Nexon Europe:

Hello Nexonears!

In order to facilitate payments for you all, another payment option has been added to NEXON Europe.

Nexon Game Cards give you access to purchasable virtual items that can be used to enhance your gaming experience.

They can be found in the Sainsbury’s, Toys R Us and ASDA stores within the UK.

For those who still have difficulties purchasing, we are constantly working to reach out to you. So stay tuned, and we will give you good news!

- NEXON Europe Staff -

Yes thats right! More countries to come!

Hi there!

A new server check with an awesome event from Nexon Europe for Maplestory!
Check it out below:

The event

Also, they will go trough a server check:
Dear Maplers,

We will go through a Server Check on Wednesday, 30 September, 2009
at 4:00 a.m. CET (GMT+2).
The Server Check will last for approximately 2 1/2 hours and during that time
the users will not be able to access the game and the website.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

- Maintenance of the game system
- Maintenance of the website
- Royal Hair Coupon will be added :

Royal Hair Coupon

- Adding new cash items in the Cash shop:

- Sale on Owl of Minerva item (30%)
- End of Monster Box Drop Event

Time:[Game] : Wednesday, 30 September, 2009 at 4:00 a.m. ~ 6:30 a.m. CET (GMT+2)
[Website]: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009 at 4:00 a.m. ~ 6:00 a.m. CET (GMT+2)

Thank you and Happy Mapling!

- MapleStory Europe Staff –

~Pudding

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Italian MMORPG news site, GameSource, recently did an interview with a representative of NEXON Europe about the European version of MapleStory. NEXON answers many questions regarding Maple Europe’s past, present, and future. NEXON Europe announced in the interview that the Knights of Cygnus will be released on July 1st, 2009.

MapleStory is growing very well in Europe, after a global success. So we met Nexon to talk about many upcoming contents and events for players of our countries.

GS: Why the choice to determinate the channel language by the client one ? Many European countries have problems to chat with people from other cultures (exp. People that play with german client can’t choose dutch channels) Don’t you think that have the opportunity to switch in game (without need to log out and re-log) from a channel to another could improve the interaction between players from different countries?

The primary idea behind this system was to enable players to chat with their fellow players in the same language without any difficulties Read the rest of this entry »

Rumor has it that OdinMS will be going back to court in coming months. In the contract seen on their website, they crossed out several parts of the contract because they believed they could not be fulfilled such as, “Posting an apology and telling people not to make Private Servers on every Private Server website,” and “Paying NEXON Korea various sums of money.” (money they don’t have).  Allegedly because they disagreed with and crossed out certain points, NEXON Korea is going to proceed with taking them to court for the sum of over $500,000 despite the signing of the terms they did agree with.

OdinMS has not heard back from NEXON Korea Inc. in months, so it’s questionable whether or not this is a rumor, or a fact. Will OdinMS be the first MapleStory Private Server to go through a lengthy court case? If so, we’ll be the first to let you know.

We decided we’d get with the program and finally make a Twitter account. Although Twitter seems pointless, we’ve decided to make it somewhat useful.

Using Twitter we will post the latest server checks and patches for MapleGlobal, MapleSEA, and MapleEurope as well as miniscule news updates. So, how can you stay up to date on the latest quickies? Just follow us on twitter by checking out our profile at https://twitter.com/MapleNews.

Happy Twittering!

NOTE: This is in no way, shape, or form an interview. Information in this article was allowed to be used from an email in an effort to express NEXON’s side of the story.

I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Lloyd Korn, the General Counsel of NEXON America Inc via email recently. I first spoke with Mr. Korn over the phone when we received a fake DMCA letter in December of 2008. I have spoken to him numerous times both over the phone and the internet since then. I decided to send him an email asking if he had anything to say in response to the recent Private Server closings to calm down the community.

Many of the comments have become violent and threatening. I for one respect a person’s opinion, but when someone resorts to threats and violence, they’ve gone too far. I’ll start by saying that I too have played MapleStory, longer than many of the people who choose to complain and threaten. Myself and many of the Maple-News staff have played since the early days of MapleGlobal beta and still continue to play. We do have our ideas of what can be improved and what we dislike about the game, but we choose to express ourselves in a positive manner. Now, I remain unbiased in the NEXON vs. Private Servers battle and debate. I see points on both sides, but the comments I have read are dispicable. It makes me ashamed to be part of this community when kids my own age or younger think they can threaten the lives of people without having to answer for it. These people need to get their morals straight and need to learn how to show respect for others and themselves.

Now, why am I telling you all this? I cannot reveal the whole email as it is against confidentiality, but I am allowed to reveal what Mr. Korn wished me to say. In response to those of you who threaten the lives of workers, the FBI will be paying you a visit. Don’t believe me? Here’s an excerpt from the email:

I too have been receiving violent and threatening e-mails. I’ve been forwarding them to the agents I’ve been working with at the FBI so tell these children to warn their parents that the FBI may soon be paying them a visit. The FBI takes these e-mail threats very seriously and will deal with them accordingly. I’ve also pointed them to the forums with the threatening chatter so they should take care of those people too.

Those who have chosen to engage in immoral activities as stated above will face consequences. Just because you dislike the company running a video game does not give you the right to threaten the lives of people. Those who think they are safe on the internet are mistaken. The FBI has ways of tracking you down.

Mr. Korn also went on to say that they plan to crack down more on Private Servers and hackers. NEXON has a plan up their sleeve to help to deter hacking attempts in MapleGlobal. I don’t know what it is, but it seems promising. Private Server owners will not be dealt with so leniently, so be warned that you are participating in illegal activity and NEXON intends to use the law to it’s full extent.

Lloyd also responded briefly to everyone who is upset regarding the recent Private Server closings.

Sorry to crush the hopes and dreams of so many, but people should understand that if they knowingly engage in wrongful activity, they should take responsibly for their actions and accept the consequences. Some have, but a lot more haven’t. That’s a part of growing up that frankly I don’t think a lot of these kids get. Personally, I think we’ve been too lenient with people so far. That may change soon.

The reality is that no matter what you say or do, Private Servers are illegal. There are many viewpoints on both sides regarding the morality of things and I really get that everyone is upset with how the official versions are turning out. Ultimatley, NEXON develops the game and updates it. Without them, there wouldn’t be a MapleStory to play. You wouldn’t have Private Servers. Private Servers are like programs and websites that steal music from musicians. Being a musician myself, I can relate to NEXON’s point of view of wanting to have their work respected and guarded. I can also relate to the Private Servers point of view, but in the end it’s illegal to run a Private Server because you are stealing their intellectual property, like stealing an idea from someone and using it as your own. Looking at things from a completely unbiased and logical point of view, you’re risking your parent’s financial safety (if you are sued, your parents will have to pay for any fines) and your future. It’s a game, let’s keep it that way.

All this insanity over the past few months: the threats, the insults, the blatant disregard for human emotions, safety, and respect needs to stop. This is absolutely ridiculous. It’s shocking to myself and others that people will easy go as far as threatening the lives of people over a computer game. It’s disgraceful and reflects badly on yourselves and our generation as a whole. If you want the game to change, email NEXON, post on the forums, do what you can to change it if you want it that badly. Threats don’t work, if anything it makes people even more unwilling to please you and is probably why many of the things you want, haven’t happened. Use your heads guys and act maturely for once.

Dear Maplers,

First of all, thank you for your continuous support for MapleStory Europe.

To celebrate the new patch on MapleStory Europe, we will conduct “EXP x 2 Event!”

on this sunday.

During the event, you will get the double Exp!

[Event 2 x EXP]

Date: Sunday, 15 March, 2009

Time: 7:00 p.m. ~ 9:00 p.m. CET (GMT+1)

Be ready for the party!

Thank you and Happy Mapling!

- MapleStory Europe Staff –

-Impulse

Dear Maplers,

There will be a Special St. Valentine Discount of “Cash-Items” including
Crush ring, Cloud ring, Friendship ring:clover and Friendship ring:flower petal
in the Cash Shop only during the event period.

Check out the event category in the Cash shop for more details.

Event Period : 5 February, 2009 ~ 19 February, 2009

Don’t miss this chance.

Happy Mapling!

Dear Nexonean,

The new payment system “Phone Billing” has been
successfully implemented.

Therefore Nexonean can use their wire telephone to charge NXCash.

Click on the link below for more details :

http://billing.nexoneu.com/PG.aspx?PART=/Charge

Enjoy,

Your NEXON Europe Team

Awesome new payment method eh? Easier in a way. Kinda creepy to.

~Impulse

Dear Maplers,

We will go through a server check on Thursday, 29 January, 2009 at 3:00 a.m. CET(GMT+1). The server check will last for approximately one hour for the game and 4 hours for the website,and users will not be able to access the game and the website during that time.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

- Adding more cash items in Cash Shop

- System Maintenance

- IVR payment method will be implemented

- Event rating system will be implemented

Time : [Game] – Thursday, 29 January, 2009, 3:00 a.m. ~ 4:00 a.m. CET (GMT+1)

[Website] – Thursday, 29 January, 2009, 3:00 a.m. ~ 7:00 a.m. CET (GMT+1)

Thank you and Happy Mapling!

- MapleStory Europe Staff –

~Impulse