2011-04-17, 07:15 AM
Nevermind Europe for a moment. We can assume that Nexon America is not-so-subtly trying to get them all to leave and play EMS.
But what about Australia? They do not have any other version of MS to play. In fact, I believe they are IP blocked from all but GMS, or most. Nexon America sells NX cards in Australia, and they obviously cannot be used for any other version of Maple. You cannot possibly say that Australia is not part of GMS' target playerbase.
Players in the Middle East are also able to play and create accounts in GMS (with no need for proxies), although they don't get to purchase NX and might be able to play EMS as well.
And yet, all GMS events are at weird and inconvenient times for Australia, the Middle East, and many other areas that don't have their own MS version and are directed to GMS by Nexon's own website, when they want to download and play MapleStory.
Now, obviously it would make no sense to have events timed for ~10% of the playerbase only, because that would just cause the American addicts to either whine about not being able to participate (no matter how many similar events timed for them there would be) or get up in the middle of the night to play.
However, the solutions suggested upthread, such as using Hunter's Luck instead of 2x events, or having multiple instances of Hot Time (which, like Ani invitations, you can only accept once a day), would make Australians and other non-Americans feel a little more at home, without taking anything away from Americans.
But what about Australia? They do not have any other version of MS to play. In fact, I believe they are IP blocked from all but GMS, or most. Nexon America sells NX cards in Australia, and they obviously cannot be used for any other version of Maple. You cannot possibly say that Australia is not part of GMS' target playerbase.
Players in the Middle East are also able to play and create accounts in GMS (with no need for proxies), although they don't get to purchase NX and might be able to play EMS as well.
And yet, all GMS events are at weird and inconvenient times for Australia, the Middle East, and many other areas that don't have their own MS version and are directed to GMS by Nexon's own website, when they want to download and play MapleStory.
Now, obviously it would make no sense to have events timed for ~10% of the playerbase only, because that would just cause the American addicts to either whine about not being able to participate (no matter how many similar events timed for them there would be) or get up in the middle of the night to play.
However, the solutions suggested upthread, such as using Hunter's Luck instead of 2x events, or having multiple instances of Hot Time (which, like Ani invitations, you can only accept once a day), would make Australians and other non-Americans feel a little more at home, without taking anything away from Americans.