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Good PC Master Race!!!!!

 

[Barakov]

Source: https://cyberinsider.com/rockstar-games-ddosed-heavily-by-players-protesting-new-anticheat-code/

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.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

I'm sorry I hurt your fragile feelings and you are incapable of spotting an obvious joke.

It was all fun!

 

[DeepEnigma]

And still no 60fps patch for RDR2.

 

[sono]

Expose the cheaters.

By name

 

[Cyberpunkd]

If you know what a Kernel level anti-cheat is, R* getting DDoS is fair.

Fuck that shit.

This, together with them pulling support for Steamdeck, even though the anti-cheat allows for Linux compatibility. Rockstar are cunts.

 

[Cobaiye]

Fuck Rockstar.

 

[FoxMcChief]

PC Gamers were a mistake.

Case in point: @KyoZz

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[Larxia]

I mean, it depends what the reason is for them to do that. If it's just because they are cheaters and they are mad they can't cheat anymore, like many people in this thread seem to think, then yes that's stupid.

However, from what I heard, there were still plenty of cheaters and it didn't do much about that.
The biggest thing this anti cheat did (again from what I heard) is making the game unplayable on Linux / Steam Deck. If people are protesting because of this, I think they're right.

It really depends on the reasons and the context.

I agree that cheating is horrible on GTA V, but it's actually even worse on RDR2, I gave up because of that, I kept getting killed by cheaters.
At some point there was even a player who made me unable to move, and started f*cking my character (female character), and then he gave me flowers...
Sometimes people put you in a cage, make you explode etc... It can be funny once, but when it's all the time and you can't play normally anymore, it's awful.

 

[FrankWza]

That GTA 6 port just got pushed to 2028

 

[awwr999999]

Source: https://cyberinsider.com/rockstar-games-ddosed-heavily-by-players-protesting-new-anticheat-code/

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.

Rockstar should keep GTA6 and every subsequent GTA locked to PlayStation hardware.
GTA's at its best when Rockstar's focused on perfecting one experience as opposed to two or three.

 

[Three]

While I generally think that DDOSing shit is annoying and stupid.... kernel-level anti-cheat is more annoying and stupid.

So by all means, fuck shit up!

Unfortunately on PC it's either that or even more rampant cheaters. Can't blame Rockstar for wanting to prevent that.

I do most of my gaming on a separate console now because of this (avoiding cheaters and not wanting to give away kernel control) but I do try to keep on top of things running in the background on my PC too.

 

[Gaiff]

Rockstar should keep GTA6 and every subsequent GTA locked to PlayStation hardware.
GTA's at its best when Rockstar's focused on perfecting one experience as opposed to two or three.