2012-01-14, 02:27 AM
Riukuzaki Wrote:If you can't beat them, sue them.This is them beating Ryan Cornwall.
lulz@ all the apologists for the defendants, acting like this isn't entirely justified and shouldn't have happened a long time ago.
All of these people deserve to get their asses handed to them.
Yes, that includes Ryan Cornwall.
Yes, that includes those who are just "forum admins".
Regardless of Nexon's pomegranatety customer service, regardless of any and all bugs in their game, these people are still guilty of actively and consciously contributing to making it worse.
Anyway, at first, I didn't notice the link to the PDF containing the complaint.
Still reading through it, but I found a few interesting/funny things so far:
"By doing so, hackers cause the game to operate in a manner that ordinarily is restricted by the game software (for example, allowing the player to see through walls or view portions of a playing field that would otherwise remain hidden)."
Though I know it's just an example of what hacking a game can do in general, I found it amusing since, being a 2D game, Maple doesn't have any walls to see "through" and maps are fully visible.
"Defendant's conduct has resulted in damage to Nexon in an amount to be proven at trial. By Nexon's estimation, such damage is in the tens or hundreds of millions of dollars."
Whelp, that's gonna hurt.
"As a direct and proximate result of the infringements by Defendants, Nexon is entitled to damages and to Defendants' profits in amounts to be proven at trial which are not currently ascertainable. Alternatively, Nexon is entitled to maximum statutor damages of $150,000 for each copyright infringed, or in such other amount as may be proper under 17 U.S.C. (section) 504©."
As will that.