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Hello, hello, hello!
Hi fellow MNNians!
Well, the hacker seems to have struck again (this is turning out worse than the new star wars prequels) and effectively incapacitated the site for a good few weeks (oops). But we’re back and ready to go!
You’ll notice a few changes to the website. First of all, Read the rest of this entry
MapleParty Interview with Savage
Savage recently did an interview with Deathez of MapleParty where they talked about Maple-News’ humble beginnings, staff changes, rival sites, the future, and Maple-News’ upcoming 4th Anniversary on June 30th!
There’s an excerpt below but be sure to check out the full interview here with a preview of our new web design!
The MapleStory KMS, GMS, MapleSea, MapleEurope, and about everything about MapleStory! Including private servers (well mostly about the servers shutting down). Also a blog about Non-MapleStory. There are several staff members who blog for free. Its because they love MapleStory and money doesn’t matter. That’s a true Mapler. They give us news first from all MapleStory(s) around the world to tell us what’s happening. Maple-News, is the one and only MapleStory news network dedicated to bringing the community frequently updated, unbiased, and interesting news about the game and its related topics.
I also got to interview the owner of Maple-News. Here’s the interview:What’s your name (Owner a.k.a. Savage)? My real name’s Harry Metzler. Everyone was going by aliases when they made fansites back then, so I decided to continue with that precedent.
When did Maple-News start? June 30, 2007
How many workers worked for Maple-News when it started ?When Maple-News started it was pretty much just myself and my friend Justin (known as Iris). We had been part of other fansites, particularly an old forum/database site called “Happy Mapling”. We really got involved in that site and when things started going downhill with their management we decided to start our own site. My mom is a news anchor/journalist, so making a news site was obvious. We all loved writing and just wanted to contribute to the community. And then we had Loliness and some friends from MapleStory join and it kind of grew from there. It really depends, to be honest. We’ve gone through waves of staff members that have made great contributions to this website. But things change, and some of those staff members had to move on.
Whose your most loyal worker? I would have to say the most loyal worker is Iris. He’s been there with me since the beginning and even though he’s inactive when it comes to actually working on the site he still helps out with bills and helps plan big updates and such.
So I’d have to say him. But there have been tons of great staff members over the years.
Was there any huge problem with Maple-news throughout the years? When we first started the fansite community, it was very different. Everyone was doing it because they enjoyed playing MapleStory and wanted to share their experiences and contribute to the community. We met a lot of great people who helped us get off the ground but there were sites, most notably rival news sites, that frequently harassed us.
Name one rival news site that is still up or the biggest rival? There are none. There were three of them, in total but none of them lasted longer than a month or two. I don’t think they understood that you can’t just write random updates. Anyway, a lot of people don’t understand that a lot of work actually goes into writing news posts. It’s not copy and pasting news updates from the official site. A lot of thought goes into our posts.
What would you rate your site? I‘d give us a 7. I think we’ve come a long way but we can always get better.
Are you deciding to change the template? Yes. We’re planning to re-do the site template for our 4th anniversary on June 30th.
How much longer will Maple-New be running? We’ll keep running the site as long as we have the money to pay the hosting and the will and inspiration to keep writing about the game. As long as people still visit, comment, and show interest in the site, we’re motivated to keep on going.
How much money do you make a month? Surprisingly, we barely make any money on the site. It’s a popular belief that if you run a website you make money off of it but unless you’re running sites like Sleepywood or Basil Market you’re not making much money. I know even they don’t make too much. The site’s funded out of our own pocket and we only get a few donations a year. We didn’t decide to do this for the money (although some revenue would be nice and would allow us to make the site better). It really depends on who decides to buy adspace each month. That’s where we get our real revenue.
KMS Tespia Term Three!
Update:9/15/2010/2:22 pm Eastern: Lion Hear Castle has been released into the Official KMS Server. It was updated in patch version 1.2.111! Have Fun KMSers!
KMS has reopened Tespia! It will be open from September 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010! KMST is back for another round of testing, and the testers have been going in! There has been some really great looking content so far from the extractions done by Fiel. KMST Term three is testing for The Lion Hear Castle! Maybe to some of the older players that headed to El Nath looked in the back ground my have saw a mysterious castle of some sorts(Click Here for that image!)! This may be the Castle, but they haven’t completely confirmed it, and according to Spadow’s Blog they have not updated the World Map yet either. The Content is really for the higher levels. The Castle is for high levels, and this is a big sanctification for the higher levels! The monsters have hp in the millions. There is a Party Quest that comes along with this, but I haven’t found any game play on it, but I did find this picture of the Boss.(Click Here for the Image!) The Story Line goes that Van Leon the boss gives his soul to the Black Magician, and he becomes the monster shown in the image there. The monsters are pretty different, and just a bit more cool. The BGM is great. The music is much different, and adds to the medieval castle experience.
Another system that was tested in Tespia was the new guild system. This patch changed the prices for making the guild, creating an emblem, changing it, and more. They added guild skills to it, and you buy skills to use, and you have to get Guild Points. This is like the Family System, but integrated with the Guild System, and just cool. They also added a new thing called the Ultimate Adventurers. To make an Ultimate Adventurer you must have a level 120 Knight of Cygnus Character. There hasn’t been much information on this, because you can’t make one on KMST yet, so either they haven’t completely released it, or it’s just bugged, and they are in the process of releasing it for testing. There hasn’t been any other really new news lately, just these are the headlines. As for the Dual Blade class being nerfed there has been no sign of that, nor any signs of that to the Mechanic class.
Also Congratulations to all the Servers that have defeated Pink Bean. Good Job to all! Windia was the first to defeat it, and so far only a few others have done it. Scania has not, but I am sure it will happen soon enough.
Impulsively,
Impulse
I will make updates to this article as more information is found, so keep checking in.
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Source(s).
http://maplestory.nexon.com
http://southperry.net Fiel, for the Extractions.
http://spadow.wordpress.com For the images, and majority of information.
http://youtube.com/skycombat For the story line info, and more.
The Images used content from Banned Story Background.
v88 Patch is done, and DualBladers are Released!
Hello, everyone, Impulse here to let you all know that the highly anticipated v88 patch is done! We all know that in this patch it has something special. A feature that almost everyone has wanted to try, and the DualBladers have been released. They are finally here. There are a lot more new features that come with this patch, and they are great too. Chaos Zakum, and Chaos Horntail have been released. They are powerful versions of the regular bosses, but drop better Zakum Helms, and HornTail Pendants. This patch offers higher EXP gains on Party Quests, and quests. We will have some new cash shop items available to the community, and many NX gains for some old time players. For you damage whores, and for those who want to show off your pretty items, new item systems will be in place, they will make your items much stronger than they are. The new follow system is in place and allows you to explore your buddies activities while they do what they do! This is a great feature for people who need help on training. This will allow them to get first hand tips on it from the pros. There are many new features for all types of players. The latest patch has gone good so far. We haven’t seen anyone complaining yet. 
If you have anything to say about the new patch, and any comments on the new features, the new class, etc. Do not hesitate to post below, or on the forums.
Impulsively,
Impulse
Post your comments below. 
Maple Points "Give-away"
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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