30 Aug 2013

Announcement on Advertising & Monetary Trading in MapleSEA

Dear Maplers,

We would like to once again highlight the penalty for offenses mentioned under Advertising & Monetary Trading for our game service.

Advertising

Definition: Any attempt to distribute third-party software (hack tools) and/or any means to increase the publicity of any third-party websites to other players for gains, commercial or otherwise.

Offences under Advertising include:

Any attempt to distribute third party software

Any attempt to increase publicity of third party website

Any attempt to distribute third-party software and/or any means to increase the publicity of any third-party websites to other players for gains, commercial or otherwise.

Penalty for Advertising:

1st Offence: Permanent Ban + Restriction of Asiasoft Passport
Offenders will face Permanent Ban of the offending Maplestory account regardless of any previous account reactivations.

*Mentioning of personal page(s) or any other link(s) that promote publicity of any third-party websites to other players for personal or commercial gains, will result in direct suspension under advertising.




Monetary Trading

It has also come to our attention that the buying and selling of MapleStory Cash Items and Game Items is taking place in MapleSEA. Please kindly note that selling of Cash/In-Game Items for legal tender is strictly illegal as the ownership of all items and materials belong to AsiaSoft Online and Nexon.

In addition, such illegal activities are not desirable in MapleSEA as sellers and buyers will be solely responsible for their actions. There is no mechanism to ensure the exchange is fair and will be carried out entirely.

Offences under Monetary Trading include:

Buying/Selling of In-Game item with/for monetary value

Buying/Selling of In-Game currency with/for monetary value

Buying/Selling of Maple Cash with/for Meso

Buying/Selling of Game Account(s)

Buying/Selling of Cash items with/for monetary value

Advertising of such trades in-game

Usage of acronyms like SGD, PPC, RM, RMT, etc which can be seen as an act of monetary trading.

Usage of other ambiguous acronyms or codes which are meant to create ambiguity in order to circumvent the usual acronyms.

(For example)


Penalty for Monetary Trading:

1st Offence:
14 days in-game ban + Restriction of Asiasoft Passport

Players will not be able to access the offending Maplestory game account in any way during the ban period.
Players are required to re-activate their restricted Asiasoft Passport before they can access to their offending MapleStory game account after the ban period.

2nd and Subsequent Offences, if applicable:
Permanent Ban + Restriction of Asiasoft Passport

Repeat offenders will face Permanent Ban of the offending Maplestory account regardless of any previous account reactivations.

*For trading of in-game items, please be specific in your trade description.
*Refrain from leaving your contact number for offline trading. This is to protect your personal privacy.
*Any form of advertising for Monetary Trading within the game e.g. Shop Name, Megaphone Message, Normal Chat etc will fall under offenses under this category.
*Failure to adhere to the above policy will result in the same penalty as trading in-game item(s) or currency for monetary. All trade should be carried out via the in-game trade function or the MTS to safeguard players’ interest.
*All GM and MapleSEA administrator decisions are final in the game.
**Appeals will not be entertained.

News last updated as of 2nd September 2013, 1035hrs +8 GMT.

For any feedback or enquiry, please send it in via our iBox for further assistance. Thank you.

News last updated as of 2nd September 2013, 1241hrs +8 GMT.

– MapleSEA Adminstrator