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Business Wire Wrote:LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MapleStory, the action-packed side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role playing game from Nexon America, witnesses its share of in-game romances. Last year in North America, 26,982 in-game marriages were performed with a price tag of $25 per wedding. Of those marriages, 20,344, or 75 percent, have since been annulled at the playersÂ’ request. With such a high annulment rate, Nexon called upon its massive community for insight into this phenomenon. MapleStory p
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Inb4 Nexon changes divorce into an NX only option.
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lmao is this a serious issue?
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hene hoes got problems hmm
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Lots of people getting hacked maybe?
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Rofl $674,550 in revenue from ig marriages. God dam.
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lol - I can't believe this is worth a business wire.
I think people's virtual commitments have more emphasis on the virtual. 
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I've been married around 14 times.
Unrelated yay Eos used my News tag. 
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Love in Maple is srs bzns.
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Business Wire Wrote:Once the couple is married, both players receive a wedding ring, coveted in-game item that boasts impeccably strong statistics
lol
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CrazyForDex Wrote:Rofl $674,550 in revenue from ig marriages. God dam.
I just had to share this with my girl of almost 3 years. These people are so stupid.
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its alot more, since they said counting only last year i wonder what the total weddings and divorce is
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Locked Wrote:I've been married around 14 times.
What a slut
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street Wrote:What a slut
Yeppppppppppppppppppp.
Only paid for 3 of them.
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I've been married since the marriage system came out, never divorced, never APQ.
Yep, I rule.
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Oh yeah, I heard about this on the MMO Report that was mentioned on someone's Twitter. At least it's better than a real life divorce, and cheaper, I suppose. But man do people not care about their money. o__O
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Probably both the husband and wife and disappointed with the lack of excitement, if you know what I mean.
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We now know that the game is full of goldiggers
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...I'm glad my girlfriend isn't crazy LOL
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Slow news day at the Business Wire. :S
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