Pokemon Universe MMORPG
Official Forums => News & Announcements => Topic started by: Mr_Dark on July 30, 2012, 07:22:09 PM
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Most of you must have noticed, Pokemon Universe was down for something more than a day. This was because someone (we don't know who) decided to DDoS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack) our server which made the website unavailable for anyone.
Even with the website back up the DDoS attack is not over and we're still looking at solutions to prevent the current attack and attacks which may happen in the future. So if the website is unavailable again it will probably mean the attackers have figured out our current solution and started attacking that.
As a side note, our chat is always available so you can always contact us there if you're unable to access the website. Bookmark the link so you'll always have it :)
That's all the info I can give you for now. I'll report back when I have more info about the stability of our server and website.
Update 01/08/12: DDOS attack seems to be over. Lets hope it stays away :)
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Well this is a first. ??? Hope it all works out though.
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DDOS seems to be over, lets hope it stays away.
(http://www.p1cture.it/images/fb93aae4g246de5046f7.png)
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Glad it was sorted out! ;D
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Hehe I am sure there was a bunch of people worried....That this was the end of PU glad to see it isn't :)
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Hehe I am sure there was a bunch of people worried....That this was the end of PU glad to see it isn't :)
No, we wouldn't end PU like that, we have too much of an history with you guys. :)
FYI, we're not planning to stop with PU, things are just about to continue again.
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A friend of mine has some powerful anti-ddos software, I'll see if I can hook you guys up.
Hope it helps. :)
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YAY! It's over! :D (hopefully. owo)
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Over. for now. I'm still gonna ask him to hook you guys up, just in case.
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Hehe I am sure there was a bunch of people worried....That this was the end of PU glad to see it isn't :)
No, we wouldn't end PU like that, we have too much of an history with you guys. :)
FYI, we're not planning to stop with PU, things are just about to continue again.
I am glad that it won't be stopped so easily...Yea there is a lot of history for quite a few people on this site...I only recently became active this year but I have been lurking for quite a long time :)
Must say I wish I would of became active a long time ago. Because I am having lots of fun.
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Yesterday morning we got attacked again. Now we moved our domain settings to another server, this way they can't get the IP address of our main server, meaning they can't attack it :)
We hope this will keep the attacks away.
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*goes find the attackers* *Puts a bullet in their head...* I wish they would stop whoever they are!!! :(
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*goes find the attackers* *Puts a bullet in their head...* I wish they would stop whoever they are!!! :(
You're not the only one who wants to know. I've had contact with admin from other Pokemon (MMO)RPGs and they were also attacked. So it seems like a direct attack to Pokemon RPG websites.
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Maybe they are just jealous because they didn't think of this idea first? And just wanting to be a jerk to anyone who is making one.
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Huh, that's strange. ??? I wonder what they have against the Pokemon RPG's... They have to have some kind of motive.
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Well, one motive that was considered was that this someone is in the process of making another Pokemon MMORPG and wants to shut down other Pokemon MMORPG around to get all the attention once the way is clear.
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Well that very well could be it...i remember a low population RPG I used to play called Risk your Life....Was an epic game. But it never failed whoever created a server for it within a few months to a year they would get hacked by a certain someone and get destroyed.. All just because the server he made had been hacked and destroyed a long time ago...So now he does that to anyone who tries to make one..It is rather sad. So it wouldn't surprise me at all if someone is trying to destroy all the Pokemon games online out there at the moment for their own selfish reasons..
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Reminds me, there is a group called anonymous or something. And they hack and take down certain sites to state their point that they aren't charmed by the fact the government wants internet censorship so badly. But aside from that, I wouldnt see a reason why they would try an attack on a random Pokémon MMO that isn't even released yet.
And it is quite odd that alot of Pokémon MMO's were taken down. Besides that, most Pokémon MMO's charge money in some kind of way while PU will be entirely cashfree while still having loads of special features. Most Pokémon MMOs i've seen don't have many features and are just the standard gameplay without much extra stuff. Let's try to specify it some more: Which pokémon MMO's were attacked and what features did they have? Do they have something in common besides being a Pokémon MMO?
While googling I found of Pokémon Omega was also attacked. This game is also entirely f2p. There is a range of sprites you're allowed to choose (we have a paperdoll system but it comes quite close). Trainers get ranked with points.
Pokemonium Online also got a DDOS attack about three months ago
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This is probably out there and compeltly untrue, but p1cture.it isn't working for me, was it attacked like PU? Or is it having some other problem?
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p1cture.it is working for me.
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p1cture.it should work fine. Otherwise try img.pokemon-universe.com