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So, last night I encountered an issue with my laptop which resulted in spending several hours trying to recover / isolate the possible issues and so on.

In the case my laptop did die, I will be unable to play MapleStory for a good few months until I could afford to purchase a new one (and hopefully better).

I'm hoping that it's just the matter of a corrupted hard drive which can easily be fixed, but in the case it's still something severe such as a failed CPU, I'll likely be forced to take an absence until further notice.

It begins!

Yesterday was the first day of the world alliance and it was defiantly something new to a lot of players. With a free week shop given to every player, our Free Market quickly filled up the first three channels within the first couple hours, ending at a couple thousand shops open, enough for one shop title to say "Spent 30 minutes to find this spot" on Channel 7.

I as hoped immediately explored the new 'encounter' and sat in a few FM rooms and socialized with members from the different worlds. Besides making some friends with the larger alliance / guilds, our own alliance has seemed to disperse themselves, and two players were quickly befriended by one of the other major bossing guilds.

Now for the community. Besides the 'private server' feel of having constant smegas from players usually attacking or starting 'wars' with others, I've instantly fallen in love with it. I missed the small bits of drama from the other populated worlds, and besides the occasional duper or hacker, I love the community.

I walked through every single Twisted Jesters map an hour after the 2x experience event ended, and not ONCE was I told to change channels, 'cc pls' or leave.

Hello Tumblr..ers who play MapleStory!

This is TimbervvoIf (Tyler) an community assistant and helper on the Nexon Forums and I'd like to outreach my help to you.

Ever have an issue that needs assistance or a ticket that hasn't been replied to in awhile? To better improve the game for everyone, one thing that's important is being able to pass on important issues or concerns directly and get them resolved. That's what I'm here for.

If you ever have encounter a bug, flaw, issue, or merely a misspelling regarding MapleStory and would like it passed on directly, now you can.

Anything shared to tyler[at]tylerliberman.com, or texted to 9494TIMBER will be reviewed and I will pass on anything vital as possible.

In the next three days Demethos will be involved in a massive server merge with four other worlds; Galicia, El Nido, Zenith and Arcania.

While I've made Demethos my home for the last couple years since it first was released, I've seen our population dramatically decline to the point of several hundred players, to a mere 180-210 players online at any given time. Other worlds such as Bera usually have 2 thousand players online, sometimes peaking three thousand during events. This is the major call for the merge.

While it's going to be different, I really see this as something positive. One of the worst parts of this however is the fact that almost 80% of Demethos's population knows or has heard of who I am, and entering a new world won't be as friendly. There will obviously be less maps to train at, however we'll finally be able to participate in events, party quests, and other locations such as Lionheart Castle.

This world merge will go from worlds of 200 - 350 players, to between 1700 - 2300, reaching the same playerbase as Scania / Bera.