Posts about Nexon
This is from team members accounts on the Dark and Darker discord.
"@everyone Ima be honest with you guys. Terence and sdf aren't aware that I'm making this post, but I am going to regardless. The least I can do is give you guys the truth of what's going on. I've watched sdf and Terry bust their ass everyday for the past year to create this game for all of us. When we first opened shop, we literally had nothing. Through the cold winter our dev team was working overnight shifts in the office with sleeping bags and no heat simply because this project is not our job, it's our passion. Having the opportunity to touch the lives of millions of gamers with a game that makes them happy and might help them through a stressful day is our dream. You guys are our motivation and always will be.
We aren't a big ass studio, and we don't have an infinite supply of money like Nexon. The reality of the situation is that their end goal is to bleed us dry in court fees. Internally, we know this, they know this, the lawyers know this. They have no real case that will hold up in court but they pray that we fold. Our concern is not the false claims that they have weasled up and fed to every media outlet. Our game was made from scratch. But we are concerned about being able to support ourselves through this legal battle that they want to drag us through.
So I am coming to you guys to ask for help and support to get us through this bullshit. Terence and sdf are stressed the fuck out because we don't know if we'll be able to sustain a long term legal battle even with the truth on our side. If we have the funding to defend ourselves in court, we will make it through this and we WILL create the games that gamers around the world have wanted for such a long time but haven't had in recent years.
In Nexons most recent copy-paste MMORPG, they literally named the tutorial boss "Leader of Silver Sun - Terence", to try and mock us and the situation we're dealing with. They can mock us, but they aren't going to take Dark and Darker away from you guys.
I've set up a gofundme that you guys can donate to here to support us in our battle. Any donation given will be used to fund our legal battle against Nexon and fund our development team to continue working on our game: https://gofund.me/ (link has been redacted, join the discord if you want to see it but refer to the disclaimer at top)
Thank you to all of our fans and content creators like Moistcritikal that have kept it real through all of this. We will make it through for you guys.
ComfyOtto Otto tasty treats gang. We love petting Otto ComfyOtto - aho*" ~ 6:40pm 3/31/23
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Luci's post gets removed and reposted and another team member makes this announcement whilst locking down channels so people can't type
"@everyone
DO NOT DONATE. LUCIS ACCOUNT COULD BE COMPROMISED
We don't know what's going on and without confirmation from sdf or terence DON'T DONATE ANYTHING." ~ 6:50pm 3/31/23
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"@everyone As of the moment, since we aren't able to confirm if the post in #📢announcements was made by Luci and not the result of their account getting hacked. We as moderators of this community took the responsibility of removing it but, it is now posted again by the same account. Please do not send any donations to this link until further notice by someone else then Luci." ~ 7:10pm 3/31/23
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"KRAPST78 CONFIRMED THAT THE GOFUND ME LINK IS LEGITIMATE" ~ 7:10pm 3/31/23
krapst78's message says in a screenshot "The gofund me was something we were working on just in case, so i also confirmed it is legitimate"
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The GoFundMe page has been taken down or removed ~ 7:20pm 3/31/23
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Luci's post got removed again ~ 7:30pm 3/31/23
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"Announcement coming soon The typical rules Do still apply in this discord. Any user who breaks the rules, will result in consequences." ~ 7:48pm 3/31/23
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We can confirm this is real as we are in contact with the IronMace team, it was just a huge misunderstanding from the discord mods and the ironmace staff. The GoFundMe link is currently down but will be reposted later, it will be safe to donate when it happens.
https://dockets.justia.com/docket/washington/wawdce/2:2023cv00576/321151
Nexon Korea Corporation v. Ironmace Co Ltd et al
Plaintiff: Nexon Korea Corporation
Defendant: Ironmace Co Ltd, Ju-Hyun Choi and Terence Seungha Park
Case Number:2:2023cv00576
Filed: April 14, 2023
Court: US District Court for the Western District of Washington
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17 U.S.C. § 501 Copyright Infringement
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
