Stack wrote:
Mara Central's history actually dates back several decades. Here's an old photo, circa 1957:
No, in all seriousness, it's much older than just "The first place Morpheus appeared." They didn't have any live event character appearances until the last week of Beta, and they had him appear there because Mara C was already the hang-out place in the game and it would get the most exposure.
From what I've heard, one of the main reasons that Mara C especially was so popular was because it was the location used for the game's E3 demo several years ago. The devs kind of considered it to be the best place to use for "showing off" the game, since it had been designed with a bit more care than most of the other areas in the game, and the devs also frequently would stop by there during the Beta test to chat with people and ask them questions about bugs and such. I avoided the place like the plague when I first joined, since I thought lag was made worse by being around lots of players (which it is, but not much). I also was afraid of other players in general when I was a n00b, like when someone asked me "Hey St4ck, do you have any codebit 2s?" and I was like, "WHOAMG I don't know!!" and teleported somewhere else so I didn't have to answer.
this has got to be one of the best posts evar. l m a o!
