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Anyone editing the main article should read the WikiProject Computer and Video Games page so that the article remains conformed to the project's guidelines.
Anyone who wants to work on character or game guides should go to the Wikibooks section on MapleStory which is located here. The link can also be found at the bottom of the article in the external links section.
Only notable fansites and guides should be added to the external links section in the main article. Small or new forums and guild websites do not belong there. Wikipedia is not a place to advertise, and adding too many links will clutter the article.
The game issues page located at MapleStory Game Issues should only include factual information about existing scams, without including how to avoid the scams. Also, do not link to scam and/or hack websites.
Information on pricing items does not belong here as it is too volatile and is not encyclopedic. If you want to price items, refer instead to Sleepywood, Hidden-Street and BasilMarket.
The game is called MapleStory, with no space (not Maple Story) so please keep everything under that name.
-- Prod-Me 03:15, 27 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
It has come to my attention that the fan sites with the most amount of information, features, and etc are being left behind. Sleepywood.net, is a message board, it doesn't contain much information material. Whereas Mapletip has its very own Maplewiki, etc. Sauna and hidden street are also good sources, but not as well as mapletip is.
So the question is order by usefulness or abc, or popularity.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.214.221.232 (talk • contribs)
Here are the distinctions of each site as I see it (comments are welcome):
--TheYmode 06:36, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
mapletip is also very extensive, with power search, filtering, skins, commenting (so users can learn more), quest guides, and forum help. hidden-street isn't exactly user friendly, but I'd say it'd both good. Sleepywood MAY BE the biggest forum, but it does not provide quality information. sauna is also fine. 69.214.221.232 06:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
hidden-street may be extensive, but it is also highly innacurate on a lot of things (as most of the initial information was simply lifted off of already innacurate jMS websites). I agree that Sleepywood is mostly a forum, but inside the forum is a lot of valuable information (ie. instant updates with things like how to complete brand new quests that won't get added to other sites untill much later). While it may not be organised in the same way as other sites, all the information is still there. Also, with the largest community, it's often the most up to date with new information about not only other versions but with oMS itself. 66.91.204.174 10:53, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That doesn't mean mapletip, the most useful website should be last. 69.214.221.232 13:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The order in not that important, as long as all the sites are notable and have a distinctions. I have rearrange them in alphabetical order. --TheYmode 15:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
my 2 cents is that hidden-street is best on easily accessible, extensive info. sleepywood and mapletip both have large communities, and mapletip has an info database too. sauna is hardly better than machine-readable and most of the sauna content is in hidden-street; don't even list sauna. --Froth 02:36, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Another site fans use is basilmarket It has some guides written by players and screenshots and videos for entertainment. Brady1234 20:38, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The informational websites should represent all views and versions of the game that are possible. We have English, Chinese, and Thai right now. The Japanese section is completely left out. I agree that sites need to be informational, insightful, and provide information about the gameplay. Adventures In JMS provides all of this information, and more. This forum is an english based forum dedicated to the discussion and gameplay of the Japanese version of Maplestory. Topics of discussion range from the changes that occur with each patch, to member created guides. Also, since all versions of Maplestory are not the same, there are exclusive items/maps/quests only available to people that play the Japanese version. I highly recommend and suggest that Adventures In JMS be added to the informational website section. Mikemar921 04:04, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Additional comments :
Lincher 02:31, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
"* This The minimum possible point level scored when the dice is rolled in a statistic is four and the maximum is thirteen. When creating the character, the player can also choose from a limited variety of faces, hair styles, hair colors and skin colors. These can be modified only through the purchase of special coupons from the Cash Shop. needs a citation." This is common knowledge. You can't make a stat go below four unless you use client-side hacks. As for hair styles, colours, and skin colours, I think the citation can point to the cash shop page of the official game. OhanaUnited 03:03, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
楓故事 is not the general nickname in Japan. It is no more than a name of one fan sight or the information sight.
OMS is in both kMS and gMS because both of them are referred to as "Official MapleStory". This is inaccurate, however, because the first Maple was actually jMS. Ryuugaki 03:44, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I just think that it should be mentioned about the new partnership. Not too much about about prospective future,since maplestory is nexon's major project in america. (though we will see upcoming games like Audition Online) I didn't check but hopefully all the links are updated.
Sharenian is specifically, just the Guild Quest. The new path in Perion's mountain range (The excavation site, and the skeleton+castle maps) is not called "Sharenian". It's just a new section of perion, even uses the perion icon in the mini map. So shouldn't that be taken off the "town availability" chart? I realize the sharenian guild quest and the new perion maps are patched together, but I personally think the "sharenian" part of the chart should be removed, since it's not a town (return to town scrolls don't drop you off at the excavation site if you are training in that area). Further proof at sauna.gibbed.us, shows the excavation site is part of victoria road, and not sharenian. Anyway, just thought I'd throw that out there. - Takiten 01:52, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I was looking through the TaiwanMS information sites listed on the main artical. I didn't see any monsters or maps of anything from Sharenian Guild Quest. The only thing TaiwanMS has is the few maps leading up to Perion Excavation Site. They don't have any of the skeleton monsters in their monster list or maps past the excavation site, or the obelisk npc for the guild quest. Obiously if this is the case, then they must patch the perion excavation site seperate from the perion castle ruins and the guild quest, much the same way that helios tower was patched seperate from korean folk town. So I was thinking, we need to split the excavation site into to halfs on the town availability chart. Plus I was thinking since grave of mushmom, iron boar land, and the forest of golem are also areas in their own way (same as helios tower), that they should be included on the chart to show which versions have them or not. If anyone can confirm if TaiwanMS has the guild quest or not, that would be a start. - Takiten 00:02, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I accidentally removed this from my watchlist about a month back, and the page went crazy after that >.> I've tried to cleanup what I could but there are a few things left.
Finally, I archived this talk page cause it was getting waaay too long. -- Prod-You 01:42, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Just so that you know el tardo, those sites are for ENGLISH READERS who play the different versions of Maple Story in different languages. Do a little research huh?
I notice "Boredom" and yet there's no mention of the extraordinarily rude, cruel, and obnoxious player base, I've never played an MMO with even equally obnoxious and cruel users, shouldn't the unusual level of malignant behavior be mentioned in place of something as commonplace as Boredom?--Revrant 19:23, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Article lacks info on this and the "Maple Girl" series.
http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives/novx.htm
Also, the info is on Madhouse's website, but in Japanese and I can't find it myself. 70.119.79.88 21:42, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know if this is the right place to ask this or not. I was just curious to what in-game music does Xi Men Ding (town and outside areas) and Thai Floating Market (town and outside areas) has. I'm kind of a maple story music fan and these are the only music tracks I have not heard yet. If anyone that plays KMS or any other version with these areas, could either tell me if these towns/areas have unique music or not, and or maybe even fraps some of the music and upload the video to youtube, It would be great. I haven't found any maplestory fan sites that have music of these two areas. -- Takiten 03:38, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, I found out that JapanMS data.wz has music for Shanghai City, and Night City, but no Xi Men Ding Music, which doesn't make sence since the only way to night city is through xi men ding. So this tells me that there must not be any new music for xi men ding. Can any KoreaMS or TaiwanMS players confirm this? Maybe xi men ding just uses kerning city's music? -- Takiten 01:27, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
In Town Availability, I saw an area called Maple Island Advanturer Course and What is it? And can the players which left Maple Island come back to Maple Island to go to that area?
By the way KoreaMS(KMS) does not have access to that area. - wkkim9292
These articles, however many pictures they may have at the moment, are still lacking some key screenshots that I believe would illustrate the certain sections of the articles much better. There are also some pictures that I think could be replaced with better or more informing ones. Feel free to add to the list what you want, and if you'd like to contribute screenshots yourself (which would be greatly appreciated), check out Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org commons.wikimedia.org). Be bold. The Captain Returns 00:20, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Someone added to the world artical that Leafre will be the English name in GlobalMS. Anyone have a source if this is true or not? The only logical reason I can see it being called Leafre, is because that's the filename for the map icon, AND it's the filename for the town music track. Should we just change it to Leafre on all articals? Second, I came across a Japanese website with music tracks, and the music track for Xi Men Ding is called "YoTaipei.mp3". Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan. So I suppose it would make sence that "Xi Men Ding" will probably be called "Taipei City" in an English version of MapleStory. If ChinaMS made a exclusive map for Shanghai called Shanghai City, then Taiwan could probably do the same with Taipei. -- Takiten 03:20, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm pretty sure the kerning city and ludibrium party quests aren't exclusive to only koreaMS and JMS. Please fix this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.107.17.71 (talk) 00:12, 10 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]
Kerning and Ludibrium party quests are available in GMS and MSEA. Orbis Party Quest is not. It will eventually come though. Brady1234 20:38, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Should it be capitalized or not? The Captain Returns 02:55, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
As the writer of "A guide for Mini-games", I would say that it doesn't matter. Generally, you don't need to capitalize it. In my guide, I am simply using conventions set by other game companies (e.g. Runescape) since they got more knowledgable staff than me. But if you are referring to a specific mini-game (e.g. Omok), you have to capitalize it. OhanaUnited 19:56, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
When I first loaded the Wiki for this game, there appears to be a giant "smiley" face in place of the MapleStory logo, cutting off some text, and in most instances, stretching the page horizontally. Whenever I loaded the page again, however, it reverted back to the way it was... 205.237.151.108 06:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think Gachapon qualifiy as a mini-game. Mini-game are 1 or 2 player in-game features that entertain players. I highly doubt that Gachapon is a mini-game. It's more like a feature that gives advantage to cash shop users. OhanaUnited 06:00, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It seems to me as if this template takes up a bit too much of its fair share of space on the article. Would it perhaps be better to provide a link to the template instead of including it? Kalani [talk] 08:16, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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How about something like this? This is just a sample, this would make it a lot less wide. -- Takiten 02:06, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Has ThailandMS got Pianus Boss Area and Pianus Boss? - wkkim9292
I heard that JapanMS got Shanghai City, Xi Men Ding and Night Market in Patch 1.19. Does anyone know if JapanMS got Yu Yuan Garden in Patch 1.19? - wkkim9292
Trying to find where all the World Tour NPC's are located. So far I know she is in Henesys, Kerning City, Perion, Ellinia, Lith Harbor, Orbis, El Nath, Ludibrium, Riprey, Mushroom Shrine, Shanghai City, Xi Men Ding and Thai Floating Market. Anyone know if she is in Omega Sector and Korean Folk Town? I know she is not in Sleepywood or Aquarium in JapanMS. -- Takiten 17:00, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
There's this common, but hard to reproduce glitch in MapleStory that causes players to turn a game room into moving signs. It's like this, if you press a certain combination of keys and mouse clicks, the game glitches and throws both players out, but the game room sign remains and the Mapler is free to do what they want while this "sign" is still up except talk, unless they have a pet that is able to talk.[1]
--205.237.151.108 21:50, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Why is this article being DELETED?? This makes no sence at all. Please remove the deletion tag.Davud363000 23:31, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I vote no on deletion. SteveSims 03:27, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I vote NO in deletion.
I think that this is all figured out but I vote NO on deletion anyways. I might be around for a while Redskunk 23:59, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Does ThailandMS have Chungoo boss area? Because the area has been shown up in Zipangu map of ThailandMS website, and in official ThailandMS website, there is chungoo in Zipangu microsite's monster page. Because, a while ago, someone has been marking that ThailandMS doesn't have chungoo boss area, but that's MapleSEA and I thought that ThailandMS has Chungoo boss area. Does anyone know if ThailandMS has Chungoo boss area or not? - wkkim9292 21:02, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This arcticle is just too long. I think that new arcticles entitled maplestory gameplay and maplestory items should be added. This is too in depth for a general game arcticle. However still keep in mind that this is not a game strategy guide. Redskunk 00:02, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
True. The item section is somewhat long. However you are right. Would anyone like to take on the gameplay section. RedSkunk 18:55, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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