Remembering the old times~

• Kazuni wrote on 2010-09-06 07:28
  Kami and I were looking through old mabi screenshots just now and it got me thinking. 16 months ago I had just gotten my elf in May or so and I was running around as a tiny 10 year old grabbing gray town rat, gray fox, and red fox fomor scrolls to try and raise money to get myself a Sandra sniper suit. It was ridiculous because I spent almost all of it on repairs for my little bow and my robe and such, so it took me more than a month of continuously hunting scrolls to get 40k+.
  
  I also saw some screenshots of me and some old friends playing around, fishing, running dungeons on our pets. It was so much easier back then when I only had about three or four friends in mabi that I actually played with. We would go on our pets and run around dunby a bit, then a bunch of other people would join us on their pets. We would then go kill bears for fun or run math/rabbie a few times. It was interesting because our characters back then were way too weak to run math without dying, and since I didn’t buy service, that was a problem. Nowadays, when we run around dunby, nobody bothers to join.
  
  The friends I had way back then, we grew apart, and for some, the transition wasn’t so peaceful. Even though I have a whole new group of friends and my lovely guild, I still wonder if I was happier then. It wasn’t just because of mabi, the first year of high school brought so many new experiences, both good and bad. (Bad because I almost got expelled and that basically ruined my last two weeks of school).
  
  It’s really strange when you look back on old screenshots, it’s like baby photos. I’m so glad I uploaded most of them to photobucket, though, since my computer crashed and I would’ve hated so much to lose those pictures. It really emphasises how much someone can learn and change in a short period of time, games just make it more apparent because you get better at the game much more quickly than you get better at life. Also because you don’t get so many candid shots of doing whatever in real life.
  
  If I could choose to go back 16 months and restart this thing with the knowledge I have, I think I would. There are so many things that I would’ve chosen not to go through, even though I’ve grown so much as a person afterwards, it’s just too distressing.
  
  Even though it sounds kind of ridiculous, I think mabinogi really taught me a lot more than how to ctrl-aim arrows. It was the first time I had quit a game for another, leaving all my old friends there. Frankly, it felt a bit like cutting off an arm or a leg. I’d made new friends online, which was a feat I had only accomplished back on maplestory when I was like, what, in grade 4? It was also much harder to make friends in mabinogi, just because I wasn’t sure I was going to stay. I solo’d everything and it wasn’t very fun after a while.
  
  So… tl;dr, how did mabinogi change you? How do you feel when you go through old screenshots?
  
  

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• Shirayuki wrote on 2010-09-06 07:38
  Mabi's made me far more open to things, just because my friends from Mabi forced me into so many other things. I guess being open isn't a bad thing, but I was never really too open before mabi either... And I quit MS for mabi too xD I was a loner in MS so mabi was really fun for me since I actually joined a really fun guild, and actually started to make friends in games D; Guess mabi reformed my online attitude a bit, but other than opening my mind a bit to newer things, I think it hasn't really changed me too much as a person...
  
  Looking at old screenshots though, I remember the good old days when having AR was considered god status, and when muffler robes were also god status xD Plus, I remember how I used to spam Rabbie all day for fomors and exp xD Goodtimez.
• Invertex wrote on 2010-09-06 08:31
  Really, Mabi wasn't the one game that brought about this sort of change in my view on MMOs. It works more as an extension of a previous experience, where a friend from a different MMO dragged me over here.
  
  Back then, I ran around with a robe, ran Ciar all day, didn't know what Iria was (it was out though), and I still remember getting epicly overweight (in game) from the chocolate tree event. Now, I play Fashionogi more, but I still run the same dungeons a lot, so nothing has changed much.
• Aubog007 wrote on 2010-09-06 09:08
  ahhh the old times...
  I wore a pink robe. and ran ciar beginner... Lots. and Lots. of times.
• Taycat wrote on 2010-09-06 09:55
  I remember when Pally's would PK all day.
  
  Oh the lulz.
• Swordslayer wrote on 2010-09-06 12:40

  Quote from Xiyamae;147550:

  I remember when Pally's would PK all day.
  
  Oh the lulz.

  
  
  My friends and I would hide like it was the holocaust lol... The minute paladins would transform--"RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!"
• NewbieNub wrote on 2010-09-06 13:34
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  Remember how stupid and ignorant I am is a good way of celebrating the start of September.
• Chihaya wrote on 2010-09-06 14:40
  I'd really appreciate if some posters can be a little more considerate about this topic. I personally empathize strongly with Kazu
  I for myself, enjoyed the company of other new players when I was new, and got along with a group of people on the VERY FIRST day.
  
  Even now, I dress up as a newb and go talk to new players that I see. However, I find that there are more experienced players who create those "newbs" and refuse to hang out with me or even talk to me. After knowing who i am, their attitude changes 180 degrees.
  Honestly, the "good times" have really past. I still think this is inevitable... People who become strong in-game get snobby unconsciously. It disgusts me so much.
  
  I play Mabinogi for its friendly community. However, it will get to a point where a single group will dominate, and the sight of that won't be pretty. I might as well enjoy my time on the game until then.
• Zid wrote on 2010-09-06 15:06
  Oh, yeah, the old times where I ran endless amounts of dungeons with a good guildie of mine during the '09 spring semester.
  
  It wasn't about the community for me, it was about my friends. And still is.
• Yah wrote on 2010-09-06 15:20
  After more then a year away from my old guild, I still feel a bit of loyalty towards it. Open beta to g7 was a long time. I'm still on good terms with most of the people i hung out with back then and my current guild is awsome. I definently miss the need to run ciar adv as a group because I always remebered that as a friendship building experience. Relying on other people realy does make you have a certain level of trust. Doing the generation quests back in the day were realy awsome. The hours of waiting for g3 was waaay worth it. I remeber running peaca basic if a full party and spending 24 hours getting owned. Single weild ftw! The dragon blade at the end was worth it though. All in all the old days realy were the driving force that lead me to keep playing, and gave me a better appreciation of the things that we take for granted.
  

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• Swordslayer wrote on 2010-09-06 16:12

  Quote from Yah;147595:

  After more then a year away from my old guild, I still feel a bit of loyalty towards it. Open beta to g7 was a long time. I'm still on good terms with most of the people i hung out with back then and my current guild is awsome. I definently miss the need to run ciar adv as a group because I always remebered that as a friendship building experience. Relying on other people realy does make you have a certain level of trust. Doing the generation quests back in the day were realy awsome. The hours of waiting for g3 was waaay worth it. I remeber running peaca basic if a full party and spending 24 hours getting owned. Single weild ftw! The dragon blade at the end was worth it though. All in all the old days realy were the driving force that lead me to keep playing, and gave me a better appreciation of the things that we take for granted.
  

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  AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!! :cryno::cryno::cryno::cryno::cryno:
  
  I love you ryan, yes homo +_+ hahahaha! Those days were great. I still find myself some days logging on just because of old memories. I'm glad everyone still logs on, even when were all busy.
• User495 wrote on 2010-09-06 16:46
  mabi really has changed since the begining, though I have mix feelings about it
  
  community/friends wise the beginning was really fun, I didn't need to get stronger cause there's no reason to when I have my friends
  and everyone was friends with each other (smaller community back then)
  
  now there's people that are snobs,elitists call it what you will that, whether they do it on purpose or not, try to take other people down, and that is the only reason why I ever try to get stronger,
  
  alot of my first screenshots are ones I hate looking at because I just started highschool and Mabi was involved in this "highschool drama" that I've recently discovered at the time
  
  guilds, I personally don't like any of them now, only 1 guild I've been in have never had anyone be constantly ambitious and was actually about fun, but later that changed too, it's really troublesome when a guild is either full of "mature" people that never use emoticons
  or when they're full of ignorant children, that "wants to be the best there ever was" (again with the ambition, I really hate seeing people trying to be the better than everyone around me) there's also the arrogant people that constantly brag about how easy a certain dungeon is, whether they do it on purpose or not, it's not fun to have to go through that, the only dungeon anyone CAN constantly say that about should be Alby, seriously
  
  I really do much prefer hanging around the lower lvls of Mabinogi nowadays if I get the chance, as well for that reason I never give out my total lvl when people ask
  
  in the end I think I lost my friends, well I should quote "friends" cause now, I only ever hang out with 1 person, and she's the only reason, that I'm glad I played mabi, at least only true reason
  (others being to cure my boredom, and stuff, LOL that totally killed the mood didn't it)
  most people I usually just talk to for alittle while and they'd end up not talking to me after 10 minutes (whether they're busy or just have friends that are more of a priority to talk to than me)
• Serathx wrote on 2010-09-06 17:00
  ...I deleted all my nub screenshots. :L
  From what I remember though, it was a fun time. Everything was so much simpler.
  I remember running Ciar Beginner over and over to buy a Kirinjitsu's Armor, haha...
  I remember trying to join guilds because it was cool, and then learning they were inactive and barely talked.
  It was a lot more interesting back then, for some reason.
  And yes, I left Maplestory for Mabi. I rejoined it though.
• EphraDaMan wrote on 2010-09-06 18:22
  Heh,the good ol' days...
  
  Days when everyone collected fomor scrolls and did Church PTJs like they were the greatest thing ever. Back when a golem could take out a full party and people were in awe because you had Service (old service,FTW.... :cryno: )
  
  Back when everyone was happy to help each other and when the fastest way to move around was on foot. XD
  
  Let's not forget the Amazing Race event. :T_T:
  
  So yeah,I miss the old days too...:sigh:
• Vanof wrote on 2010-09-06 21:12
  Mmmmm~ Mabistalgia.
  
  I remember partying with random people in Ciar because I couldn't do any of it alone. I met some of my best friends that way! hahhh!
  Good times~! :)
  Most of those friends have quit now, but those that are left are mostly all pretty great and close friends of mine, both irl and in-game. Sooo~ o_ob
  
  I do miss the "Ciar Community" that died after SM's. Ah well!