Why is Mabinogi Special to You? [Contest]

• Celcha wrote on 2015-01-02 07:15
  Um hi :)) I kinda feel like I'm breaking the flow here as someone new around here (though you COULD say I played for years because it's 2015 now harharhar... but yeah happy new years everyone!)
  In just a couple days, I've been shocked over and over again with how almost incredibly warm and friendly and generous the community is. The first time someone said hi to me as I was wandering around and then led me through the game with infinite patience, gave me gifts for no particular reason, and offered help with anything else I could think of (I was so confused I couldn't think of anything haha x)), I thought wow I'm so lucky to meet such a wonderful person so soon. And then it happened with another stranger. And again. I'm so thankful for you guys, and while the combat system is pretty unique, the graphics pretty pretty, YOU are why I'm staying committed to the game.
• Bunny wrote on 2015-01-02 10:26
  [FONT="Arial"]For those of you who posted so far, please make sure your post includes "2015" somewhere so the OP knows that you're entering.
  Even after I bolded that specific part, a lot of you guys still missed it, so double-check!
  
  Anyways, I hope to see more participants in the next few days!
  :scrub:[/FONT]
• SugarGlide wrote on 2015-01-02 13:09
  While the game itself hasn't been upgraded since it's first NA release, the constant flow of people is always fascinating. Though I wish that was the reason I love Mabinogi, it's actually one of the most annoying things about the site. The art and the music are really what draw me back in, even if my 09 account got frozen for some reason, I am sure after a year of moping and revenge planning I'd be back.
  The best memories for sure were when I was a noobie. Back in 09-12 (yes, I was a noob for a long time...) when a whole bunch of friends from school would get on and dungeon run. Them being badasses and myself running away from anything that exploded. The time we ran Ciar Beginner for a few hours, and no one understood why we weren't progressing in the G1 story line (we needed the basic pass). Or perhaps the time a friend and I ran a Castle dungeon only to find out those floating heads were indeed not cute, but super scary and super deadly. All fond memories, full with yelling, laughing and making fun of one another for not being able to kill bears.
  Good times indeed.
• Iazroa wrote on 2015-01-02 19:33
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  Only reason :P
  (Picture taken by her not me)
• Rikudemon wrote on 2015-01-03 03:55
  I`ve been playing since around 2008 dunno exactly when but since then I can`t stop coming back for some reason. It`s most likely the people, the friends you make on this game are some of the best. I still remember this one from 2010-2011ish, Relora was her IGN, we barely talked during the school year but during breaks we would always catch up and talk about life and stuff. It`s sad to say but I still miss her and think about her from time to time, but it`s people like that who make this game shine brighter than other MMOs of the type. I never thought starting to play this game so long ago that I would make friends that would impact me so much but it seems that its possible. Being wrong was nice for once. :P So even with the ridiculous amount of issues this game has thrown at me through the years I keep coming back for the friends I made and the hopes to make even more. With that Happy 2015 to everyone may this year be the best yet! :D Go Mabi Community!
• Zyrus wrote on 2015-01-03 22:53
  I came to mabi in a very depressed state. I was just looking for something to take my mind off of my wife leaving me, losing my house, my job and all my real life friends. Coming to mabi might have saved my life. I made lots of new friends and felt appreciated like I never had before. Now because of the boost in self confidence mabi gave me I am graduating from college with a good degree, my head is on straight, and I have a good relationship with my beautiful daughter. Mabinogi will always have a special place in my heart.
  
  2015
• Kitty wrote on 2015-01-04 01:03
  Well, I personally haven't played mabinogi for that long. I first played mabi before flying pets came. Then i quit like after day 2. Then i came back when hamlet first came out, then i quit again the same day. Then i came again when Shamala and Cor first came before saga 1, but then i quit a week after. Now i came back like 4 months ago and i'm so much stronger (Atleast i think so). My knowledge from my old friends and the my new friends about mabinogi and my experience playing it has grown so much. Through my good times. My bad times. I regret nothing. :3
  
  

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  [SIZE="4"][COLOR="PaleTurquoise"]Best Experiences
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  [SPOILER="ヾ(・ω・*)ノ"]♡ Making friends. I made a lot of friends. I made a lot of family members. Sisters. Brothers. Parents. Aunts. Uncles. Etc.
  
  ♡ The Storyline. I love the storyline. Unlike most people, i actually sit there and take my time reading the dialogue and putting myself in that place as a millitian. It may sound really weird, but i get so excited knowing that my character can help save the world from destruction - even if its just an online game, my imagination is pretty big...maybe its cause i'm still kid, i don't know. But i love it!
  
  ♡ The Guild. I just recently joined this guild, its really high-maint, but they accepted me and they help me out and give me tips on how to be stronger. Yeah, my guildies are a bit harsh with me sometimes, but i learn from it and i hope one day to be a legendary veteran.
  
  ♡ Happiness. I've been told i'm generous. I personally don't think i am, I give stuff away - like a lot of stuff, but i figured that was normal. I love giving christmas gifts and birthday gifts to friends - even if its just a drawing. I love seeing them happy. I love seeing them and hearing them freak out, even if they don't i appreciate the good feeling that i "hopefully" made someone happy by doing whatever it is i did.
  
  ♡ Raids. Recently Mabinogi got Girgashiy Raid. I haven't done it much and actually i've got my mats stolen once （￣□￣；） But, its alright. Everytime i do a raid whether its WD (White Dragon), BD (Black Dragon) or any of the raids, i seem to be getting stronger and it pleases me. i actually got Rank 1 and Rank 2 in a WD raid once before ttl 1k. I was so happy. (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧[/SPOILER]
  
  [SPOILER="Memories (.=^・ェ・^=)/"]

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  [SIZE="4"]Worse Experiences
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  [SPOILER="(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻"]💔 Rumors. There are many rumors going around about me. Many of them in which i can easily prove wrong, but people could careless about what i have to say.
  
  💔 Loses. I lose friends a lot. Whether its because of an argument thats stupid or whether its because of a rumor they chose to believe. It can be many things makes me lose a friend. I've also lost family members. I recently lost one of my IG dads due to a argument over his guild, that was a huge loss for me..But nothing i can do about it.
  
  💔 Scam. Many of my friends have been scammed. I've been scammed as well, Its a horrible feeling. Even nexon has scammed me. (Never going to R6 again (/□＼*)・゜ )
  
  💔 Outcast. I'm outcasted a lot. My personality and how i am outcasts me a lot, but sometimes in a good way. I still have some good friends and family members who accept me, but at my age - this is normal.[/SPOILER]
  
  
  Even though i've had my bad days, Mabinogi has been a great change for me. Mentally and spiritually. The thing i love a bout mabinogi the most besides the story is the scenery. The way things are made - how you can fly in-game and explore all over Erinn. It makes me excited. Too bad we can't swim in mabi..That would be so amazing ٩(๑òωó๑)۶.
  
  Hope i can make more mabinogi adventures and memories for this year! 2015! ☆ミヾ(∇≦((ヾ(≧∇≦)〃))≧∇)ノ彡☆
  
  

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• Murasaki wrote on 2015-01-04 03:34
  I'm not entering!
  
  I don't get many chances to play the game lately. However, this game is how I've met many of my greatest friends, and for that, I'm very grateful. I hope to continue these friendships for a very long time.
• Aubog007 wrote on 2015-01-04 03:48
  I once heard of a game called Mabinogi. I played said game, here are some stories of such game.
  
  I accomplished a lot on two servers on this game, Ruairi and Tarlach. Still have pretty decent friends on both. Mabinogi will always hold a special place in my heart, not because i grew up, for i was already "grown" up, but for the competition and interactions. It showed me that if i put my mind to it, i could beat anyone at anything that required mass dedication.
  
  First one on Tarlach to get capped skills (at a certain point obviously (no one has contested me when i asked)) considering i started during G9.
  First one with Engineering r1.
  First one on Ruairi with Potion Making r1 (back when i played).
  
  Stuff like this, still somewhat remembered for, even though my friends are permanently remembered for seal breaking.
  
  But when my glory years of mabi started to wane, i started to settle down, who better than with someone on mabi. So now we live together and are happy together. And I no longer need Mabi to keep my mind occupied. Thanks Mabi for the memories.
• WOWOWOWAOW wrote on 2015-01-04 07:56
  I think I should start by saying why I started playing video games in the first place. My cousins and I used to have a pretty twisted relationship. We hated each other, my cousin was bigger, older, fatter, and stronger than me, and therefore he always would win in competitions. I was also super immature and hated that he always had nicer parents, a bigger house, and better food than me... I guess we did have our fun times, and so we hated to leave each other (he's in TX I'm in CA). We started using Yahoo! Messenger in like first grade to chat. We would play chess, draw things, watch happy tree friends, and do other things the messaging software permitted. I still remember it would take us an hour to say goodbye each night because nobody wanted to say the last goodbye.
  
  ANYWAY, fast forward a few years, my cousins introduced me to my first online game, Club Penguin, in the summer of third grade when I visited. I got hooked and we even moved to neopets, then runescape, then Roblox, then runescape again... I only liked playing because it felt like I was with my cousins again! He could be across the world, but when we were both online, it was as if we were right next to each other. Better yet, we could do things that we wouldn't be able to do in real life ( cast spells, own houses, get girlfriends older than us [o god... LOL], etc).
  
  ANYWAY, by 6th grade all the old games were boring as shit and we felt limited by the fact we didn't get "membership" so our play options were limited. We stopped playing together, I had other best friends, but i started to miss old times with my cousin, so I got off my butt and found us a new game, Mabinogi. WE FUCKING LOVED IT! The world was HUGE, we had endless quests-- basically, there were seemingly ENDLESS possibilities :). It became our new go to game for laughs and adventure...
  
  Anyway... We played together from g8 up until g12. He got kinda fed up with the crappy lag (only in mabi!) so he bailed and I played by myself for a while... I guess I was just clinging on to old times... I even tried to get him to play again, but he found other games. I quit shortly after.
  
  
  So, why is Mabinogi special to me? Well, it's 2015, I just applied to colleges, I'm going to graduate, my sister got engaged and just planned her wedding with a filthy rich guy from MIT, and I just turned 18. Should I be happy? Probably? But I'm not. Life just seems to get harder. I miss being a kid. Mabinogi was part of that childhood experience of being able to play without worrying about college, or tests, or grades, or high school judgment... In many ways, I'm still a kid. People often look at me funny, and comment that the things I do are what a 3rd grader would do haha... Sometimes, I just get reminded when people tell me to shut up, then I realize I'm in high school, not in elementary school, and it's better just to be quiet. Mabinogi was a part of that too. Being able to express myself online, being able to run around naked through barri dungeon, camping people in EvG for lolz, using play dead and freaking out, or other ways to be immature with a partner in crime -- these are all things I miss.
  
  I think I've beaten around the bush too much. Basically, mabinogi represents a time in my life that I wish I could go back to forever, or at least until I'm prepared to move on.
  
  Everything is ending and starting so fast lately... It's making me sick, and I just want time to wait for me, so I can catch my breath and make sense of all the things that are happening around me.
• Lunamaniac wrote on 2015-01-08 17:32
  This isn't exactly positive, but please hear me out. I loved mabi and feel a genuine sadness towards the direction it's been heading in for some time now. This is not a rant, it's just a weary sob after waiting so long for things to improve. Nostalgia aside, I really am not enjoying mabi anymore. I surprise myself with my lack of desire to get back into the game, the gameplay itself is more generic than it used to be (this has become a steadily worsening problem since "dynamic combat"), newer generations and updates in general are full of half though out ideas half implemented, the story and lore are all over the place so I can't get immersed in new content, for new players even the early generations have been butchered. There have been improvements, but none of them address these flaws which are very fundamental for my enjoyment and appreciation of a game that I really loved. "Pets", once quaint companions are now symbols of power, wealth, total cheapness and are absurdly imbalanced, with practically each new addition breaking the game in reliably new and familiar ways, making yet more content obsolete and confusingly pointless.
  
  The most fun I've had on mabi, [UB]playing the healer role[/UB].
• Bunny wrote on 2015-01-08 20:41
  [FONT="Arial"]Deadline is up, so no more entries!
  
  Winners will be announced whenever the OP is ready.
  
  :llama_excited: [/FONT]
• Iljimae wrote on 2015-01-09 04:17
  Unfortunately, I've had a few things arise and I won't be home until Sunday morning to announce winners/distribute prize money.
  
  I'm happy seeing so many people sharing their memories of Mabinogi here, even if they're not entering the contest!
  
  Thank you to everyone who took the time to participate and sorry for having to push things back a few days. Also, a very special thank you to our resident bunny for helping me with this event!
  
  If anyone forgot to put 2015 into their post and intended to enter the contest, you have a few days to edit that into your post. [x
• Osayidan wrote on 2015-01-09 13:22
  If someone from Ruairi wins I can send them the 1m gold if you only have gold on Alexina. Just PM me their character name and I'll mail it to them.
• Iljimae wrote on 2015-01-12 05:20
  Interestingly enough, all of the winners were on Alexina. Thank you for the awesome offer though Osay!
  
  The winners were:
  Kuma
  Splatulated
  Tropa
  k1snoo
  Rikudemon
  Zyrus
  
  I've gone ahead and distributed the prizes through the mail to the character listed in each winner's profile. If there's an issue with this, just send me a PM and I'll send the check where you need it to be sent~
  
  Thanks again to everyone that participated! I'm hoping to do some contests in the future with NX, so that winners aren't limited to the Alexina server.
  
  I hope everyone has been enjoying 2015!