This Christmas, may your days be filled with the sparkle of twinkling lights, the warmth of cherished memories, and the sweetness of festive treats! RULES All entries must be submitted by January 27th, 2026 at 11:59 PM server time. Each player is allowed to submit or participate in only one entry, and they must choose one of the three available categories for their submission. Each entry may include up to six players. Each player will receive the full prize if selected. Only the participating characters are eligible for prizes. Players may not reserve spots in the thread to submit an entry at a later time. The usage of AI-generated text, such as ChatGPT, is not allowed for the description of the submission. One entry will be chosen at random from the runner-ups (2nd & 3rd places) to win the Lucky Santa category. Players do not submit to this category. Screenshots must be unedited, uncropped, and take place in either "The Hill of Christmas" or "Shalom Temple" To access these maps, please talk to Rupi in the Free Market to enter Happyville. Then, talk to either Branch Snowman or Straw Hat Snowman to enter The Hill of Christmas. Otherwise, talk to Simon to enter Shalom Temple. You may purchase ornaments from Rudi in Happyville. All entries must abide by Game Terms & Conditions as well as the Forum Rules & Regulations. Failure to do so will result in your submission being disqualified. Submissions will be ranked by a panel of judges among our staff team. Any staff members that participate in this event will not be on the panel for voting. Spoiler: Submission Checklist Please be sure to follow this checklist to ensure the highest quality of your submission: 1. Make sure your resolution is on max. 2. Make sure you’re in windowed mode. 3. Minimize your map, your skill bar, and your chat log. 4. Disable all skill and item buffs. 5. Move your cursor off the screen. 6. Make sure your screenshot follows all the rules so it’s not disqualified. Note: the above are just recommendations, not requirements for the submission. Spoiler: What does Staff look for in the submissions? Transparency about how winners are determined: We usually select winners by individually assigning points to our favourite submission(s) per each category. The scoring system varies from event to event. Staff members generally value creativity and thoughtfulness. We tend to see a lot of recycled concepts, so submissions that truly exhibit out-of-the-box thinking would help to grab our attention. For more complex forum events (i.e. Fashion Week), Staff members are provided with general guidance on the overarching themes of the event to encourage voting for submissions that best honor the spirit of the event. For most events, however, there is no guidance on how Staff members vote for their favorite submissions. In addition, while we do personally love naughty jokes, such submissions unfortunately rarely win. As Staff members, we do feel a bit hesitant about encouraging or endorsing such content (NSFW) through an official platform. As MapleRoyals is a PG-13 server, we appreciate your understanding of the above! PRIZES SNOWPAW - Flurry Bear ICEHUT - Sea Lion Igloo Chair FROSTLIGHT - Midwinter Aurora Chair FORMAT To participate you must post a reply to this thread following this format: IGN(s): [Please tag the forum account of each participant(s)!] Category: SNOWPAW / ICEHUT / FROSTLIGHT Description: [Optional, but strongly recommended to include!]
Hello everyone, some of you may have noticed that this year’s Christmas forum event is slightly different from previous years. The key changes are as follows: The rules have been adjusted to be more consistent with other forum events, using the Halloween forum event rules as the baseline. Prizes are no longer awarded as first, second, and third place. Instead, they are split into categories, allowing players to participate in the category tied to the reward they prefer. Previous Format (by ranking) First Place - Flurry Bear Second Place - Choice between Sea Lion Igloo Chair or Midwinter Aurora Chair Third Place - 50,000 NX Current Format (by category) SNOWPAW - Flurry Bear ICEHUT - Sea Lion Igloo Chair FROSTLIGHT - Midwinter Aurora Chair I understand that this is a significant change and may not be what everyone expected. However, the intention is to give participants more freedom to compete for the rewards they actually want, rather than being locked into a single ranking structure. If you have any concerns regarding these changes, feel free to reach out to me and I will do my best to address them.
IGN(s): TheLordThief Category: FROSTLIGHT Description: Little Prince has not forgotten the rose he once vowed to as he brought back many stars from the heavens above! In this festive season, Little Prince is sending his never-ending love towards the world of the living. Let the roses bloom, and never fear that they may wilt, as it is the beauty of life. Merry Christmas 2025 MapleRoyals! May the warm blessings guide us into a fresh new year of 2026! uwu
IGN(s): Donn9e @Donn1e, FlurryBe2r @TofuMasterD, Shadge/Warg @PinaColadaPirate, Ywei @ZJZJ Category: SNOWPAW Description: This year we decided to try and steal the Flurry Bear instead of winning the forum event fairly. All we had to do is replace the Flurry Bear with our friend FlurryBe2r, surely nobody will notice, not with this level of security anyway...
IGN(s): abuccado @viviannnn , LazyPanduh @Panduh , KalEl @KalEl, Sooks @Straalman Category: SNOWPAW Description: Struggling songwriter Dave Seville is on the brink of retirement after having his latest demo rejected. As fate would have it, he would meet singing chipmunk brothers Alvin, Simon, and Theodore! In exchange for food and shelter, the chipmunks agree to sing Dave's latest song "Christmas Don't Be Late". They would go on to have flourishing careers! But the real Christmas miracle was the newfound family that was born between a human adoptive Father, chipmunks, and even their stray kitten Cookie Chomper III. Spoiler: Lore behind our photo We originally wanted to participate in the Halloween Costume Contest 2025 event! But we couldn't find a time that worked for everyone and then I had to fly out of town and go back to work for 2 weeks. So now this is our second chance to make it right! (I felt really bad for letting my friends down, so I'm glad we can submit this time). What's funny is, when I asked them to dress up with me back in October, I wasn't even thinking about the forum event. It was just for fun LOL. But my friends are so cool!! And gladly bought costumes with me. In fact, it was taken so seriously, my friend Hana had to setup an entirely new bank account to buy the RP LOL. Another interesting fact is that our Father (abuccado) originally didn't want to be a part of the submission. As she believed, she didn't look like a man enough (as there are not much suit and tie nx/rp items that girl characters can buy) So if you see abuccado/liza please tell her how wrong she is!! And that she is the most looking man if we've ever seen one! That is 100% a man through and through!! I'm grateful to have friends who will dress up me just for fun! Shout out big boss for getting our lyrics ready, shout out to Yu Ju for logging in early for this, shout out shi shi for taking the screenshot! (I tried my best to take it myself, but was so busy nutting all over the tree that I forgot about all the little requirements. The bad spacing of the letters is also my fault ) and shout out to viv for taking the time out of her very busy echo/e-mail schedule!! And that is the lore behind our photo and why we're randomly chipmunks for a Christmas photo! Spoiler: Song reference Spoiler: Family reference
IGN(s): Kodorii Category: FROSTLIGHT Description: As an onyx appo addict, I just had to do it :3 Forever grateful to everyone who made my first year of Royals filled with love and happiness. I hope I can bring the same amount of joy you've all brought me in the years to come. May Everyone's Apq runs in 2026 be WET WET. ps. 사랑해요 NewPlanet pps. Hi Bloomies :3
IGN(s): trevondan @devontran , Dylan and Zenpang/Doppel Army @Zenpang Category: FROSTLIGHT Description: Doppel-Menorah, The eyes of Christmas past. The 9 Tree Branches were lit up, each candle representing the icon of the Doppelganger. We hope to light up the Royals world once more with our all-seeing presence. Eye sincerely hope you had a great holiday season. Make sure you TREEt everyone right this year! Spoiler: References Doppelganger in the year 2020-2021 We originally wanted to fill an entire The Hill on Christmas map with the army, we were sad to find out that the map has a capacity of 6. However, we were please to find out that Shalom Temple map did not have a limit so we had to get a bit more creative. Our original theme was "The Trees Have Eyes" Here is a sample of what could have been, recreated in FM.
IGN(S) : SummerSan , LazyAF (@kaskas129 ) Category: SNOWPAW Description: We decorated the tree with sweet items because this year was truly sweet for us so we wanted the tree to reflect all the good vibes and fun moments we had in Maple Royals!
IGN(s): IsSnorlax (@IsSnorlax), NiKim (@TPair), Annbon, Annschoko(@Annbao), Macine, Choubs(@Hsieh Sung Fu) Category: FROSTLIGHT Description: Just like the lyrics written in the song "Lemon tree" We tasted the sweetness and bitterness while gambling on RMS. We expected to see plus or minus after the Chaos scroll passed successfully, However it turned out +0 twice as the result. “I wonder how, I wonder why...” “Yesterday you told me about the chaos scroll had successfully passed twice” “And all that I can see is just another same 10wa VL boots...” Spoiler: Link of Lemon Tree on Youtube
IGN(s): Tarkas ( @Tarkas ) Category: SNOWPAW Description: This comes from my heart I remember when, 15 years ago, i woke up early during the winter holidays and the first thing i did was turn on Maple Story It wasn't just a game, but a life companion I remember the community and the guild, always active and always positive I remember the good times we had, even waiting hours to get into a PQ It's nice to find such a great community around me during a difficult time in my life; you made me want to play and spend time together again This is a tribute to those who, like me, are nostalgic for the old days gone by Thank you all!
