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gusty ([info]gusty) wrote in [info]i_wank,
@ 2007-10-30 18:31:00


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I promise this is the last Maple Story wank I'll ever post.
... maybe.

So this is going in [info]i_wank because I had to put my two cents in. The stupid was just too intense.

In the MMO Maple Story, there are lots of pop culture references. Little nods to anime/TV/movies/books/etc. that geeks tend to get a big kick out of. Sometimes these references are found in character's names, sometimes in the accessories you can dress your pixel person in, sometimes in quotes said by NPCs, and so on and so forth. Common sense would dictate these are harmless parodies of the 'nudge nudge wink wink' variety...

Zap feels differently. Clearly Nexon is 'ripping off' things and must be stopped! Others chime in to help him/her/it compile a list of what the sneaky sneaky company is trying to steal! Voices of reason are mostly ignored.

It all hurt me very much to read. Now it can hurt you too.


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[info]blackjackrocket
2007-10-31 09:30 am UTC (link)
What burns the most is the assertation by so many of those people that Nexon must have paid the people they're parodying. I mean sure, most people don't know the ins and outs of copyright law, but they HAVE to be at least passingly familiar with parody!

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[info]impendingdoom
2007-10-31 10:07 am UTC (link)
oh Maple. just... why so wanky? *tear*

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[info]silrana
2007-10-31 10:37 am UTC (link)
Wow. Their heads would explode if they played City of Heroes. It is full of little references and jokes to comic books and other pop culture. They'd be foaming at the mouth within the first hour.

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[info]cygnia
2007-10-31 03:31 pm UTC (link)
Ditto World of Warcraft.

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[info]makeshyft
2007-11-01 01:43 pm UTC (link)
*loves Groundskeeper Williegh*

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[info]alleyprowler
2007-10-31 06:06 pm UTC (link)
They should stay far, far away from Kingdom of Loathing, too.

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[info]daphhime
2007-11-01 04:13 am UTC (link)
And Runescape and hell, even Gaia. Though they both have their own brand of batshit insanity, they don't need anymore.

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[info]jyuu
2007-10-31 06:13 pm UTC (link)
...holy crap, there's been other MS wank? How did I miss that? D:

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