LIZARD SQUAD is Back. Planning XBL Attack. "Biggest attack yet". [UP: XBL/PSN Down]
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TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Some kids want to play with their new consoles.
i don't think that's the case, since when psn is actually down for maintenance it works fine for me. yet when it's being overloaded due to ddos it hangs and needs to be disconnected from the internet.
i just came back from a family xmas party. i had my fill with family. i want to play some games online.
because then you run into the issues of new people not knowing the sequence and the people ringing the doorbell learning the sequence and thus starting the process over again.
ãInaba Residentã
Banned
Its 11:00 pm for me.
I've already spent time with my family today.
I would like to enjoy the games I received.
Stop trying to justify it.
riskVSreward
Member
No, fuck that. I want to play games.
Add that to the OP, amazing explanation
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Ok, and now I know why Dragon Age didn't work for me until I told my PS4 to stop connecting to the web. They need to stop tying everything to PSN. Even though my internet works, neither system can do much with it because you have to sign in to PSN first.
Live Free or Die
Banned
Very good very good.
Jesus Christ, enough with this moralist bullshit.
What I'm worried about right now is if this takes long enough that when I try to contact customer service to get DA:I refunded on PS3 so I can get it on PS4 some dumbass goes "uhh you waited too long sorry." I contacted earlier but because of this nonsense they couldn't even use the tools to refund so I had to contact later. Maybe it'll be clear tomorrow and I'll be good to go, but I would have preferred this resolved sooner than later.
Similarly, it'd be nice to have a day or two extension for the sale as an apology.
No, seriously, you can't assume to know what everyone can do or is ABLE to do this day; maybe there isn't anyone to be with, or they don't celebrate it, or they DO spend time but they don't go the whole day doing whatever and it's more about having a nice meal with family or something... and in the mean time they want to play a game. Nevermind many people get gifts and want to be able to use those gifts. It'd be incredibly lame to get a new Xbox One only to be unable to play it at all due to being unable to update.
Honestly, I'm more annoyed with being unable to sort out a purchase than being unable to play online via PSN or even download it, I can afford to wait on the game but I'd really rather not ultimately waste money on a suboptimal version because some stupid fuckers want to bring down services for their personal amusement or to lash out at corporations in a way that has grotesque collateral damage at best, harms everyone BUT their targets at worst.
Similarly, it'd be nice to have a day or two extension for the sale as an apology.
Shut up.
No, seriously, you can't assume to know what everyone can do or is ABLE to do this day; maybe there isn't anyone to be with, or they don't celebrate it, or they DO spend time but they don't go the whole day doing whatever and it's more about having a nice meal with family or something... and in the mean time they want to play a game. Nevermind many people get gifts and want to be able to use those gifts. It'd be incredibly lame to get a new Xbox One only to be unable to play it at all due to being unable to update.
Honestly, I'm more annoyed with being unable to sort out a purchase than being unable to play online via PSN or even download it, I can afford to wait on the game but I'd really rather not ultimately waste money on a suboptimal version because some stupid fuckers want to bring down services for their personal amusement or to lash out at corporations in a way that has grotesque collateral damage at best, harms everyone BUT their targets at worst.
Serpens007
Member
Some of those families spent hours of work to buy a console as a gift for xmas to watch them happy using said consoles, lots of them online.
riskVSreward
Member
Just as "easy" as anything on the internet, probably should stop paying for everything,
HORRORSHØW
Member
does wolfenstein or alien isolation need any kind of patch to play on the ps4?
hikarutilmitt
Member
Sadly, there are ways to get this special ring.
If a PS4 had a special packet, encrypted or not, that identified itself as a PS4, all it would take is one person sniffing their network traffic for that packet, decrypting it and you're done.
It's one of those cases where in theory it's a good idea, but then you also have other factors like the servers still having to check that those packets are legit (relatively quick, though), the flood of data coming into the network routers and any number of stops in between.
If you have the one key to the magical door, all the assholes in the street are still going to cause a traffic jam to keep you from the door.
The more press/attention they receive the more copy cats that will follow. There is a reason why Microsoft and Sony haven't publicly commented or at least acknowledged the group.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Now if only everybody had the same thought, we'd get some change.
The Lamonster
Member
Nice elitist drive-by post.
great you are having one. but he clearly isn't having a merry christmas as a result of the network being down.
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
Paying for me is an enough reason for both platforms to offer a robust protection to their servers.
Yes yes, it's all about that.
FranXico
Member
So, it would seem according to what you said that for certain server errors, it does fall back to the "is this the primary PS4" check.
I would still consider this a bug, since license verification should always fallback to the offline check, regardless of the reason the connection failed.
MastaKilla
Member
I don't understand how there's 0 protection from this sort of thing. This sucks.
But I already pay for my internet anyway and should not have to pay again to middle men in order to use it on these systems to begin with. Of course I do, because I want to game online sometimes. However, if this shit continues, then it sure as shit is not worth it.
Ascenion
Member
I hear ya there. Funnily enough the Xbox thought it was my router that fucked up when everything else was connected. Thank God Dragon Age was patched and updated yesterday.
Precisely.
ãInaba Residentã
Banned
I've had a great Christmas actually.
Its just that I'd like to sit down and enjoy a new game with a friend which I can't do.
i gave it another try and it still says it needs to be online.
Sevyne
Member
The fuck? I've done nothing but dedicate all of my time both yesterday and today to friends and family. All of that being quite enjoyable aside from my nephew's christmas being tainted by these pathetic losers. Now that I am home I'd like to kick back and enjoy my own games and services that I pay for, but some little no-lifers get to strip that from me?
Happy holidays you say? Sure, but now with a big black spot at the end of it that I don't appreciate one bit.
riskVSreward
Member
Why did you even buy a system knowing that someone might steal it someday?
I'm looking in front of me. All I see are my dogs. I want to play some online games with my online pals.
shysaursoft
Member
Wait for the storm to pass, really. It sucks, but even if the attacks have stopped (which some claim they have), it can take hour for services to resume normal operation.
They can. But it costs money, isn't flawless, and there is a risk factor in overspending on protection. I go into it a bit here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=144806383&postcount=2163
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
boredandlazy
Member
What's one day of not posting on neogaf criticising others.
Look in front of you, those are called people. They may be friends or family, spark up a conversation.
Happy holidays.
Comments like these aren't going to get you far, especially as a Junior
What? I obviously bought them to enjoy. All I am saying is that I am not going to keep paying for these services that we should not even have to pay for to begin with if they keep getting taken down so easily.