MapleSEA on news.

Illegal trading and hacking.

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its in chinese. but theres a written version,

[SIZE="4"]Sale of illegal virtual currencies cause game accounts to be frozen[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]By Liang Kaixin/Evelyn Choo, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 26 October 2009 2140 hrs[/SIZE]

SINGAPORE: Online hackers have generated enormous amounts of counterfeit virtual currency for a popular on-line game so action has been taken, upsetting innocent gamers in Singapore.

In the popular online video game, Maple Story, gamers must slay demons and earn virtual credits.

But this month, some were unable to complete their gaming quests after an estimated 1,000 accounts were frozen overnight.

Ng Kok Khwang, marketing director, Asiasoft Online, said: "This is because Nexon, the game developer of Maple Story, has unilaterally decided to ban the accounts due to hacking programmes being used in the game as well as some gold farming issues."

Gold farming is the process by which players earn real money by selling their virtual currencies to other online gamers. In fact, these virtual currencies, also known as Mesos in Maple Story, can be sold at 11 Singapore cents per million Mesos on local gaming forums.

But with third-party hacking software, players in China can produce more than ten times the amount of Mesos normally earned through a quest.

Leonard Loo, lawyer, said: "In the case of this computer hacker who uses a program to generate multiple accounts to accumulate points and gold, for example, ... to sell it for money later on - this hacker has actually committed an offence.

"The offence punishable is under the computer misuse act, and the hacker can be fined up to S$5,000 or sent to jail for up to two years."

Maple Story has attracted 100 million gamers worldwide and hosts more than a million accounts in Singapore.

And one to three per cent of this million use illegitimate ways of earning money through the game. That is a low figure compared to other countries, but Asiasoft has since added patches to the game to trace such offences. - CNA/vm

I guess noone recorded the english version.


There was a part where they said (in the english news) :
'We have implemented patches to stop this from causing any more harm' (somewhere along the lines)


...i see no patches ;x

The only thing I remembered from seeing this on television was that dude pronouncing Nexon as "Nixon".

For those who don't understand English, penalties include 12 months in jail and a $5,000 fine.

And apparently the newscasters pronounce mesos as MEI-SAUSE

The only thing I remembered from seeing this on television was that dude pronouncing Nexon as "Nixon".

For those who don't understand [SIZE="7"]English[/SIZE], penalties include 12 months in jail and a $5,000 fine.

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"gamers must slay demons and earn virtual credits."

...no :f6:

"gamers must slay demons and earn virtual credits."

...no :f6:

That was my exact response.

That and "We have demons?"

Must be a loose translation.

"gamers must slay demons and earn virtual credits."

...no :f6:

Monsters = demons, roughly.

I don't remember ever not earning my mesos, either. :f6:

Ng Kok Khwang, marketing director, Asiasoft Online,

I wonder how they pronounce that stuff. (ps i didn't watch the video)
anyways when MMOs and other games hit the news it's always much simpler to say they kill demons and earn money. I once saw a documentary where they had to stop and tell you that <so-and-so> started the game at the lowest possible level.

That was my exact response.

That and "We have demons?"

Must be a loose translation.

Not a case of direct translation/loose translation. The newscaster said it herself on the English version that was telecasted. Asiasoft/Nexon only stated about the recent hacking, goldfarming happenings and their 'actions' against it.

Demons = Green snail?

That's pro.

Demons = Green snail?

That's pro.

If the person is someone who spends 3/4 of his or her time to playing maplestory rather than reporting news then there you go "must kill monsters".
But if its someone who doesn't know much about MS, then I think "demons" are acceptable

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Chinese. My bad.