Nexon has released a new game called PopTag. It has been in development for about a year now and it seems like Nintendo has something to say… (Well, not really, but this game does seem like Bomberman.)

You know the very similar retro game back in the late 1990’s? Clueless? Well, don’t worry I’ll fill you in. Bomerman is a game that allows the user/player to play as a character in a map. The character on the screen has an objective: to kill the opponent. No matter how hard/tactical/ugly the monster is, the person must fight it. The character has bombs which are used to destroy the enemy.

In PopTag, it seems like the same exact thing. Except we aren’t using bombs, but something much safer: water balloons. The objective of the game is to try to get as many points as possible and to defeat the boss before you feel like a fool standing there with monsters “draining” your life. You are allowed to work in teams.

So let me ask you, (Yes, I mean you…the person staring at the screen) do these look familiar? Compare them and see for yourself.

What do you think? Share your opinions below.

Youtube- (Bomerman Video)

Wikipedia- Bomberman Info

Nexon’s Official PopTag Website

Nexon, are you ready?

Due to the recent reports about GMS (MapleStory Global), using a new set of codes to launch the game via their website. Nexon might not have noticed… we use Window computers to play MapleStory, not Macs (Apple Computers)!

What do I mean?

Hypothetically speaking, launching Maplestory using a website launcher is like managing your banking/SSN (Social Security Number) without thinking about spy-ware entering your computer, and stealing your data.

Playing MapleStory on the official website is a BIG risk. Nexon really has to step up their protection. The new Hackshield program currently in use wouldn’t do squat to protect us from website-based attacks especially account fraud and keyloggers. Keyloggers are extremely deadly. They can see what you type on your computer and where you go.

Spyware is also a concern. There are tons of websites out there pretending to be official MapleStory websites offering to give you free NX for your account information. In early 2008 there were at least 100,000 accounts hacked due to their owners entering their information on a fake official site. (According to the Maplestory Website Notice in Early 2008)

Nexon and everyone else in the MapleStory community should STOP and think about how this change can affect the safety of accounts. Security must be improved if the web client is to be a success. Just be careful and mindful of URL’s and links and you should be fine. Make sure that when you log in to the MapleStory homepage to launch MapleStory you aren’t on maplestory.nexonn.net.

Is Nexon ready for this big leap? OR am I just insane to bring this up…I don’t know…but tell us what you think.

Sources: Basilmarket.com/google.com/maplestory.nexon.net/nexon.net

Last year Nexon America had been delivering many-many new games features to Maplestory~PopTag. But one in particular is the release of iTCG Online…

Now iTCG Online is a game that is based on it’s “brother” game Maplestory. Most of the equips/items/monsters/etc, are from the game itself.

(Background: iTCG Online is a free Nexon game that only needs to have a web browser open to experience. The game is sort of a like when you play with Yu-Gi-Oh/Pokemon cards. They are attacks, skills, items, trade, deck building. And they are all virtual.)

But it seems like Nexon is slacking off in their lead game (Maplestory). Apparently they put more work in iTCG, than making Maplestory a better MMORPG for the rest of us. If you observed the past year (2009) Maplestory South East Asia (MSEA), had gotten a wide varrity of new maps/places/items, you name it! The people in Global Maplestory, however, had been struggling behind them one patch after another, (we are about maybe 1~2 months behind MSEA.)

I am not criticizing iTCG Online, I am just saying that wouldn’t it be nice to have: The Ninja Castle? Neo Tokyo? or any other maps that other servers: KMS~MSEA (Korean Maplestory~ Maplestory South East Asia)?

It just seems like Nexon is putting up an excuse or a cover so that the Nexon community wouldn’t be AS mad that they don’t have as many features as other version?

Leave us a comment on your perspective below. Maybe I am just crazy, but who knows…

After an 11 and a half hour delay (20 hours and 35 minutes total) and thousands of maple retards whining on forums about not being able to sit at the computer and kill mushrooms (yet still wasting a whole damn day complaining) we expected version 0.75 of MapleGlobal to be completely kick ass.

We were wrong.

Many pegged Monster Carnival 2 as a great new party quest that would immensely improve leveling from levels 51-70. At last, no more grinding until 70! Wrong! Monster Carnival 2 is one of the most useless PQ’s in the game. Monsters give anywhere between 1 and 8 EXP (which at levels 51 to 70 is basically 0.000000001%). An A rank win earns you 87,500 EXP which at level 60-70 won’t earn you more than 7-10% per win. For the 10 minutes you spend CPQing, you could easily earn more EXP by just training.

Monster Carnival 2 does have one positive feature. There are two medals available to the top pqers: the Absolute Victory Carnivalian Medal and the Gifted Carnivalian Medal.

The downside is, you would have to pq all day to even stand a chance of getting this medals! It hardly seems worth the trouble (unless you’re one of those medal junkies)! There is also a new Spiegelmann’s Necklace that offers a few new stat boosts, but nothing to jump up and down for, which can be attained like in CPQ1 by trading in Maple Coins.

The landscape of CPQ2 is messy and the monsters aren’t the least bit challenging. In Monster Carnival 1, players were able to choose from 3 maps that offered flat landscapes, small landscapes, and large landscapes with platforms. KSing is almost unavoidable as players are forced to fight virtually on top of one another. With only three measely rooms it hardly seems worth the time.

Sadly a perfect opportunity to improve game play and offer a consolation to the oh-so-familiar outcry heard round the maple world, “Leveling is so hard!” was completely missed. Looks like it’s back to the grind-fest!

Better luck next time, Nexon.

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Hi everyone. It’s Halloween, one of my favorite holidays, yet today has been anything but a blast. We’ve just dealt with some difficult things and suffered some blows. I’ve been talking to my friends and staff on Windows Live Messenger and I just need to make this post, and not to plead or be another whining player bitching and wishing we were back in beta. So, I’ll begin.

It’s nothing new to hear the stagnant phrase, “The MapleStory community sucks.” It’s a matter of opinion, but lately it’s becoming more fact. I can’t, and I don’t think anyone can describe some of the immature jack ass behavior that maplers deal with every day. In anything, you get the ass holes and idiots, especially when something goes mainstream. A lot of this is felt in-game, but even more so on the various forums and websites dedicated to MapleStory. I’m sure if you’ve been the victim of some idiot going on a rant and typing in “1337 speak” or witnessed it you’ve wanted to crawl through the internet, climb out of the player’s monitor, and slap him/her silly. This is one among many other reasons why people resort to going to Private Servers to some how “get the beta community back” or just “get away” from everyone. Let’s face it, people suck in general…but the feeling of “invincibility” over the internet doesn’t help.

In recent years the MapleStory community has entered a complete cluster fuck. The lack of manners, respect, and just plain decency is amazing. I have never witnessed human beings treating each other so horribly and viciously in my life. Sometimes I can’t believe that the people playing this game, are actually civilized humans who have a brain and the ability to choose right from wrong. What is wrong with some people? Did their parents not raise them right? Were manners and respect not on the agenda? Was there no time to tell your child to treat others as you would like to be treated. Well, wait. Who cares right? It’s just a person that you’ll most likely never see or interact with again, right? Wrong. There’s something called karma…whether you believe in it or not. If you treat someone shitty, it will come back to bite you…some way…some how…you can’t escape it. You can shrug it off, I’m sure I’ll be getting tons of comments saying “Fuck you Savage,” and “Go die you loser.” I have to deal with those insulting comments daily on this website. Maple-News wasn’t created to be a haven for whining, complaining, insulting, disrespectful, and just plain idiotic comments. You come here to read and discuss the latest news. This isn’t “Gossip Girl.” We’re not “back stabbing each other.”

Ah, fansites…fansites, fansites, fansites. What are fansites? Sites that are fans of a certain game, band, genre, toy, animal, species, etc. The fansites in MapleStory continue to fuel the fire and create pointless arguments and “dramatic” posts that raise hell. I normally wouldn’t name names, but it’s too late for that.  People insult each other daily…some are dealt with…some are not. Fansite rivalries (see previous post) are amongst the most cutthroat I have ever seen for a video game…especially one called MapleStory. You have sites spamming other sites, sites advertising on other sites, sites bad mouthing and sabotaging other sites.  Did they do anything to the other site? No, not always. Does it matter whether or not they did? No. If it’ll help someone get ahead, even if it means stooping so low and kicking them when they’re down, they’ll do it. And this doesn’t just go for MapleStory, it goes for real life as well. Look at our society…greed, distrust, hatred, more greed, violence, and the list goes on, and on, and on. You can look at the current United States economy; hell, the whole world! People have borrowed more than they could ever pay back, and now the global economy is in the shitter! I may be young, but I’m not rich, and I see first hand what’s going on and I can realize that it’s not that different from what we see online. The internet is a powerful thing, and lately it’s been abused in more ways than one.

To sum this long, lengthy, and probably annoying post that most of you will (or have) proceed in flaming me and this post…I’m utterly disgusted at what’s going on in the MapleStory community, the internet community, and the world. I don’t know how much more I can take of these constant comments. I didn’t sign up for this and I won’t take it. Anyone who continues to make idiotic and insulting remarks/comments, will be permanently IP banned from ever commenting on this site again (I know if you use proxies so don’t even try). Think about this next time you think about flaming, insulting, and treating someone like shit, think about what you’re doing to that person and what it shows about who you are and what you will become. Don’t dissapoint your parents and your family and friends, try to do a good deed once in a while, and above all; treat people as you would like to be treated. If anything, let us keep our dignity while playing a video game…don’t turn into wild animals.

Hi! It’s Braha, I have got a big treat for all those maplestory fans! Here are some pictures of some new monsters from all MapleStory servers (JMS,GMS,MSea,KMS,CMS,TWS)!

First, I’m going to show you the pictures, then I will show you my source!

MapleSEA

• Monsters Release Date: October, 2008 (GMT +8)
• MapleSEA Version 0.61

MapleSEA MS Has released Fantasy Theme park, Malaysia Exclusive map, Haunted house as Halloween event and Area boss part 2

Malaysia
Scaredy Scarlion	Ratatula	Jester Scarlion	Froscola	Booper Scarlion	Vikerola	Gallopera

Event Haunted Mansion
Purple Flying Book	Orange Flying Book	Blue Flying Book	Glutton Ghoul	Pumpkin Witch	Mirror Ghost

Psycho Jack Box	Psycho Jack	Sophilia Doll Ground	Sophilia Doll

Voodoo	Hoodoo	Nightmare	Transparent Ghost	Wailing Ghost

Headless Horseman

Mu Lung Area boss
King Sage Cat Boss

Korean Folk Town Area boss
Old Fox Boss

ThailandMS

• Monsters Release Date: October 14, 2008 (GMT+7)
• ThailandMS Version 0.58

ThailandMS will release Nautilus Port and the Pirate job.

Nautilus Port (Quest Areas)
Black Magician’s Subordinate

Second Job Test
Pirate Octopus

Third Job Test
Kairin’s Clone Boss

Fourth Job Skill Bosses
Kairin Boss	Kairin Boss	Pink Book Ghost Ally

GlobalMS

• Monsters Release Date: October 2008
• GlobalMS Version 0.61

GlobalMS will release Singapore and new Halloween Events

CBD
Biner	Stopnow	Batoo	Nospeed	Freezer2	Trucker

Boat Quay Town
Tippo Red	Tippo Blue	Octobunny	Pac Pinky	Selkie Jr.	Slimy	Mr. Anchor

Capt. Latanica Boss

TaiwanMS

• Monsters Release Date: October 08, 2008
• TaiwanMS Version 0.80

TaiwanMS will release Singapore and Mini Dungeons

CBD
Biner	Stopnow	Batoo	Nospeed	Freezer2	Trucker

Boat Quay Town
Tippo Red	Tippo Blue	Octobunny	Pac Pinky	Selkie Jr.	Slimy	Mr. Anchor

Capt. Latanica Boss

ChinaMS

• Monsters Release Date: October 2, 2008 (GMT +8)
• ChinaMS Test Server Version: 0.24

ChinaMS test server has released Monster Game Arcade

Monster Game Arcade Reward Summoning Sacks
Black Boogie	Slot Machine Boss

KoreaMS

• Monsters Release Date: September 18, 2008 (GMT +9)
• KoreaMS Test Server Version 1.2.163

KoreaMS has released the Mu Lung Raid, a boss Party Quest.

Mu Lung Raid PQ
Mu Gong Boss	So Gong Boss	Mini Panda

EuropeMS

• Monsters Release Date: 18 September, 2008 at 2:00 a.m. CET(GMT+2).
• EuropeMS Version 0.44

EuropeMS will release Captain Latanica in CBD and German Festival Event.

Singapore – Boat Quay Town.
Capt. Latanica Boss

BrazilMS

• Monsters Release Date: September 17, 2008
• BrazilMS Version 0.07

BrazilMS has released Dead Mine

Dead Mine
Dark Jr. Yeti	Dark Pepe

Dark Yeti	Dark Yeti and Pepe	Werewolf	Lycanthrope	Coolie Zombie	Minor Zombie

HongKongMS

• Monsters Release Date: September 11th, 2008 (GMT +8)
• HongKongMS Version 0.13

HongKongMS has released Taipei 101.

Taipei 101
Pink Perfume	Pink Fragrance	Blue Perfume	Blue Fragrance	Yellow Perfume	Yellow Fragrance

Radio Speaker	Shy CD	Boombox	Bunny Dummy	Mad CD	Girl Dummy	Boy Dummy

Crazy Myou-z-Ke Boss

JapanMS

• Monsters Release Date: July 30, 2008 (GMT+9)
• JapanMS Version 1.47

JapanMS will release Nautilus Port and the Pirate job.

Nautilus Port (Quest Areas)
Black Magician’s Subordinate

Second Job Test
Pirate Octopus

Third Job Test
Kairin’s Clone Boss

Fourth Job Skill Bosses
Kairin Boss	Kairin Boss	Pink Book Ghost Ally

VietnamMS

• Monsters Release Date: June 25, 2008 (GMT+5)
• VietnamMS Version 0.01

VietnamMS first version was released. Maple Island, Victoria Island, Orbis, and Kerning City Party Quest are available.

Maple Island
Tutorial Junior Sentinel	Snail	Blue Snail	Shroom	Red Snail	Stump	Slime	Pig	Orange Mushroom

Victoria Island
Dark Stump	Ribbon Pig	Octopus	Green Mushroom	Bubbling	Axe Stump	Stirge	Blue Mushroom

Jr. Necki	Horny Mushroom	Dark Axe Stump	Zombie Mushroom	Wild Boar	Evil Eye	Fierry

Fire Boar	Ligator	Jr. Boogie	Curse Eye	Jr. Wraith	Lupin	Lorang	Cold Eye	Zombie Lupin

Iron Hog	Copper Drake	Iron Boar	Tortie	Wraith	Drake

Croco	Stone Golem	Malady	Dark Stone Golem	Mix Golem	Red Drake

Mushmom Boss

Ghost Stump	Wooden Mask	Rocky Mask	SkeleDog	Mummy Dog

Skeleton Soldier	Officer Skeleton	Commander Skeleton

Wild Kargo	Ice Drake	Dark Drake	Tauromacis

Taurospear	Jr. Balrog Boss

Kerning City Party Quest
King Slime Boss

Ellinia – Orbis Ship
Crimson Balrog Boss

Orbis
Star Pixie	Jr. Pepe	Nependeath	Lunar Pixie	Dark Nependeath	Luster Pixie	Cellion	Lioner	Grupin	Lucida

Jr. Cellion	Jr. Lioner	Jr. Grupin

Orbis Tower
Jr. Sentinel	Sentinel	Ice Sentinel	Fire Sentinel	Leatty	Dark Leatty	Scuba Pepe

Well that\s it for now! But we can’t take all the credit! My source was the MapleStory Wiki.

Regards,

Braha (Staff)

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Have you heard about the new iPhone 3G? Well, if not, you’re going to love this article!

The new iPhone 3G is going to be released on July 11, 2008. The price on the new iPhone is very reasonable:
$199 – 8GB

$299 – 16GB

The prices have dropped from a ridiculous $499 (original iPhone) to a much-slimmed-down $199 (iPhone 3G). The iPhone is the cheapest smartphone currently on the net right now, plus it’s got that iBrand recognition advantage. Why is the new iPhone so cheap? There are two main reasons. First, mobile phone service providers (AT&T) will obtain the iPhones by paying Apple about $300 per unit. The other reason is the low cost of materials going into the new iPhone 3G. The old iPhone costed about $226 to make and did not include 3G or GPS. The most expensive component of the 3G iPhone is the 8GB of NAND flash memory storage, which costs around $22.80. All other chips & components in the new iPhone total up to about $164, and assembly would be about $9, the grand total being around $173.
The new iPhone 3G is sold exclusively with AT&T’s phone service.

Features:

• AT&T’s Mobile Broadband Network allows the iPhone 3G to download from speeds up to 1.4 Mbps.
• Now has GPS within the iPhone to get to anywhere you please.
• All new application store, allows you to download applications straight to your iPhone.
• Sold in 8GB(Black) or 16GB(white or Black) Models.
• Add a Consumer Data Plan for iPhone 3G to a qualified voice plan for $30 per month.
• Add an Enterprise Data Plan for iPhone 3G to a qualified voice plan for $45 per month.
• With support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, iPhone delivers push email, calendar, and contacts.

Sources:
AT&T
Info World