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I would also add for Octowow, financing the ddos protection is no problem. I personally donated this month enough to cover their expense for September.
We are going to be fine, once a protection service is established.

Should an attempt be made, the best way to handle this is to stop at the ...

Hopefully not, classic has such a timeless and iconic art style. Unreal engine is just the same trash over produced slop and exaggerated lighting


It's not just about the visuals. The vanilla client is 22 years old now and doesn't run well on modern hardware (stutters, frame drops, memory limit ...

I think its safe to say the servers are coming down. to much risk not enough reward. wouldnt be suprised if servers completely offline within next couple days. how long will they keep risking their financial lives for a server that won't even run because it's constantly "attacked"


Obvious Raven ...

In case you haven't figured it out yet or any other Linux players find this:

After installing the game through Steam or Lutris you just need to edit the Steam game file path to point to the launcher exe instead of the installer exe.

The file path to the launcher is: "Steam/steamapps/compatdata ...

Discord was never a good place to host the community chat anyway. Some of the channels required submitting photo ID to access and Discord lie about deleting uploaded documents as the multiple leaks have proven.

I appreciate the transparency. These delays are frustrating for all involved.

Many people say, “Stop whining and just endure,” but I’ve been leveling my character for a week now and I’ve only managed to reach level 28. How much more time will it take to get to level 60? “Just endure, no one owes you anything.” Many people say this is a free server, but what’s the point of ...

Ripates182 wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2026 5:18 pm

Kestrel wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2026 9:36 am More attacks coming in early today. No updates.

Is there any time frame when you are supossed to fix so server runs normaly again ?

Fuck knows at this point. They were saying Monday for the last week and now Monday has come and gone and now no update.

Curious question(s):

Is this actually expensive for whoever is doing it? I mean, what's the money cost?

If it's this easy to kill websites and servers, why aren't all manner of other sites seeing much more persistent attacks?


From the little bit of searching I've done, it costs them basically ...

Where is the new server that was supposed to be online yesterday?