How PirateJing Came To Be.. -

The name PirateJing comes from the result of many different influences.

I started of Windia with a character named iShuriken, obviously being an Assassin, but never made it to 30. I then was all into the theme of the .hack thing. MapleStory and .hack kind of related in the way that the games are big MMOs where people meet people, party up, and fight, and such. You'd understand if you've actually watched the show or played the games.

Anyways, my main character was iBlackRose. I had some NX, so I tried my best to make her resemble the character BlackRose of .hack. Unfortunately, she ended up with green hair. After getting such horrid looks, I decided to quit that character for multiple reasons. Ugly character, boring, weak, and it was a female character. I was tired of pretending to be a girl. I was ashamed of being a guy and playing a female character. So I lied and pretended to be a person named Lily.. Months later, I found out lots of guys often openly play as a girl.. Who knew?

So skipping the mules I made after iBlackRose and before PirateJing, I'll start off how I thought of the name PirateJing.

Already into the .hack theme, I wanted to make BlackRose's closest ally, Kite. But the name Kite wasn't at all interesting. Of course, if you are/were a .hack fan, you'd know iBlackRose's Character Class in MapleStory would be a 2-hand Swordsman.

Anyways, in .hack, Kite was a Twin Blade. In essence, a double dagger user. But in MapleStory, there weren't any dual wielding classes, and of course, no Twin Blades. The closest class to this was the Bandit, the short dagger with fast attacks dealing decent damage. Sounds pretty much like the Twin Blade. So I sought after a good name to undertake. There was another anime/manga with a good name.. Jing.

King of Bandits, Jing.. a good name to have. So I chose the name Jing.

Up to this point here in this story, I've only ever made two characters to level 35, VanilIa of Broa, and iBlackRose of Windia. Disappointed that I've been unable to ever reach a level far past that, I wanted to make a commitment. I wanted something to dedicate myself to. I had known that Level 80 Thieves got to wear the Pirate set, so I knew immediately that level 80 was my goal. Making a character and leveling it up to wear the armor that shows what I am, that was what I wanted to do.

The result, I wanted to be the King of Bandits, Jing. I wanted to dedicate myself to Level 80 and beyond if I had to.. Not to mention this was the mark of my first male character. This was something I could reflect myself upon.

Immediate Goals : Get to level 80 and then be known as the King of Bandits.

Level 80 Pirate Armor + King of Bandits, Jing = PirateJing.

I actually took a long time to think of this name. And it's a name I'm proud of. It became the character where I could be myself. Not pretending and playing lies. And here today, I'm level 102, far better than I could have possibly imagined.

[Edit] Also, the Character from .hack, Kite, was a person who'd go out of his way to help anyone who'd ask him for help. I wanted to be a role model like that. As for King of Bandits, Jing, I wasn't really too deep into the story, but I just liked the name. Jing was a powerful person who also helped the people and fighting evil, kind of like every other hero.

Also, I once had a Chinese friend who told me the name Jing was something pure. She told me Chinese words stand alone, so it had to go with something, like BeiJing.. Jing was also the root of my promise to stay pure to the game, which was.. to not use outside advantages within the game. :X

[Edit 2] Also, I the reason I wanted to go far and beyond was because of the name Kite. Think of it, once you let it go, it starts flying above everything. Something that sense. ;D

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Side story..

The reason I'm a STR CB is because of a stupid guide that got me into adding STR.. Reasons like..
STR IS FASTER
STR IS STRONGER
STR IS CHEAPER

And.. not to mention, that same guide told me to max out Disorder and keep Dark Sight at 1.. faggot.