you are singlehandedly saving an entire generation's memories

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!

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.

I don't know why Nexon just doesn't put out a MapleStory Classic and milk the game for another 20 years lol

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!

Ayumilove. That's a name that brought back so much nostalgia

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.

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.

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

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.

That "congrats :D" everytime they leveled hit me right in the nostalgia

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

I have kind of a cute story about curryishott. So I made my first alt character, a bandit, at some point in 2007. I had just maxed savage blow and mastery, and since I was approaching 50, I was looking to check out my damage at coolies, a map I wasn't super familiar with. I saw a female priest training there, level 81, and sat back in awe before CCing. She sent me a party invite and let me leech for a bit while I slowly killed one by one. It must've been obvious that I was gawking at her ability to control the map, since she said "you're partied with a pro lmao" I replied with something like "haha, yeah," before she revealed that she was actually he--curryishott. I was in obvious disbelief wondering why the rank 2 person in the game was wasting time training a comparatively low-level priest. Apparently, he had gotten a temporary ban triggered by someone messing with him through AIM, like the messenger, but I'm not sure if that was true or if I was getting messed with. Dude just couldn't stop grinding. Anyway, I obviously went and visited him at gobies (not sure why he wasn't at bone fish) the next time I saw his main online, and we had a little laugh about how we met. He never forgot me, even almost a year later when we all celebrated him hitting 200. Tony, if you're reading this, I never forgot either, and you gave me one of the best memories of my childhood. I loved watching you grind 190-200 at a way faster rate than anyone ever did once the pressure was off. Also: in the video, you mention that Tony was the first likeable and sociable person in the top 5. I definitely agree, but I would really love if you could make a vid exploring the many myths and rumors surrounding Tiger. As someone who got to talk to him once and was on his buddy list (for probably a day lmao, I was just selling him elixirs), he came off as extremely impersonal, and I'm wondering if that was intentional. There used to be a rumor that Tiger was multiple people, and that the name 'Tiger' was meant to represent each of their names--no idea if that was just a spicy rumor or not, but his only confirmed identity does start with a G (Gavin). Anyway, it would make sense for someone who's account sharing, to make sure each person communicates with as little zest as possible so as to not give out any conflicting identities. Might be a nice and easy 30 minute video, and you could find most of the rumors on the old forums!

Im happy I made the top 5 rank in maple and that some people still remembers me. Nice video

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

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 KZfaq, you can find a video my brother made back in early 2006, following Xlazhar & Shiriko grinding at Bains.

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

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.

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 ^^

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.

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!

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

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.

Seriously incredible stuff, I'm honestly speechless at how knowledgeable you are with classic maple. You are the hero we needed!!

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 :)

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!

GMS beta player here, I'm honestly impressed with how much history you've unearthed and documented on the game. I wish I had useful info to add to your research, but my memory is hazy and my old hard drive of images and videos from 2005-2009 was lost ages ago. But there are a handful of things I do remember. I apologize for the incoming wall of text. MOONshining was the only person I saw during the beta over level 60, and I thought I lost that name to time given that it's been around 18 years and some change. I vividly remember a level 92 mage chilling in Sleepywood at the time and it shocked me, and his armor looks identical to what I remember. His robe was something I wouldn't see again until months after the official launch. As for my experiences with top players post-beta, I've had a few run-ins with people like Tiger. Most of my experiences with them were neutral. However, I had one encounter with Tiger in 2006 that did pique my suspicions. I was trying to secure a spot at Zakum for my guild at the time. I recall him and his guild preparing to do a run while I tried to track a group currently inside. What I do remember then was a GM popping up at the entry map and I crashed. When I relogged minutes later I tracked Tiger and found him at the alter. I never confirmed if there was a connection to those events. I really hope you dive into more MS history, because these documentaries are interesting, and shed light on my childhood experiences that I've mostly forgotten.

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 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

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 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.

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.

Note on 40:34 - People most likely didn't grind Bigfoot pre-4th job because it was extremely risky compared to Himes. It was a fast moving boss mob that dealt enough touch damage to 1-shot Archers, Thieves, Magicians through Magic Guard, as well as lower-level Warriors without Hyper Body, so one mistake would be devastating. It being a public boss also meant that someone could come in and attack it to briefly change it's aggro and prevent you from knocking it back.

Best maplestory video in years thank you for your hardwork. This one and the iceberg were very enjoyable to watch.

Great video, looking forward to much more of the MapleStory Iceberg!

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.

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.

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, could listen to u for Hours! You really can tell how much effort you put into these videos, awesome editing !!

Only 5 minutes into the video but it’s incredible how thorough you’re being and how much I’m learning already

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.

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.

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.

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.

Seeing that curryishot was so well liked for being a pleasant person makes me really happy, I was there when he climbed the rankings but I knew nothing about the guy, so my feelings on him, as well as the other high rankers, were neutral at best. But hearing how well liked he was made me actually cheer for him in this video, despite knowing what the result would be.

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

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.

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 :)

Ah all the memories. ISlapWhale was Kradias pride. Kradia was pretty underpopulated and very poor, so for us to be the first to get a level 200 in the first new class was pretty huge. He was a nice dude too

fun fact in kms a bowmaster was the first lv200

Havnet played ms for 15 years. Saw this on recommended. loved it man. subbed

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.

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.

Loaded with nostalgia, good presentation and good storytelling. You earned a subber, my friend.

the reason you weren't able to get as much exp in your aqua road tests is because bows and crossbows had slower skill animations. L7+booster is Faster (2): 600ms, bow and xbow stafe/arrow rain/arrow eruption+booster is Fast (4): 720ms. that's an extra L7 for every 5 strafes. combine that with the damage gap and this is a very huge difference. since scrolls were more effective on claws because of scaling, hermits overall had more damage and attacked a lot faster. yes, the damage may seem close if you just look at the numbers, but if hermits are attacking more often per strafe cast, then they do more dps.

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

Love these videos sooooooo much. Keep these up PLEASE. So interesting, here for the whole video every time!!

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

Tons of work went into this vid and it shows. Keep it up dude you're killin it with these.

This is truly a beautiful historical record of so many people's memories. I've been watching youtube since 2011 and I've never felt such a strong emotional desire to give thanks to a creator. Thank you so much for making this video. I think I'll come back to this for years to come.

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 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

The only thing I remember about iliketoks was a mega where they explained their name was I Like To KS (Kill-steal).

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 :)

thanks dude. i miss the old maple days. i feel like the world has moved from being so interested in mmos that theyre as populated and popular as they were. even if some are, the "phasing" technology some use make the worlds feel empty. i hope there'll be a renaissance

I remember going against curryishott when PVP games were around. I said hi to him in chat and he said hi back, I felt like a fan being noticed by a celebrity haha. Few months later his account was gone. Good times man.

Well done. Can't believe how much research you did for this. I remember soooo many of these players.

19:45 🎉🎉!!!!WINDIA MENTION!!!! 🎉🎉 I chose Windia as a totally casual player, did not gaf about rankings or leveling, just doing PQs and exploring the cool areas. It was way less populated than the older worlds, so it was perfect for me. Rarely had problems getting into PQs.

really hope you blow up big with these vids, so much research put into this and the iceberg video. Genuinely enjoyed, cheers.

Looking forward to maplestory iceberg series! The research and detail these videos go into is very impressive

I remember training on sharks as fire poison mage. IIRC, you cast fog facing away from sharks, and when you start from the beginning again, explosion to kill everything before they cast dispel and repoison. Was still quite dangerous but was doable

46:50 PALADIN BEST CLASS

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.

Thank you for the amazing work. This is literally a dream documentary 🤯

Nice video! I actually had memories in both GMS and TMS, born in Taiwan, moved to New Zealand during 5 yrs old, and my classmate told me about gms, played a little, and had to leave New Zealand. Just again, my classmate told me 楓之谷, which is TMS, and i was so excited if its the same thing, and it was! Then i played TMS in Taiwan and GMS during i was at New Zealand for 2 yrs, then my whole family decided to move back to Taiwan(like 17ish yrs ago). TMS first lv200 player was a mage called冰糖霜, she also got to 200 in the skellies map, actually forgot if she is ice-lighting or bishop, I believe that in the road to 200 section, maplestory in different Severs were pretty much the same, thank you so much for this iceberg, it's the memories to time chosen people😂

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!

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.....

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).

big foot was insane, in broa there this "big foot police' where you're not allowed to kill big foots, (they dc hack you @@@@) it was probably the best exp source at that point. people were selling bigfoot carry (the mexican big foot police) xD

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.

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

Loved the last video, glad to see more break down videos like this. Keep it up man :)

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.

Gosh i really enjoyed this! appreciate the hard work put into the editing and research.

45:25 "Novinha" is bugged when you say it. Im a little sad that She got 4 place, because she is the only brazilian in the race to lv 200 (Fun fact: Novinha is a slang to yong girls in brasilian portuguese)

bro is making my inner child so happy with these vids

I never played this game but have watched the whole video. Amazingly put together.

I've been looking for content like this for so long thank you

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.

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 never played MapleStory, but the explanation of the mechanics is so well done, I just had to watch the whole thing. Great job man!

The Deep Gorge era was my era in MS. I was in Bellocan and I was the highest level I/L mage on the server. I trained in squids with my friend who was a crusader, or my friend who was a priest. Sometimes we would train on gobies with our friends who were crusader/priest, but my internet connection was really bad and if I disconnected I'd often respawn on gobies and die without my magic guard (although we did try to coordinate them killing the gobies with me respawning). The only person I know who regularly trained on sharks was my F/P mage friend who I think was the highest level F/P on the server at the time as well.

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.

Not sure if I missed it but I would've liked to see you touch on the hero class and how Novinha broke through the ranks, eventually taking 4th place in the race

You forgot to mention that in Europe Maplestory ItzMjauz was the only person EVER in Maplestory history to reach level 200 as a Hermit. (Beating both Tiger and Suushi the true OGs) The game still being in 3rd-job patch. This is the biggest achievement this game has ever seen.

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.

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.

I can't believe how good your channel is. You need way more subs