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Maxi

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That's really sad - a bunch of immature idiots. Nonetheless, thanks for the heads up. I'm sure everybody will assist should they know something.



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06-Nov-2013 16:12:25

Zparanoid

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Thank you Jagex for the honesty, which I find refreshing.

DDoS attacks have been a problem to Runescape's player community for many years, and I'm sorry to hear that the game servers themselves have recently been under attack.

As far back as 2004 I was in a Runescape clan whose forums were hosted by a fansite, and that fansite was hit by DDoS Attacks - The company providing the servers then effectively pulled the plug on the fansite, causing that clan to lose its forums entirely - which were used as its primary form of organisation, something that was never fully recovered from.

In 2008 during the first Jagex Cup, some of the competing teams found that their voice chat servers were subjected to DDoS attacks, and in some instances even the individual computers of some of the players competing in the event were knocked offline in separate attacks.

Just plain sad really.

06-Nov-2013 16:13:40

Evil_J35u5

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Maxi said :
That's really sad - a bunch of immature idiots.
Not exactly. In certain asian countries, gold farming in MMO's is a very large industry ; it's what these people do (or are forced to do) for a living. While there may be a good chunk who are 'immature idiots', I'm willing to bet my bunny ears that this is part of a much bigger organisation.

06-Nov-2013 16:17:59

Peterr
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Evil_J35u5 said :
Maxi said :
That's really sad - a bunch of immature idiots.
Not exactly. In certain asian countries, gold farming in MMO's is a very large industry ; it's what these people do (or are forced to do) for a living. While there may be a good chunk who are 'immature idiots', I'm willing to bet my bunny ears that this is part of a much bigger organisation.

That doesn't make it any better morally or ethically. Just different. It still is illegal/against the rules of RuneScape and frankly, I'd consider that scenario worse over just some little boy who lost his bronze, as in this scenario A huge company is profiting off of other people's misfortune and Jagex's profit loss. Which, in my opinion, causes a lot more long and short-term problems then a typical single-man DDoS attack.

And, while I can respect that in certain Asian countries some are forced to do this, and the laws are very different then in other countries, the governments of these countries should be abiding by and enforcing international law, or there should be *worse case scenario* sanctions enforced for not. But of course, It's never that simple in the world of politics and law-enforcement.

Cheers, Chusid

06-Nov-2013 16:35:43 - Last edited on 06-Nov-2013 16:38:33 by Peterr

Mr G W

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Evil_J35u5 said :
Maxi said :
That's really sad - a bunch of immature idiots.
Not exactly. In certain asian countries, gold farming in MMO's is a very large industry ; it's what these people do (or are forced to do) for a living. While there may be a good chunk who are 'immature idiots', I'm willing to bet my bunny ears that this is part of a much bigger organisation.

well ddosing servers is not like they will sell more gold lol

Mr RSHimself said :
good to know, but can you stop punishing me for them dosing you by degrading my armor when you get ddosed? cause thats not fair at all...

lol good point

06-Nov-2013 16:35:58

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