Yes, sadly there is a new breed of hacking growing in the deepest crevices of MapleStory’s hacker population. The lowest of the low have created a new type of hacking where you have the ability to change a monster who is at it’s normal type, to an undead monster. Yes, I said undead. Hacker forums have been abuzz about such programs and tutorials have been written. How is this being done? The code is being changed by hex editing the files which gives hackers the ability to manipulate the monsters by changing them into an undead monster, which gives a huge advantage to players using clerics. They can gain mass amounts of EXP, without even taking a hit.

We feel it necessary to report this to you all as here at Maple-News we are intent on giving you the truth and never hiding any information from you. Please be wary of these hackers and if you run into one, please report them. Get the word out to Nexon so that they can deal with this problem before it becomes another hacking epidemic that can ruin our gaming experience.

After the end of the recent guild hacking that occurred in MapleGlobal over the last several weeks. Nexon and the MapleStory staff made an announcement saying that they were taking appropriate measures to think up a “Compensation Plan.” Everyone was told to submit a ticket with the appropriate title name and information. -Hime- on MapleStory Nexon forums then said that they were not accepting anymore tickets due to the mass inflow and inability of their staff to deal with them. So that’s where our billions of dollars go to? Lining the inside of the CEO’s pockets? You think they could shed a little cash to hire a few more workers? This brings up the question to what is Nexon really doing with our money and more importantly are they just going to blow off the guilds that were hacked? Like George Bush and 9/11, Nexon has failed to redeem themselves and seize the chance to prove that they can really take care of their people, in our case MapleGlobal users. In my eyes, and many others Nexon has failed and we shouldn’t expect our guilds back, or any compensation anytime soon.

Yup, we are up to number 8 already
This time I got you a really easy one. It shouldn’t take you too much time, and it’s fun.

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Hey there…

On the last few “Piece of cake” there was no response at all… So I was wandering:

• Are you interested in Piece of cake, or is it just boring?
• Do you prefer I will write something else?
• If you want me to write something else, what would you like it to be about?
• Or maybe you prefer a “Piece of Cake” with prizes (I could give credits or reputation on the forums)?

So please post here so I will know what interests you! And I’ll try my best.

Thanks, Orbis

I would like to thank B0WJOB for this find. This story enlightened me to my view to humanity so I decided to share it here although it is not related to MapleStory.

Julio Diaz has a daily routine. Every night, the 31-year-old social worker ends his hour-long subway commute to the Bronx one stop early, just so he can eat at his favorite diner.

But one night last month, as Diaz stepped off the No. 6 train and onto a nearly empty platform, his evening took an unexpected turn.

He was walking toward the stairs when a teenage boy approached and pulled out a knife.

“He wants my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him, ‘Here you go,’” Diaz says.

As the teen began to walk away, Diaz told him, “Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If you’re going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm.”

The would-be robber looked at his would-be victim, “like what’s going on here?” Diaz says. “He asked me, ‘Why are you doing this?’”

Diaz replied: “If you’re willing to risk your freedom for a few dollars, then I guess you must really need the money. I mean, all I wanted to do was get dinner and if you really want to join me … hey, you’re more than welcome.

“You know, I just felt maybe he really needs help,” Diaz says.

Diaz says he and the teen went into the diner and sat in a booth.

“The manager comes by, the dishwashers come by, the waiters come by to say hi,” Diaz says. “The kid was like, ‘You know everybody here. Do you own this place?’”

“No, I just eat here a lot,” Diaz says he told the teen. “He says, ‘But you’re even nice to the dishwasher.’”

Diaz replied, “Well, haven’t you been taught you should be nice to everybody?”

“Yea, but I didn’t think people actually behaved that way,” the teen said.

Diaz asked him what he wanted out of life. “He just had almost a sad face,” Diaz says.

The teen couldn’t answer Diaz — or he didn’t want to.

When the bill arrived, Diaz told the teen, “Look, I guess you’re going to have to pay for this bill ’cause you have my money and I can’t pay for this. So if you give me my wallet back, I’ll gladly treat you.”

The teen “didn’t even think about it” and returned the wallet, Diaz says. “I gave him $20 … I figure maybe it’ll help him. I don’t know.”

Diaz says he asked for something in return — the teen’s knife — “and he gave it to me.”

Afterward, when Diaz told his mother what happened, she said, “You’re the type of kid that if someone asked you for the time, you gave them your watch.”

“I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right. It’s as simple as it gets in this complicated world.”

Produced for Morning Edition by Michael Garofalo.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89164759

Here is the reply I got from Nexon.

We have been receiving numerous reports regarding the guild hack that has been affecting guilds across all of our servers. It is unfortunate that this has happened. We are investigating and working on rectifying the situation. We will provide more information when we can. Please keep in mind that even though we do not address certain situations immediately, it does not mean we are not aware of what is going on. Information needs to be gathered before we can make a statement.

Thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused.

In other info, I have received news that more than 25 guilds i have just discovered that over 50% of the guilds in Khaini (the active ones) have been hit have been disbanded in Khaini by a SOLO hacker. That is kind of really bad for Nexon to even neglect that. And this is only in one server by one person guys. Imagine what is happening throughout the other servers.

The image on the left is clickable to enlargen and I would like to thank yuki385 for uploading it to her LJ account.

List of Khaini Guilds disbanded
http://www.sleepywood.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1422067

List of many other guilds disbanded
http://www.basilmarket.com/forum/672315/1/Mass_guild_Hack_in_Khaini.html

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Some new feature GMS has added onto but it promotes NX Cash usage. Nexon as always.

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It has seem that this year MapleStory will not just open their doors onto Brazil, but also to Vietnam! Vietnam is about 25% + (rough estimate from Nexon statistics) of MSEA’s players and like TMS (TMS was branched off from MSEA) vMS (lol) will also be branching off as a new maplestory. Here is the story.

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http://media.daum.net/economic/indus…39&cp= newsis

http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view…arch=&orderby=

http://gameshot.net/common/con_view….A47f445ea3d137

http://gametalk.idoo.net/panel/%27%E…A7%84%EC%B6%9C

http://www.mud4u.com/new/bbs/board.p…2932&m_ca=news

http://media.daum.net/digital/game/v…p= gamechosun

http://media.daum.net/press/view.htm…&cp= newswire

Translation: (thanks to wkkim9292)

MapleStory launching in Brazil, Vietnam confirmed
Newswire | article written 2008.04.03 11:12

(Seoul=Newswire) Popular Online Game MapleStory is confirming the service releasing in Brazil and Vietnam which made MapleStory available from 58 to 60 Countries.

Nexon(Represented by Kwon Jun Mo) announced that today, he contracted Brazil’s ‘Level Up! Interactive S.A (Represented by Andrea Bedricovetchi) and Vietnam’s ‘VinaGame (Represented by Minh Le Hong) for MapleStory’s local Services.

By this Contract, Nexon is preparing for starting Close Beta Testing on May in Brazil and Vietnam, which makes MapleStory released in 60 Countries.

MapleStory’s Vietnam Partner Company, VinaGame is the first online game publisher in Vietnam and servicing games including ‘Crazy Arcade BnB’ and Vietnams most popular game “Swordsman Online’ and many other games. In Year 2002, Brazil’s partner company ‘Level up partner Interactive now the best publisher in Brazil and Phillipine and the first company to service an online game in India and experience servicing Ragnarok Online, RF Online and lots of Korean games.

MapleStory’s international service manager, Nexon’s Ryu In Sun said “Easy control and good graphic and other features, MapleStory’s exclusivity is seemed to be successful in Brazil and India and hoping for it”, “We will always look forward and put effort to other areas to develop Korean Game Marketing

MapleStory is a game that represents Korea and currently in 58 countries of the world, having 83 million members, Having Korea’s success as the background and for better international marketing it has released to “Global: and started “Europe Service” in 49 countries on April last year.

From:Nexon
File from Newswire(www.newswire.co.kr)

The Korean Version, ripped from the url.

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Hey all,

No one had an answer for Piece of Cake #6, so here is a clue:

By “I need their heads”, I mean I need their first letters – HIJKLMNO. Notice anything? Which letters are they? And do you know chemistry?

Hope that’s a big enough clue

And now for today’s riddle:

It’s a Griddler/nonogram (for anyone who doesn’t know what that is, see This, or This, Or simply search Nonogram or Griddler on the web).

Since the image is to big to fit our site, please click here or on the thumbnail for the Nonogram.

I hope you enjoy it!

Orbis

A new notice for all you MCR fans who are hankering to get their new live DVD. A new image was posted on their news section of the site.

Looks Damn, cool. If you can’t see the whole thing click HERE!