Courtesy on Nexon's GM Blog

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Hey everyone,

Well, first off, April's just about here, and we've got updates galore for you. But first, a word about hackers.

We're aware of the recent hacking activity, and will announce and pursue new initiatives to combat this. We'll be unveiling the details in due time, but we're going to put our foot on the necks of those would ruin others' gameplay, and keep it there. The BanHammer cometh soon...

So, what's new for this month's Update? Well, its called "New Features & New Creatures!", and its so big, we'll have to introduce each section in separate blogs! First up, let's talk about Family.

Families are your life companions. They'll always be in your corner, giving their support. Matter of fact, just the other day...


"Check this out!" yelped my coworker. I knew that today I was to be given instructions on a new quest line, but, sadly, no one had told me when. So it was a bit of a surprise to have a stack of papers fly at my face, but at least I didn't have to wait anymore.

Well knowing me, I hastily skimmed through the pages just to get to the good part.

I had the fortune of being one of the first to test out the new Family System. I was to create a family, but it was my discovery that I wasn't able to do this alone, for obvious reasons. I mean, a family can't really consist of one person, can it? So of course that meant I had to wrangle up a few of the new guys in my department - they'll do anything. Shortly after, we had the makings of a family - well almost.

I now had "juniors" that I had to support. Captain Al had told me that I had to look out for them. In other words, I had to pull them up by their bootstraps, show 'em the ropes, and be a responsible leader. The whole time I was thinking, "What's in this for me?! Why would I ever want to help out a newb?!"

Suddenly, a flood of memories came rushing through my head about my early Maple career. It's funny, the things my Shadower can afford now makes all the time I spent scrounging for mesos on my Rogue seem downright sad. Heck, I could barely afford to recharge my throwing stars! That's when I knew how much the Family System made sense. If only I had a good leader to help me out every now and then, life would have been so much easier!

After a few days of looking out for my new juniors, I found it incredibly interesting just how much I wanted to see them succeed. It brings a heart-warming tear to your eye, don't it?

So what's next? We grow, as any good family should!

Signing off,
GM Crash
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Why isnt anyone as excited about this as I am D:

lol, i think its very exciting, i get to help some nubbies!

I dont want to help noobs =( I just want to be an official in game Mommy!!!!! Once the details come out I'll be holding auditions!

based on age, i should be someone's mommy :O

Meh. Call me a pessimist, but I don't think this system is going to be promoting the positive interaction it's shooting for.

While it's cool in theory, I'm simply having trouble seeing an exponential increase in "warm fuzzy Maplestory familes."

That's what guilds are for, right?

TaintedKrys wrote:

I dont want to help noobs =( I just want to be an official in game Mommy!!!!! Once the details come out I'll be holding auditions!

ya i really dont want to help out noobs either lol. i had very little help as a noob and i made it through ok sorta.

What? I don't want to be someone's mom/ dad. I much rather have someone be my mom.

On my old game Tibia, we had unofficial family system, I had 17 sons and 4 daughters and over 50 grandkids. >.> I was thinking and they MAY make this NX related, meaning TK and FierceBigs would have to be Mommy and Daddy in the family System I want to create. So Ill prolly be Hiro's Mommy haha I am so uberly excited for this. If its like Crazy Tao I'll have to name it too. *Will try to grab The Tainted Family FAST!*

And about the guild resemblance, I know as a guild we are fun and loyal, but I have daughters on their own paths. I know Ash will be my daughter in the family system but I wont push my Alyssa. ^_^

oh wow it provides buffs when ppl lvl in your family. i'm in. anything for boosts. you need to be within 20 lvls of your jr.

i wanna be in a family with tk and danny and all their charas, and all other TSers (jen etc)! we could go down the ranks and add each other and create a huge network!

whaddya think?

LauraPalmer wrote:

oh wow it provides buffs when ppl lvl in your family. i'm in. anything for boosts. you need to be within 20 lvls of your jr.

i wanna be in a family with tk and danny and all their charas, and all other TSers (jen etc)! we could go down the ranks and add each other and create a huge network!

whaddya think?

This will make me an eventual grandkid, seeing as I'm at level 32, right?

I just dinged lvl20 so I'm not gunna be a TS kid for a while D:

I'm back btw, all these new features peaked my interest again :3

JamesGreen wrote:

LauraPalmer wrote:

oh wow it provides buffs when ppl lvl in your family. i'm in. anything for boosts. you need to be within 20 lvls of your jr.

i wanna be in a family with tk and danny and all their charas, and all other TSers (jen etc)! we could go down the ranks and add each other and create a huge network!

whaddya think?

This will make me an eventual grandkid, seeing as I'm at level 32, right?

we have someone to add ya already

I'm level 22 now... find me a mommy! D:

Tripp wrote:

I'm level 22 now... find me a mommy! D:

when greenie gets on the tree, he can add you

LauraPalmer wrote:

Tripp wrote:

I'm level 22 now... find me a mommy! D:

when greenie gets on the tree, he can add you

Who's yo daddy?