"Worst christmas ever"
 

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-30602609

A hacker group claims to have brought down XBox and PS online services. And although i usually am more differentiated about idealistic hackers trying to show people how vulnerable they have made themselves when relying so completely on technology and the WWW, these dirtbags now I would love to beat up personally and pretty badly with my own hands. Because here they hit not any adult users who can cope with the situation, but they spell disaster on many little kids who have lived towards christmas in the expectation of then being able to finally, after all that long wait, to play with their friends over the holidays, like they have seen it being done with other kids they knew form school. For a child, the perception of time is different than for us adults, and disappointments like this is felt far more intensely, then it is felt by a 20 or 30 year old. I also remember when I was a boy, and got my first chess computer - and my parents had bad luck and bought a malfunctioning piece, which they could not have known. That evening was one of the most disappointing evenings in my life, and those days I had to wait until the shops were open again were the longest of my life. Also, I am lucky to have had wonderful and really good memories of christmas days with my family when I was young. Seeing this being spoiled for kids just for malicious and sadistic motives I have zero understanding and no tolerance for.

I would love to be given some minutes with those doing this in a locked room, all alone, unobserved. They would regret what they did. Promised.

That's crazy, they already made a movie about it!:o

A Skybird Christmas....
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lvB1Ibe9p-...BRevealed.jpeg

http://i.imgur.com/QjnpKdW.gif

Ain't nobody ever heard of single-player games?

World isn't over.

MP-Only games or MP-focused games are my mortal enemy.

I'm with Sky on this one.

If they want to do something about our over reliance on technology, let them organize outdoor camping and trekking. Not ruining children Christmases.
I can't stand hackers. What a dishonorable way to fight.

This can be a good thing...
' Now kids, go outside and play like real children.. and stop acting like brats !!'
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Yeah, but what about the All Mighty DRM? Does it require those services to work i.e. allow playing those single player games? :hmmm:

I am not talking about late teens or adults, Red, but little children. For them the world still ticks differently. Christmas days and a new toy being broken - that is almost like world over for them.

Some hackers are like that, as I indicated, but this Lizard Squad seems to be püure scum indeed: they blackmailed the FB crowd for more likes "else...", and only wanted to boast with their stunt. That is as low a motive as "low" can mean.

Time for a real thorough spanking.

slur.io

I agree Sky....kids are sacrosanct in my book :yep:

I see what you mean now. :hmmm: Fair point.

it's happening again...right now....here is an interesting map / link:

http://map.ipviking.com/

http://i.imgur.com/0VziWok.jpg

:D

First world problems :shifty:

There are kids (and adults) who did not get anything to eat on Christmas day. There are people sleeping in the streets or worse. All over the world, there are people dying and losing someone close to them on Christmas.

If the statistics play out, about 150 people committed suicide on Christmas day and that is only the US numbers.

But a video game not being able to be played, qualified as the "worst Christmas ever"? Really?

I think there is a need for a just little perspective here.

We can't expect that kind of perspective from kids under 11.
We shouldn't really force it on them. Life is going to get ugly soon enough for them, even those in the first world.