I literally lost all faith in the Maple community.

I hear ya man but what can ya do =\ I've been incredibly fortunate enough to have established a very strong guild who's very against it. Are there some who will do this and abuse it? Of course. However what makes me happy is knowing the "big names" of the guild are really trying hard to be -legit-. Yeah it's a stretch and at one point you can say everyone has "turned to the dark side" just to try it. My faith in the overall community has long since died. But, my faith in my guilds community is still strong. Maybe it's because everyone at the top of the guild stretches how bad it is to do that, maybe its because we push so hard to make sure it doesn't happen. I'm happy with the community I've built through my guild in the past 4 years and what makes me keep playing is these people. throughout the 4 years(almost 5!) I've lead the guild about 30% have stuck in for the long haul. It's really awesome when you build a family like that and its people you know you can count on. I love MapleStory and always will, it's been a HUGE part of my life since I started back in 6th grade. I've shed tears of sadness and happiness over it. I've made some of the best friends I could have ever made, I've met the love of my life. To me the community is long dead within maplestory, but the family I've created within my guild is stronger then ever.

I think I may have been a tad too late in becoming a part of the family but at least I can say we are great friends and the guild is pretty damn amazing to say the least. Honestly though, even if the higher level players or the part of the community that does actually want to put a stop to this disruptive behavior eventually manages to cut off the head of the hydra more heads will always grow back. It' has always been a vicious cycle and it's going to continue in this fashion whether most of us like it or not. In my own perspective this best thing we can surely do is continue be the "better man or woman" and walk away from these temptations no matter how strenuous it is on our own personal enjoyment of the game. That being said, I do not condone nor do I partake in these activities but I hope at some point however vague it may be Nexon may in fact be able to put a stop to the majority of these hackers an exploiters.