Hey everyone,

Here is a quick announcement to let everyone know the datacenter is currently under repeated heavy ddos attacks causing our server to jump up to 800 ping.

There are good defenses in place so an attack (while possibly executed within minutes after each other) should not last longer then 2 minutes.

So here are a few do's and don'ts in case of a (targeted) ddos attack.
- Waiting is better then reconnecting, attacks typically get neutralised in 2 minutes after which the game will unfreeze and continue.
- Fleeing to other servers while a DDoS attack is happening is not recommended if a DDoS is targeted against us it is typically done to cause players to visit other servers. (Today's attack was not aimed at us, we are merely collateral damage).
- There is no need to inform our staff, if a targeted attack towards bouncy happens we will know. The automated defenses and network engineers in the datacenter are automatically notified and will start working to address the attack immediately.

While we know these attacks are frustrating there is little we can do when they take place, the automated defenses should be capable of handeling a moderately large attack (Please don't feel like this is me boasting my defensive skills, if you are detairmained enough you can always down anything. This is not ment as an invitation to test your ddos tools.) and will stabalize the connections usually within 2 minutes of a massive lag spike occuring. Attackers usually keep trying to get around this causing more large 2 minute lasting lag spikes. In between these attempts you can play normally like always.

Happy fragging everyone, and sooner or later we should be able to continue lag free.

Henky!!