sucked it was comparable to the way Beginners level. All that aside once you do finally hit 70 for that sweet Band of Thieves, you find out quickly that it doesn’t even start with its mobbing potential. At level 1 you could hit 2 monsters at once and it would very slowly increase through levels until cap. So as a CB you were not even efficiently mobbing until 80 or so.
Also band of thieves was super weak lol the best way to level was killing much higher mobs with meso explosion, but it was also very expensive
Big true I played a chief bandit as my first character befor 3rd job was a thing , definitely one of the worst leveling experiences ever lol
Bruh hermits were just as bad if you were poor.
You know how shit a feeling is when every bandit/hermit pre 60 is? We both suffered bro LOL. Couldnt ever make money cause pots + refilling the shitty low level subis were too expensive
@@Ghost1170 lmao no, Sin's/Hermits were WAY better without meso's and with a lot of funding they were extremely strong. The cost of refilling stars isn't the same as actually doing terrible damage.
@@HiImRawr bruh, I struggled way less getting a chief bandit than I did a hermit. You dont need money to auto attack. You need money to auto attack as a sin. What? Even if the process is slower, you win out at a net positive if youre making money. Making money in old maple was literally a time waste unless you hacked. That shit was cancer
46:50 PALADIN BEST CLASS
The only thing I don’t miss is not being able to afford potions but once you got past there, old MS was so fun. Dexless warriors and trying to get accuracy was a fun challenge.
This brings back so many memories. I remember when Perion used to be the FM, when FM didn't exist. I also remember the summer events when they gave tubes and maple weapon drops. I remember a lot of people were grinding at bubbling's for the maple shield. Good old days. Pig beach was my favorite spot to chill at.
This is the greatest trip down memory lane I've ever experience from any video I've ever seen. Amazing documentary and I swear I'm not crying. Subscribed!
Loving these iceberg videos. Hoping you’ll do some more in the future! Maybe one on class viability?
Love the long videos man. Great job!
Thank you so much for this. I remember seeing Tiger get dethroned after such a very long time at #1 and it was unreal.
46:22 As a 159 Paladin pre-BB, I can attest that WKs/Paladins were consistently considered worse than Crusader/Heroes because of their lack of a useful party skill. Additionally, Blast, while it was one of the easiest attacks to hit the damage cap when it was still 99k, would actually do LESS damage than a Hero who could hit 3 (or was it 5?) times with their main attack. Although it was weaker than Blast, it would amount to more damage than hitting 99k. Essentially, Paladin damage had a hard cap whereas the other Warriors didn't.
I remember forming expedition teams as a fresh level 30 bandit and traveling to tauros with my friends to see the high level players train during beta. Learned the hard way that the lightning strike kills through darksight too. This was back when LAN shops were still a thing. Great memories
Fangblade, he quit MS after 200. I lost touch with him but he did interact with guild at times. But, he was so focused on leveling that he had zero time for social stuff. Once he hit 200 he was so burned out he quit never to return. Occasionally he'd stop by to say hi but, eventually he just stopped all together. I dunno what happened to him. I hope he's well.
Great work man! Keep em coming. We love you
Great video, fun trip down memory lane.
One thing I want to add regarding the popularity of hermit, is that back in those days Naruto was the hottest shit around, especially in the countries that populated GMS (Americans, SEA residents, etc.). I am willing to bet the Naruto anime got a lot of those guys to make Hermit chars. So many people around having Naruto variant names like xSaSuKeAzNx or xXxVietSasukexXx. It really was the coolest shit back then and I guess the players drew parallels between Naruto ninjas and Hermits (shurikens and shit). Also about Tiger, the prevalent rumor back then was account sharing fuckery either got him banned, or made him lose his account/character to hacking/griefing. Tiger losing the race to 200 really was a blow to us Scania players as a lot of us had formed some sort of weird parasocial relationship with him and wanted a Scania player to win the race. I remember myself using /find on him and just going to see him exping before promptly leaving as to not disturb him. Way more innocent and better times back then.
Thank you so much for this video. Was really fun, thanks for the hard work researching!
I can definitely agree with Curry being the friendly one. He was always willing to interact. Once I found FangBlade farming and he just ignored me and CC'd. I remember it clearly this was when he was farming Himes
Great video dude, this was very nostalgic. I didn’t start playing MS until the start of 2008 but man does this bring back memories of the time, wondering what everyone is doing nowadays, including my old guild mates. I want to say I made it to level 80-100 something pre-BB as a White Knight in Bellocan. I will say while I think WK/Paladin was an underrated class and mostly just not as popular, I will admit we weren’t secretly super good or anything, I wish lol. Shoutout to my old guilds Peace and Jr. Carnage. Thanks for the memories
This series is amazing! Finished this one and noe I’m immediately going to your video about PQ’s
I was playing jMS at the time, and the first level 200 worldwide was a jMS master thief, mostly due to how good himes were for master thieves, and since they had them for longer along with the 25% exp bonus jMS had. I remember being really happy to see a MT do so well since I was one myself.
100.000% that the level cap was like that, I played literally since releasedate.. Tiger rank 1 first ever to lvl cap 120 in Scania GMS (back in the days when there was no 3rd or 4th job yet).. If my memory is correct he did the final kill at the Crimson Balrog spawned on the boat from Victoria Island to Orbis that would travel once per half hour.. I love your video’s man, they bring back memories! Keep it coming! 😄
Screw reboot progression series, these videos are WAAAAY more entertaining.
great video! im an old school ms player now im 37 i have some screen shots of me following my fav top players. just an extra info. there was a couple players who reached 200 before fangblade 1 from scania and 1 from broa but they were unranked players. not sure why they got unranked. but the one from scania was a bishop
Man, I REALLY enjoyed this video! Fantastic fucking work. I've watched it like 4 times already. Love this type of content.
thanks for all the time you put into making these videos. i appreciate you
Yo man this is a great video!
One thing I'd point out about Chief Bandits vs Hermits was that you mention there weren't many CB representatives due to Hermits being so popular. But I think this was because the CB's DPS was actually much worse than a Hermit's (not counting Meso Explosion). This was mainly (or entirely?) because the way the ATK stat on a claw + glove + throwing stars worked made it so that similarly scrolled gear would benefit the Hermit way more. Similar as to how you described your comparison of Hermits to archers. For example a +7 (60%s) claw had much higher range increase than a +7 dagger. Don't quote me on this though it's been a long time haha and I know you've done your research more than I have! Claw users might have also benefited more with each LUK stat too? Hence one more reason for Dexless sins.
Also Savage Blow maxed out meant 80% damage on each hit, so their specialty was meant to be weak but LOTS of attacks that add up to be balanced with the other classes. Band of Thieves had a somewhat similar logic where theoretically it was fast attacks if you held down the attack and happened to have 6 mobs by you. Only downside was that by the time level 80+ monsters came out, their defense was so high that each hit ended up being reduced by literally HUNDREDS of damage PER HIT so the DPS took a massive crash. And I believe their third job skills couldn't keep up with the rest of the classes despite them looking really cool. I remember those Deep Ludi mobs being too physically wide that Assaulter couldn't cut through them and I'd just land ON the monster and get tanked every time. Of course there was Meso Explosion but there was the time consumption of dropping the mesos. However it did let low level CBs power level early on at Gobies.
Man can't believe I'm typing this all out of my memory. Shows how much this game has really engrained into my brain.
I'd love to talk about anything in those early days if you'd like another resource of those 06-07 days! I was pretty high level in Bera (and a Ranger actually at that time not even a CB). I'm in my 30's now and I was in high school at the time so I'm pretty confident about things that happened. Everything you've said is spot on!
fantastic video! great work togain
I remember Fangblade from the good old days that getting to lvl 200 was an achievement and a miracle, reaching a certain lvl to get to orbis and try to get to el nath just to get stuck in the tower. Same as ludi, good old ludi PQ and CCing to find an empty ch in order to grind the pq. Hell, even trying to get to Leafre was a goddam challenge back in the day.
Bishops spamming genesis boosting low lvl accounts.
Damm I miss those days.
Very interesting video for an old player like myself. The video reached new heights for me when I noticed I appear in it as SirJordan, FangBlade's training partner at the 40 minute mark. Good times for sure. Maybe it's time to log back on and start the journey to 300, lmao
Great nostalgia vibes. Been playing since pre big bang and am still playing. Also Very nice that you did include bishops :) was my first character
One of the best contents bout maple that ive ever seen. Thank u so much for this video
20:20 Hermits specifically get a TON more out of raw attack power and stat than other classes. Pre-BB Lucky 7 scaled off of LUK stat, and each point of raw attack power was IMMENSE. This is why dexless thieves were so popular, you could be level THIRTY, still throwing Subis (the weakest throwing star) would still hit 1k lines (which was SUPER high at that level). It was not uncommon to see Hermits OHKOing end game mobs when other players would need three-four hits. This meant they would 1) be using one skill to kill an enemy 2) be able to kill at the SAME rate as other classes, technically, but most importantly 3) be able to move around the map, having more access to mobs and less downtime.
Yes I think they missed this. Archers ATK scaling was trash, and Assassin had the highest ATK scaling. Even with the cost of scrolls, assassins were easier to scroll to higher damage. And you can NEVER understate what an advantage mobility was in early maple.
Hey Togain, I think a great video or at least something I would be extremely excited to watch would also be the race to 250 and 275!
this video is goated. would love to see more content of old GMS like this!
this gave me so much nostalgia. i remember checking the results every other day before logging in after school to see who was where in the rankings.
My in game best friend Joe was on pace to become the first level 200 paladin and was at the top for a while but we all just stopped playing after growing up more.
i think he stopped around 173 or so.
The factuality and expansiveness of this video is absolutely insane. I picked up MapleStory as a 13 year old during oct/nov 2005 and played upto Big Bang. Hanging out on forums when not playing the game. I vividly remember the release of 3rd job and Ludibrium. Always interested in the top players and the current meta. You went so far into the details of grinding in gMS.
Thank you for the amazing work. This is literally a dream documentary 🤯
I love your videos so much, really looked forward for your next video.
Amazing video!
If you ever get the chance, maybe you could make a video about the Bigfoot leech phenomena, or add it to whatever video that compliments that topic.
I remember when I used to mess around with private servers and very very old versions of MS in the past. One of the earliest versions did not had a level cap of 200, because in that versions levels were a "signed byte" variable, and signed bytes can only range between -128 and 127.
So technically, the very first level cap was 127 (But nobody reached it before they changed it to 200).
wow, very interesting. how old are we talking about? pre v10?
@@LeBeautiful I think it has to be a beta(?) version of KMS. I don't think there's a version of GMS that was like that.
Awesome vid, really intersting to look back at this era of MS
Nice Video, gave me some flashback memories of seeing the news whenever something changed during those times.