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thread starter Esse Jul 27 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Source: http://maplestory.nexon.net/News/Events.aspx?boardNo=200&contentNo=008RQ (Official Site) Have you ever seen a cuckoo? It's a fairly common bird across most of the world, especially in Europe and North America. Most cuckoo species are about the size of a dove and they live mostly insects and fruit. By and large they're a fairly inoffensive -- even helpful -- species of birds, with one notable exception: They're parasites that if left uncontrolled can wipe out every other bird in their area. They do this by the way they reproduce. Certain types of cuckoos will lay their eggs in the nest of another bird. Then when the baby cuckoo hatches they'll push all the other eggs or chicks out of the nest in order to monopolize the food. If other birds don't figure out how to defend themselves from these parasites, it doesn't take long before the current generation of birds ends up being the last. Cuckoos are in essence "counterfeit birds." The United States Secret Service has to deal with cuckoo's eggs as well. The Secret Servic has basically two jobs. One is protecting the lives of government officials. The second, lesser known one is tracking down and preventing counterfeiting. The fact that the same people responsible for protecting the President of the United States are also responsible for protecting the nation's money supply should indicate just how important this function is. Put simply, if left unchecked, counterfeit money can destroy a nation the same way the cuckoo's eggs can wipe out a species. Unfortunately, it's not only countries and birds that have to deal with the problem of cuckoo's eggs. Massively multiplayer online games with in-game currency also have deal with this. Once you create a system that involves economies -- even if it's a virtual economy that only exists as ones and zeros -- you introduce the problems of economics. Part of that is that MMOs eventually attract parasites that are the human equivalent of cuckoos. Their depredattions are so serious that game companies actually institute emergency plans to take care of them -- including the MMO equivalent of napalming a whole region to get rid of the cuckoo problem. The MMO equivalent of napalming is called a "rollback" and it's a nightmare for both developers and players. A "rollback" means resetting entire game servers back to an earlier saved state. Depending on how much time is lost, it means that players can lose days or even weeks of effort. They may lose precious items that they gained legitimately through questing or trading. The company's Customer Support may be overwhelmed with legitimate complaints from players who didn't do anything wrong and they must then sort out those complaints from scammers who try to exploit the situation. It's a frustrating situation for player and company alike. Yet it's just one of the ways that so-called "duping" exploits can damage a game. Here�s a few of the effects that a money duping can have on a game: � Inflation: When uncontrolle

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Warhodes 07/27/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

everyone acts likenexon LOVES rollbacks ...? its their worst nightmare! losing thousand of players that are paying money on this game...

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Kalemora 07/27/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Yer. Hopefully people know this is explaining the previous rollback and not hinting another.

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mapleck 07/27/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

This..Is..A... Terrible...Analogy... Are you serious Nexon?

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sworntokill 07/27/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Notice how Nexon doesn't say anything about how the duping came about, that is, Nexon failing to prevent it like they are supposed to

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GodSpeaks 07/27/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] sworntokill : Notice how Nexon doesn't say anything about how the duping came about, that is, Nexon failing to prevent it like they are supposed to [/quote] It's such a shame how many exploits there are in maple. I was the original creator of the donation box one, and I just found a new one last night that is almost as good (not that stupid el nath thing)

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Candiegirl40 07/27/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

yay, cuckoo birds!

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Laestenth 07/27/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Umm yeah. Nexon WOULD compare the rollbacks to birds.

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katz993 07/27/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I like this

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Bayne312 07/27/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] GodSpeaks : It's such a shame how many exploits there are in maple. I was the original creator of the donation box one, and I just found a new one last night that is almost as good (not that stupid el nath thing) [/quote] Cool, im the guy that invented the internet, and i also was the first elephant to swim the english channel.

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Ganeoxxx 07/27/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Brilliant. Hopefully this will make the stupid masses shut their mouths and think.

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Singvogel 07/27/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Ganeoxxx : Brilliant. Hopefully this will make the stupid masses shut their mouths and think. [/quote] Not really. Now people are assuming there will be another rollback, which is ... not what they're implying at all. So, who wants ice cream?

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Esse 07/27/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Ganeoxxx : Brilliant. Hopefully this will make the stupid masses shut their mouths and think. [/quote] Indeed, basically, Nexon is explaining in a way that dumb rant-tards can unterstand this, and i'm not supporting Nexon, but this is a very good way to make players understand why they did those Rollbacks. Still, is no excuse to Rollback so many times, but well, hackers have all the fault this time, not Nexon.

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SunnyDee 07/27/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Only ONE problem with this issue. LOL. If they are going to have a rollback that means they will have to roll back to when DB's are released, BUT they also said that we can trade in our blank scrolls for 50% scrolls, which is entirely impossible since the blank scrolls were released when DBs were. So Nexon still fails. Either way.

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IBakeBabies 07/27/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

HORRIBLE analogy. It made me laugh. Also, the fact that they assume players are retarded enough to let the economy inflate to the point where no one could buy anything, that's just dumb. There's enough guilds out there with enough power to not let that happen. Well there WAS, until basically all the merchants had their money taken away. Additionally, why use a napalm reference? Isn't the game intended for 10 year olds now?

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