[Notice] The Truth about Private Servers

I like how Nexon's trying to improve but they still need to make up for lots of their past errors.

Well I agree that Nexon has been very bad with CS and the hacker problems, but lately they've been doing an extremely good job o_O, almost to the point where you can sortof but not really ignore the fact that they're just after money.

If the new nexon finds a way to get rid of hackers, permanently, then they'd finally get some respect from us players.

Most likely I'll be warned for this.

Quack quack quack.

Private servers- cluck cluck cluck.

The major issue quack quack quack.

Another danger bullcrap bullcrap bullcrap.

We have heard quack quack quack.

You may have QUACK QUACK!

We will continue cluck cluck.

Thank you for your money.

-UnsatisfactoryStory Staff-

That's how I see this notice.

Nexon's post is 100% correct. Private servers use content that is made exclusively for Maple Story, which is run by a company. Maple Story's content is copyrighted by Nexon/Wizet/etc., and private servers that use them are doing something illegal, plain and simple.

Nexon kicks ass! Who needs private servers? gMS Offers 5x HT killing per 30 mins, SMEGA rude language wars, No GM's, and much more!!! <3 <3 <3... -.-

Just a screenshot of last night in Khaini... Go Go Nexon...



P.S. Take a good look at the last Maple Tip... Fail Nexon... :')

Using unauthorized intellectual property for personal gain without permission is both illegal and actionable.

wut? Wanting to play a non-pineappled game != personal gain.

The major issue with private servers is that they bypass the creative process of designers and developers.... It is for this reason that we take legal action against any and all private servers running Nexon games.

Bull pomegranate.
All about the money.

There is no telling what they can do with your personal information!

No telling what you could do too.
Anyone who registers on a pServer with gMS/valuable information deserves to get hacked. :/

To become a charity or have non-profit status, strict guidelines must be followed and government approval needs to be met. We doubt any of the private server sites would fall under those guideline. Therefore, a private server website accepting donations would still be classified as a commercial endeavor which is performing illegal activities. Nobody is fooled by the "donation" scam.

It's not a scam if they don't pocket the money. Might not be official. ;[

Keep in mind that we are continuing to try to improve our games on a daily basis

Bull pomegranate.
There's more glitches in any one game of CA than players. Not to mention Maple/CA Hacks and the increase of broken content.
Recently in CA, Shotties got a huge range boost. They're ridiculously broken now: Nothing can out kill them within their huge range. ;~;

We will continue to pursue any and every action necessary, whether legal or otherwise

Wut? Nexon goes to illegal activities to shut down servers?

If you are currently running an unauthorized server, we advise you to discontinue your service immediately.

You also advise us to buy NX, but that's not smart either.

Remember kids: Private Servers are a Opening crime just like pot.
Soon you'll be on crack cocaine and/or HACKING THE PENTAGON AND MAKING GOD, JESUS, AND THE PRESIDENT CRY~!!!!

To be honest, I would love to see someone change this notice into one with Nexon apologizing for horrible customer service, and advertising that their former CS employees will now be consumed alive by badgers.

Wut? Nexon goes to illegal activities to shut down servers?

I'm pretty sure that by 'legal means' they refer to acting through the law. In short, suing people and whatnot.

Still funny though.

Well FINALLY they put this notice up. I agree that their customer service needs a pomegranate load of work & the content(glitch wise), also dealing with the amount of hackers . People should educate themselves about their countries laws before attempting to do something like this.

(copy-pasted from MT lul)

I'm not gonna touch on a lot of things Hime said except for two things.

In regards to donations... NexonAM has a spiffy point on that. Many "public" private servers ask people to donate money in order to keep the server running. In return, many of those donators get special treatment in the form of special maps, equips, and/or benefits. It's become to the point that it's no different to playing official servers: people with money get more for what they pay for than those that don't... or as some argue... a gaming advantage over others.

NexonAM is also probably arguing how PSes are hurting their bottom line simply because NX in PSes are pretty much free... but for that to be believable, they'd have to show concrete numbers.

In regards to the criticism, NexonAM ought to be mindful that there's still a lot of things left unresolved that people like to have fixed for a long long time. Stuff like glitching party quests, silly erroneous text, or skill bugs are still present to this day. IMO, having new content is great and everything, but having a stable and fair game is just as important (which probably goes back to arguing that Nexon should re-open Tespia for debugging and stuff for experienced Beta testers...). NexonAM should not excuse themselves or blame private servers of their own faults or their delay to act on those faults.

Having such problems (that aren't related to NX, mind you) resolved for a long time isn't good... gameplay-wise and even business-wise, and sometimes I don't think NexonAM realizes that... or at the very least they don't show it very well. :/

seems like nexon cares more about the handful of ppl who are making pservers, and probably making no money, than the hundreds of hackers in the real MS game that are making hundreds, if not thousands of $$$, selling off mesos.

then again, they have banned TWO, yes count them, TWO, 1+1=TWO, hackers in Broa that i know of in the last 2-3 months. both for using no delay hacks. too bad they both only got 1 month bans and are back on rankings

nexon Iss so smurT

Oh Nexon is smart alright. Selling meso requires NX, in which payable via MTS IIRC. MTS has taxes, huge taxes which takes NX out of circulation. Leaving hackers there doesnt "hurt" their business. Players have grown thick skins to them already.

Private Servers on the other hand WILL hurt them. Nexon sets standards. Standard needs a mean of comparison. If there're no private servers, you cannot compare how good Nexon's MS is VS PS MS. This is why they're taking all necessary means to eliminate this threat while taxing away throught MTS.

Do note that Nexon favors inflation. Inflations mean higher costing for items, which translate to higher costing NX in MTS. The meso - NX rate are generally being dictated by meso sellers, which IMO Nexon has turned a blind eye up on. Higher NX costing items mean more taxes for them. No losses whatsoever. Not to mention every odd occasions they would release some events that shifts prices, creating turbulences in which the result of that is a likely spike of transactions.

This scare tactic was used before. If anyone remember the notice "Logged an Loaded" sounded full of promises in a time of what seemed to be crisis with hackers all about. Not many of those promises are met to where they made an impact.

BIG PICTURE

P.S. Take a good look at the last Maple Tip... Fail Nexon... :')

Off topic, but how did you get the clock? (In the UI, next to your name and job)

Is it just me, or when I see all these notices sounds like these 2 things:

1: Ohnoes we losed lots of mans to the udder servers. firin mah lazrs.
2: Everytime I read a notice like that, all I can really think of is the teacher from Charlie Brown.. droning on and on.

[Notice] The Truth About Nexon

We want your money. Private servers don't make us money. We don't like private servers. Play the official servers. Your service is crappy, but you wouldn't want to do anything illegal, now, will you?

Happy Mapling!

~ The Maplestory Staff ~

P.S. I don't think any other MMORPGs have private servers at all. So why should ours? Oh... oops o.o I guess they do.

LOL. "The Truth" seems like a big word to use when making stupid crap like this.

Brb gaiz, going to go break the law.

thats hot!
If you need a partner in crime, ill be ri-YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR BREAKING THE LAW!

-Undercover cop

[Notice] The Truth about Private Better Servers and NX Cash

Over the past few months, Nexon has taken many actions to enforce its rights against private servers. For the community to understand what this means, we'll briefly explain our position and why action is taken.

Private servers- it doesn't matter what game it is; it doesn't matter what the justifications is; the bottom line is that all private servers are illegal. The content that appears on Nexon's website and in its games are Nexon's protected intellectual property. Intellectual property rights are defined as legal property rights, both artistic and commercial, in tangible form (as opposed to ideas). It is recognized by the laws of all the countries in the world and there are severe penalties for those who violate those rights, whether through expensive statutory fines or criminal jail time. The use of intellectual material such as Nexon's requires the permission and authorization from its owner. Using unauthorized intellectual property for personal gain without permission is both illegal and actionable.

The major issue with private servers is that they bypass the creative process of designers and developers. They make copies of the original game by using the creative assets of which they have no legal right to use. Please know that intellectual property has more than a monetary value; private server creators violate the intellectual property rights on games by using it for their own personal interest. It is for this reason that we take legal action against any and all private servers running Nexon games. There is no such thing as a Nexon-approved private server.

Another danger private servers pose concerns the security of information. When you register to play on a private server, you are blindly surrendering your personal information to non-professionals who have no legal obligation to keep your personal information secure. There is no telling what they can do with your personal information!

We have heard some claims that private servers don't make money or ask for donations (some do), it is technically not illegal. This is incorrect. First of all, collecting donations does not automatically make a website a charity or a non-profit organization. To become a charity or have non-profit status, strict guidelines must be followed and government approval needs to be met. We doubt any of the private server sites would fall under those guideline. Therefore, a private server website accepting donations would still be classified as a commercial endeavor which is performing illegal activities. Nobody is fooled by the "donation" scam.

You may have criticism towards Nexon's games that you feel are addressed in private servers. Keep in mind that we are continuing to try to improve our games on a daily basis, which is challenging since we are on a large scale in regards to a player base. It may not be too difficult keeping 5, 20 or maybe even a 100 players happy, but we cater to the thousands that log onto our servers daily, and the millions that play our games worldwide.

We will continue to pursue any and every action necessary, whether legal or otherwise, to stop those who continue to illegally use our intellectual property. If you are currently running an unauthorized server, we advise you to discontinue your service immediately.


Over the past few months, we have been ripping off many children and teens' money. Now, we are making sure people don't move to servers, because we don't want to lose a few thousand of NX cash that wasn't bought because people moved to better servers.

NX Cash- it doesn't matter that it wastes money; it doesn't matter that you're paying money to change colors of some pixels; the bottom line is that you're wasting your hard-earned money on us. We like that.

The good thing about NX Cash is that it is addicting. Once you got your first 10k, you feel that the $10 you spent was worth it, because you get some haircut or some money ingame. That's true. Keep buying NX!

You may want to move to private better servers, but please stay with us. If you do, we'll give you 10k NX per decade you stay with us. Please! The people working at Nexon don't know how to spend their money well, so we need to give them lots of pay. If not, they'll quit! Then there won't be GMS anymore! Oh just stay please.

We will continue to give you better deals on NX. Currently, the price is $10 for 10k. We will make it $9.99 soon. Soon is when they remove 1 cents. Then $9.99 will round up to ... secret!

Anyway,

Thank you for your understanding money.

-MapleStory UnsatisfactoryStory's xxxxty Staff-

I think ranting about Nexon's suckage may be beside the point, at this point. Nexon has a business model in mind, they're getting $$$ off it and though they are VERY clearly aware of a lot of players being unsatisfied with their performance in a lot of things, they still get $$$.

Do what I did. Tell them "fuuck you" in the one language they do understand, with your wallet. Quit Maple, find a better game, buy its version of NX. Or go Outside: that new MMORPG that all of us have been missing.