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There's a sinister crime
on the rise, cheating in video games and so, a war against cheaters has been declared at least that's what it seems by MapleStory's parent company Nexon. Three teenagers aged 17 and 18 were allegedly caught using cheating tools to obtain items and level-up in a free-to-play online game.Nexon didn't like this and had decided to charge these teenagers with hacking-related offenses. We have also learned that Nexon may have arrested them for being possible authors of various cheating tools which estimated to have generated over 8-million yen ($78,000USD).Nexon claims it will not stop and it is waging war against cheaters, quote "We dealt with this strictly before, and we’ll grapple with illicit activity as aggressively as possible from now on as well."
(Quote seen from Sankaku Complex)On one side we have the possibility that they were arrested strictly because they had reason to believe these teenagers created the hacking tool and sold it for millions, but on the other hand it seems that Nexon wants to start charging individuals under the rule of "hacking" if you cheat. Some across twitter and BBS have warned that this is dangerous as it could lead to many false accusations as many have suggested already. But on the other side, many players are rejoicing because they grew tired of cheaters.We would love to hear what Nexon has to say about this, and we'll keep you posted if we hear about anything.
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