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Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code (cyberinsider.com)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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Rockstar Games' servers have been under heavy fire from massive DDoS attacks in recent days, causing widespread login and connectivity issues for players of GTA Online. These attacks come in the wake of Rockstar’s recent implementation of BattlEye, a new anti-cheat system designed to crack down on in-game cheating, sparking backlash from a segment of the player base. Protesters, unhappy with the new system, have resorted to using distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to disrupt the servers, escalating tensions between the gaming giant and its community.

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[–] sp6 148 points 5 days ago (24 children)

If I played any Rockstar games, I'd be unhappy with their new anti-cheat too, since it needlessly blocks linux, but this isn't the way this should be protested. If anything, this probably validates their decision.

The way this should be protested is to just stop playing. Stop giving them money. Stop boosting their month active user numbers that they can flaunt to investors. Hit them financially, since it's the only hit they really care about. There's a sea of other high-quality games you can play instead.

[–] Wrench 83 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I did this with Blizzard/Activision years ago.

Zero impact.

[–] WordBox 59 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Keep it up. There's dozen(s) of us?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There's dozen(s) of us?

Dozen(s?) Denial Of Service attack

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago

Denial of Playing attack.

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