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Here comes all them clb ign farming snatchers. RIP IGN selling economy.

[quote=caeg]I think Artasi a dragon cause he's spitin fire.[/quote]

im artasi, confirmed

@xxmcheifxx: oh ty sir i read the notes

[quote=ohjoseph]In the OP link it says at the last paragraph "Character names will be changed in every location that they are used in-game." Will this affect name-tagged items ?[/quote]

I'm not 100% sure but I don't think name tagged items would be effected.

[quote=sadvirgin]@xaiosun I'd be pretty devastated if I had come back last year after my break and all my IGNs had been changed to gibberish just because I wasn't high level enough. Then seeing other people run around in game with my igns that I was known for. I'd find it pretty difficult to enjoy my account after that, I think.
It's not like Nexon is gonna send out mass emails to people about this.[/quote]

It's not a big deal to lower it to 100 cap anyways. Imagine if it was 250 and under, how many people would be pissed off?

@xaiosun I'd be pretty devastated if I had come back last year after my break and all my IGNs had been changed to gibberish just because I wasn't high level enough. Then seeing other people run around in game with my igns that I was known for. I'd find it pretty difficult to enjoy my account after that, I think.
It's not like Nexon is gonna send out mass emails to people about this.

@muffinsinc what I'm saying is if you're taking such a long break, you probably wont be too heartbroken about the whole situation, and at worst will just be like "oh well" and continue on with your life.

[quote=xaiosun]@traitor Look man people dont just take 4+ year breaks like "Don't worry maple I'm coming back!" and honestly if they did actually care even remotely they would see this and log in. Its really not that big of deal because yea they put in hard work, but clearly they don't give a crap anymore else they would prevent it...[/quote]

Wait what does that even mean? If someones busy taking a 3+ year break why would they keep up with maple news like name changes even if they did care? Unless they had a friend warn them about it it doesn't seem likely that they would be informed about this. You think most people on such a long break just hop on basil or the main site regularly? Thats pretty silly to think, unless I misunderstood what you're saying (which is very possible).

I've been waiting for this day. Too bad it's only 1 free swap.

@xaiosun: That's extremely convenient to have someone inform you or hope you see the message. All I'm saying is that people who logged in within the approx 3 years ago who are above lv100 should be safe from this wipe. Anyone before that should be is not included in this. Even then, an enormous amount of igns will be freed up regardless. I know you wish for igns but if you look at the bigger picture, a lot of igns will be freed regardless without effecting too much of the population who may or may not return.

I know personally I took a break for many years before returning and am glad that I still have what I had prior. If I were to be renamed, it would be much harder to find friends whom I interacted with prior. I was able to find people even after many years due to this. All I'm saying is that 200 is a pretty high level bar to be set.

[quote=xaiosun]@traitor I understand that its only two years (which ill agree I thought that was a bit too short also) but still even than, chances are those people who actually do care at all will either log in or will have someone close to them who plays, that will either inform them or log on for them.[/quote]

Well it's pretty much 3 years cause its 2 years and 9 months.

@traitor I understand that its only two years (which ill agree I thought that was a bit too short also) but still even than, chances are those people who actually do care at all will either log in or will have someone close to them who plays, that will either inform them or log on for them.

@xaiosun: 2 year break because of nostalgia? I took one of those. If you read closely it only dates back to 2013

@traitor Look man people dont just take 4+ year breaks like "Don't worry maple I'm coming back!" and honestly if they did actually care even remotely they would see this and log in. Its really not that big of deal because yea they put in hard work, but clearly they don't give a crap anymore else they would prevent it...

[quote=traitor]I totally agree with the threshold of igns that are about to be released is enormous and that lv.100 and below would suffice. I know MANY MANY players who haven't logged on for years who never made it to 200. Even now, people still struggle to hit 200 even though it's easy. It would be sad to see people who are 1xx who weren't in it solely for the leveling to be renamed.

[b]Not everyone played MapleStory to grind to 200. In most cases even after Big Bang, 15x-16x was more than enough for most. If renamed and players come back after their hiatus of many years, I believe that players that got renamed should be issued a free ign change upon log in. This would only be fair since they have been stripped of their igns and replaced with numerals.[/b][/quote]

hell, I've been playing since 2008 and I still don't have a level 200

[quote=artasi]I misunderstood your quote, my apologies. However, throwing words like "liar" around doesn't help our game or community. If you want a civil discourse, I can give you one.

As Atquei said in the quote you mentioned, he wasn't aware of any planned DMT (he wouldn't be aware until shortly before the Cash Shop Update goes live, in his position), so I am quite confused as to what kind of point you are trying to prove. Regardless of the time Cash Shop Update posts may be written (which, as you said you have evidence of, one can only assume you mean our staging servers which are public knowledge at this point, but now blocked from outside access unless done through nefarious means), some members of Nexon America do not have visibility on things like this at all times, hence his ignorance of the fact. The fact that a staff member isn't aware of something is not necessarily related to NDA at all.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention however, and I wish you well in whatever your intentions are with the group (fussing about non-important information, or squeezing out information in anyway you can - it's doing nothing but spoiling the fun, really).[/quote]

Thank you, I wish you the best too!
I hope to hear from you soon (indirectly, of course)

ps: i do agree that I'm ruining the fun (for the special interest people ) and all emotions aside, at least I helped you see what you're up against. (eg: NDA breaker(s), security flaw)

I honestly didn't think Nexon would ever go through with this.
Oh, well. Better warn my inactive sibling so he doesn't lose any of the names on his two accounts. =/

[quote=ohjoseph]In the OP link it says at the last paragraph "Character names will be changed in every location that they are used in-game." Will this affect name-tagged items ?[/quote]

My guess will be no. I'm assuming that everywhere player.getCharName() (or a similar get function) is used will be changed, since the value that function returns will be changed to the string of numbers. It'd be like an old "Crafted by" tag. That isn't directly linked to the character. It's just added text.

I totally agree with the threshold of igns that are about to be released is enormous and that lv.100 and below would suffice. I know MANY MANY players who haven't logged on for years who never made it to 200. Even now, people still struggle to hit 200 even though it's easy. It would be sad to see people who are 1xx who weren't in it solely for the leveling to be renamed.

[b]Not everyone played MapleStory to grind to 200. In most cases even after Big Bang, 15x-16x was more than enough for most. If renamed and players come back after their hiatus of many years, I believe that players that got renamed should be issued a free ign change upon log in. This would only be fair since they have been stripped of their igns and replaced with numerals.[/b]

[quote=biancadelrio]So basically you only get a good IGN if you spend money[/quote]

Read the information provided in the first post. Everyone gets a free IGN change.

[quote=undexme]I agree with @SadVirgin that the level limit should be lowered to at most 100. Level 200 used to be the maximum level in the game, and regardless of how easy it is to reach now, it wasn't always that way. Many people have invested an enormous amount of time into their accounts without getting to 200, and it feels wrong to wipe out all their IGNs.

Also, @artasi, you may want to consider how this event is being rolled out. While no doubt it's a positive thing for the community, the vast majority of good freed IGNs will be immediately hoarded by people for the intention of keeping on a mule or (illegally) selling on the black market. This defeats the purpose of what you guys are trying to do. Instead of clearing the IGNs and allowing a free-for-all, you should [b]make them only applicable to characters using a name change[/b] to keep with the original spirit of the event.[/quote]

So basically you only get a good IGN if you spend money

In the OP link it says at the last paragraph "Character names will be changed in every location that they are used in-game." Will this affect name-tagged items ?

I agree with @SadVirgin that the level limit should be lowered to at most 100. Level 200 used to be the maximum level in the game, and regardless of how easy it is to reach now, it wasn't always that way. Many people have invested an enormous amount of time into their accounts without getting to 200, and it feels wrong to wipe out all their IGNs.

Also, @artasi, you may want to consider how this event is being rolled out. The vast majority of good freed IGNs will be immediately hoarded by people for the intention of keeping on a mule or (illegally) selling on the black market. This defeats the purpose of what you guys are trying to do. Instead of clearing the IGNs and allowing a free-for-all, you should make them only available to characters using a name change.

rip old players

im so hype! cool names available again! @artasi How would name changes affect players that have had previous bans? I was falsely banned a few years back and am worried I cant use any awesome names. Is there any way that if players have had a clean record for a certain duration they will become eligible?

[quote=rachelll]LOL, "no Miracle Time planned. "

You're such a liar. 7/14/15 8:08 PM was when atquei said there's no planned miracle time. Cash shop updates are written and compiled more than a day before and I have evidence of that (which I won't release as it would violate certain moral laws)

http://maplestory.nexon.net/news/3037/cash-shop-specials-7-15--7-21
In the 7/15 post, it clearly shows a Miracle time planned and furthermore, earlier that month you said the bonus potential cube in the rewards point shop was for a specific day of the month (which resulted in heavy speculation that it was for Miracle time which turned out to be right). So this proves that there was a Miracle time planned and there was knowledge of it at the time of atquei's private statement.

That information was NDA at the time as it was meant to be a surprise to maplers and knowing the date of Miracle time beforehand is like knowing the date of the Tower of Oz revamp beforehand (which was released in a certain twitch chat a week prior to the official announcement)

TL;DR
There was a MT planned and you weren't allowed to discuss it openly and you know that.[/quote]

I misunderstood your quote, my apologies. However, throwing words like "liar" around doesn't help our game or community. If you want a civil discourse, I can give you one.

As Atquei said in the quote you mentioned, he wasn't aware of any planned DMT (he wouldn't be aware until shortly before the Cash Shop Update goes live, in his position), so I am quite confused as to what kind of point you are trying to prove. Regardless of the time Cash Shop Update posts may be written (which, as you said you have evidence of, one can only assume you mean our staging servers which are public knowledge at this point, but now blocked from outside access unless done through nefarious means), some members of Nexon America do not have visibility on things like this at all times, hence his ignorance of the fact. The fact that a staff member isn't aware of something is not necessarily related to NDA at all.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention however, and I wish you well in whatever your intentions are with the group (fussing about non-important information, or squeezing out information in anyway you can - it's doing nothing but spoiling the fun, really).

I'm surprised that the cutoff point is so close, 2013. Even Blizzard's was 2011. Personally I think 200 is a really high requirement for a name wipe. Even with how easy it is to ramp up those levels now, that's a ton of affected characters. Whats more is that those names are instantly changed after maint - instead of being changed if a person tries to name change/make a new character with that name. So even the niche names will get changed. I don't know if they'll give out free name changes out to the affected people if/when they come back after the free week ends, but I doubt it. I like the idea but the execution could probably be better.

In any case, this is probably the *one* time I'd like a long/extended maintenance. There's basically no chance of getting a solid name if the game is up long enough before getting attempts in. Thursday huh. Got long class that day

[quote=artasi]Regardless of what you're trying to say here, my point is your dates on when you supposedly think World Transfer is are wrong.

Furthermore, that specific information is not NDA. There was no Miracle Time planned, and we discussed that openly.[/quote]

LOL, "no Miracle Time planned. "

You're such a liar. 7/14/15 8:08 PM was when atquei said there's no planned miracle time. Cash shop updates are written and compiled more than a day before and I have evidence of that (which I won't release as it would violate certain moral rules)

http://maplestory.nexon.net/news/3037/cash-shop-specials-7-15--7-21
In the 7/15 post, it clearly shows a Miracle time planned and furthermore, earlier that month you said the bonus potential cube in the rewards point shop was for a specific day of the month (which resulted in heavy speculation that it was for Miracle time which turned out to be right [url=http://maplestory.nexon.net/community#%2Fshowthread.php%3F1446301-No-Bonus-Cubes%26p%3D11931902%23post11931902%26nxid%3D6]source[/url]). So this proves that there was a Miracle time planned and there was knowledge of it at the time of atquei's private statement.

That information was covered by NDA at the time as it was meant to be a surprise to maplers and knowing the date of Miracle time beforehand is like knowing the date of the Tower of Oz revamp beforehand (which was released/leaked in a certain twitch chat a week prior to the official announcement).

TL;DR
There was a MT planned and you weren't allowed to discuss it openly and you know that.

[quote=rudekanna]You really search up those rankings everyday and look at "old pros" that haven't logged on for the last 3 years to motivate yourself? I think keeping them in your memory is enough. If they haven't logged on for that long, they will probably never come back anyway.[/quote]

Players come back from breaks longer than 3 years. There is a thread up right now about someone returning after 4 years of inactivity. A huge chunk of the current community consists of returning players.
I rank search a lot because I often indulge in nostalgia with other old returning players and search up our mutual friends and other players we remember. Plus I wouldn't want to see a player with any of my old friend's IGNs in game and think that they've returned only to be sorely disappointed. Meanwhile all the illegit players who were perma banned get to keep their identities intact and countless of IGN placeholders. Feels like a slap in the face, honestly.

I don't disagree with the need for this event, I disagree with the ridiculous level requirement since it screws over so many old players.
Also the short notice is horrible for people who have lost their account information and need to go through customer support to get it back.

yaaaaas

[quote=sadvirgin]@pokamanz: While I understand where you're coming from, old one-word IGNs and such would still be freed if the level requirement was lowered. 200 is insane.
Rankings still matter to some of us and I personally find it highly demotivating to have the "old pros" just wiped from existence. Even 100 would be more acceptable.[/quote]

I completely agree with this. I feel like many one-worded IGNs are held by players who never played beyond Beta or the first years of Maple, so it does make more sense to reduce the threshold level to 100 or lower. This update is going to displace a large amount of characters on the official ranking and in a sense, it's taking some of Maple's history with it. For old players, remember your first friend on Maple? Yea, his/her IGN will be 5837525 after October 15.

[quote=rachelll]Just like how sr gm atquei said there's no miracle time planned on the tuesday of the week of miracle time when asked in MLC chat? your secrets are safe with me

Edit:
"there is no plan for 2x miracle time anytime soon. at least not that i know of. maybe the game team is planning something"
-atquei
8:08 PM PST 7/14/15
the black market rates tanked that day :'([/quote]

Regardless of what you're trying to say here, my point is your dates on when you supposedly think World Transfer is are wrong.

Furthermore, that specific information is not NDA. There was no Miracle Time planned, and we discussed that openly.

[quote=sadvirgin]@pokamanz: While I understand where you're coming from, old one-word IGNs and such would still be freed if the level requirement was lowered. 200 is insane.
Rankings still matter to some of us and I personally find it highly demotivating to have the "old pros" just wiped from existence. Even 100 would be more acceptable.[/quote]

You really search up those rankings everyday and look at "old pros" that haven't logged on for the last 3 years to motivate yourself? I think keeping them in your memory is enough. If they haven't logged on for that long, they will probably never come back anyway.

I wouldn't doubt that people are breaking NDA. There are plenty of people who work for Nexon who do alot of unethical things that you guys don't even know about. One of the things that I am talking about is how I know for a fact, 2 of your employees for the past few years have been going through the database of accounts looking for IGNs that might have some money value to them and have been unactive for quite sometime and either unbanning the account or just accessing the account and deleting the character for the IGN and transferring them into a new account in order to sell them in the blackmarket. Hit me up if you want the proofs or want to discuss this issue more, cause last time I wrote a ticket about it you guys just bad mouthed me talking about how I'm trying to blackmail etc..

[quote=artasi]The Council hasn't even discussed World Transfer yet. Either you're getting false information from someone who is, regardless, still breaking NDA, or you're making dates up.

Either way, this is wrong. We have confirmed, however, that World Transfer will be happening this year.[/quote]

@pokamanz: While I understand where you're coming from, old one-word IGNs and such would still be freed if the level requirement was lowered. 200 is insane.
Rankings still matter to some of us and I personally find it highly demotivating to have the "old pros" just wiped from existence. Even 100 would be more acceptable.

Wow
Over the years of collecting character slots from events for free
my maxed empty character slots can finally serve a purpose

I really really really think they should reconsider the level limit for this. 30 or 50 would be more than enough to free up old IGNs that are in high demand while respecting old players who reached above those levels when it was harder times, and then quit along the way.

[quote=garrettshot]1. Does the inactive name changing apply to FangBlade and characters like his?
2. Do you just have to log into the account to stop from Character IGNs being changed, or log into every character?
3. How long is considered inactive?
4. If the inactive character IGN's become available, I'm assuming that means we can just start creating new characters with the free'd IGNs?[/quote]

If you bothered to read the post (it's like two whole paragraphs, quite a bit of reading),

1/3) "All characters under Lv. 200 on accounts that have not been logged in since January 1, 2013 will have their names changed to a combination of numerals."
2) "What if I don't want my character's name changed to numerals?

If you have an account that is currently inactive, you need to login to the account before Thursday, October 15. This way your account will no longer be considered inactive, and your character names will not be changed. "
4) "By changing these names to numerals, the original names will once again be available for use."

[quote=artasi]The Council hasn't even discussed World Transfer yet. Either you're getting false information from someone who is, regardless, still breaking NDA, or you're making dates up.

Either way, this is wrong. We have confirmed, however, that World Transfer will be happening this year.[/quote]

I was too excited 2 read before posting. nevermind now.

[quote=artasi]The Council hasn't even discussed World Transfer yet. Either you're getting false information from someone who is, regardless, still breaking NDA, or you're making dates up.

Either way, this is wrong. We have confirmed, however, that World Transfer will be happening this year.[/quote]

I think Artasi a dragon cause he's spitin fire.

[quote=artasi]The Council hasn't even discussed World Transfer yet. Either you're getting false information from someone who is, regardless, still breaking NDA, or you're making dates up.

Either way, this is wrong. We have confirmed, however, that World Transfer will be happening this year.[/quote]

Just like how sr gm atquei said there's no miracle time planned on the tuesday of the week of miracle time when asked in MLC chat? your secrets are safe with me

Edit:
"there is no plan for 2x miracle time anytime soon. at least not that i know of. maybe the game team is planning something"
-atquei
8:08 PM PST 7/14/15
the black market rates tanked that day :'(

Everyone planning to hog those freed up IGNs?

[quote=rachelll]World xfer back december 2nd (Confirmed by member(s) of MLC)[/quote]

The Council hasn't even discussed World Transfer yet. Either you're getting false information from someone who is, regardless, still breaking NDA, or you're making dates up.

Either way, this is wrong. We have confirmed, however, that World Transfer will be happening this year.

LF<my old igns

@alexstahp: I personally don't think anyone deserves to be scammed.

[quote=masterobert]Does anyone else deep inside feel wrong to change a characters IGN that you made with?[/quote]
tbh i make igns that i like, not just ones that i would want to change in the future

I love all my IGNs. Though, my HS mule is just random letters.

Under level 200? That's truly massive and I am not excited about this because of old noted players getting screwed over.

[quote=appall]Let the scamming begin..?[/quote]

People still fall for scams ? They deserve it at this point if they haven't learnt after so many years

Let the scamming begin..?