Category Archives: Non-MapleStory Related News

News not related to MapleStory.

Nexon Games Crash Once More!

As of 5:43pm est it seems that several Nexon Games such as Maple Story, Dungeon Fighter Online, and Combat Arms have crashed. From what we know it seems that before everyone was kicked off the servers if you logged off you could not log back on.

This little notice was left on the Nexon Sites:

 

Intermittent Login IssuesDate 7/2/2011

Dear players,
We are aware that some players are having difficulty logging into the website and/or game. We are investigating the issue and hope to have it resolved shortly.
Thank you for your patience and we hope to have this fixed shortly.
-The Nexon team-

There were several events for MapleStory on this exact time, and it seems once again they have been ruined.

I know there has been no coverage of GMS Chaos Related Downtime, but I will update all of you on that as soon as I can. It’s just a lot to put together.

-Impulse

[NexonIsOnline]All Nexon Games and Webpages offline and Poptag is closing!

The update has been finished for a few hours now, and most of the updates may seem well and put together, but when you go to use them they begin to not work. Many functions you try to do result in a

500 Internal Server Error


nginx/0.8.54

Now, one of the main reasons for this update must be to make the Nexon America Webpages much easier for casual gamers, but even after 15 or more hours of maintenance there still seems to be issues with this update that could get in the way of many players.

I hope they release a little announcement on this, just not more downtime..

It is 5:54 pm est and the Nexon portal and Games seem to be online,  The Earning Free NX Section still seems to be on its way to be fixed, but it may just be a little error. Everything seems quite nice. The new portal does look better than the previous one. yey.

The Maple Story Facebook page has been recently updated it is 4:25 pm EST :

Sorry, folks, the website maintenance and update has run into a few snags. At this time we do not have an estimated time when this process will be completed. We will let you know once we do. Thank you!

The update was given 3 minutes ago. It seems this is going on and on.

 

 

 

Another update, which I can only find on the Dungeon Fighter Online Facebook page, at 4:07 PM EST:

The game and website maintenance is taking longer than we expected. We will inform you guys when we have a clear ETA.

 

:C, this makes many sad.

 

We have gotten this update from the Face Book page:

The game and website maintenance has been extended. New eta: 1PM Pacific.

It seems we will have to wait some more, :C!

 

There will be a big maintenance that will have all Nexon.net games, forums, etc offline for 12 hours. Here are the full details:

Dear Players:

Nexon will be performing a maintenance to implement the new portal on Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 10 PM Pacific for approximately twelve hours. During this time, the following will be unavailable:

* All game servers
* All game, website and forum login
* All Nexon websites
* Nexon account registration
* All billing functions (including charging and spending NX and redeeming Nexon Game Cards)

Please note that all games will come down and all game Start buttons will become disabled and will display the following message once the maintenance has started:

“We’re implementing our new portal! Check the websites for updates.

Once the maintenance has been completed, you will be able to access all of these functions as usual.

-Time-

Pacific: 10:00 PM Thursday, June 23, 2011 – 10:00 AM Friday, June 24, 2011
Eastern: 1:00 AM – 1:00 AM Friday, June 24, 2011

Thank you for your patience.

The Nexon Team

Yeah, They always seem to mess up the Eastern time, but we know. There was a scheduled maintenance last night, but there were some complication so that was not able to be posted, my apologies.

Some prolonged news that we have been unable to post for you guys due to some other complications: Poptag will be closing on July 14th. Open beta for Poptag began on 1/26/10 and now 1 year 5 months and 14 days later they will be officially closing North American service of Poptag. Here is the official announcement from the Poptag webpage:

 

Greetings players,

It is with a heavy heart that the PopTag! team must announce that we will be closing the service effective Thursday, July 14, 2011. This was a difficult decision based on multiple factors including the ability to deliver new content regularly due to the limited resources we had available for the game. Based on these criteria, we felt that we could no longer deliver a satisfactory experience to our players.

Nexon America is truly grateful to our wonderful community of PopTag! players. Thank you all for your support.

There are many more Nexon games to check out, and we sincerely hope you all continue to be part of our family.

Please note that the PopTag! service will continue until July 14 with the following changes:

· Effective immediately NX items will no longer be available. However, the following NX game items will be available for in-game Lucci.

· Any PopTag! items purchased for NX currently in the possession of PopTag! players will be refunded. More details will be available on July 14.

Please keep an eye on the official PopTag! site for any further developments.

Once again, we thank the PopTag! community for supporting the game. It’s been a valuable experience for us as we work to bring even more exciting online games to life in the future.

Sincerely,

The PopTag! team

It seems that yet another one bites the dust..

Chaos is on the way! We will be having a variety of things going on for MNNs 4th Anniversary!

MNN Tip of the Week:If you want something done, do it yourself. Don’t rely on others, most of the time, they will let you down.

Impulsively,

Impulse

Dragon Nest North America Closed Beta Testing Begins!

Dragon Nest, one of the most anticipated new Nexon games, Closed Beta has begun!

Here are the Testing Times:

Play Times

Wednesday, June 15:        12 PM ~ 6 PM (Pacific)
Thursday, June 16:           12 PM ~ 6 PM (Pacific)
Friday, June 17:                12 PM ~ 11:59 PM (Pacific)
Saturday, June: 18            12 AM ~ 11:59 PM (Pacific)
Sunday, June 19:              12 AM ~ 11:59 PM (Pacific)
Monday, June 20:             12 AM ~ 12 PM (Pacific)

 

They have a variety of cool things going on. Check them out below!

Hello, Adventurers!

In a game as big as Dragon Nest, the best advice for conquering evil is simple – don’t go alone! To encourage that, the Dragon Nest team would like you to create your own “Beta Legion.” Simply get together with your friends and form an alliance to fight off your enemies. When you do, you’ll reap the kind of rewards that your brave band of adventurers deserves!

To participate:

• Form a group of two to four players and start clearing dungeons together.*

- Clear one dungeon and every member of the party will receive a 5% EXPbonus thereafter for the length of the Closed Beta.
- Clear your second and third dungeons for another 5% EXP bonus each time, up to a total of 15%!
- Additionally, if any member of your party is also on your Friends list, you get another 5% boost for a possible total of 20% EXP bonus through the end of the Closed Beta!

Welcome to the world of Dragon Nest!

-The Dragon Nest Team-

*The bonus will stay as long as you keep the requirements of staying in the same party or having your friend on the party.

This is a great way to encourage more social interaction!

Another notice:

Hello, Adventurers!

We want to make Dragon Nest the most exciting action MMO in the world, and you’re an important part of that! As a thank you for taking part in the Dragon Nest Closed Beta, all testers are eligible to participate in the “Dragon Nest Pioneer” Title event!

To participate
:

• Log in to the Dragon Nest Closed Beta at least 5 days during its duration, from June 15-20, 2011.
• Reach level 16 with one character by June 20, 2011.

Prize
:

The “Dragon Nest Pioneer” Title*

The “Dragon Nest Pioneer” is a permanent title exclusively available during the Closed Beta! This title offers a +2 to all stats. More importantly, it tells the world that you were one of the first to play Dragon Nest in the US, Canada and Australia!

Welcome to the world of Dragon Nest!

-The Dragon Nest Team-

*The Dragon Nest Pioneer Title will be awarded to qualified Closed Beta testers during Open Beta.

A very cool way to get the testers to want to play, and to make us feel special!

The last, but certainly not the least:

Hello, Adventurers!

What do adventurers and dragons have in common? A passionate love for treasure of course! We’re here to feed that need with the “Dragon’s Hoard” Closed/Open Beta Event!

To participate
:

• Log in to the Dragon Nest Closed Beta every day during its duration, from June 15-20, 2011, and collect a total of 6,000 Scales! 1,000 Scales will be awarded to your account for each day you log in!*
• The Scales you collect will be available to you during the Open Beta test. Use your Scales to purchase cosmetic and convenience items in the Dragon Vault! Any items you purchase with Scales during Open Beta are yours to keep!**

Welcome to the world of Dragon Nest!

-The Dragon Nest Team-

*All Open Beta participants will be given 5,000 Scales. All Closed Beta Dragon’s Hoard participants will receive these 5,000 Scales together with any Scales they accumulate from this event during Open Beta.

**All unspent Scales will be deleted at official game launch.

Awesome!

Those who applied will surely be happy…and those who didn’t will regret it! I have been accepted and will be playing as much as I can, haha!

 

You can add me on the East Server. Impulse is my IGN. Add me and we can tear it up!!

Impulsively,

Impulse

The End of Spadow's Blog?

As many of you guys know (or should know, at least), Spadow is a Blogger that writes about KMS/T information and other stuff on his blog. He has been a great help to us when it comes to reporting new information to our site as well. Today, Spadow posted a new entry on his blog, titled “The adventure has come to an end…” Here’s what it read, word-for-word:

This was a really hard decision for me. I have decided to pull the plug on my blog.
Most of you readers will probably be disappointed in me because of this, but I have to do what is best for me.

Lately, my life is interfering with this lovely hobby, which is blogging.
My mission of Spadow’s Blog was to give everyone rich news about the latest content in the Korean version of MapleStory.
In the beginning my entries were sloppy and not that great, but I have grown in time and become better in it.
It’s quality over quantity what I was aiming for.
For me, creating an informational post with translated info, images & videos from my own and other sources is not easy.
Most of the posts required a lot of hours. Though, it was hard but my blog proved to be a success.

A lot of events have occurred in my personal life, so I really need a break from blogging.
Blogging on the internet is really a passion that I love to do. Did you know that I didn’t like it at first?
I, really am thankful to all my (loyal) readers who visited my blog over the past 2 years and 10 months.
All your comments have been read by me and I’m sorry I could not answer on all your comments.

These days, I don’t spend a lot of time in MapleStory, but I will definitely keep playing, though not much as I used to.
I intend to keep going with uploading videos on my YouTube account and I stay semi-active on Twitter.

Today is a really sad day for me because I put a lot of effort in this blog and now I suddenly have to leave you.
Visitor, it was an honour knowing you. Again thank you very much for sticking with me till the end.
Goodbye.

Maybe… just maybe I will come back…

Bang!

We at Maple-News would like to say that we will miss you Spadow. Live long and prosperous. *nerd face and Spock hand*

Source: Clicky!

BannedStory is Back!! (Updated)

BannedStory is one of the most used MapleStory related program; everyone has at least heard of it or used it. The program is a MapleStory character simulator that has extractions of the sprites used from the game. It was mainly used for creating animations, looks, etc.

Nexon AMERICA had once told the developer he will be unable to get the extractions from the North American version of the game due to violation of copyrights. Even so, the program kept on rising with its foreign content.

Update!!

Banned Story is now back! If you head on to http://maplesimpulator.com you will see that it is back to normal, and now up and running. Here is a little message left from Ion, the creator of this fine program.

Great news everybody! Nexon America lifted the Cease & Desist letter that Nexon Korea sent me some days ago. This means that BannedStory, MapleMap and all their related content can be back online for public use. This is weird somehow since Nexon America prohibited me the use of GMS content in the first place, but anyways, thanks Nexon America.

As you can see in the last update, Nexon Amercia has authorized the use of GMS content inside the program. I will try to update the program with this new content as soon as possible so please be patient.

My appreciation goes to everyone who gave me their support and help. All those who signed the online petition to bring BannedStory back. Everyone who sent me emails encouraging me to keep going, to find a way to solve this. All those who fought in various forums and blogs to bring BannedStory back. This is the power of the MapleStory community. Working together you can accomplish anything.

Thank You Maplers!

It seems that because of the huge positive argument that the Maple Community gave has been enough to lift a C&D from Nexon Korea. It seems that the lack of people saying crude things towards the company, and instead said nice, more meaningful statements that actually pushed the fight to actually having a chance of getting the C&D lifted and it worked.

 

On May 23, Nexon Korea issued a CaD ( Cease and Desist) letter stating that they will shut down all MapleStory related items on the website.

Statement from the Developer of BannedStory:

Sad news dear BannedStory users,

Nexon of Korea Have Sent Me to Cease and Desist letter to stop all MapleStory Activities That Are held in this site. Nexon of Korea have sent me a Cease and Desist letter to stop all MapleStory activities that are held in this site. This time it will Be All, Not Just a single game client as Opposed to What Happened with Nexon of America. This time it will be all, not just a single game client as opposed to what happened with Nexon of America. Again, I Have Them Through emails Explained What the Programs Are, What They Do and What They Do, But with no success. Again, I have explained them through emails what the programs are, what they do and what they don’t, but with no success. It is True What They Are in Their letter stating: I am violating copyright Their material, so I have no right to fight Against That. It is true what they are stating in their letter: I am violating their copyright material, so I have no right to fight against that. You Can check a screenshot of the letter Below (I have checked and Its Already real). You can check a screenshot of the letter below (I have already checked and its real).

I Never Expected to Be this program as popular as it is and for so long, But its all thanks to you. I never expected this program to be as popular as it is and for so long, but its all thanks to you. I am glad That You Have Found It Useful Not Only for all your Creative Needs, But Also as a jump-starting point Into the world of MapleStory. I am glad that you have found it useful not only for all your creative needs, but also as a jump-starting point into the world of MapleStory. As for the site, Everything That is related to MapleStory Will Be removed, Leaving the rest intact. As for the site, everything that is related to MapleStory will be removed, leaving the rest intact.

That Please take Into account the distribution of copyright infringement también material part of the clauses Written in the letter. Please take into account that distribution of the copyright infringement material is also part of the clauses written in the letter. That Means That I Can not Provide Any downloads of Any kind. That means that I cannot provide any downloads of any kind. That includes the program and Its resources, extraction tools and source codes. That includes the program and its resources, extraction tools and source codes.

Yours sincerely, Yours sincerely,
Ion

It has come to an end, the prodigy of the this popular MapleStory program… People over at various MapleStory forums rage at this action; perhaps this is also the end to many MMV (Maple Music Videos) and various animations such as Maple Kombat, but who knows?

We can only wait to see what goes on in the future.

Message to BannedStory people: http://www.maplesimulator.com/content/nexon-vs-bannedstory&usg=ALkJrhihDxV2XfgtHsoPE_tTmovZgZYvCQ

Credits to BasilMarket, BannedStory.

UPDATE

This just in: Nexon America is aware of the problem between BannedStory’s CaD.

They are trying to lift off the CaD at the moment.

Hoorah?

http://forum.nexon.net/MapleStory/forums/thread/7383054.aspx

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