MapleStory forums and websites have been buzzing with the news of the OdinMS lawsuit over the past few weeks. Many have decided to shut down, while others have put things on hold. Very few continue to run their servers, which is quite a shock to many. LocalMS, a highly popular MapleStory private server with over 100,000 accounts to date, is one of those servers. One reason why the NEXON Corporation is not taking action towards LocalMS is because they took all their files from OdinMS, which was the developer of almost all the private server software and updates. You could say that NEXON is trying to cut off the head of the snake, hoping that without OdinMS providing updates for other private servers, people will just give up and come crawling back to MapleGlobal and other MapleStory versions. But like many stories and issues, even if you get rid of the head…there can always be someone else who wants to build on what previous people have done.

By suing OdinMS, NEXON isn’t really solving anything. Although they’re trying to make a point, there will always be people who make private servers for games. It can’t be avoided and other games such as World of Warcraft have accepted that. Maybe NEXON should too. It’s hard to say which private server will be next. From what I can speculate, if any other private server comes out as the head honcho amongst the array of private servers unhappy with MapleStory, they may be the next to either shut down, or pay the hefty fee of over $500,000. We’ll just have to wait and see, but this certainly does bring new meaning to the phrase “If you mess with the bull, you get the horns.”

This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 at 8:04 pm.
Categories: General MapleStory.

57 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. Rawr

    Fuck Nexon. Local will be shut down as of 7/7/08. I’ll miss you all!

    ~Ease

  2. N00b

    CakeStory Was Shut Down cuz
    They got fed up of doing the private sever and they where bored thats why its shut down

  3. Anonymous

    ArberMS was also shutdown otherwise it was gonna be sued for 400 Grand.

  4. well written man, nice read :)

  5. ccplz

    its…kinda sad, actually. reading everyones goodbyes on the localms forums and on the cakestory website.

  6. Thanks for the wonderful comment Josh, no one really says stuff like that to me.

    And I felt the same way ccplz…it is sad.

  7. NEXON can kiss my ass

    I HATE NEXON DIE DIE DIE NEXON CAN KISS MY ASSS

  8. xfaithx

    “You could say that NEXON is trying to cut off the head of the snake, hoping that without OdinMS providing updates for other private servers, people will just give up and come crawling back to MapleGlobal and other MapleStory versions.”

    Well, Nexon is wrong about one thing.
    We will NEVER come crawling back to GMS. They may think they’re getting back the thousands of players that left to play private servers…but they are WRONG. There are MILLIONS of private servers out there and they can just TRY shutting them all down…and fail horribly.

  9. GET USED TO IT NEXON, WOW’S OKAY WITH IT. WHATS YOUR PROB?

  10. There’s no way the private server players will come back to Global MapleStory. They’ll either find another of a hundred private servers around, or they’ll just stop playing MS altogether.

    The last server I was on that got shut down, half the people named off dozens of private servers they were all going to, the other half said “I’ll just take a break, and either join a private server later, or quit for good”.

    So you’re not bringing anyone back, you’re just preventing them from playing, without you getting 100% of any possible money available.

  11. Gary

    Don’t blame Nexon for shutting down private servers. You should thank them because that’s the company that turned you players into MapleStory addicts.

  12. heres an email i sent to them:

    fuck you you fucking motherfucker why the hell did u shut down cakestory why the fucking hell do you ass holes have to be so greedy ur such bitches

  13. @ Justin.

    Talk like that isn’t going to get you anywhere. By cursing at them it just makes you seem immature and weak.

  14. well there such ass holes

  15. Macha

    What if you sued them back? You’re not making profits so they have NO right to shut down these servers. If you want, you can turn maplestory into a game no one will everplay again. Just to make sure when you do that you block/change your IP so they cant find you.
    MapleStory is just a couple of desprete adults trying to get rid of these private servers so they wont have to worry about being chased out of their dreams. Don’t give up. They have no right.

  16. @ xfaithx.

    True! I agree. Once Nexon shut down all servers, i will go to Maplesea or find another game. Not if Nexon makes MapleGlobal 500x exp MUAHAHAH

  17. Spada

    If Nexon shuts down all the private servers, im quitting MS and prolly play WoW or GunBound.
    If they think suing them is gonan solve anything? It’s not. Most ppl go there so they can use NX items which they cannot afford. Personally, i have the cash but no means of buying an NX card.
    So Nexon, stop trying to win money of kids and try to make us good ppl.
    But they are making us good debaters ^^

  18. BOB

    nexon are dumbasses gawd sueing private servers are not gonna help them. They just made them selves the most hated people in the gaming world. GMS= Ghey Maple Story

  19. fuck them there such bitches i made my own server go to http://www.freewebs.com/gamemasterstory

    FUCK YOU NEXON!!!

  20. O ya and also theyre just losing players by doing this, most people will just quit maplestory. And if they think theyre getting players back by doing this…

    WRONG…
    3 quarters of CakeStory Has quit maplestory and went to somthing like rakion or gunbound and also if they think they can take out EVERY private server…

    WRONG AGAIN!
    There are more then 1 Million of them out there! and at this rate (1 at a time) theyle never get them!

  21. nexonisgay

    private servers are just fan sites

  22. uhh… no their not

  23. WTF

    To be honest, I see no reason why people play the original MS at all.

    There’s way too much mindless grinding and repitition to make the game fun.

    It’s a wonder how people manage to get to fucking level 200 in GMS.

  24. AfterHourz

    If any of you had developed a game such as MapleStory and made money from people playing and buying NX Cash, you all would probably try to fight back at people making rip offs of your game and therefore cutting off profits…I know I would.

  25. dude. play p.s. and i don’t want to lose all my stuff. JUST LEAVE US ALONE NEXON! how come we gotta play regular bull shiity gms? im not very rich so i use p.s. so i can buy nx and look like the ppl i wanna buy who are such rich queefs who blow like 400$ a week on regular ms, which btw is a TOTAL WASTE anyways

  26. ITMS

    Quote:__________________________________by: Mucha__
    | What if you sued them back? You’re not making profits so they
    | have NO right to shut down these servers.
    ————————————————————————————-
    That is a good point, but if you look at some of the P.S. such as Sakurams and Dagonms. They give you special stuff if you donate to them, but otherwise ….yeah. This isn’t helping Nexon at all.

  27. Jay

    nexon are total losers… They are fat drunken asses who cant do shit and if they keep sueing im gonna quit ms. THEY;re really annoying

  28. AnnoyedPrivateServerer?

    Well GuardianMS has been shut down because of Nexon. Why can’t they just come to some sort of agreement, instead of sueing them. Nexon hasn’t heard of the word compromise (or of the words technical support while i’m at it). Either compromise with the Private Servers, or learn to accept that they will exist, no matter what you do. Nexon, want to know why there will be private servers? Because Maplestory is such a grind. Almost no one wants to spend 3 years to get to level 200. That’s also why there are hackers in GMS. They just don’t know about/don’t play Private Servers. Well in conclusion, Nexon should grow up and learn to compromise, or accept a certain fact they don’t like.

  29. Duncan

    IF nexon was smart, theyd offer alternate servers with different exp rates where people could take a break from grinding, or test servers where people could try out the game at any level/ job

    There would be absolutely no bugs, and it’d be so perfect no one would want to play private servers

  30. Duncan

    This would fix alot of hacking issues, It’d be a brilliant solution.

    Why play on a private server with half the skills working and tons of bugs / server crashes when you could play on a perfect server with a good community and good exp rates? They should even allow people to start a password protected server that they and their friends can play for like nx cash or something, cause then you wouldn’t have to worry about server hosting or any of that other nonsense. And you could set your own rates.

    WAKE UP NEXON
    There’s so many more solutions to this “problem”

  31. Umm… One thing nexon…

    FUCK YOU

    By the way, this is the list of Private server sued

    - GuardianMS
    - CakeStory
    - RefundStory
    - OdinMS
    - LocalMS
    - MapleClassic
    - MapleGeek (Probably)
    - ArberMS
    - ShangrilaMS
    - Old FinalStory (xplicitstory)
    - MaplePopStory

    Anymore sued? Please continue this one.

  32. Wow this was lame i mean they force litle kids in buying there crap there game goes downhill and they sue?i admit id probably do the same but unless they want to sue like 10 of thousens of private servers its pointless and even if they did ppl would jsut make them private and no one exept them an there buddies could play so nomater what do they get somehting nope.

    MapleSoldiers.tk come check us out

  33. NiL

    - GuardianMS
    - CakeStory
    - RefundStory
    - OdinMS
    - LocalMS
    - MapleClassic
    - MapleGeek
    - ArberMS
    - ShangrilaMS
    - Old FinalStory (xplicitstory)
    - MaplePopStory

    Existing P.Server MapleCrusade

  34. MapleVeteran

    In my perspective, Nexon sueing Odin will not help their situation at all. The way they’re enraging us private server players will cause us to despise Nexon even more than we already do, I mean that’s true isn’t it? The only reason we left Nexon is because Nexon doesn’t even HAVE a branch in their company for customer support. If they were to connect with us players, we would’ve developed a sense of loyalty for Nexon and never would’ve betrayed Nexon.

    Personally, I completely agree with the original post, and I’ve quit MS myself. I know a few friends starting it again, so I try and prevent them from buying NX. Supporting Nexon is like paying for a prostitute.

  35. Pop4life24

    OK Nexon messed up… who wants to waste countless days playing maplestory, Instead of just wasting a day or not even an hour to get to level 200.And Nexon is a rip off!
    Nexon cash cards are too expensive
    and forcing kids to steal of thier parents.also if nexon didnt like the private server because of the donating and people quit in maplestory just buy the private server!

  36. ummm if nexon thinks destroying private servers can make global more populated.. theyre wrong.

    Do you think people from brazil and some other countries enjoyed their IP ban on mapleglobal? i dont think so.

    And why did they spread all maplestory versions to many? Thats one cause of Ms leaving too…

    They’re just blaming PSes because of their ignorancy.

    and about Nx cash.. well.. Wizet made their Nx cash low priced because THEY do not let their wanting of money to rule on their company.

    Nexon, well on the other hand, always make NX cash items to make the innocent kids to buy those NX. They let their greediness rule.

    So i want WIZET BACK

    I WANT WIZET
    WIZET RULEZ
    NEXON SUCKS.

    Thank you.

  37. Hello guys i am a G@y retard company

  38. Xylite

    I cant say i disagree with nexon on this, nor that i can agree, i would play the normal ms, because none of you programmers, know how to incorprate new jobs, or raise the max level, or do any of that crap.
    The way i see it, you just wait to try and get gms’s source, and you add crappy stuff to it, and make the exp x500, i owned a pserver once, and i shut it down, because of stupid people begging for stupid crap, and a possible revolt because i only had x5-10 exp. The only thing that i changed in my server, was i added party quests, and i made a job resseter, btw i was the original one to come up with that idea, now that i see that all over the web. any ways, they probably wouldnt have been sued had they not been asking for donations.

  39. NexonRulez

    Go Nexon! They did the right thing, you kids are just mad because you can’t get fast exp and free items.

  40. WhiteMage

    Okay. If nexon thinks that shutting down private servers will make people go back to global they are far off wrong. They have to deal with the fact that there are private servers out there because who wants to spend like 2 years grinding to get to level 200? I know i don’t.

    Seriously, I think nexon should stop with the nx cash because first of all, its expensive and second of all, it only lasts like 3 months and then what? We find kids wasting 300$ on nx a month or something. In the halloween patch, there was this map where you had to have nx to get in? What a rip off.

    People are going to quit global or simply join another private server. Maple story was fun when it was wizet, but after nexon took over i started to dislike it. Nexon has to deal with the fact that there are private servers or something or just get on with their lives. People are going to keep making private servers so nexon, suck it up.

  41. Brother

    lol I miss cakestory :/ ign was Brother

  42. I hope Finalstory is next. It’s one of the worse servers out there. It bans people for nothing!!!

  43. Mateo

    CakeStory was a retarded server, they quit because “it was getting boring, and we dun feel liek being gm’s anymore” And to the anon above me, you weren’t banned for nothing. There’s always a reason

  44. _|_(^ - ^)_|_

    when nexon wins the lawsuit, odinms will be a dead project but that dont mean other emulators would be created in the future based on odinms framework its unstoppable now since the code is public

  45. Since you don’t seem to enjoy reading the rules about advertising and have no common sense, I’ve censored your MapleStory Private Server. Trying to advertise your Private Server here is pretty idiotic considering NEXON probably reads our articles to get information on who to take down next?

    Idiots.

    ~Edited By Savage

  46. john

    yeh finalstory, when i 1st played it was xplicitstory, that was when laoshi was da owner, after mateo came. he told every1 da server was shutting down T.T, but then couple days after it was just a prank call

  47. o well… my server got shut down also…dont believe me? http://gmstory.net
    its not a very good idea to make a private server

  48. ArberMS

    hey remember the ranked #1 ArberMS? it was perfect, great staff, good community, awesome guilds (i lead BlackBandana) and someday nexon sent arber an email threatening him, 1 day later ArberMs was up for its last,
    Tom

  49. Joe Mama

    I hope Finalstory shuts down soon. Right now its the number 1 ps on xtremetop100 but it doesnt deserve that spot as number 1. The server is down like half the time and crashes, rollbacks, lags every single day. And their GM’s are retarded as ever, abusing their GM power. Finalstory better watch out >:P

  50. i feel so sad so many shut down and i agree with XfaithX that just cuz they r taking about our servers dont mean we r crawing back to thier stupid ones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  51. Fucking Nexon

    fuck u nexon good thing my server isnt out yet if it was out imma be dead idk who will be nes but im not fucking going back to nexon!!!!!!!!!!!! u can kiss my ass and ppl who got to level 200 are a nexon freak nobody is going back to ur stupid game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I QUIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  52. Nexon is a fucking tard

    nexon you suck i have a server yeah its name is Classified so you wont find out… i got friends who play no one else only friends so try to find my server its not like im looking for donations or anything….

    and btw soon they will probably come out with a combat arms p.s or a mabinogi p.s and you will be in even more trouble no NO-ONE WANNA SPEND ALLOWANCE ON 10$ GAME CARDS AND 25$ GAME CARDS
    IF THE STUFF JUST EXPIRES IN 90 DAYS

  53. im learning html makin website which my mom and dad bought and are hosting for me, planning to make server called amplemaple anyone want to help me with coding and stuff?

    btw i play gms sometimes just for fun on my 4x page

  54. btw i made error my mom and dad bought url name not website*

  55. hi all maple priv servs lovers i am gonna report to maple that im gonna make a priv server IN SWEDEN IN GOTHENBURG AND THEY ARE GONNA COME HERE AND FUCKING SUE ME TELL THEM THIS AND I AM GONNA SHOOT THE FUCKING HEAD OF THE REAL MAPLE CREATORS THEY CAN GO AND SUCK SOM HORSEDICKS AND STOP SUING ALL THE FUCKING TIME THEY EARN ENOUGH FUCKING MONEY and something else like why the fuck shutdown odinms for ?
    they are so greedy that they are comp nerds that sit there and gets nothing of them they can come here to sweden and ima roundhouse their asses

  56. go to wingedms and add HoboStrike ^^ i love priv servs for maple cuz there they give u a chance to get the things like pets nx cash and lvl 100+ but in real maple its impossible without being a nerd or nx wh0re

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