Some gamers stand out for their dedication and unwavering passion, those who not only play for fun, but immerse themselves in virtual worlds for countless hours, seeking to achieve notable feats and set impressive records.
One of these exceptional players is niru, also known as tniru on YouTube, who on April 25, while more than 20,000 viewers gathered in the Twitch chat, waiting to witness a historic milestone, does something that no one expected.
MapleStory is a 2D MMORPG game developed by Wizet, where players embark on an epic quest to save the Maple World from the evil Black Wizard. On their journey, they face a variety of unique creatures and challenges, becoming stronger as they go, having the freedom to customize their characters and choose specialized paths, with purchasing options available for items and upgrades.
It is in this game where this amazing story occurs, since, after more than 10,000 hours of dedication, Niru was about to reach level 300 in MapleStory, an unprecedented achievement in the game's 19-year history, however , instead of crossing the threshold of level 300, he abruptly stopped his progress at level 299, exactly at 99.993% of the desired goal, to criticize the game's economy for an entire hour, all in a stream previously promoted by himself. publisher, Nexon.
After about 16 hours and 42 minutes into another long gameplay stream, niru went into an hour-long rant mostly about how the different worlds of MapleStory work and how the game's economy operates. As noted by the X user (ex Twitter) sub:
“He has been dedicating over 12 hours a day consistently for the last 34 months to grind MapleStory and reach this level”
According to Nexon, Heroic Worlds “focus on character self-sufficiency and growing stronger through adventure,” while Interactive Worlds “combine growth through individual effort and market access.” Heroic characters cannot trade many items, but they do get more loot and some items are purchasable with in-game currency instead of premium NX currency. Interactive characters are more dependent on the player's market, and sometimes their credit cards, hence the nominal focus on player interactions.
Niru, who plays on Interactive, explained:
“Here (on Heroic) it's free-to-play friendly, to a large extent,” talking about a graph showing the distribution of players across world types, with Heroics leading overall MapleStory by a good margin.
“Pay-to-win is accepted here (in Mundo Interactive), but the free-to-play experience is terrible and that's what needs to improve right now.”
“I probably have the highest playing time in this game overall, of anyone. I know what I'm talking about here, and there's all this misconception and all these weird things being thrown around here that just don't make sense. So I'll be here to tell you and show you how bad it is, and hopefully then people will finally understand.”
The complaints become considerably more complex as niru picks on the number of servers available for the Heroic and Interactive worlds, arguing that the latter offer too many, spread out players, and hurt player finances.
Around 17:25:30, Niru, staring at the experience meter still frozen at 99.993%, says:
“I'm going to be honest, I don't even want to level up anymore because of how bad it is. I really don't. But I feel like it wouldn't be fair to everyone else, so I'll level up today for everyone. I really don't want to keep playing this game after today, I'll be honest. It's not like I've been playing massively for so long that I'm already overloaded… The more I think about it, the less I want to play the game after today And I won't, until. I'm sick of it. It's pathetic, man.”
Chilean streamer says Kick will leave along with other creators
In other news related to streamers, Chilean streamer Shelao has declared that he will leave Twitch along with other creators from Argentina because “Twitch is cutting us more and more money.”
The live streaming site Kick has gone from being an option to Twitch, it has even been directly the replacement for the Amazon platform. And among the large number of creators who have chosen to emigrate from this to earn more income, now the popular Chilean streamer Shelao has mentioned that he wants to try his luck at Kick, ensuring that Twitch “is cutting us more and more money.”