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Fiel, administrator and creator of SouthPerry forums, posted a response to the call made by Sparks to NEXON America regarding the ProjectMS source. Here’s Fiel’s response taken from SouthPerry forums.

Default A Letter to Nexon
(The head of ProjectMS speaks with Lloyd, a Nexon staff member)
Go to about 4:30 and listen

Dear Nexon,

I love this game, Maplestory. It’s been with me for several years now. I’ve been around since Beta times, though I really didn’t start playing seriously until patch 0.20 or so. Since then, I’ve grown to love your game more and more, so much that I decided to do computer programming work on it. In this letter, I want to let you, Nexon, know why I continue doing the work I do.

First of all, I do this work because I know that the community would be blind without me. There is so much information that is useful to play Maplestory that cannot be provided elsewhere, such as avoid, HP, and EXP of each mob, or equipment statistics. Back in the day, there was another website that provided this information, The Sauna, but the creator of it, Rick, has since left the community with no one left behind. This is why I have taken up my role to replace Rick as the community’s informant. The community both needs and wants this information in order to make good decisions about how to play Maplestory.

Secondly, I do my work here on Southperry in order to improve my own skills. I have learned much about encryption algorithms, and packing binary data for file storage. I’ve learned about management of staff here at Southperry, management of a forum in total, learning about information analysis and how to display this information succinctly and clearly, and learning how to be a leader in the community. I’ve learned how to code in C and Python, how to debug and solve complex problems, and how to create my own tools and equipment I use for extractions. I have done much personal growth all because of these WZ files and my leadership.

Finally, I do my work in order to support you, Nexon. I’m sure that there are many players that would not be playing this game today without me. I direct people to your service by providing patch extractions to your members. I show people about special sales, packages, and items available in your cash shop. I tell people everything about the NPCs, mobs, and quests so that they can better enjoy their time. For example, have a look at my Fourth Job Skill Tables, which has amassed over 500,000 views on Sleepywood.net and over 10,000 views here on Southperry. I’m here to work for you, not against you.

So, Nexon, you may not view me so favorably due to all of the extractions that I do and the cracking of your data which you have encrypted, but there’s so much more to consider here. There’s the community’s need for someone to do these extractions and have this data available, or else they’d be in the dark. There’s my own desire for personal growth, achievement, and leadership. Lastly, there are your needs to promote the cash shop, which I so heartily do.

Nexon, I’m asking you to consider everything that’s at stake just by clicking on “send” for a C&D letter. All of the work that I’ve done to get to this point for over a year will have been torn apart. The community will have lost another prominent member, and, overall, I believe it would hurt your service.

Always chinchillin’,
Fiel

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