Minecraft Multiplayer Brought Down by DDoS Attack
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So, you say we are arrogant? You seem to be pretty smug yourself. You come in here as if you are above us and you say we are arrogant. You just found 4Chan, but some of us may have been on it for years. You got one good connection with them, but some of us have had the worst experiences of our lives there. Get off of yourself, you can't just assume we are ALL hypocrites when a few people who MAY have had a bad experience there speak bad of it. A lot of people here like 4Chan like you do, they just may have chosen not to comment here. Now please, stop accusing us of things.mance200 said:
wait wait wait if we derail this story that gives credit to the trolls do we become the trolls by trolling the trolls who are getting fed by poisining there food with random arguements about other stuff?Ajna said:
For those that are unclear on some of the details (appologies if any of this has already been pointed out.) --
The game is in ALPHA, and you pay 15 bucks for it, AND IT IS ALREADY MORE FUN THAN MOST FULL-PRICE COMMERCIAL RELEASES... which is why of hundreds of thousands of people are willing to PAY for a game in ALPHA.
Notch never made any set promises for content or dates because it is in ALPHA, and dates slip.
There is ZERO excuse for anyone getting bitchy about releas schedules.
On a happy note. There is bound to be a backlash at these fuckers. Minecraft is chock-full of extremely creative and resourcefull people who won't stand for this.
The game is in ALPHA, and you pay 15 bucks for it, AND IT IS ALREADY MORE FUN THAN MOST FULL-PRICE COMMERCIAL RELEASES... which is why of hundreds of thousands of people are willing to PAY for a game in ALPHA.
Notch never made any set promises for content or dates because it is in ALPHA, and dates slip.
There is ZERO excuse for anyone getting bitchy about releas schedules.
On a happy note. There is bound to be a backlash at these fuckers. Minecraft is chock-full of extremely creative and resourcefull people who won't stand for this.
I just... I can't.... I don't..... Ok, so he promised them he would send out an update on OCTOBER 31ST! And obviously, as it's only October 21st when the attack was done, that was obviously not the 31st so I don't understand why,why, they decided to punish him for something he hadn't even done.
He hasn't broken any promises, he's delivered and still is delivering, and as I said before, said the update would be on OCTOBER 31ST, a Halloween update, so e still had 10 days before the day he said e would put it out.
The mindset of those hackers is just, well, stupid. They obviously didn't think that through clearly enough.
He hasn't broken any promises, he's delivered and still is delivering, and as I said before, said the update would be on OCTOBER 31ST, a Halloween update, so e still had 10 days before the day he said e would put it out.
The mindset of those hackers is just, well, stupid. They obviously didn't think that through clearly enough.
this game is still in alpha and already insanely popular, anyone think of jealousy as a motive? lol
Personally i don't see the appeal of the game but doesnt bother me what people play, a ddos attack is a bit nasty for a prank at least.
Personally i don't see the appeal of the game but doesnt bother me what people play, a ddos attack is a bit nasty for a prank at least.
Fucking ridiculous how all you disgusting fanboys stand up for Notch. He should be able to build his own RL Minecraft out of the stacks of money he has earned on the game, still he refuses to keep working on it.
There hasn't been ONE real update since I bought the game! And all news from Notch is about him playing other games and starting side-projects with other indie-programmers.
And, yes, I know about the halloween stuff, but I couldn't care less; it's time we got a REAL multiplayer mode. NAO.
For indie-developers that show responsibility for their customers, look to Wolfire.
There hasn't been ONE real update since I bought the game! And all news from Notch is about him playing other games and starting side-projects with other indie-programmers.
And, yes, I know about the halloween stuff, but I couldn't care less; it's time we got a REAL multiplayer mode. NAO.
For indie-developers that show responsibility for their customers, look to Wolfire.
They might not be associated with 4chan anymore, but that doesn't keep from being Anonymous. By inserting that "we're not part of 4chan, it's all newfags now" shows that they were at one time. So they still think like 4chan did back when it had more organization, they just don't like what it is now. So basically we're still dealing with /b/ here, just an older version.Optimus Hagrid said:
Hmmm, well I think the issue is that they like the game and want to play it but there were some substantial issues here that were ruining the enjoyment of a lot of people.George Palmer said:
To be entirely honest I don't play "Minecraft" and my interest is minimal despite some of the neat creations. As a result I do not know about the issues involved with the game, promises, made, and other things.
If I had to make a giant guess though, it seems that the basic accusation is that due to the amount of money this guy has made he's no longer catering to the fans or the game itself but working entirely on making more money. Your basic "sell out" situation. A substantial enough number of people were apparently irritated that they are hoping that by halting his cash flow he'll do things that he promised and has not delivered on. Part of it might very well also be that these guys as paying customers feel like they are being cheated.
I'm not saying I support what they did, I don't know enough about the specifics of Minecraft to make any kind of judgement like that. However when I see something like this, it occurs to me that getting internet fanboys to actually do anything except whine and perhaps launch internet petitions takes quite a bit.
To be fair, to make a judgement here we'd need more specifics on those updates. I'd imagine the guy who did "Minecraft" probably has a pretty good idea what this is about actually and the fact that he isn't saying what it is out loud after that letter does not speak well in his favor actually.
I generally don't agree with this kind of hacking, but I also think there needs to me some practical ways of dealing with conflicts with game developers over promised updates and things, especially as the game industry goes increasingly digital. Sueing someone in the regular legal system because they decided not to do promised updates despite having the abillity to, or deciding to charge for content that they originally promised for free (not that this happened here it seems) or whatever really isn't practical.
I think if we find out more about this situation it will be a case where both sides of the conflict are wrong.
Also, even if they're not part of 4chan anymore, success breeds imitation. When Anon attacks Gene Simmons with a DDOS attack just because he's running his mouth and enough people cheer that on, don't you think that inspires others to think it's acceptable to do the same thing to what/whoever has gotten under their skin?Vohn_exel said:
