Rockstar Games' servers have been under fire from DDoS attacks causing widespread login and connectivity issues for players of GTA Online.

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.

  • Vespair@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Don’t buy games with invasive user-side anti-cheats that hamper performance, and demand refunds on any game that adds it after purchase.

    I don’t understand why this is so hard for people. If everyone gave a shit, we could end this. But instead, people would rather just complain while still forking over the money to these companies.

    There are so many good indie games without this kind of bullshit. We have better choices.

    • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      4 days ago

      It didn’t have “invasive user side anti-cheat” on day one you doughnut

      That’s why Linux users bought it. This was added YEARS after release

        • thejoker954@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 days ago

          “Don’t buy games with invasive user-side anti-cheats that hamper performance, and demand refunds on any game…”

          1st point: AC Wasn’t there at purchase

          2nd point: AC was added decades later so how can one return the game?

          • Vespair@lemm.eeEnglish
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            4 days ago

            and demand refunds on any game that adds it after purchase.

            This, which is in my original fucking message, applies here. If you think the effort is futile, fine, whatever, don’t try. But my statement was made with full understanding of the timeline, and I stand by it. Feel free to read the rest of the comments in the thread for further discussion of the timeline, or feel free to fuck off, I guess; I’m not in the mood to indulge a pedant clearly just looking for an argument.

            • thejoker954@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              4 days ago

              No it doesn’t, at least not everwhere.

              If you wanna be an idoitic asshat, and get all pissy because someone points out a flaw in your argument, thats not my problem.