Troubleshooting Voting Issues

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    Not getting your NX on time can be a frustrating experience any players, as it is a significant source of income and the lifeline for many players. Any disruptions to it can lead to lost revenue and having an unpleasant experience playing the game. Hence, this guide will help you to troubleshoot most of the issues related to voting.


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    Table of Content

    1. How to vote
    2. Prerequisite
    3. Why does it happen?
    4. Troubleshooting steps

    Flowchart
    No character level 15 or above on the account
    Captcha unable to load
    You have already voted!
    Voted but no NX
    • GTOP website is constantly circling (NEW!) (Under construction!)

    • Possible bot/proxy/vpn detection, Please make sure you do vote through a normal browser without incognito mode, cookies enabled and try voting again in 24 hours. (NEW!) (Under construction!)
    5. Alternative solutions
    6. Checking whether NX being credited without being ingame

    How to vote

    1. Head to the MapleRoyals homepage, and click on Vote For NX.
    2. Type in your game username, the one which you use login to play.
    3. Once done, click on the vote button, you will be directed to the GTOP100 website.
    4. Solve the puzzle.
    5. Once you have successfully completed the puzzle, click on the large red button below, '' VOTE FOR MAPLEROYALS - THE NOSTALIGIC MAPLESTORY SERVER''
    6. Do not close or leave the browser, until a green message appears "Thank you for voting.''
    7. You have successfully voted!


    Prerequisite

    Before troubleshooting, please ensure you are clear with the server's voting rules. If you have any inquiries about voting, please drop a question in this thread HERE. When troubleshooting voting issues, please ensure the GTOP100 website is not down and you are using the same account you have last voted on to avoid accidental double voting, which is a bannable offense.



    Why does it happen?
    • Someone has voted using your IP address
      This can happen when someone else other you has access to your network, even if no one else is playing MapleRoyals, if they are playing another game that also uses GTOP100 service, you can be denied too.
    • Dynamic IPs / Rotation of IPs
      This is especially common for players who vote on residential or home networks, which IP providers can assign a limited roster of dynamic addresses to them. This can be usually be resolved by power cycling your router to get a new IP address or requesting a new IP address from your service provider.
    • Public Network
      When using public networks, such as the ones found in schools/dormitory/cafes/malls/businesses, is very likely someone has already used that network to vote.
    • Public VPN / Accelerator
      IP addresses provided by free or public VPN are often shared across a wide group of people, making it likely someone has already voted on it. Do note, access from public VPNs are blocked due to the same reason. If you are in situation needing a VPN, please consider using a paid VPN from reputable companies that provides you with your own delicated IP address.
    • Network outrage/disruption
      While this is considered an uncommon occurrence for majority of players. When it does happen, entire areas/ regions can be affected from voting on the GTOP100 website, stretching up to days and weeks.
    • Web browser issues
      Sometimes, web browsers cannot properly communicate with the GTOP100 website, which result in your vote not being registered even after you did all the right steps. In this situation, is best to either to try again after refreshing the web page or use another alternative web browser.

      Firefox and Microsoft Edge seems to have the least issues regarding this.
    • Adblockers
      Various Adblocking extension like uBlock and AdBlock Plus can disrupt the loading of captcha puzzle, if your web browser doesn't load it, you can't vote on the server. Consider either white listing the website or temporarily disabling it when voting.


    Troubleshooting
    You can either use the flowchart below to learn more about the troubleshooting process or click on the link that best matches the issue you are currently experiencing.


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    Select the error message or issue that match closest to your situation.

    No character level 15 or above on the account
    Captcha unable to load
    You have already voted!
    Voted but no NX

    Unable to load/access MapleRoyals voting page
    • GTOP website is constantly circling (NEW!) (Under construction!)
    • Possible bot/proxy/vpn detection, Please make sure you do vote through a normal browser without incognito mode, cookies enabled and try voting again in 24 hours.



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    1. Please ensure you are typing the correct username.
    2. Refresh your web browser and try voting again.


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    1. Refresh your web browser and try voting again.
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    2. Please ensure your Adblock is disabled, and try to vote in your web browser's incognito /privacy mode.
    3. If it still doesn't work, you can try to vote using other web browsers or vote on a mobile network.


    You have already voted-01.jpg
    1. Please ensure you are not voting on a public network (Which are usually places that provide free wifi like schools, office, rented spaces or businesses) but on a private and secure network.
    2. Ensure no one else is using GTOP100 to vote on the same network as you. Even voting for other private servers will prevent you from receiving NX for MapleRoyals.
    3. If you are you still getting the same message, try restarting your router and try to vote again.

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    4. Ensure your Adblock is disabled and try to vote on your web browser's incognito /privacy mode.
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    5. If it still doesn't work, repeat step 4 and try to vote using other web browsers.
    6. Trying voting on your mobile device using your mobile data.
    7. If the same message still appears on your phone while on mobile data, try using other browsers to vote while following step 4.


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    1. Ensure you are typing the correct username, as there cases where players credited NX to the wrong account.
    2. Refresh the web page and try voting again.
    3. If you are still getting the same message, try restarting your router.
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    4. Ensure your Adblock is disabled and try to vote on your web browser's incognito /privacy mode.
    5. If it still doesn't work, continue step 4 and voting use other web browsers.

    6. Trying voting on your mobile device using your mobile data.
    7. Still, on your phone and on mobile data try using other browsers to vote while following step 3.

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    Possible bot/proxy/vpn detection, Please make sure you do vote through a normal browser without incognito mode, cookies enabled and try voting again in 24 hours.

    1. Try voting on a new web browser.
    2. If the same error message appears, try voting on a brand new connection.
    3. If all the above solution fails, please contact GTOP instead, for advice or whitelist your network.




    Alternate solutions
    The above solutions don't work? Try this.

    - Restarting your mobile phone.
    - Restarting or power cycle your router/modem.
    - Clearing your browser's cache and cookies.
    - Brute force method, keep refreshing the browser and vote again.
    - Calling up your IP provider and request for a new/ static IP address. Do note, this for when power cycling your router doesn't change your IP address, in some cases they will ask you to pay for a static IP.
    (Gtop100 doesn't like VPN, and direct voting no longer works)

    - Purchasing a private VPN. (Consider this as a last resort, as a private VPN cost real money.)
    - https://www.gtop100.com/topsites/MapleStory/sitedetails/MapleRoyals-Nostalgic-MapleStory-Server-79510?vote=1&pingUsername=username

    Replace the second username with your actual in-game username.

    Do note you might need to retry some of these methods quite a few times. Sometimes twice is not enough!

    (UPDATE) 25/09/20 At the moment, it seems players voting on Microsoft's Edge and Firefox are reporting the least amount of problems.



    Checking whether NX been credited without being ingame
    You can head to the homepage, go to Get RoyalPoints section and input your account details and solve the puzzle. It will display the current amount of NX in that account.

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    6.
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    When asking for help for troubleshooting voting issues, please avoid saying ''..tried everything..'' but instead listed the solutions or steps you have tried, as that will be more helpful.

    Conclusion
    I hope reading this guide was helpful to you, for any feedback please post them below. Thank you!

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    Voting problems, credit, nx problem, No nx, missing nx, voted but no nx, voting bug, vote glitch, help, voting error

    Why can't I vote
    Didn't received NX
     
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    ADDENDUM I:

    The gtop servers seem to be facing issues as of late. If you are having issues with the infinite captcha verification wheel, try the following quick solutions:
    • Try refreshing.
    • Try incognito mode.
    • Try disabling adblock.
    • Try a different browser.
    • Try a mobile data network.
    • Try voting again at a later time.​

    ADDENDUM II:

    There seems to be a new issue with gtop voting along with the above. If you are facing issues with being told by gtop that you have already voted when you had not, try refreshing.
     
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    I've tried everything and it still thinks that I've had already voted even though I didin't. I'm a new player started for a week and it had no problem for a week but today it suddently doesn't work on the website GTOP100. Someone please help me since I'm not funded and just started playing T_T
     
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    good post, I'll try to vote on chrome , sometimes with Firefox I get the message "you have already vote".
     
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    My brother and I play here at home, and we are not able to vote simultaneously, this makes only one receive NX, I need you to put the names of our characters on the whitelist to receive NX, as we are from the same family and we always play together .
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    Please register for the voting whitelist
    https://royals.ms/forum/threads/how-to-register-for-the-voting-whitelist.15374/
     
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    Help! I’m new and spent the last 3 hrs levels up to 15. I voted to get nx and couldnt figure out why I didn’t get any in game. After some research it appears I accidentally made 2 accounts. I voted on the wrong account and can’t figure out how to delete the wrong account so I can vote on the correct one. What do I do now so I can get the nx today?? Not sure how else to get ahold of someone.
     
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    Unfortunately, due to your mistake of voting on the wrong account. I don't think you can get any nx for that day.

    Also, when you voted on the wrong account. Do you have a level 15 character inside?
     
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    Have amended the main post accordingly as ilyssia doesn't seems to be active anymore
     
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    Buenas noches, normalmente voto solo una vez, hoy vinieron a cambiarme el modem espero que no sea problema para seguir votando porque si no me equivoco sería otra IP, me gustaría que me la validaran de una forma u otra. .
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    I can´t login to MapleRoyals page to vote. No ad ablock nothing i do the captcha it just stays loadinf and doesnt log. I log into de game and forum perfectly and can acess my account panel.
     
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    Boa Noite, eu tenho 1 irmão q joga tbm, como eu faço pra nois 2 poder votar?
     

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