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16/09/2011
Marriage can be difficult in the real world never mind the virtual one where annullments are soaring, according to Game developer Nexon America.
MapleStory, an action-packed multiplayer online role playing game, 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 players' request.
With such a high divorce rate, Nexon called upon its massive community for insight into this phenomenon.
MapleStory player Tyler, 20, from Vancouver, B.C., shares his story: "I was young, naive, and thought I had met 'the one'. She asked me what I wanted in MapleStory for my birthday, and I told her that the only thing I could ever want was for her to marry me."
After the ceremony, circumstances took a turn for the worse for Tyler, and he quickly saw his relationship heading in the wrong direction: "She started saying that I wasn't the person she fell in love with. That I had changed and that I didn't seem to care about her anymore."
And that's when things got serious. Not unlike the tossing of a man's possessions out of a scorned girlfriend's apartment window, Tyler's MapleStory inventory was compromised:
"I got a call from my best friend, saying that all of my items were dropping. It was her. Less than a week later, we decided that we needed to sever all ties between us, and we had our marriage annulled. I haven't talked to her since."
But Tyler wasn't the only Nexon community member who experienced the heartbreak of a MapleStory romance gone sour. Seth, 19, from Colorado Springs, Colorado, tells his tale:
"My former Maple spouse and I started off great; going on party quests together, boss runs, training, helping each other become better Maplers. Then I realized after a while that she was only out there to get free things off of me and we got in this conversation where she admitted to this accusation, so I decided I would have to annul our Maple marriage."
MapleStory, which has more than 100 million players worldwide and can be found on Facebook and on the iOS mobile platform, is well known for its in-game marriage system that delivers substantial benefits for those getting married.
"Getting married in MapleStory can be quite a fun event for the happy couple and their friends," said MapleStory producer Crystin Cox. "While it looks like our players break up at a much higher rate than people do in real life, at least our players are not on the hook for alimony. Couples who break up are not required to split up their loot, virtual pets or any enchanted items."
The MapleStory Marriage Process
To get married in Maple World, the couple must participate in an official process. First, they must get engaged. This requires players to complete a quest which is rewarded with an engagement ring. Players can use the engagement ring to send a proposal to his or her significant other, and they must accept in order to become engaged. If they do not accept, the player can use the same ring to propose to someone else.
Once engaged, players must purchase a cash shop wedding ticket. Once the ticket and the engagement ring are presented to an NPC, players can set a date, send out invitations and make a gift wish list. Once the couple is married, both players receive a wedding ring, coveted in-game item that boasts impeccably strong statistics, and the couple lives happily ever after. Or so it would seem.
But in order for players to undergo an annulment in MapleStory, the individuals must pay 500,000 mesos (MapleStory's in-game currency) along with their wedding ring. They also must wait at least 10 days after the annulment before marrying another.
(GK/DW)
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Virtual Divorces On The Rise
Marriage can be difficult in the real world never mind the virtual one where annullments are soaring, according to Game developer Nexon America.
MapleStory, an action-packed multiplayer online role playing game, 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 players' request.
With such a high divorce rate, Nexon called upon its massive community for insight into this phenomenon.
MapleStory player Tyler, 20, from Vancouver, B.C., shares his story: "I was young, naive, and thought I had met 'the one'. She asked me what I wanted in MapleStory for my birthday, and I told her that the only thing I could ever want was for her to marry me."
After the ceremony, circumstances took a turn for the worse for Tyler, and he quickly saw his relationship heading in the wrong direction: "She started saying that I wasn't the person she fell in love with. That I had changed and that I didn't seem to care about her anymore."
And that's when things got serious. Not unlike the tossing of a man's possessions out of a scorned girlfriend's apartment window, Tyler's MapleStory inventory was compromised:
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"I got a call from my best friend, saying that all of my items were dropping. It was her. Less than a week later, we decided that we needed to sever all ties between us, and we had our marriage annulled. I haven't talked to her since."
But Tyler wasn't the only Nexon community member who experienced the heartbreak of a MapleStory romance gone sour. Seth, 19, from Colorado Springs, Colorado, tells his tale:
"My former Maple spouse and I started off great; going on party quests together, boss runs, training, helping each other become better Maplers. Then I realized after a while that she was only out there to get free things off of me and we got in this conversation where she admitted to this accusation, so I decided I would have to annul our Maple marriage."
MapleStory, which has more than 100 million players worldwide and can be found on Facebook and on the iOS mobile platform, is well known for its in-game marriage system that delivers substantial benefits for those getting married.
"Getting married in MapleStory can be quite a fun event for the happy couple and their friends," said MapleStory producer Crystin Cox. "While it looks like our players break up at a much higher rate than people do in real life, at least our players are not on the hook for alimony. Couples who break up are not required to split up their loot, virtual pets or any enchanted items."
The MapleStory Marriage Process
To get married in Maple World, the couple must participate in an official process. First, they must get engaged. This requires players to complete a quest which is rewarded with an engagement ring. Players can use the engagement ring to send a proposal to his or her significant other, and they must accept in order to become engaged. If they do not accept, the player can use the same ring to propose to someone else.
Once engaged, players must purchase a cash shop wedding ticket. Once the ticket and the engagement ring are presented to an NPC, players can set a date, send out invitations and make a gift wish list. Once the couple is married, both players receive a wedding ring, coveted in-game item that boasts impeccably strong statistics, and the couple lives happily ever after. Or so it would seem.
But in order for players to undergo an annulment in MapleStory, the individuals must pay 500,000 mesos (MapleStory's in-game currency) along with their wedding ring. They also must wait at least 10 days after the annulment before marrying another.
(GK/DW)
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