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post Apr 13 2016, 10:06 AM
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Dear Nexus community. Please let me introduce new programmers of Kru, Wiz and Kit. Wiz and Kit have strong extensive knowledge and background in MMO server and client programming. And yes, they are strong in mobile platform, too. wink.gif They already have been working hard under the hood for some time. Wiz was one of the original creators of Nexus and Baram. I am very excited about this reunion.

We also have two new GM's in training, and the community will see them at work soon. One of them will be assigned to the item shop management, which will gradually take a bigger role in Nexus.

We want to take this opportunity to convey our determination to revamp and revitalize Nexus, one of the longest run MMO games, if not the longest. The world of MMORPG has circled around in a big motion, and after almost two decades, many of us are wholeheartedly feeling and seeing the beauty and the potential of Nexus. And the new modern technologies and environment are enabling small companies like us to do things that were not possible just a few years ago. We are seeing this as a new big opportunity.

Thank you for all the suggestions that you have given us for the last few days. Many of the suggestions are incredibly well structured and valuable. We take them very seriously. Please do understand that, for these suggestions really work, there has to be a significant amount of groundwork performed beforehand. It's a tedious and consuming process, and all of us here at Kru are working, studying, and re-learning Nexus. We won't be able to deliver the final outcome overnight, but like many things in life, the work itself would be as rewarding as the outcome itself, and I am sure all of us will enjoy every step of that process in Nexus.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for staying with us all this time. We intend to see you for many more moons and suns to come.

Wony

PS. Yes, this is real Wony. It has never been sold, loaned, rented, exchange for monetary value, or hacked.
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post Apr 13 2016, 10:10 AM
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He's saying all the right things. I think all of us have a serious amount of caution when it comes to KRU, but, we've not had anything like this said to us in a long, long time. At the very least they're putting off the divorce by buying us a new car and taking the kids to school in the morning, at the most... they saved the marriage.


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post Apr 13 2016, 10:20 AM
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Jake Song was the original creator of Baram, and I think had some credits on the early Nexus client. I can't recall.

Pretty sure it aen't Jake Song, though. I mean, I'd be really surprised if it was. Last I knew he was running XLGames which has some rather successful titles under it. I can't imagine he'd be personally coding something for NexusTK, although I suppose if anyone knew the architecture extensively, it'd be him or Steve Dobos -- but last I knew he was working for InXile.

Dave Kennerly was Orb, the first GM for NexusTK but I don't think he had any credits on Baram itself.

My guess is the new GMs are just Archons, so more of the same there.

Developing a mobile client is the right way to go, though.

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Also just FYI I still remember when KRU (at that time, NEXON US) claimed someone from Nexon Korea had come named Yin to bring us all these great changes and whatnot, and stayed around as a GM for awhile before "flying back" to Korea, and we all mailed him postcards. Entire thing turned out to be bull[Content removed], and was the same GM we had at the time -- whose name escapes me for the moment, but eventually got fired. He was best known for using GM Eldridge toward the end of his reign, Eldridge having previously been a minor event character.

And when he got fired he logged in and saged that the game was shutting down and that Wony was firing all the white people. Also he jailed a bunch of players he didn't like before he finally had his admin access pulled -- and those jail marks were never removed. I know of this because he smacked me with one of them.

Wony was the owner throughout all of this, so....yeah.....

Based on the past, color me a'bit skeptical of the claim being made here. I did a lot of research into the early history of NEXON years ago and from what I understand it was a two-man company at the start, with Jake Song doing all of the product design and Kim Jung Ju handling the business development. And Jake Song ended up splitting for NCsoft pretty early on, for a reason I can't recall off-hand.

So maybe, just maybe, it's one of the people that replaced Jake Song. But I don't know why such an old veteran of the games industry would be laying down code on this game.

I wish KRU would drop their anonymous username identity crap. If they really have some veterans of the game working at KRU now, let us know who they are. I've love the claim to be true but given the past, I have a hard time accepting it at face value.


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post Apr 13 2016, 12:56 PM
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I agree with the others. KRU just appears to be putting a new face on the same old thing. In the industry these days, things are very rarely anonymous when it comes to developers. Hiding the names of who is working on the game is silly. There's no reason to make it a secret unless they're trying to hide something, or lying about what they're claiming.

If KRU wants to gain any respect from it's users, be up front about what you're doing. Don't tell half-truths or make bold statements without any proof.

Hopefully the mention of item shop being more important moving forward is their hint at going free to play. With the current subscription model, there's no way they could pay multiple employees. Going free to play with the expectation of making more money and paying for developers is the only way this works imo.
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post Apr 13 2016, 03:39 PM
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It is nice to see a steady stream of communication flow through. However, until I see some updates put into place, I most likely won't be re-regging. Hopefully the game will be going F2P sooner rather than later (assuming it's happening at all) in which case the internal debate on whether to register or not won't be an issue.
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post Apr 13 2016, 04:07 PM
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I think the question is: After so many years of being silent and ignoring TK, why now all of a sudden?
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post Apr 13 2016, 04:24 PM
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QUOTE (Hijack @ Apr 13 2016, 02:07 PM) *
I think the question is: After so many years of being silent and ignoring TK, why now all of a sudden?

That's my question. Something must have happened, but what? New funding? Did Scott Lee leave KRU operations to someone who ran it into the ground while he was busy looking at more important things, came back and saw a barn fire? It's not like KRU just "woke up."


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post Apr 13 2016, 04:51 PM
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My guess is because there's a new Nexus that does a better job of being Nexus than Nexus, and it's causing a dent in revenue and faith.
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post Apr 13 2016, 11:44 PM
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QUOTE (Hijack @ Apr 13 2016, 04:07 PM) *
I think the question is: After so many years of being silent and ignoring TK, why now all of a sudden?



My guess is I was pretty close on my estimates of how well KRU is doing financially, which forces them to do something to change the situation.

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post Apr 14 2016, 02:21 AM
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I'm pretty skeptical of anything I hear from Wony, even more so if it's really the old Wony. He'd be more convincing if he said, "No, I'm not Wony, I'm someone new who's going to save the game, not the guy who has let it degenerate for 16 years."

It's nice to see some communication, but I'll remain pretty pessimistic until we actually see some progress beyond half-baked, Archon-executed events, recycled seasonal things, and ten-minute fetch quests.
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post Apr 14 2016, 05:09 PM
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Sounds like he's taking my advice about appeasing the bread winners, haha. Here's a little secret: Archons have always done the item shop. There even was one of them listed in the Guide board as the item shop archon. So is this the same situation? Most likely. To add on what DM said: Kru also told us at some point that all of the existing archons were being fired. Turns out they just changed their names. Marama became Dalnum but she was still played by Sarina! In short, they have a history of lying so I'm not holding my breath. But here's to hoping.
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post Apr 15 2016, 10:51 AM
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Based on the time of the reset last night / this morning, I'm guessing the new folks are somewhere in Asia. Would be the first time KRU outsourced work to somewhere like Korea. There was a game they were working on some years ago called Subertoma GT that was being coded for them by a company in Korea. I only know this because the website for the game was being hosted on public internet and the devs were talking to each other on forum on the site while working on it.
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post Apr 15 2016, 12:49 PM
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Yeah, the why now and the tone of it all is getting laid a little thick. I guess my question is more of how they could let things deteriorate for so long without lifting a finger--and now do something. After almost 20 years of running this game (perhaps with minimal investment for the last 10), I'd be surprised if KRU leadership suddenly got start-up fever at this point in their careers. I wonder if they're prepping for acquisition and need to get everything in better shape before shopping it around. Considering the age of the game, they probably feel better paying project-based fees to some of the old guys who know what they're doing to fix things fast and how to bust it into shape for mobile distribution rather than hiring someone to come on from scratch and suffer the wait time.
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post Apr 15 2016, 04:07 PM
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6 month sage boyyyyyyyyz.

Better than nothing, right? Right?

Still will never touch this game again with Ee Culture and Sam Wisdom.
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post Apr 15 2016, 04:53 PM
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QUOTE (Hijack @ Apr 15 2016, 02:07 PM) *
6 month sage boyyyyyyyyz.

Better than nothing, right? Right?

Still will never touch this game again with Ee Culture and Sam Wisdom.

Man to be honest culture is a non factor. Any Dr. Seuss poem will get you an HM. Anyone can do it, culture done in 2 weeks, simple. Sam Wisdom/Sa MQs are just the [Content removed]ing worse though.

Still, better than nothing, they're listening sorta.


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post Apr 16 2016, 09:51 AM
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QUOTE (Doctor @ Apr 15 2016, 04:53 PM) *
Man to be honest culture is a non factor. Any Dr. Seuss poem will get you an HM. Anyone can do it, culture done in 2 weeks, simple. Sam Wisdom/Sa MQs are just the [Content removed]ing worse though.

Still, better than nothing, they're listening sorta.


It is not a factor to you and I, but to a new player it is a major turn off.
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post Apr 16 2016, 11:53 PM
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QUOTE (Candy @ Apr 13 2016, 08:06 AM) *
Dear Nexus community. Please let me introduce new programmers of Kru, Wiz and Kit. Wiz and Kit have strong extensive knowledge and background in MMO server and client programming. And yes, they are strong in mobile platform, too. wink.gif They already have been working hard under the hood for some time. Wiz was one of the original creators of Nexus and Baram. I am very excited about this reunion.

We also have two new GM's in training, and the community will see them at work soon. One of them will be assigned to the item shop management, which will gradually take a bigger role in Nexus.

We want to take this opportunity to convey our determination to revamp and revitalize Nexus, one of the longest run MMO games, if not the longest. The world of MMORPG has circled around in a big motion, and after almost two decades, many of us are wholeheartedly feeling and seeing the beauty and the potential of Nexus. And the new modern technologies and environment are enabling small companies like us to do things that were not possible just a few years ago. We are seeing this as a new big opportunity.

Thank you for all the suggestions that you have given us for the last few days. Many of the suggestions are incredibly well structured and valuable. We take them very seriously. Please do understand that, for these suggestions really work, there has to be a significant amount of groundwork performed beforehand. It's a tedious and consuming process, and all of us here at Kru are working, studying, and re-learning Nexus. We won't be able to deliver the final outcome overnight, but like many things in life, the work itself would be as rewarding as the outcome itself, and I am sure all of us will enjoy every step of that process in Nexus.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for staying with us all this time. We intend to see you for many more moons and suns to come.

Wony

PS. Yes, this is real Wony. It has never been sold, loaned, rented, exchange for monetary value, or hacked.


Funny how he slipped that last line in.

Although it's probably too late to encourage old timers like me to come back... I doubt the establishment would want me back anyway lol... there needs to be a display of results. Even a beta for mobile or a listing on app platforms. Guess I'll keep an eye out to see what actually gets done.

As for why Wony is suddenly paying attention? Finances, dude. If I owned Kru and had a game I knew had the potential to make way more, I'd be doing what I can to give it every opportunity to succeed.

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post Apr 17 2016, 04:03 PM
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QUOTE (Alston @ Apr 16 2016, 09:53 PM) *
Funny how he slipped that last line in.

Although it's probably too late to encourage old timers like me to come back... I doubt the establishment would want me back anyway lol... there needs to be a display of results. Even a beta for mobile or a listing on app platforms. Guess I'll keep an eye out to see what actually gets done.

As for why Wony is suddenly paying attention? Finances, dude. If I owned Kru and had a game I knew had the potential to make way more, I'd be doing what I can to give it every opportunity to succeed.

In business, it's adapt or die.

Yeah but, why now? It's been "adapt or die" and "finances??" for KRU for like... 10 years? More? Might be right but I wonder what catalyzed this.


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post Apr 17 2016, 09:14 PM
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QUOTE (Doctor @ Apr 17 2016, 05:03 PM) *
Yeah but, why now? It's been "adapt or die" and "finances??" for KRU for like... 10 years? More? Might be right but I wonder what catalyzed this.


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post Apr 17 2016, 09:24 PM
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QUOTE (Doctor @ Apr 17 2016, 02:03 PM) *
Yeah but, why now? It's been "adapt or die" and "finances??" for KRU for like... 10 years? More? Might be right but I wonder what catalyzed this.


Who knows what's going on. Kru is a private company. Unless they tell us something or go bankrupt we can't gauge their financial health easily.

QUOTE (Iter @ Apr 17 2016, 07:14 PM) *
Remodeling the kitchen before selling the house.


Very possible.


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