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If you are level 15 or above, you can award or decrease a certain person's fame once a day.  People sometimes want to be famed and go so far to buy fame.  There isn't a safe way to buy/sell fame so it relies on trust.  Scammers usually say that they will sell fame and when you give them the money, they just run away. 
== Description ==


People often defame others who kill-steal, or act annoying. If you are kill-stealing, and there is someone else who is level 15 or above, you ought to avoid being defamed. Ask politely if you could train with them, and change channels if they ask you to. If you are being kill-stolen, don't defame immediately, because it could get the other person angry enough to defame you back. Ask them politely to leave, before resorting to defaming them. One of the downsides to this is that any of the other parties can defame you back. What once happened to me was that a higher level was kill-stealing me against bubblings, and I politely asked him to stop, but he just defamed me. He ran, but I already had the screen on to defame him back. In the end, an alternative could just be to change channels to not offend others.
Fame is used to quantify players' popularity within MapleStory. Upon reaching level 15, a character can then raise (fame) or lower (defame) another character's fame. In addition, to avoid abuse of this system, one character can only fame/defame another character once a day, and the same character only once a month. And, of course, you cannot fame/defame yourself. Although fame has no stated purpose within the game (except for a few quests and equipments), users generally take fame very seriously. Theoretically, performing good deeds for others could result in others increasing your fame. In general, it is good to reward selfless deeds with fame.Some people think that fame is way to get rare items, believing that it raises monsters' drop rate for particular objects. Other people say this is a rumour, because as of now there is no proof that fame increases drop rates, nor is there evidence of an increased chance of success with upgrade scrolls.


As for giving others fame, it is an option for low levels to sell fame for money. As stated before, it relies on trust. Another thing that can be done is just to raise somebody's fame in kindness, which could make the person doing so appear benevolent. Try to trade fame with someone you can trust. If you be polite to somebody, and raise their fame, you could manage to persuade someone else to raise your fame as well.
== Buying and Trading Fame ==
 
Most of the time, doing good deeds for others does not guarantee fame. Instead, people who want fame will trade their daily fame in return. This action is open to abuse because there is no guarantee that one will recieve their fame in return; reporting the player to a [[Gamemaster]] is useless, as Gamemasters typically discourage trading fame in the first place.
 
High-leveled characters using the trade fame method will find that they can only gain one fame per day due to the rule that a character may only fame/defame once per day. They then will "buy fame", or pay [[Mesos]] in return for fame. As with trading fame, this is open to abuse, as a person may run off with payment without faming  (or run away without giving the money for fame).<br>
 
== Defame ==
 
Usually people defame others because of [[Kill Stealing]] (KSing).  Killing others' monsters might result in a defame, though most people just say "[[cc pls]] (change channel please)." <br>
Oftentimes an argument ensues, and culminates with a defame. This is generally considered bad behavior and is looked down upon.  Players are urged to leave or change channels.
 
In the worst case scenario, Mass Defaming is a phenomenon within MapleStory where an entire group of players defames a specific character or group of characters. This is generally an extreme instance and is less common (except among guild conflicts), but is still considered deviant behavior in game and looked down upon by most players.
 
== Required For ==
* Quest: [[Building Blackbull's New House]] - (Level 30, Fame 10). If you don't have then necessary 10 points, you wont be able to finish the quest.
* Certain weapons and armors, like the Dark Starlight, in the game have a fame requirement.
 
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Revision as of 15:40, 29 March 2008

Description

Fame is used to quantify players' popularity within MapleStory. Upon reaching level 15, a character can then raise (fame) or lower (defame) another character's fame. In addition, to avoid abuse of this system, one character can only fame/defame another character once a day, and the same character only once a month. And, of course, you cannot fame/defame yourself. Although fame has no stated purpose within the game (except for a few quests and equipments), users generally take fame very seriously. Theoretically, performing good deeds for others could result in others increasing your fame. In general, it is good to reward selfless deeds with fame.Some people think that fame is way to get rare items, believing that it raises monsters' drop rate for particular objects. Other people say this is a rumour, because as of now there is no proof that fame increases drop rates, nor is there evidence of an increased chance of success with upgrade scrolls.

Buying and Trading Fame

Most of the time, doing good deeds for others does not guarantee fame. Instead, people who want fame will trade their daily fame in return. This action is open to abuse because there is no guarantee that one will recieve their fame in return; reporting the player to a Gamemaster is useless, as Gamemasters typically discourage trading fame in the first place.

High-leveled characters using the trade fame method will find that they can only gain one fame per day due to the rule that a character may only fame/defame once per day. They then will "buy fame", or pay Mesos in return for fame. As with trading fame, this is open to abuse, as a person may run off with payment without faming (or run away without giving the money for fame).

Defame

Usually people defame others because of Kill Stealing (KSing). Killing others' monsters might result in a defame, though most people just say "cc pls (change channel please)."
Oftentimes an argument ensues, and culminates with a defame. This is generally considered bad behavior and is looked down upon. Players are urged to leave or change channels.

In the worst case scenario, Mass Defaming is a phenomenon within MapleStory where an entire group of players defames a specific character or group of characters. This is generally an extreme instance and is less common (except among guild conflicts), but is still considered deviant behavior in game and looked down upon by most players.

Required For

  • Quest: Building Blackbull's New House - (Level 30, Fame 10). If you don't have then necessary 10 points, you wont be able to finish the quest.
  • Certain weapons and armors, like the Dark Starlight, in the game have a fame requirement.