So, I decided to take it to the next level – screw examining Maple GLOBAL. We’re heading all the way to Korea! Which happens to have a conveniently placed "sound.wz" instead of "data.wz". 1321 tracks versus Global’s 1177. I think we have a winner!

So here’s the deal: There are 13 new, unidentified tracks. If anyone knows what they are, especially Aqua Dungeon and Doom Flounder, please let me know right away!

Thanks as always, and enjoy the music,
~ Jason.

The soundtrack has now been UPDATED! As in NEW TRACKS! Three of them, to be precise. One of the Aqua Road tracks was already there, and it has now become Aqua Road: West Sea.

The rest of the Aqua Road set has been added. Enjoy; and until the next patch, this is Jason Rappaport, signing off!

I’ve created a Donations page, something I had been planning to do for a while but never got around to. You can find it under "Pages" on the sidebar.

Making the Maple Story OST and running the site isn’t a piece of cake, so if you appreciate the work I do for you guys and the quality I love to give, a donation is always appreciated, etc etc. Yay for donations page.

Donations are only accepted through PayPal.

Thanks a bunch,
~ Jason.

I was listening to the Unknown Guitar track today after extracting data.wz for the new patch (soundtrack will be updated shortly) and decided I wanted to play it on piano. And because I know how to compose music on the computer, I can make sheet music and crap like that.

Of course, all the sheet music I make can be made into a working MIDI file for all to hear. So this is my "piano" version. Which is exactly the same as the real version. I even made it into a guitar synth just for this MP3.

http://www.thejasoneffect.net/music/Elfwood.mp3

Oh, and Yusuf is such awesome name. It’s so cool, it has to be fake. That guy with the name Yusuf? His name’s not really Yusuf. So all you people out there with friends named Yusuf, hold them down for questioning. The nation does not rest until we know who these "Yusuf"s are.

Like I said, I’ll be posting Europe journal entries starting at least by the end of this week. It’s been a bit tough because of the family goings on, and I’d like to personally thank everyone who has been here, and even not literally here at the house, giving support to everyone in the family. It really does help.

Keep going »

I’m back from Europe, and as you can probably see I did NOT find any suitable internet connection while abroad. So I’ll be posting my journal over the next few days as well as doing some other stuff. I actually need to finish the journal, since I fell behind, so I’ll be doing that too.

Take care and such,
~ Jason.

I’m not posting from my palm pilot, but from an internet cafe in Switzerland. It turns out internet isn’t as common as <i thought it would be. So I probably won’t find wifi anytime soon to post my journal. Worse comes to worse, I’ll post it in pieces when I get back. I am keeping the journal, and it’s going strong at WAY over 50 pages!

TO EVERONE IN MY FAMILY: I’M SAFE.

And I’m having one heck of a time, too. It’s absolutely incredible here, but I don’t have the money to waste right now on this. I’ll waste money for internet later.

Oh, and mom, the calling card is inactive, so I can’t use it. Thanks. ;)

So long, and stay happy,
~Jason

I’m gonna miss you, Dad >_<… but I’m strong, so I’ll help everyone else get through it. And I’ll even still go to Europe after the funeral, and have a great time, too. Take care of yourself, wherever you are.

And because I know you loved that place so much, I placed in your signature on AVS Forum that you have passed away. I know that if I had passed away while working on Zelda Universe, I would have wanted someone to tell the forum about it. So I have done so for you.

Shove off, mates! I’m off to East Stroudsburg, where I’ll be attending college for three days before flying away to Europe until the end of the month. Bon voyage, America! I shall not miss thee.

Oh, and check it out! Europe has it’s own spiffy category.

~ Jason.