2009-01-02, 01:05 AM
Harrisonized Wrote:Wow. It's all about the money isn't it. From the splitting of the ticket cost to marrying mules, even G.I.R.L.s and ring breaking, every aspect is focused on the money.Not for everyone.
I got Maple-married to my IRL fiance the day weddings were released. We even stayed up the extra couple hours during the emergency server check just because we were so excited to get married. We are both poor college students, and our real wedding is nowhere in sight. Having a small "ceremony" in MS was really, really sweet, and it meant a great deal to me at the time that at least our virtual characters could be married when we didn't have the money to be married in real life. Having the little glowing star hovering over our heads, as small (and irritating to other people) as it was, to me was a way to say, "he's mine" to the rest of the Maple world.
I should probably say that I have four characters who are married in MS. Three of them are married to my fiance's characters; the other is a mule who is married to a very close and trusted friend in the game. He wanted to marry someone who he could trust enough not to break the ring under any circumstances, and had no qualms about paying for the entire wedding.
I really don't have a problem with people marrying just for APQ. It's a mutual agreement with mutual benefits so let them do what they want with their money. In the long run I'd say it's a much better investment than $25 worth of gach anyway.
tl;dr: Yes, it matters to me who I marry in MS. If I'm paying for the wedding, I'll only marry my fiance's characters. If the other person is paying, he/she has to be a trusted friend. No strangers plz.