Our opinion on private servers is that we do not have one. Maple-News is a MapleStory news website dedicated to giving you unbiased and accurate news about the game, it’s companies, and anything related to it. We are not here to try and sway your opinion or impose anything on you, we are merely here to give you information.

I have been reading a lot of angry comments calling us biased, NEXON lovers, private server lovers, etc. We enjoy writing for Maple-News and we do see that certain people feel that we’re not doing our job. All our articles are strictly unbiased unless tagged under the Editorials category. Staff and viewers alike are encouraged to voice their opinions in the comments. Maple-News does not accept or condone any of the opinions held by anyone in the comments…whether it’s written by an administrator or a member. When judging the accuracy of news, please judge the news article and not the comments.

We have stated that private servers are illegal. That is not a biased statement. It is a fact. MapleStory private servers are illegal as they violate intellectual property and NEXON has stated this time and time again. People who make servers are breaking the law, but it is not our place to judge those people.

There has been quite a lot of fighting in the comment boards between members and other members, and members and staff. Before you make a comment that attacks Maple-News or another member, please think twice and refrain from flaming the person. We are all human beings and we should keep that in mind before acting like animals. We will be implementing a list of Comment Rules that will outline the proper behavior on Maple-News.com. Those who break these rules will face consequences.

Please keep in mind that we choose to run this site out of our own free will. We do not get paid and we are only guys and gals who like writing and like MapleStory. If we have confused anyone prior to this, we sincerely apologize.

We look forward to another great year with you guys and we hope you enjoy our 2nd Anniversary events tomorrow.

Sincerely,

-Savage and the Maple-News Staff-