Event Idea

I think the reason why people shutdown event suggestions so quickly is that most of the time they're nothing like GMS v62 and below events. Also, we see a lot of suggestions requested as soon as the going gets rough out of pure laziness. From what I've read of your suggestion, it's not to far from what I've seen in GMS. I don't disagree with adding some variety to the daily maple life.

However, i have some concerns:
1. For this to be fair for everyone there will need to be an announcement before the event happens. This also mean what ever the date/times that are posted, one of the GM's have to be available. (This is more of a concern for the GM's then anything)
2. The rewards... does there even need to be an reward? I don't even recall rewards being handed out ever in GM hosted event in GMS. Just the experience of being in the same map as a GM and having the whole community come together was rewarding enough. Some times bragging rights is all you need to satisfy a player. Having a server wide message announcing the winners name of a competitive jump event might be all you really need.

 

Why?

 

how.. original? o_o

we should have actual events instead. because those are not events anymore. they are annoyances

i do like the idea of week-long events with cumulative points though. maybe the winner can get a certain amount of donor nx or something

 

Someone had to say it! This is very true. Every other private server I've played had these exact same events. @NSFW is right, they're not original at all.

 

The rewards we get would probably be unfair

 

Exactly. I can think of plenty of good alternatives but i don't see this being implemented so i won't bother.

 

Bad idea , sorry

 

its so common because its fun, most people who are good at it enjoy it, others hate it because they fail. JQ takes some skill, something that maple lacks imo.. ><

On topic - I approve of this idea, a break from the constant grind would be nice, but I do think the prizes should be untradable chairs, for personal use.

Like someone above me said, the prize on GMS was boasting about being on a map with a GM as well as having your name announced to thousands, yet sitting on a chair you won in front of people unable to give it away or sell it, making it your own forever also gives the same effect as the previous two imo. You gain nothing but a sense of victory and heck yeah, you can show off your chair xD

 

Was this how it was in GMS?

 

No, but it gives the same effect, no advantage. Sure this is meant to be exactly like GMS but whats the issue with giving a chair to someone to sit on, unable to trade or gain advantage from it?

 

What if someone else would like to also obtain that same chair but wasn't logged on for that particular event?

 

The usual XO/RR/JQ events sure aren't original, but they're still fun to do once in a while (of course if they are hosted once a week, we'll get bored soon).

Week long events like he suggested is not bad. It can easily be made GMS-like where at the start of the month (or couple of weeks before) GM releases an announcement on the upcoming month's activity, so people are informed beforehand. Rewards are always flexible and can be easily changed, up to the admin's choice, so I think rewards are never the problem.

For me events can be of any style. As long as it isn't ridiculous, we can give it a go.

 

@Tech They'd have more chances in the future. Its not like its the only event in the server rofl. Its not that big of a deal, thats like saying "I killed this boss when he wasn't on and got an Ilbi drop" Would that be unfair? or would the player who was offline go and kill it later on hoping for the same drop >.>

 

Haha. Nah man. Not even a close comparison. You're assuming events will be as common as killing a boss. You're not getting anywhere with that argument.

 

Obviously the event will be announced before it happens, possibly the day before. Even if they do an event for each timezone. I just think that not doing an event because some players might miss it is a little bit... eh.

 

You're all over the place. Nobody is saying we shouldn't do an event because someone will miss it. As a matter of fact, if you read the #2 post you will see you're just repeating what i already said about the announcements. We were talking specifically about the rewards. Were we not?

 

No idea, its 3AM. All I know is I agree with this and the reasons against it completely won't be that strong. C: