MineCrafts been DDOS'd by some guys who want more updates.

[Jaranja]

So they bought the game but did not get their promised updates? Honestly, I can see the reasons behind their actions and I can even relate to them.

But they take it over the line by punishing all the other players.

 

[EHKOS]

lol only 83,000? these are definatly channers. I highly doubt they even did it.

 

[vallorn]

I just got into watching Seananner's Youtube vids on minecraft today and decided to purchase this awesome looking game but because of these F***ing S***heads I am forced to go without exploding green peni, Zombies, Skeletons and Killing loads of farm animals not to mention not being able to create the most ridiculous house possible.

KILL THEM ALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!

O-O i just found SeaNanners vids today as well! *high five*

and yes. killing them all Does seem appropriate in these circumstances.

 

[vallorn]

Whate hell? That is just plain fucking stupid.

Fuck these self-righteous pricks.

my "faith in humanity" stat dropped a lot when i heard about this.

Are you talking about the actual event, or my post?

the event. your post boosted the stat slightly. sorry if i wasnt clear...

 

[EHKOS]

So they bought the game but did not get their promised updates? Honestly, I can see the reasons behind their actions and I can even relate to them.

It takes time. Notch is not a studio he is one person. I can assume he has been working quite hard. His deadline is almost up and I believe he is very commited to this game.

 

[vallorn]

1) what does DDOS mean?

DDoS: Deliberate Denial of Service.

WRONG! *QI sounds*

its

"Distributed Denial of Service". Denial of Service means you occupy certain resources for a long period of time, making other people not able to use them. A real world example would be running up to the cashier at a super market and paying in small coins, counting every single one really slowly, then finding out at the end you didn?t have enough in the first place.

The "Distributed" means it's done from a lot of places at the same time, so it's much harder to simply deny access to the clients that do that. Usually this is done via computers infected with trojans, so people participate in this without even knowing they're doing it.

 

[Brownie101]

Ok, so this guy loses some income from a game he made himself that he wasn't sure was going to do very well at all but has made hundreds of thousands of dollars already? And they think taking away that income will make him want to update...How?

This is stupid on so many levels.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Whatever it is, it's an extremely selfish act.

Reminds me of a tantrum a child will throw.

My thoughts exactly.
You know what my response to this would be if I were Notch? I would shut down the servers completely and say "There! Happy now?"

 

[vallorn]

So they bought the game but did not get their promised updates? Honestly, I can see the reasons behind their actions and I can even relate to them.

It takes time. Notch is not a studio he is one person. I can assume he has been working quite hard. His deadline is almost up and I believe he is very commited to this game.

plus Notch is setting up a studio to help him and updates more frequently than Valve. he also updates regularly and keeps everything running.

 

[binvjoh]

Whate hell? That is just plain fucking stupid.

Fuck these self-righteous pricks.

my "faith in humanity" stat dropped a lot when i heard about this.

Are you talking about the actual event, or my post?

the event. your post boosted the stat slightly. sorry if i wasnt clear...

Ah, no worries.

I was afraid my cussing made me come of as a bit of an asshole. Glad to hear that wasn't the case.

 

[vallorn]

Whatever it is, it's an extremely selfish act.

Reminds me of a tantrum a child will throw.

My thoughts exactly.
You know what my response to this would be if I were Notch? I would shut down the servers completely and say "There! Happy now?"

and what would that do Pray Tell?

 

[AndyFromMonday]

So they bought the game but did not get their promised updates? Honestly, I can see the reasons behind their actions and I can even relate to them.

But they take it over the line by punishing all the other players.

Like I've said before, I can relate to their reasons. I'd be pretty pissed if something like that happened to me (fortunately, I don't care) and I would sure as hell have my revenge no matter the consequences. Rage and frustration can be truly fascinating and it's amazing at how they affect a humans ability to emphatize.

 

[saphiren]

1) what does DDOS mean?

DDoS: Deliberate Denial of Service.

WRONG! *QI sounds*

its

"Distributed Denial of Service". Denial of Service means you occupy certain resources for a long period of time, making other people not able to use them. A real world example would be running up to the cashier at a super market and paying in small coins, counting every single one really slowly, then finding out at the end you didn?t have enough in the first place.

The "Distributed" means it's done from a lot of places at the same time, so it's much harder to simply deny access to the clients that do that. Usually this is done via computers infected with trojans, so people participate in this without even knowing they're doing it.

Whoops! You, sir, get a cookie.

 

[AugustFall]

There is an update scheduled in like 4 days isn't there? These people can fuck off he's only one guy.

 

[vallorn]

So they bought the game but did not get their promised updates? Honestly, I can see the reasons behind their actions and I can even relate to them.

But they take it over the line by punishing all the other players.

Like I've said before, I can relate to their reasons. I'd be pretty pissed if something like that happened to me (fortunately, I don't care) and I would sure as hell have my revenge no matter the consequences. Rage and frustration can be truly fascinating and it's amazing at how they affect a humans ability to emphatize.

get your facts straight;
they DID get the promised updates and more.
They bought the game at 50% off as it was still during development
Notch updates pretty often and there are plenty on unnoficial mods/updates if you get bored of waiting.

 

[vallorn]

There is an update scheduled in like 4 days isn't there? These people can fuck off he's only one guy.

hes letting the server guys fix this while he keeps coding the next updates. good work notch!

 

[AndyFromMonday]

So they bought the game but did not get their promised updates? Honestly, I can see the reasons behind their actions and I can even relate to them.

It takes time. Notch is not a studio he is one person. I can assume he has been working quite hard. His deadline is almost up and I believe he is very commited to this game.

Actually, there are 4 people currently working on the game. I can't remember where I saw this, probably on minecraft wikia, but it's definetly not just one person. Even so, he promised and people get frustrated when promises are not delivered. You shouldn't make promises you can't keep.

get your facts straight;
they DID get the promised updates and more.
They bought the game at 50% off as it was still during development
Notch updates pretty often and there are plenty on unnoficial mods/updates if you get bored of waiting.

What updates did they get?
Is that supposed to be a plus? The game is in alpha. It would be insane to sell it at full price.
Apparently, these people don't want unnoficial mods.

 

[vallorn]

snip
Whoops! You, sir, get a cookie.

om nom nom cookie.

thanks!
you were close though.

 

[Thespian]

THIS is why i call Anonymous a bunch of internet terrorists, when they see something they don't like, they DEMAND their way and destroy whatever is in their way to getting it.

it's like a 5 year old with billions of dollars and access to a personal army... that's what Anonymous is...

and these people are acting JUST like Anonymous, even if they claim to not be apart of them

They are self-identifying DDOSers, how can you even start talking about Anonymous here? That becomes a mute point as soon as they stepped forward.

You had a good point until you said "mute point"

Dude, seriously. Whether or not the DDoSers can speak is totally a moot point.

 

[Ironic Pirate]

If I was him I'd at least threaten it.

"If you douchebags do that again, no updates for anyone!" that kind of thing.

That is just bad business for the creator of minecraft. He is putting down the only product that people are buying.

If anything his best explanation to win favor of the community is to explain that they bought the game at their own risk. That since Minecraft is in the alpha version means that the game was released a lot earlier than expected. This resulted in him having to work on the game towards a completed version at a much slower pace as now he has to deal with consumers ensuring the servers are up allowing people to play the game at the same time create and test improvements making Minecraft a better game than it is now.

I didn't say he should do it, just that I would, because I'm an incredibly vengeful person.

I agree with the rest of your post though.