Server instability isn't a fault--it's a feature! (sarcasm)

[MrMagic]

To expand upon this, I'd welcome anyone who is upset with what's happening right now to take a look at this site:
http://www.digitalattackmap.com/#ani...17826&view=map

Crap. Is that my home?

[DeaconMoore]

To expand upon this, I'd welcome anyone who is upset with what's happening right now to take a look at this site:
http://www.digitalattackmap.com/#ani...17826&view=map



That's what's happening right now. There are mass world wide DDOS attacks on various parts of the internet's infrastructure right now and SE has absolutely no control over it. Yes, their servers often aren't the best and there's a lot we can and should criticize them for. But this isn't one of those instances. They can do /nothing/.

*looks at the maps pretty lines* hmmm, so we need to nuke Norway first?

[Yshnal]

To expand upon this, I'd welcome anyone who is upset with what's happening right now to take a look at this site:
http://www.digitalattackmap.com/#ani...17826&view=map



That's what's happening right now. There are mass world wide DDOS attacks on various parts of the internet's infrastructure right now and SE has absolutely no control over it. Yes, their servers often aren't the best and there's a lot we can and should criticize them for. But this isn't one of those instances. They can do /nothing/.

Actually, they can temporarily suspend the housing demolition timer until this is resolved and/or improved. Keeping it up while some people can't log in when they get home (and not due to their own fault) is like saying "we don't care, but keep paying please". And no, I'm not affected by the timer myself, but I still think that it would be a good idea to do that, especially when this is not an issue that has been happening for a couple of days.

Of course, they are under no obligation to do that, but showing that you value your customers is always a good idea. 2013's SE would understand/care about this.

[Macleod]

I think it's time to take my money to another company that appreciates it and is actually willing to take action when situations like these arise. Apologizing for inconvenience and hoping to see us online (lol) does nothing obviously, this has been going on for WEEKS now.

[DeaconMoore]

I think it's time to take my money to another company that appreciates it and is actually willing to take action when situations like these arise. Apologizing for inconvenience and hoping to see us online (lol) does nothing obviously, this has been going on for WEEKS now.

Really, only 2 ways it stops.

1. the authorities track down the culprit(s) and shut'em down.

2. the script kiddies doing it get bored and stop.

But sure, take your money elsewhere, and elsewhere again, and again, and again, because ddos attacks happen all over and it isn't the fault of the one being attacked.

[Aerlana]

so when you zoom in, you see the biggest target is not francfort, more scandinavian countries (forgot which is who sorry)

So could see other services getting matter from this ddos no?

[reiichi]

so when you zoom in, you see the biggest target is not francfort, more scandinavian countries (forgot which is who sorry)

So could see other services getting matter from this ddos no?

Yeah, it was affecting FFXI and Assassin's Creed Odyssey as well. Other services are likely impacted, but depending on the service, it can be tough to determine how affected they are. In services like youtube or netflix, their media is duplicated accross multiple physical locations to be served to users using a Content Delivery Network. This ensures that if one server goes down, another can just pick up the slack to server that static media. For a game server, that's not an option because our data is constantly changing and can't be duplicated without significant overhead.