3.6BILLION+ PRIZE POOL JUMP QUEST EVENT (WOW)

SEE SECOND POST FOR RANKINGS, DEADLINE JUNE 15TH 22:00:00 SERVER TIME

Hi, I'm Nair aka flub aka The King of Fitness aka Eijislayer69 aka Crayofanboy. I think it's awesome how Maplelegends is innovated at the top level off the backs of people like Alyosha / Selquin / Fishy . Everyone tries to craft broken and degenerate strategies to play as best and efficient as possible in a 2003 mushroom game.

But there has never been a compelling reason to optimize jump quests...until now?

SKIPPABLE LORE

When I first started in ML, I actually didn't care for jump quests at all until I saw how insanely fast people would complete GM-hosted Fitness events. After that, I put in a lot of effort, had a lot of fun and eventually became one of the best on the server. (maybe not the king)​

When I played on Un*ty's server for a while, I saw that they had jump quest rankings built into the game that would display your completion times. It was a huge amount of fun trying to fight for the #1 spot with a guy named Slime and it brought out the best in both of us. Every time we thought "there's no way to lower the time any further", the other person would prove that thought wrong. In the end, he won by a margin of just milliseconds. (I quit the game and then the server closed a month later)​

However, that was basically a two-horse race. Now, with ML having 1k+ users at all times, I'd like to rouse the tryhards and see if any of you can push that jump quest even further.
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1st Place: 2,147,483,647 mesos
2nd Place: 1,000,000,000 mesos
3rd Place: 500,000,000 mesos
4th/5th (if enough competition + close to 3rd) : 250,000,000 mesos
PARTICIPATION: 10m mesos if you clear it within 2min30s (subject to change and availability)
other possible prizes: ~200k Game Cash ​

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REALLY? YOU QUITTING? WHY SO MUCH FOR A LAME JUMP QUEST?

1. Yeah.
2. Nope, I already quit a while ago.
3. Listen, jump quests are one of the few things in MapleLegends that takes a bit of skill (RIP multiclienting at HT). It's fun to compete and it's fun to see your own improvement. I've got a dumb amount of mesos collecting dust so I decided to come back and host a competition for it and see if it gets hype.​

WHICH JUMP QUEST?

Deep Forest of Patience <1> in Sleepywood. Collect the quest from John in Lith Harbor, go to Sleepywood and click on the Mysterious Statue in the middle. Click the first option and it'll teleport you inside.​

WHY DIDN'T YOU CHOOSE ANOTHER JUMP QUEST?

It's the best one. No randomness, just pure jumping and mechanics with a surprisingly large amount of tactics you can use to optimize your time.
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WHO CAN ENTER?

No freshly made or inactive mule accounts. I understand there's probably issues with multiple entries from the same person. If I have any reason to believe you're cheating then I'll contact you and verify through some means.​

HOW CAN I ENTER?

You'll have to take a video of your screen as you do the jump quest from start to finish. Make sure to follow the rules listed below. Use your choice of video capture software. Some free and easy options are:

• OBS (highly recommended)
• NVIDIA Shadowplay
• Fraps
• Windows 10 native video capture?
• Streaming it on twitch
• Your phone

Upload and send the video link to me through discord @thirdroom#6673 and post a message in this thread for confirmation. You can also ignore discord and just post the video here, but if you want to hide your strategies then I'd recommend discord. (try not to spam me if you keep beating your own records pls)​

<READ THIS> FOLLOW THESE STEPS IN YOUR VIDEO <READ THIS>

1. Type @servertime before clicking on the Mysterious Statue.

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2. Jump all the way to the last platform and DO NOT click the flowers.
3. Type @servertime when you reach the last platform with the flowers.

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Use Game Capture preferably so that the game isn't displayed too small in your video. Try to record in 60FPS if possible. Keep a backup of your original video.
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<READ THIS> FOLLOW THESE STEPS IN YOUR VIDEO <READ THIS>

This is to ensure fair play with regards to video editing. Your official time will be counted at the moment you touch the last platform, so don't worry about typing fast.

HOW DO I TIME MY RUN PROPERLY?

Your official run timer will begin at the moment you touch the ground after entering the 1st map of the jump quest. This is to avoid discrepancies with black screen loading times. The end time will be counted at the moment you touch the last platform.​

WHY SHOULD I EVEN TRY? I WON'T WIN I HATE JQS AND I'M BAD AT THEM.

If you put in a sincere effort, you might start to enjoy them. Let's say you're making 20m per hour selling leech like the mage-abusing degen that we all know you are. Do that for 100 hours and you'll make 2b.

I promise you the first place winner isn't spending 100 hours on this. I probably put in 20 hours in total to achieve my personal best time and I'd be surprised if anyone surpasses me. Worst case scenario, you get 10m, tried something new and have now become decent at jump quests. Best case scenario, you're 2b richer and have bragging rights forever.​

20 HOURS? WHATEVER, THIS IS WAY TOO SWEATY FOR ME.

Fair point, angry hypothetical text. Peep the results in a month if you're curious.​

TIPS

Getting hit is good. I recommend taking off your weapon to have a clear view of your feet. Try using a stopwatch app in the background to track your progress.​

DEADLINE
June 15th

NO CHEESING RULE
You've got to complete the run without "major skips" through the use of CCing or relogging. Any advantages gained through usage of class-specific skills or snowshoes will also result in a DQ. Thanks to Skuire for bringing these exploits up.