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Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code (cyberinsider.com)
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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] 14 points 1 month ago (6 children)

The most confusing part about this is that people are still playing GTA Online. Why...?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

People enjoy video game, more news at 11

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Because it keeps getting updates?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

something that perplexes me to this day

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

I'm still playing old school RuneScape.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Nobody ever stops playing osrs, we just take breaks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Hardcore normies.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago

Cash cow