Caliptix F.A.Q. - Ham, pl0x! (If you had a

Greeting's to all, and to all, a good yesterday's tomorrow.

You're probably asking yourselves, Caliptix? Who is this fancy son-of-a-gun whom I've never heard of? Well, good sir and/or madam, let me just tell you that Caliptix is the soul essence of the negative square root indicating that tractors can actually shear banana's if given the proper motivation.

Touche'! Who let the dogs out? Why, we'll soon find out.

WHAT DOES CALIPTIX THINK OF THE FOLLOWING THINGS? (In no specific order, however, they are somewhat in a specific order only not really).

Helmets - THEY ARE NICE, however, I'm still trying to figure out why sky-divers and kamikazee pilots even bother with them... I mean, heck, yes.

Linkin Park - THEY ARE NICE, however, THEY ARE NICE.

Maplestory - Ooooh, baby, you knew that was coming. IT'S NICE. I've been inactive for the past 2-3 months, and it's most likely going to stay that way for a while longer. I simply haven't been in the mood to play it, lately. Those who are a part of my INNER-MOST SANCTUM OF CRUMPETS AND SING-A-LONGS (The IMSOCASAL) know why.

Albion guild - Yes, yes indeed, uber (RAWR) destruction. I've been with this guild since '06 and nothing -NOTHING- is going to change that. Our days of fancily newbing around ellinia and deep into the ant tunnels were oh so magnificent. I gave my heart and sould to these people, and therefore, they have my heart and soul (O_O). Although I don't feel like playing maplestory, I've created a profil3 account so that I may reminis (Sweet god, typo/miss-spell because I don't know how to spell the word reminisce) with all of my old guild friends.

FVII guild - In my time of playing, I never really got to know any members of this guild too well, however, when I needed them, they were there for me. Because of this, they win the Guild That Was There For Me When I Really Needed Them (GTWTFMWIRNT) award.

Shwuang - MY MAPLE LOVER. Yes, we are both male, no, we are not gay. ASK-NO-MORE-QUESTIONS. o_O;;

Chibihamster - "Join guild?"
"Do I have to pay?"
"Nope"
"Sure."
-Right thurr is how we met, and ever since, we've been teh bestest of friends. Maple-siblings, if you will. We've had our share of fancy moments, and therefore, she wins the Most Fancy Moments Shared With Caliptix (MFMSWC) award. POKE'MON FTW.

Poke'mon- Heck yes, HECK-YES. I cannot express my deep passion for raising the coolness that are these pocket monsters. Diamon and Pearl coming out on... a day! HOORAY! (I still watch it every morning at 6:30 a.m.) =D

Darkcraft905 - The best guild leader on the planet is this spiffy fellow right here. His hair may be long, his pants may be... pants, however, You're still... Darkcraft905!

CloudNSword - I always thought you were FVII's guild-leader, which should explain why I would always ask you questions as though you were. It wasn't until just recently I discovered you weren't. Hopefully this clears up any confusion or fear you feel towards me.

Albion's guild member's whom I didn't mention, especially those who have been there since the beginning and/or were there in the beginning and then left, I think you're just as juicy (juicy?) as everyone else. =D Cake!

SOOOO, who wants some pie? I most certainly want some pie. YES, SIR, PIE IS RIGHT HERE. BRING ON THE CAKE.

My maple life?!

I began playing on MapleSea on, or around, June something, 2004. W00t for 3 years of mapling.

I would start various accounts, however, none of them ever reached level 30. Here I spent much frustrated time trying to get gooder at... stuff. I found warriors were always boring (just push a button and swing a weapon) Thieves were too complicated for me with my limited maple experience, and I was too lazy to pay all that money for arrows on archers.

Mages were the only account type I had yet to try. I had heard they had extreme amounts of downtime at early levels if you weren't funded, due to lack of MP and MP pots, so it was a turn-off, at first. Hence, I decided to join Maple Global, instead of SEA, because all of my friends who are all level 70+ played on global, and I assumed they could help me out, which they offered to do. However, me and my silly self didn't check which server to play on, and I foolishly started playing on Bellocan, the newest server at the time and the one which nobody I knew played on.

Mages, however, are the funnest thing I've tried yet. Yes, there is a lot of down-time at first for a non-funded player, however, once you hit level 20 or so, you take off leveling like a rocket. I easily reached level 30 in under one month (yeah, you hear all those kids bragging about how they can hit 30 in one day. The only thing I have to say to that, is, you need food... or something).

I joined the guild called albion when I was about level 21. At the time, I was one of the highest levels in the guild, and because of this, and only this, I was made a Jr. Master. This was something I found very surprising when I actually bothered to check my guild ranking, discovering I was second highest. Let me just... when I joined Albion, an immediate rush of guild-chat filled my screen, something I had never seen before which really made me fall backwards out of my chair. Less than 10 minutes of being in the guild, I was immediatley involved in the fanciest of things, a "Noob adventure" something quite fancy. You dress up in newbie clothing, and run around idolizing level 15 players. Then, out of nowhere, whip out a fancy spell for 1K+ damage and make them crap themselves. YES, CRAP! DIGESTED BOWEL ESSENCE SEEPING FROM- *cough*, excuse me while I take my meds. Anways....

Yes, Albion. Members who I met right off the bat who made me feel amazingly welcom include; Chibihamster, Parae, Haxxercatcher, DragoonXVII (probably got those roman numerals wrong) and other people who I can't even remember. Darkcraft was the godly player who was level 40+and someone who never seemed to log on. When he finally did, however, I would giggle like a little school-girl and beg for MP pots. I luff ch00 guyz. =)

Why Fire/Poison? Everyone I knew either was, or was going to become, Ice/Lightning, and while playing on SEA the only mages I saw were Ice/Lightning. When I first saw a Fire/Poison wizard summoning that magical fire bow and launcing an arrow for amazing damage, I immediatley fell in love with it. Nowadays I'm mocked for choosing what I did, however, my opinion is: Whatever. You like hitting multiple opponents for low damage, I like hitting single opponents for tons of damage. It's just who I am.

I spent 3 days grinding until 4 a.m. in the ant tunnels from level 25-30 while watching shows such as The Fresh Prince of Belair, Roseanne, and The Cosby show. Let me just say for the record: I level faster than Shwuang, I just don't play as much. THERE, I SAID IT. FORGIVE MEH. O_o

Depression! (HERE COMES THE SAD PART)

My internet/maplestory broke when I reached around level 43. At this time, I was at least 10 levels above nearly everyone in the guild, except for Shwuang, Darkcraft and Clericmutant. Darkcraft and Clericmutant were both within 3-5 levels of me, and I was gaining fast. However, like I early stated, My maplestory broke, and for 2 weeks I was out of the guild with no contact to them. During this time, many new members were recruited. I had missed tons of guild events, and parties/things, and the most important thing of all, bonding with the guild I had come to love (Yeah, I sound incredibly sad right now stating this huge affection for an online group of people, however, it's dah truth).

When I returned to maplestory, I saw new members filling my place in guild events and my Jr. Master position, and I felt... well, left out. I was always greeted eagerly when I would log on, however, there was always that gap that couldn't really be filled. I would hear excited chatter about how much fun had been had in the past in my absence, and I would feel left out and basically worthless. This left me reluctant to be my old self, and because of it I suffered. The gap would simply widen. I would often discuss these feelings with members such as Darkcraft, chibihamster, and shwuang, because they were and still are, my 3 closest friends in the Albion guild. However, none of them truly seemed to understand what I was getting at when I would try to explain myself. They would try to compare it to experiences of their own, and it made me, again, feel left out.

HENCE, I took a break from the guild. This added with the fact that I expelled a member from the guild as a joke, causing a mass panic which brought much guilt to my person. It lasted about a week, in which I would wander randomly from guild to guild, however, none of them, NONE, seemed like home. This fueled my decision to re-join the guild, along with coaxing from some of my fellow members. I rejoined the guild, and again, felt alienated. This was only worsened by the fact that I had a 2 week vacation to go on, separating me EXTREMELY from the guild.

Soon after my return, the separation seemed immence. Also, I discovered that Shwuang had left the guild. One of my closest friends gone, just like that. Soon after, Chibihamster and Darkcraft905 left on a week long vacation, leaving me with nobody but members I barely even knew to hang with. Nobody would talk, nobody would want to newb around, and I felt it was because I was a stranger to them... I was basically friendless in my own guild, something I felt was incredibly wrong.

Then, however, I got Shwuang to rejoin the guild, and all was fun for a time. Shwuang and I would goof around, pulling our own jokes of professing our "everlasting love" for each other in front of other members of the guild. However, the other guild members weren't as "apt to our attitude" as the old guild members were. Shwuang and I were often told to shut-up, and were made fun of for our actions. Because of this, BOTH OF US, felt the guild had drastically changed from what it used to be. It was no longer a fun place for us where we could hang out, but instead, a group of "Hard-core gamers" in which we didn't belong. We both spoke of often-times leaving the guild, both to each other and to others.

Then, however, Chibihamster and Darkcraft returned, and things started to become normal. Although we could still goof around with these, our friends, we still had to be careful about what we would say in front of others, as we were still cast out. Soon after their arrival, a series of events occured which I won't go into detail on, and probably never will, which caused me to leave the guild and quit Maple Story to this day. Since I quit, I have yet to ever feel like playing Maple Story.

How have I been since then?

My name is Mitchell JamesCakes. I am 15 years old, soon to be 16, and a resident of the U.S. I'm a sophmore in High School, currently enrolled in several A.P. Classes including Language and Composition among various others, and I plan to someday go into the medical field.

Sounds like things are going good, however, they're not.

Around 1-2 months ago I was diagnosed with depression (This has nothing to do with Maplestory... Despite what you read above, I would never let a game get to me that badly). This has to do with other things such as my brother having a terminal illness, the fact that I may someday come down with it, and the fact that I have missed around 25 days of school, causing my grades to suffer for it. Suicidal? Not yet. Will I ever become suicidal? Meh, who knows. I certainly hope not. Things would definetely suck if that ever happened.

WELL NOW, hopefully that's clued some people in as to JUST WHO CALIPTIX IS. Ignore the sadness, pl0x, I like people to focus on me more as the random humorous guy. PEANUT BUTTER IS NOT MY MIDDLE-FACE.

My favorite hobby? Telling people I can spell the word "Gullible" using my fingers and then making random hand signs. When they look close to see, I slap them across the face screaming, "GULLIBLE!" They then hand me money.

Well, it's about midnight on a school-night, and donkeys don't fly very fast. THEREFORE, I shall leave ya'll. I will play Maple Story again, however, as I've said, not anytime soon. I simply dont-feel-like-it. Perhaps when it's summer-time I'll take up the old staff-wielding, mushroom slaying alias known as Caliptix once more. Hopefully this helps explain some of the decisions I've made in my Maple Story history, and let's you guys in on mah experiences to the extent I want this to.

Peace and Tostitos! FLY TOWARDS THE WEST!

My hotmail address: Mitch_d45 AT NOSPAM hotmail.com

Feel free to add meh.