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Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code (cyberinsider.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

I really hope they don't find a way to blame the linux community for this. Even if we hate kernel level anti cheat, I think most of us were happy with the refund from Valve lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Rockstar makes such weird choices considering how passionate their fans are.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

As it should be. Rockstar Games deserves nothing less.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Couldn't we avoid all this by giving players the option to host and moderate their own servers?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Things like FiveM exist, which is exactly that. I’m not sure if that is at all affected by the anticheat though, I didn’t read the article.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I've heard rockstar recruited fivem developers

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago

That would lose a ton of profits!

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

Good.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

Sounds like it's working

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

I'll just play it on Xbox 360...or PS3...or PS4....or Xbox one....or PS5...or Xbox S/X...or Windows...wait is this Skyrim or GTA?

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