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[Deanob]

Very nice post bubbles.

Ty for stepping up.

[Estharik]

I wish someone would have cleared my petition. I was there since I was lvl20 and I'm.... was 27? one bubble from 28. I'd volunteer to handle trivial shit but there's no sign up place. I'd rather help someone doing guide crap than sitting around advertising for a group when there's nobody on. That kind of thing might not happen now though. Whoever is responsible for this DDoS bullshit... I have to go to a crappy ass "family" thing for thanksgiving tomorrow that I really didn't want to go to. The only thing that was making me halfway happy about going to sleep tonight is gone, and you're a douche.

I have all the respect for the Devs and anyone who has helped make the server what it is/was.

[uncle]

Originally Posted by Zhao [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If I find out who did this, I am going to murder them for real.

interwebz toughguy

[Zhao]

Originally Posted by uncle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

interwebz toughguy

GIVE ME YOUR ADDRESS

[Bubbles]

Originally Posted by Dolalin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wasn't IB doing a fear raid at just that moment? Nice coincidence.

Pretty much 1/3 of IB's general Fear force wasn't IB a week ago, or isn't even IB currently.

I *highly* doubt this was done to annoy IB.

I do strongly remember a couple of GMs on the forums bringing out the "You're in our world now, deal with it" card recently. That's a far, far more likely culprit.

Go back and re-read all the rants and flames and drama bombs. Folks are a lot madder at the perceived favortism and corruption up top than they are about a faceless guild.

Example A:

Are people mad because IB_Rogue_01 has a Fanged Skull Stiletto? Or are they mad that the item, and Mayong, are in the game, as a GM Event mob, to be killed once (and presumably by IB anyways). Are people mad at that rogue? Or the several LOL parts of the preceeding sentence?

No need to make some long example-laden post of the other things people are whining about, but just that one quick refresher to illustrate that IB's just caught in the middle, it's every other aspect of each new "decision" in the server's progression/policies that gets the nerd rage to a fever pitch.

If I showed up tomorrow and a GM handed me a pair of Warrior epic 1.0s, would you be mad at me for having lightsabers, or mad at the GM who showed a tremendous lack of foresight and judgement? *That* is the reason people get so bent out of shape, these forums swell up with pages of inane personal attacks and meaningless banter, and also the VERY reason we're staring at this thread pondering what to do next.

If you honestly think we're not playing Classic EQ right now because of IB, you are seriously, seriously, missing the point. Even if I could pretend for a second I care either way about the guild drama, the fact that IB is raiding in Fear and actually progressing in a relatively classic timeline finally would be a reason to *stop* a potential ddos attack, not start it.

[Zarniwooop]

Entirely irrelevant. They did it because they're diseased little vermin. All that matters is where do we go from here.

[uncle]

Originally Posted by Zhao [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

GIVE ME YOUR ADDRESS

Are you mad are ya pissed? Are you gonna point your gun at your computer screen and it will hit me? Maybe stick a knife thru the screen and get me?

get the fuck outta here. feels awesome to be powerless doesnt it?

[Bubbles]

Originally Posted by Estharik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I wish someone would have cleared my petition. I was there since I was lvl20 and I'm.... was 27? one bubble from 28. I'd volunteer to handle trivial shit but there's no sign up place. I'd rather help someone doing guide crap than sitting around advertising for a group when there's nobody on. That kind of thing might not happen now though. Whoever is responsible for this DDoS bullshit... I have to go to a crappy ass "family" thing for thanksgiving tomorrow that I really didn't want to go to. The only thing that was making me halfway happy about going to sleep tonight is gone, and you're a douche.

I have all the respect for the Devs and anyone who has helped make the server what it is/was.

Doesn't work like that. Take a deep breath, delete all your accounts, and apply. It's the only way it would work. Those frolicking around in GM Robes handling the mundance day-to-day work load of unstucks, petitions, booting the racist remarks and tales of Danth's physical prowess in OOC, and enforcing the PnP, should never have live accounts on the server. It's a lot trickier with Devs, since finding people to give up their playtime to actually mess with path nodes, script, and the nuts and bolts is a much, much harder find.

(and p.s., don't delete anything until the server is back up in place and folks like Rogean and Nilbog consider the idea first.. heh)

edit : and p.p.s. just because some guy who now has 2 posts is claiming victory, don't assume it's not a frame up job of the original toon who no longer plays).

[nilbog]

Wow. ddos-ed to death. I consider that some type of accomplishment [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] You are part of a server and community powerful enough to cause enough e-rage to amass a zombie army intent on the destruction of Norrath.

News will be posted as soon as possible in regards to a new hosting location.

Thanks for your continued support.

Sorry for the continued drama.

[justiceleague]

GRAND FINALE:

The day The Internet Died

DDOS KING

This server already had one chance to fix it's problems. If it comes back up and the bullshit isn't addressed, it will happen again.