Not a DDOS attack.

[janh]

Originally Posted by Gammelpreusse

If that article were true it would change my attitude over UBI completly. It's one thing to be attacked by pirates, it's a different matter alltogether if that explaination was just a cover up. I can accept failure and attempts to make good on it, but outright lying and putting the blame on groups bearing no responsebility right into the audiences face stretches the issue a tad too far.

As far as I know it was never Ubisoft itself that formulated a statement... Try to search for such a statement online, at least I couldn't find any official message over what the real issues were... That's why everyone is still looking for the true facts...

[guynoir]

Originally Posted by janh

As far as I know it was never Ubisoft itself that formulated a statement... Try to search for such a statement online, at least I couldn't find any official message over what the real issues were... That's why everyone is still looking for the true facts...

Ummm... well, here's one: http://kotaku.com/5488372/denial-of-...ed-ii-playtime

[janh]

Originally Posted by guynoir

Ummm... well, here's one: http://kotaku.com/5488372/denial-of-...ed-ii-playtime

True, there one is. I was looking more for a public press statement, but this is as original of a source. Then there is an obvious discrepancy between the Ubisoft server administrator that the above article cites and this source...

[Bilge_Rat]

Originally Posted by janh

True, there one is. I was looking more for a public press statement, but this is as original of a source. Then there is an obvious discrepancy between the Ubisoft server administrator that the above article cites and this source...

here you go, from Ubisoft's twitter feed:

Apologies to anyone who couldn’t play ACII or SH5 yesterday. Servers were attacked which limited service from 2:30pm to 9pm Paris time 3:37 AM Mar 8th via web

@onikrulz @Diogo_Ribeiro All servers were up and running but the attacks had the effect of blocking new requests from legitimate users 7:54 AM Mar 8th via web

Our servers are under attack again. Some gamers are experiencing trouble signing in. We're working on it and will keep you posted 11:45 AM Mar 8th via web

http://twitter.com/UBISOFT?max_id=10...e=2&twttr=true

[Gammelpreusse]

Originally Posted by janh

True, there one is. I was looking more for a public press statement, but this is as original of a source. Then there is an obvious discrepancy between the Ubisoft server administrator that the above article cites and this source...

http://twitter.com/UBISOFT


I think UBIs official twitter site is valid enough. Go down the page and read the currently first comment after the expand button.

P.S. Bilge got it covered

[jazman]

I noted earlier that normal Ubisoft customer activity will look to Ubisoft like DDoS attack, they are so badly prepared.

[tommyk]

Originally Posted by jazman

I noted earlier that normal Ubisoft customer activity will look to Ubisoft like DDoS attack, they are so badly prepared.

I believe that is what is happening. One little glitch at the server and many clients trying to establish a new connection and block other connections which leads to more reconnections which leads to more disconnections. avalange...

[janh]

Originally Posted by Gammelpreusse

http://twitter.com/UBISOFT

I think UBIs official twitter site is valid enough. Go down the page and read the currently first comment after the expand button.

P.S. Bilge got it covered

As I said above, then there is an obvious discrepancy. Hmmh, again no closer to the answer of that question than before. That's too bad. I wonder who the IT person was they cite in their article. I got a feeling that we will never really know whether it was just underestimation of server needs and a badly scheduled maintenance slot, a DDOS attack, or both.

That reminds me of a nice quote: Abraham Lincoln, memorandum dated September 30, 1862

"(In great contests, each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God.) Both may be, and one must be wrong. (God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time.)"

[Gammelpreusse]

Originally Posted by janh

As I said above, then there is an obvious discrepancy. Hmmh, again no closer to the answer of that question than before. That's too bad. I wonder who the IT person was they cite in their article. I got a feeling that we will never really know whether it was just underestimation of server needs and a badly scheduled maintenance slot, a DDOS attack, or both.

That reminds me of a nice quote: Abraham Lincoln, memorandum dated September 30, 1862

"(In great contests, each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God.) Both may be, and one must be wrong. (God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time.)"

Nice philosophy, though unfittingly this is not a great contest but a petty question over lying or not.

[janh]

Originally Posted by Gammelpreusse

Nice philosophy, though unfittingly this is not a great contest but a petty question over lying or not.

Yeah, that's why I "hid" it in the parenthesis. Abe had quite a few good thoughts for his time that many modern politicians could take as an example...

Maybe no one was lying and it was just an "unlucky" combination of both. Whatever it is, Ubisoft already got through with it, for good and bad.