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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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[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

there is no reason you have to run intrusive anticheat just to play your favorite multiplayer game it can stop hackers but you will force people on the most trash os ever windows i love valves approach to vac but people say its not that good

[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

Stop making every fucking game and open world mmo wanna be. Bring back single player with couch co op or make private lobby setups so we don’t have to fuck with every douche who wants to make everyone else’s life as sad as their own. I’m a big GYA fan but have refused to buy for this specific reason. Have almost given in repeatedly but just go watch some YouTube’s on it and it reminds me not to contribute to this shit every time.

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Around the time gta 5 came out, i lived with two guys and had 3 neighbours and we would often play video games together, but we never really found a game that we all liked. Gtao was just around the corner and the trailers looked so fun. People doing silly shit, skydiving together, play some golf, race around the city. When it actually came out and worked, oh boy. Leave the house, get shot, drive around, get shot, try to do something with friends, get blown up by a fighter jet. The answer is always: it's GTA, of course you get shot, play mario part, or shot like that. Yeah, i get that, but i always felt like it's just people who enjoy to make other people's experience worse, and it's not about pvp. Gta draws such a weird crowd.

[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Every online game is like that now. I avoid all of them for that reason. It doesn’t matter the game, if it starts to get popular the massive group of trolls shows up and goes out of there way to figure out the methodology to ruin the gameplay for others.

It sucks because there have been a few fun games that a lot of people won’t touch due to the online nature of garbage humans. Helldivers 2, SM2, and Deep Rock Galactic (sorry, your community is also filled with shitters) are all ruined because in order to really advance in the game you HAVE to play with others. It’s piss poor game design.

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[–] Muffi@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago

I wish more games came with couch co-op. It was a lot of fun in Halo and Diablo.

[–] Odd_so_Star_so_Odd@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Couch co-op gta san andreas was the best, so sad it's not more common in present games.

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[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months 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?

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago
[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago

As it should be. Rockstar Games deserves nothing less.

[–] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months 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

[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Can't release a sequel or single player update in a decade - can impose cheat engines. Something about a surprised pikachu when they get flak

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