Mir's Story

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Does anyone have the original synopsis for the Legend of Mir server's story (if there was one)?
 

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Does anyone have the original synopsis for the Legend of Mir server's story (if there was one)?

Three men went to a bar, got smashed woke and thought they were heroes, turned out they were just idiots falling all over the place.
The end.


No, I don't remember if there was one, I was never one to read/follow stories.. the one exception was FF7
 

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Only in video form...

[video=youtube;peXQ5YcGzBY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peXQ5YcGzBY[/video]

The scene where the warrior's standing in the flames is actually a blatant rip off of Sephiroth from FF7
 
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The scene where the warrior's standing in the flames is actually a blatant rip off of Sephiroth from FF7

Estuans interius
Ira vehementi.
Estuans interius
Ira vehement

WAR-REE-ERR

Those multiple flamesword noises are crazy noticeable.
 

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Does anyone else miss the original OmaWarrior scream? used to love hunting OW on euro listening out for the scream
 

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Wasn't it jmace noises? Even though he was using a sword

Oh damn I though I knew my Mir sounds better than that. :#

Love it when I hear them in other media, the Shinsu sound is often used to represent a wolf. I wonder who made them.
 

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I think some of the backstory was on the TV programme or on the original website... it was so long ago maybe it was just on the original forum as a player made backstory that I read I don't know

Anyway I remember it saying something along the lines of "an evil had arrived in the world, the monsters became more aggressive and started to attack towns due to this new power in the world influencing them, the towns had called for heroes to go out into the world and put a stop to the source of the power and three (War,Wiz,Tao) had answered the call"

back then I always thought the evil was supposed to be ZumaTaurus but now makes more sense to be EvilMir... kinda obvious really hehe
 

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Does anyone else miss the original OmaWarrior scream? used to love hunting OW on euro listening out for the scream

I don't recall.... do you have it?

Oh damn I though I knew my Mir sounds better than that. :#

Love it when I hear them in other media, the Shinsu sound is often used to represent a wolf. I wonder who made them.



I think some of the backstory was on the TV programme or on the original website... it was so long ago maybe it was just on the original forum as a player made backstory that I read I don't know

Anyway I remember it saying something along the lines of "an evil had arrived in the world, the monsters became more aggressive and started to attack towns due to this new power in the world influencing them, the towns had called for heroes to go out into the world and put a stop to the source of the power and three (War,Wiz,Tao) had answered the call"

back then I always thought the evil was supposed to be ZumaTaurus but now makes more sense to be EvilMir... kinda obvious really hehe

There was a lot of player made lore on the forum/website yeah. What was the boss monster in the video supposed to be? Assuming it was based on something but it may not have been
 

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From the old website.

The Legend Of MIR
Many creatures once lived on the continent of Mir. Human beings endured such a feeble existence, that the species were forced to form groups in order to escape the threat of the many animals that possessed superior powers. However, after a time, a mysterious race appeared and quickly learned to dominate.

This race helped teach the humans how to use the skills of using fire and many other survival techniques. After learning this various skills, the humans, who had always lived under threat from those living in this unstable environment, at last began to develop a civilized existence.

The humans slowly expanded their territory and developed a more civilized society overseen by the semi-god. Finally they created an enormous country. They say that this country had an advanced civilization well beyond our imagination until it disappeared after a sudden and unexpected explosion. No one knows why this explosion occurred. The semi-god who initiated this civilization also disappeared without trace. The survivors were scattered to all parts of the continent and their descendents began to reconstruct a civilization that seemed to emulate the previous existence, although it fell some way short. But so little is known about what really happened during this period, these events have now been long forgotten.

Since then, human history has developed slowly and many cities and countries have been established. Although shrouded in the mists of time, the story about semi-god and the ancient country is talked about, although only by word of mouth from generation to generation. It is now consigned to legend.

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Oh god, it continues. Put the coffee on.

At least 1,000 years have passed since the legend emerged, and the human race has taken root in every continent and developed a sinister history of war. Expanding their living space and strength in numbers, they ruined the surrounding woodlands, while mountains and rivers began to expel the mobs who inhabited many populated regions.

Mob is the definition of the huge variety of monsters that live in every part of the old Mir continent. Different from the common beast, mobs are fearful animals that have developed special abilities simply to survive. Mobs began raiding the human strongholds in an attempt to overrun their habitat but their sporadic attacks failed to threaten the sophisticated lifestyle of humans, who were now systematically organized and armed with the various skills of war. The mobs were massacred, so many moved to remote places, largely away from human contact, while the rest remained to live in places where they could not be found.

Humans continuously expanded their territory to the benefit largely of themselves, regardless of all others. Often they have developed cities only to fully expend its power and resources. As scarcity and resources dwindled, wars broke out between various human factions. In the vortex of these wars and warring parties the continent was unified into three big countries, dominated by three cities: Hagan, Jebaek, Seoho.

These three countries were separated only by a subtle balance of power, so they sought every chance to weaken their opponents' power and influence using intrigue and trickery. This allowed one country to attempt to strengthen its power while waiting for an opportunity to expand its realm.

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When these three countries' systems were relatively stable, an event occurred that was nearly impossible to imagine. It was the development of the Ner and Oma races.Different from other mobs that lived in small groups, the Ner created a big society and quickly developed their skills to use any form of instrument. They were also highly intelligent with a well-defined and orderly social class. The Oma were inferior to the Ner in all aspects, including skills, intelligence and social organization but they suddenly developed extraordinary powers. They were also isolated through the natural boundary, until the progressive technology used by the humans, penetrated this limit and caused large-scale conflict.

The humans were brutally defeated by systematic and large-scale raids because they underestimated these mobs as a lowly animal, judging only from past memories and experiences.

Since the first war was lost, they have been repeatedly defeated, so the king of every country stopped the ongoing internal conflicts to enable more humans to fight the mob together. Finally, they successfully expelled the Oma and the Ner and recovered lost territory. But, severely damaged, the humans had already lost many people and property before the military were forced to resort to military preparations to restore their lost country and prepare for the incoming mob attacks. The mob has also prepared an aggressive assault to restrict the humans, continuously enlarging their territories to survive.

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The human population, attacked tens of thousands of times every year by the mobs of Oma and Ner, has suffered colossal damage but, during a phase in which it did not indulge in civil war, has rather carelessly focused on defence to maintain all saved resources and power.However, the focus of the human's first attack was on the Oma. In contrast to the Ner, the Oma live on the eastern part of the Mir continent, where they are so powerful that they have penetrated the border and killed innocent people. But the allied power of three countries combined to defeat the Oma during a series of invasions.

At the early stages of war, the human population had suffered due to the Herculean strength of the Oma, but after discovering the Oma's weak point - they have low intelligence and only act on instinct - the larger race succeeded by employing various subtle tactics. The Allied power swept through Oma, occupying their main base and building an outpost to finally rid the land of the Omas and other mobs who remained.

The morale of human soldiers was high because they thought they could go back to their homes after clearing the mobs. However, a grand earthquake on the eastern part of continent interrupted their campaign. This brief, seismic shift transformed the land. Huge mountain ranges grew like magic blocks to deflect the soldiers' crusade and deny the allied power victory.

Those who escaped the crush caused by the sudden transformation of the land were left bewildered, as they were unable to cross the mountain chain. On the contrary, the majority lost their lives, crushed by the devastating piles of stone and earth. They were soon isolated and chose to accept their fate and start building a new city. Fortunately, most of the displaced materials and tools could be used to re-construct the city smoothly. Many women remained in Hagan, the powerful military country, thus there were few problems preventing children replenishing the men lost in the battles with the mobs. This new generation named their capital city "Bichon".

There occurred new problem when they could be calm and composed after completing building of village and capital city for over 20 years. The Oma & other mobs that had fled away to the hinterland after they was routed by human attack appear again
A happy feature of this misfortune is that they sporadically attacked dispersed in all directions so they can't give so serious threat to human. But feared by the fact that somewhere else where human's care couldn't reach the Mob multiplied human had started to kill by tracing out hiding Mob. Since that time for 120 years of 4 consecutive generations, people had striven for hard fighting in order to get rid of Mob.

However armed with powerful multiplication, instead of decreasing their heads, Mobs expended their influence more and more and they slowly turn to offensive posture from defensive manner. Felt threat & Fear from this circumstances, people realized that they could not protect themselves by their own power from Mobs so they decided they asked help to their grandfather countries.

Searching every part of those mountain ranges by committing lots of people to that job, people learned that in Oma cave there were tunnel to went out other side of mountains. Delighted with the fact that they can ask help they urgently had dispatched people but all of them dead before pass that place because there were many powerful Mobs in the cave. Nevertheless they have no time to frustration under the situation of growing threat of mobs.

People had called hero to pass the mountain again and so many young heroes come to be a volunteer of that mission. These left their way carrying Bichon people' s destiny on their back toward never visited land depending on their ability and courage. There were 6 people of men and women. They had started to write new story of heroes on the background of Mir continent having intrigue and greedy desire. But no one knows how the drawing would be depicted in the end of that journey.

Explanation on country
None the less human succeed in giving damage to Mob nearly close to annihilation and made Mobs strength weaken by defeating Oma race after hard campaign even though whose systematic unification and technology are inferior to that of Ner race. The major cause of continuation of war with Mob was not only both parties were well balanced in strength but also there were internal strife between human.
3 counties had protected themselves by unification when the mobs' strength had come to be strong but if the mobs' strength had come to be weak they done secrete strife each other to expend their influence. Owing to weird situation of restraining each other even though they are same race the continent had kept delicate power balance as like this.

Hagan: powerful centralized military country ruled by Khan

A military country ruled by strong strength & power. Owing to steep mountainous land shape and severe climate, the characteristic features of people were harsh and stout too. The country has some tundra belt that snow remains all year round because of many plateau and location of northern part. Thanks to steep land form it could not developed farming very well instead of that hunting is become their main axle in their economy on the basis of various animal inhabited in vast region.

The cause of establishment of strong country like this barren land that has not sufficient resources except rare ore, lumber, animal fur was existence of one prominent hero. The tribe that has many tough and strong young men manages to their life by doing mercenary in other city. The brave acts of these soldiers were to be well known to another cities so they could come to supply hired soldier to that cities.

Just at that time there was one young man who regret about this realities of life that they had still small power owing to scattered over small village. After all this brave and intelligent young man succeeded in making strong military country while he had making a round of calls to every village and persuaded some people by his peculiar eloquence and personality or by force.

Founded on strong military power they conquest surrounded cities and built up present Hagan country. Hagan ruled by a Khan. Under the Khan there were 2 ruling classes named the military and the merchant.

As the founder of country is military power so the soldiers had grasped main power structure. But actually the country was to be run by merchant class. These merchants were in charge of securing food and goods which is insufficient in their country by trading fur, jerked meat and precious stuffed animal gained by processed with other country.

And as the most of territory was mountainous area so ore also became their important exporting goods. Both the military and the merchant conflicted for their basic character and way of thinking is different but they know the opponent party was necessity for their existence. Sustaining strong military power was on account of flourish trading on the contrary the cause of predominance in trading with other country was on account of invisible pressure of powerful military force.

Successive Khan concentrated their whole power to prevent collision and to reconcile both parties. As you can see because their land is difficult to self-support so they always have yearned about fertile land. For that purpose they have execute conquest war. They secure bridgehead to escape from mountainous area by merging small countries but due to the union of surrounded countries worrying about excessive expansion of Hagan and the existence of adjacent Ner race they could not expend any more but just waited for a chance. But actually the strongest saboteur existed in their inner part.

The merchant class, worrying about decrease of their relative influence if the military class had economic power occupying fertile land of southern part, had maneuvered secret operation to preserve present confrontation. These had passed over military secret to opposite country.

They hesitated for a while about progress for some matters as like internal secret strife, external curbing and active moving of Mobs of late but they still remained as an apple of discord for advancing southwards.

Life
Had lived in coarse and barren environment they had strong body and character. The strong man is treated at first because they think the sword is stronger than the pen so playing for children consists of mainly training program of physical strength. The private life of general citizens was totally controlled such as they could not coming and going to other cities without permission and lived in moderate and self-restraint life like soldier.

This trend was soaked into building that there were many solid but crude buildings. From this aspect all cities look like fortress. But the cities that the merchant live had different aspect from common cities. The castle walls and army barrack were same with other cities but it showed splendor & beauty in their own way. Comparing with other closed and slack cities that could see seldom people on the street these cities were more free and energetic.

Religion
Due to characteristic of living style, the thing that had strong power was to be worshiped by people. On account of these reason, they worshiped animal that has unimaginable power as the object of envy and religion. But starting war with Mobs the worship of animal disappear instead of that they worshiped Khan who was their absolute leader as person who was baptized from war god. From this reason we can show the aspect of the unity of the church and state that the Khan supervise ceremony for god. But the religion could affect relatively little influence to society.

Jebaek: as the country located in southern part of vast plain occupying most of land

They had developed agriculture from ancient time owing to having fertile quality of the soil and abundant water source. They have also big population comparing with other countries.

Developing faster than any other region on the basis of abundant labor force and geographical merit the culture bloomed from long time ago. Thanks to the opulent life, they developed high quality study on spiritual world over practical study and they started to regard delicacy and magnificence as important thing in the realm of clothes, architecture and earthenware.

Their character was placid and warm. They consider the pen is more important than the sword. So their military quality was inferior to that of surrounded country but they tried to fill up that gap producing various new weapons by using new technology. Even though they are damaged by unfair pressure from surrounded country due to weak military power but ministers of government try to escape war by bribing to opponent.

This is an egoistic judgment to maintain present situation. That was come from not thinking of their military difference but protecting their power and wealth from war. The people deploring their country because they feel shame about their attitude of bow ones head to other countries come together to make union of advocator of war.

However civil official thought the union that was mainly made by military officer as ambition to take over regime. So the minister of government reinforced their supervision against this union and did not give up reconcile other country by bribe of money and material.

These Jingoists disappointing about movement of government started to expend their influence by joining their hands with dissatisfactory power around them.

Life
Owing to affluent life caused by mild climate and surrounding, the main stream of culture was generally gorgeous feeling. The every aspect including the necessaries of life or architecture was developed by skill of vivifying decoration and pattern rather than function. But life was so opulent as there was a tremendous gap between the rich and the poor. That was social problem too.

Religion
As agriculture was the principal axis of economy, the religion subject to rain, wind and sun was developed from long time ago. Their spiritual standard got high. When they advanced in learning fast and made progress in studying about natural phenomena the worship on nature and god gradually shrunk. As the curiosity on birth, age, illness and death had increased due to enhancing ones capacity for living, the Taoism considering regimen and spiritual culture as important thing had developed.
 

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Lol, started looking out for some game network stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQdwWebxXz0

I'll keep looking, see if they had any info. But think all they ever did in my memory was what Binary has quoted.

EDIT: As Binary has pasted above, it's pretty much all I can find too:

https://web.archive.org/web/20020604050631/http://www.legendofmir.net:80/news/news/news-14-05-02.htm

(this is just a link to the source of Binary's information above but it does actually have some interesting pages, such as a beginners guide, and other stuff :D) NOTE: The screen looks blank but isn't - either use developer tools to alter the background colour to something other than black (or text color whatever), or just highlight the area to view text if you don't give a **** about your eyes.
 
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Anyone got any links to some of the music made back then/the composers of said music?

이클럼스 뮤직
이대형, 염철호 is what was written at the end of the video but my google-fu and translations aren't coming up with much.
 

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I must say this everytime old scounds are mentioned, but the old OmaWarrior sound from back in the beta days was amazing.

Everyone wanted to kill them, so when you heard it you'd literally be running around trying to find it for the big drop. Was a much better noise than the one they changed it to!

Old skin of spitting spiders too!
 

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I must say this everytime old scounds are mentioned, but the old OmaWarrior sound from back in the beta days was amazing.

Everyone wanted to kill them, so when you heard it you'd literally be running around trying to find it for the big drop. Was a much better noise than the one they changed it to!

Old skin of spitting spiders too!

Skyline, I have never been able to find the original OmaWarrior sound, Can you clarify the original OmaWarrior sound was an indication that the OW was in the area, This was same for the Ghoul and WoomaGuardian
 

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Af far as I remember, it was just the usual sound mobs make when you get near them.

They changed it from the old one to the one it is now. But it was a very different, easily recognisable sound.