GM Blog - New Adventure Awaits

The Phantom Forest is one of the more dangerous areas of the Maple World. If the twisted paths around the forest didn't kill you, Bigfoot, the Headless Horseman and all the other creatures that roamed its woods would gladly
take their chances. But at the moment, that wasn't the primary concern of Jack Barricade. The Fog was.



The fog was everywhere, and thick enough to almost swim through. It masked the many dangers of the forest maddeningly well, preventing a valiant defense from being mustered before a creature was upon you. Nevertheless, he pressed on, lamenting his mistake--misplacing the Map that allowed you to move around without being lost. Someone cried for help, but with no way of finding them, he had to look the old-fashioned way.



Jack wandered though the forest, his ears straining to hear the frantic, faint cry that echoed through the forest. And then, he heard the cry grow louder and louder--he was nearly there. He picked up his pace and ran straight ahead--and was nearly tripped up by a phantom tree. Taking a swig of his trusty Barricade Booster, Jack lept over the branch, hit the ground with a roll and kept running.



At last he reached it--the Prendergast Mansion, the once-proud house of joy now turned into a wooden monstrosity, fit only for the most demonic toys. One of them, a Nightmare, had cornered a young adventurer, one obviously new to the forest. It closed in upon him, ready to add yet another notch on its
wooden rockers when an empty cantina suddenly disrupted its thought process. It looked back and saw a gruff, strange man with a black bandana. The Nightmare charged without hesistation.



Jack stared it down, waiting for the perfect moment...and then he uttered the words that had once been used upon him.



"Paralyzenthesis!"



The evil mare froze in place, struggling.



"Originus returnus!"



The creature burst into flames, shrinking and shrieking, until all that remained was a 3-foot high, wooden rocking horse.



Jack walked over to the young adventurer, and helped him up.



"Careful, ace. This part of the forest isn't so bad, but you'd better not go any further."



"I was trying to get a close look at the mansion--it's changed!"



"Of course it has--those ghosts were purged some time ago."



"No--it's changed again! There's other things in there now! I tried to reach one of the rooms and thought I could beat that thing by luring it out here. Guess I was wrong."



"Nothing wrong with being lucky. What's changed?"



"Some new guy in there is babbling about his master, some feast, and the ghosts that are trying to ruin it. I wanted to help."



Jack nodded. "Well, I suggest getting back to New Leaf City, maybe speaking with my brother. He's got a few things that might help you out."



"I was planning to--right after I flew to a new place--Singapore! I've heard its every bit as beautiful as NLC."



Jack perked an eyebrow. "Really, now? Well, between what's in the mansion and this new area, I suppose its be good to see what all this is about..."



The traveler boarded the next Hummer bound for NLC, while Jack stared at the Mansion...and then the door opened. Jack chuckled.



"Well, a Barricade never turns down an invitation."



He took a swig of his booster, and walked thought the door. Only one question nagged at him--what would await him in the mansion?



He'd soon find out...












And so will you.

Haha,thanks for posting this,Isaac...

BTW,
I was going to post this =D...

-is reading the wall of text-

looks like New Mansion event (A hybrid with the KMS mansion's old event, different storyline. I'll explain a bit if anyone cares to hear.) and Singapore. Yuck singapore. xD

Singapore <\3

I dont like things from AsiaSoft =D!

Well,i hope they don't pineapple up the monsters like kMS did =D

Watch them change the whole inside of the mansion and pineapple up the good training maps (hoodoos/voodoos)

Hoodo/voodo is too weak anyways, watches them put stronger monsters in there such as the monsters in CWK

Cool, I am curious about the new mansion update, I hope it isn't nx only at first.

Cool, I am curious about the new mansion update, I hope it isn't nx only at first.

who knows, next halloween is coming up (and that's when you have to wear halloween customes to enter)

 Spoiler

I actually wish that there is a NX only place to keep all the fags away

who knows, next halloween is coming up (and that's when you have to wear halloween customes to enter)

 Spoiler

I actually wish that there is a NX only place to keep all the fags away

Sorry to disappoint, but NX-only areas won't keep a "papaya" like me away. Learn some better terminology, kid.

Sorry to disappoint, but NX-only areas won't keep a "papaya" like me away. Learn some better terminology, kid.

you are not a papaya, you are just a wannabe o.O

edit: pimento happy? a better word choice?

I don't get it.

What's so bad/yucky about Singapore? :f6:

I personally don't see anything bad with Singapore, but when there's still Magatia, Pirates, and Masteria, I prefer something else.

I don't get it.

What's so bad/yucky about Singapore? :f6:

People don't like it.

Pretty dumb, because many of the extended areas of it have great maps for grinding, as well as two rather interesting bosses, one of them being arguably the most interesting of all bosses in all versions.

I personally don't see anything bad with Singapore, but when there's still Magatia, Pirates, and Masteria, I prefer something else.

But the question you should be asking yourself is if you'd rather get Halloween + Singapore or Halloween alone.

looks like New Mansion event (A hybrid with the KMS mansion's old event, different storyline. I'll explain a bit if anyone cares to hear.)

I do. Hopefully that mysterious little boy will be explained...

and I hope the maps are kept exactly the same, or they throw in some more doors and expand it. D: I have most of the paths down. <_<

I actually wish that there is a NX only place to keep all the fags away

But wait, what's this? There's this event called Refer-A-Friend going on, and you can get 5.2k Maple Points within, even for the slow grinders, 6 hours! :O

Not to mention the fact that if someone sent off the 5 emails for September and 5 for October, then that's 2k in Maple Points. The cheapest packages, IIRC, were like 1.1k. :X

But wait, what's this? There's this event called Refer-A-Friend going on, and you can get 5.2k Maple Points within, even for the slow grinders, 6 hours! :O

Not to mention the fact that if someone sent off the 5 emails for September and 5 for October, then that's 2k in Maple Points. The cheapest packages, IIRC, were like 1.1k. :X

but they are too busy ksing ppl to even log off

People don't like it.

Pretty dumb, because many of the extended areas of it have great maps for grinding, as well as two rather interesting bosses, one of them being arguably the most interesting of all bosses in all versions.


But the question you should be asking yourself is if you'd rather get Halloween + Singapore or Halloween alone.

:/ Come on, we all know we won't be getting Ulu in this. The only other really good thing is that Mysterious paths at Boat Quay will take a little stress off of Hoodoo/Voodoo in the bigger servers.

I guess if we're saying Singapore or nothing then that's a pretty obvious choice but the thing is this is just pushing back more interesting and/or important updates. Especially given the Magazine ad the other day, SG's pretty disappointing in comparison.

I do. Hopefully that mysterious little boy will be explained...

and I hope the maps are kept exactly the same, or they throw in some more doors and expand it. D: I have most of the paths down. <_<

But wait, what's this? There's this event called Refer-A-Friend going on, and you can get 5.2k Maple Points within, even for the slow grinders, 6 hours! :O

Not to mention the fact that if someone sent off the 5 emails for September and 5 for October, then that's 2k in Maple Points. The cheapest packages, IIRC, were like 1.1k. :X

ok, the weird guy they mentioned in the GM Blog is probably this guy:

He is known as the Masked Gentleman in KMS. He throws a party at a Haunted Mansion every year, but the party is disrupted by ghosts. Since the prendergasts played a role in the KMS mansion it's possible they will redo last year's event. Either way, in order to get the party back on track you had to do a few quests, for example:

This girl would take you to a pumpkin field, where you would carve a giant jack o lantern and use the parts you removed to make pumpkin juice.

Edmunds was there, and he would admit you to that "uninvited guest" PQ. It wasn't particularly difficult but I'd like to see it in GMS. I even asked Prose about it. xD


This is the boy in the pictures around the Mansion. In KMS his name's Joey. I'm not sure what his deal is in the plotline but hopefully it'll shed some answers.

But the question you should be asking yourself is if you'd rather get Halloween + Singapore or Halloween alone.

I'll get back to you after its is released.

It depends on what they do with Singapore...they could ruin it.

Singapore would be nice i think :f6:

Sounds like something Nexon would add (get the party back on track). However...what was the PQ again? I know you told me about it before, and I want to say it was just JQs or something, but yea....>_<

You know me. Give me some moar quests to do, and I'll be a happy camper.