Minecraft Multiplayer Brought Down by DDoS Attack

[Prof. Monkeypox]

Wow, that post from 4chan does not bring any ounce of sympathy to that group if they are indeed the ones responsible for it. They sound more like a bunch of terrorists in a bad movie than they do concerned fans.

I hope someone brings the hammer down hard on those pricks, you can't attack an indie developer (who if I'm not mistaken in this case is the only guy working on the game) and ever hope to take the moral high ground.

They've made one point very clear though, they're nothing but a bunch of selfish children.

Update: Also, it seems to be working:

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1365758140/the-ddos-attack-continues-ill-just-get-back-to

He says "I?ll get back to coding". Seems that the hackers are getting what they wanted.

That's probably what he was doing when the attack started and the fact he had to stop and investigate only sucked up time he could have spent getting the update ready.

Notch has promised updates and delivered practically nothing for the last two months in a row.

God forbid you not get an update every week, let alone two months. Oh you poor people, it must be so terrible. Man up and grow a pair, you sound just as selfish as the people carrying out the attack.

What, you want updates faster? Ok, well, coding is difficult, so maybe you could help...

...no? You just want to break the server so he has to fix it?
You know that will actually make it take longer...?
Ok, I won't interfere. Just don't get your drool on any of the furniture.

Sometimes, when dealing with clearly mental individuals, you just have to sit back and let them reason itself out.

I really hope they find the guys who did this and, at the very least, block them from ever returning to Minecraft. Honestly, we don't need them mucking up a good thing.

 

[A Pious Cultist]

Well... what collosal dickheads. I hope the relevant authorities are involved and they get arrested.

 

[SextusMaximus]

Well that's bang out of order. How dare they think they have the right to do something like that; ruined everyone's fun cause they're not receiving updates fast enough. Arrogant people...

EDIT: Was going to buy it... it wont let me log on, however. Really douchebags, thanks.

EDIT: EDIT: I totally didn't log into the wrong account...

 

[Prof. Monkeypox]

I hope he shuts down Minecraft completely for a while.

Don't like the rate I update so much you're willing to attack me?

Fine, you get NOTHING you ungrateful little shits.

Oh darn, all those bots you have to crash my servers don't have anything to crash now do they.

if he did that they would go after him personally with their 80k bots,would you really wish that on him.

Unfortunately, you're right. They've got his scent now, they won't leave him alone. Honestly though, I'd be disappointed to lose contact with Minecraft if he took down the servers, but I would understand that he needed to make his point to these assholes.

 

[Dyp100]

God damnit, this kinda crap is always on /v/. People always comaplaining.

This is why we can't have nice things!

 

[Steel_crab]

'They're climbing in your serverz, eating your playtime up...'

Seriously, what a bunch of fun intruder assholes. I hope we can hunt them down and feed them to the angered majority.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

What a bunch of ass-sucking pricks 4chan is comprised of

Careful about this. It does say that it's not from 4chan, and mostly Anonymous announce their attacks.

These are people not good enough for 4chan, and that tells you all you need to know.

Now if this isn't Anonymous, and it claims not to be - I'm sure the real Anonymous will not look happily on being used as someone's personal army.

 

[Red Right Hand]

Well, you can tell these guys are probably not fans of Blizzard or Valve.

What a bunch of cunts. Excuse my language. Way to throw your toys out of the pram.
UPDATES NOT COMNG FAST ENOUGH WA WA WA!!! Wankers.

 

[Bassman_2]

Human beings are disgusting things. But this is just went over the limit of dickery.

 

[Steel_crab]

'They're climbing in your serverz, eating your playtime up...'

Seriously, what a bunch of fun intruder assholes. I hope we can hunt them down and feed them to the angered majority.

See the fucking post right above you, I will not go into further detail.

I didn't accuse fourchan specifically, and I also think fourchan is fun. I also think you should stop screaming at everyone and using swearing. This is a direct attack on an Indie developer who is just getting his company on his feet, and there is nothing noble about it. They are depriving people of something they paid for, and besides, isn't Notch working on a big Halloween update? Maybe he is just busy with that.

 

[Daverson]

1. "the updates that you promise them" - Notch has never announced updates, and definately never 'promised' them before the upcoming Halloween update, which is scheduled for the 31st of October (take note, it is not yet the 31st of October). Ironically, it wouldn't surprise me if this was now delayed, due to this action.

2. "We have roughly 83,000 bots available" - Because, really, the best way to justify your views is to admit to a serious crime. I mean, if Ed Milliband came out tomorrow and gave a press conferance saying "Britain should adopt socialist policy because I KILLED A CHILD TODAY!", I know I'd support him.[/sarcasm, except the bit about me supporting Milliband, I don't like socialists, but if he did actually say that, he'd get my vote]

3. "we're not from roblox, or any other minecraft clone" - Anyone getting a feeling of that trope in the last paragraph (forget the name, don't want to look it up, because I know I'd be stuck on tvtropes for a few years), I mean, I'm pretty sure no one was ever thinking of that until they said it. It'd be like if Ed Milliband came out tomorrow and said "Britain should adopt socialist policy, and I've never slept with prostitutes despite knowing all six of them to be both significantly underage".

(He's the leader of the opposition, ok? He deserves to be mocked! It's like the law or something.)

Oh, and there's no proof this claim is even legitimate. From what I gather (without minecraft I have a lot of free time!), the attack was directed against the server that hosts minecraft.net, not necessary against minecraft.net. So it's more than likely this is just some troll pretending to be in control of the whole thing because... well... why do trolls do anything?

 

[Delusibeta]

Ok, I posted a thread that made me mention 4chan made me have an apiphany, people said "Well 4chan isn't always that bad" the instant there's a thread involving the words "4chan" "DDoS" and "Minecraft" you all freaking go "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!". That is very hypocritical of all of you. No offense, but THIS must be why you guys are considered the most self-centered jackasses on the internet. YOU'RE ALL. FUCKING. HYPOCRITES. Go ahead, report me, get mad at me, call me a troll. I'm not a troll, I'm not trying to get you mad, I'm not trying to get banned. I'm just stating the facts, apparently if 4chan even LOOKS at Minecraft funny, you all go Knights' fucking Templar, but if someone has a positive result of 4chan they go "They're not that bad of a site". Seriously, all of you should go eat a bag of dicks.

The bolded bits make the italic bits really rather ironic. Calm down and try again.

On topic: Grr, yah boo suck etc.

I do feel that this is grossly counterproductive and a fine example of Failure To Read, considering there's a whacking great update coming on the 31st, probably more than the content of 5 weekly updates, and had been promoted as such for a couple of weeks now.

 

[Red Right Hand]

Ok, I posted a thread that made me mention 4chan made me have an apiphany, people said "Well 4chan isn't always that bad" the instant there's a thread involving the words "4chan" "DDoS" and "Minecraft" you all freaking go "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!". That is very hypocritical of all of you. No offense, but THIS must be why you guys are considered the most self-centered jackasses on the internet. YOU'RE ALL. FUCKING. HYPOCRITES. Go ahead, report me, get mad at me, call me a troll. I'm not a troll, I'm not trying to get you mad, I'm not trying to get banned. I'm just stating the facts, apparently if 4chan even LOOKS at Minecraft funny, you all go Knights' fucking Templar, but if someone has a positive result of 4chan they go "They're not that bad of a site". Seriously, all of you should go eat a bag of dicks.

OK. The story never said that it was 4chan, and stop tarring us all with the same brush. I've never said anything bad about 4chan. Also, the guy that posted below you never said anything about 4chan so just keep your aggressive nonsense to yourself.

 

[Legendsmith]

What a bunch of ass-sucking pricks 4chan is comprised of

I direct you to this post. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump//18.240129.8657158]

 

[Megacherv]

Most my time these days is taken up by meetings and lawyers, accountants, banks, potential partners, potential employees, and the occasional interview. The few hours I do have to develop the game every now and then are mostly spent on looking into bugs and replying to emails.

All this non-development work will result in a much nicer working environment, with talented people helping out with development, an actual office, and a much better way to deal with support issues, bug reports and feature requests.

It?s a good thing I didn?t know how much work setting up a company would be when I started doing it..

The status right now is that we?re up to four people confirmed, and we?re talking to several people. We almost got an office, but they wanted us to sign up for three years, which seems a bit like a gamble for a startup. So we?re still looking for an office.

I know some people feel let down by the lack of updates. I?m sorry.

But I am working. Hard. =)

These people obviously don't read his blog and realise how hard he's working.

Dicks.