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Oh my god, I LOVE THIS!!! This is like watching a bad train wreck over and over again, with the conductor blaming his bad engineering on the passengers. I may not be able to play AC2 on my computer, but this sure as hell ain't bad entertainment either. | |
I bought AC2.... I have now cracked it. *Edited to avoid the possibility of a BAnhammer* This is just horrible for those of us that bought these games. | |
Must be Templars trying to censor AC2. | |
... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Serves them right. I hope someone gets fired for this one. | |
Lets see if the message sinks in this time | |
This is hilariously ridiculous, sorry UBI but I'll never buy your PC versions with DRM hovering over them, especially after this hilarity. | |
wow... just wow At first I was angry at Ubi for creating such a stupid system, but now I just feel sorry for them and the fools who bought it ligit... I wonder how long until they cave and admit their mistake | |
By 'under attack', they of course mean 'Our DRM is crap so we're going to blame hackers, since it can't be proven we're lying and this way we have culpable deniability'. | |
hahahahahaha oooohh... please, if the first few problems werent "attacks" now they are!!, anywhay... lets hope it endīs up in being more of a liability than a safe keep to hold the DRM and ubi gets to close it... | |
Alright, I'm caving into curiosity. Does the crack actually work fine? | |
Well, this is just icing on the cake, really. And my decision not to buy AC2 because of this DRM seems to have been a good one. | |
I am really on the fence about this. This is terrible for consumers - like, really terrible for consumers, and it's malicious users rather than ubi that are directly at fault for it. At the same time, Ubi was just asking for this, and I kind of want to see it continue. The more consumers are negatively impacted by things like this, and the more outraged they get, the bigger a hit Ubi's bottom line will take, and I dare say scaling back the DRM and losing 10% of your player base to piracy is better than losing 100% of your player base because your game is unplayable. -m | |
Ubisoft has no one to blame but themselves. They introduced an idiotic DRM scheme, and now it's coming back to bite them. Maybe now they'll get the message...but I doubt it. | |
Effiminate? I resent that coming from a Canuck. At the risk of stating the obvious, these attacks are going to keep happening until the hackers have the information they need to properly crack the game. They're clearly probing for weaknesses or simply gathering data on when and how it works. Just the same way they beat anti cheats by spamming hacks and recording the bans, then basing the next hacks off that... | |
Hmmm, it seems like the question to Ubi now goes, which one do you want, nobody playing or everybody? Of course there's no more money in the latter so nobody. | |
Hey, I have a solution that will solve the attacking problem! Remove the fucking DRM! I feel sorry for those who cannot play, but I'm glad that they're denying Ubisoft the right to call this idiotic system a success. | |
I think this place bans peeps for discussing pirating. So you will understand if I dont go into detail. Suffice to say I only pirate games that I feel have jilted me, and in the long run I ussually buy them anyway for the MP. But what I thought would be a tolerable DRM solution has ended up being a the freaking travesty of the year. | |
Good. They fucking deserve it. Do not blame script kiddies for your shitty security. You set yourselves up for a fall and now you are paying the price for your stupidity and arrogance.
Yes, some of the earlier ones were not perfect for example story points not activating at the right spots but the latter ones work perfectly. Or so I have heard. <.< | |
I can't help but think that this is justice ... | |
It's not piracy if you've bought it and just downloaded the crack. Heck, if you ask me that isn't piracy at all.
Gold. Pure gold. Off Topic: I clicked that forum link given in the article. One thread in particular caught my eye. I've seen sheep before, but wow. Just wow. Anyone who honestly thinks that this DRM-scratch that, ANY DRM actually helps against piracy clearly doesn't know a single god damn thing about piracy. | |
If a bunch of DDos kiddys can simply shut down the service Ubisoft got payed for, Ubisoft is at fault. | |
Man, I feel bad for the people who actually bought the games and can't play them. But damn, I really hope this keeps happening. :) It's really shining the spotlight on the absurdity of this scheme. | |
I fully support whoever is attacking Ubi. And that may be everyone who bought AC2, since they're just blaming hackers for their incompetence. I bet it's just an overload. Go to hell Ubisoft. | |
No matter who did it, it's Ubi's fault. Just admit you overreacted to the piracy numbers, release the patch that makes this stupid DRM go away and lets us save locally, and people will stop hacking your servers. It'll stop the attacks, but this will always be cited as an example of a bad idea leading to it's logical conclusion in gaming. | |
Which is why I used a qualifier in my sentence. Specifically, the word "directly". I wasn't absolving Ubi of responsibilty. in fact, if you'd read the rest of my post, I said that Ubi was "asking for this" and that I wanted it to hurt their bottom line so that they would undo the things that brought this on. That doesn't change the fact that it is a bunch of malicious users that are ACTIVELY ruining the game for everyone else, and that, in their absence, the game would be working as planned. -m | |
*Slow, sarcastic applause* I really hope this keeps happening. It's just too funny to stop now. | |
Single best description of DRM ever. Seriously, we don't even need to discuss it anymore. Also your avatar is hypnotic. | |
I think it's less likely that their servers are being attacked and more likely that they didn't realize exactly how many people would be trying to log into their servers at any given time... Still, I suppose it is possible they're legitimately under attack. Either way, if it'll make them shut the DRM off, I'm all for it. Actually, come to think of it, if somebody can DDoS this server to oblivion, I doubt it's even capable of supporting the people playing the game... | |
This. ftw | |
Reported "fact". We only really have Ubisoft's word for it. This is Ubisoft's second explanation for the failure. Not saying it isn't some script-kiddies, but surely Ubi are smart enough to predict a Pirate Galleon? | |
"Attack", huh? Right. Ubisoft disgusts me. I already own Assassin's Creed 2 for the 360 (bought it secondhand ftw), but I'm going to torrent it just for the hell of it. | |
Agreed, can you say denial. | |
I'm pretty sure Ubi have got the point now. They should have made better precautions against this kind of attack really. They should have expected it. | |
Oh how the mighty have fallen... | |
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Ubisoft's DRM Servers Attacked Again
Bad news for PC gamers looking to play some Assassin's Creed 2 or Silent Hunter 5 today: Ubisoft has reported that its DRM servers are suffering from another "attack" and that people are once again having trouble logging in to play their games.
Gamers looking forward to taking on some Assassin's Creed 2 on the PC over the past weekend were in for a disappointment: The servers crapped out for the better part of Sunday and under Ubi's brilliant new DRM scheme, no servers means no game. Ubisoft's original story was that its servers were unable to cope with the overwhelming demand, but today it backtracked and blamed the failure on an "attack" instead.
The problem was reportedly solved with all the requisite apologies, but Ubi's forums have been hinky throughout the day and now it seems that the matter isn't quite as settled as Ubisoft had claimed. In a post to its official Twitter feed, the company admitted that it was experiencing more troubles, writing, "Our servers are under attack again. Some gamers are experiencing trouble signing in. We're working on it and will keep you posted."
There's no way for us to verify the ongoing outages independently, since Assassin's Creed 2 is only available in Europe and Silent Hunter 5 is only of interest to unwashed military sim savants, so a more up-to-the-minute report from PC gamers living on that side of the Atlantic would be welcome. In the meantime, I think I speak for most of us when I say, nice work, Ubi. You've really set yourself apart from the crowd with this one.
via: VG247
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