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

submitted 2 months ago by captainkangaroo@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] sp6@lemmy.world 148 points 2 months ago (24 children)

If I played any Rockstar games, I'd be unhappy with their new anti-cheat too, since it needlessly blocks linux, but this isn't the way this should be protested. If anything, this probably validates their decision.

The way this should be protested is to just stop playing. Stop giving them money. Stop boosting their month active user numbers that they can flaunt to investors. Hit them financially, since it's the only hit they really care about. There's a sea of other high-quality games you can play instead.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

Gamers and still buying the same old tired shit while bitching about it, name a more…

You’re absolutely right. The number of great games to play is absurd and the access to them has never been better but for some reason most people just play mediocre games that should have been put out to pasture years ago.

[–] rivalary@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

GTA Online has terrible monetization and Rockstar are openly hostile towards PC as a platform, but I wouldn't call GTA mediocre at all. There's nothing quite like the attention to detail or breadth of GTA games. If you've played a few GTA clones, you'll know what the competition looks like and it's not even close.

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Idk Cyberpunk makes GTA look like a intern project.

[–] rivalary@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I need to give Cyberpunk 2077 another shot.

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I definitely encourage it!

It's one of the most polished games I've played, that is currently in circulation, as of the 2.0 update. I think you will like it now if you previously were disappointed

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