Constant DDoS or other problems?

[Devin]

It be like:

Manager: hey, your server went down
- My server?
Manager: yes..?
- Since when do I....OH THAT
- What's the IP again? and do we have forums?
*Manager on forums* Unknown why it's down. Just forget it and wait.
- What did you say, what's the forum url again?

Cocky Player: Hi ur server is down and you dont know why, pls resign
Manager: Speak to Gandalf.

Happy?

[Rusty]

Then why isn't ''that person who isn't around'' giving the appropriate people access? Isn't that the most logical thing to do in such situations? 

*shrugs*
Pretty much all I can say for that.

[Pandalink]

Cocky Player: Hi ur server is down and you dont know why, pls resign
Manager: Speak to Gandalf.

Happy?

I like that you gave your example player shitty spelling & grammar and immediately strawmanned them with the very first word of your post, that's a really nice touch.

[Miller786]

jumped on the forums to take a look around and guess what? argo argo you never change xD

[Lustigkurre]

aaaaaaand down again.

[Spike.]

SA:MP, MTA:SA and IV:MP down. I believe VC:MP is also down.

[kewlguy13x]

Forum being DDoSed as well.

[clancker]

This happens for years now and no body actually takes a real action to make it stop.
Well we were told not long ago that the server and forums security were improved and where is the improvement since it happens again and again somebody should really start work and get the things back in line RS4 was constantly getting DDoS now happens the same thing with RS5 which is much more bugged version currently and the constant DDoS won't help in any way solving the bugs and getting the players enjoy there game somebody in this community should start working and currently no body does everybody is standing and looking at the problems but doesn't do a thing to solve them.

[Rusty]

This happens for years now and no body actually takes a real action to make it stop.
Well we were told not long ago that the server and forums security were improved and where is the improvement since it happens again and again somebody should really start work and get the things back in line RS4 was constantly getting DDoS now happens the same thing with RS5 which is much more bugged version currently and the constant DDoS won't help in any way solving the bugs and getting the players enjoy there game somebody in this community should start working and currently no body does everybody is standing and looking at the problems but doesn't do a thing to solve them.

Because you can't really stop it, Gimli tried when he set-up his server and it still occurred.  But if you have a great idea to make it stop then by all means do share it with the owner.  Separate server has been set-up to find bugs and fix them on, check the SA:MP Ideas board.

[_FreezingDark_]

i hope his gets fixed, and that it doesnt happen again...

[Luke]

Seems weird how only certain are down, and the forum is not, I may be the only one, but could the host who hosts our servers have issues.

The game severs are different to the TS and Forum servers. Meaning that if it was DDOS like before, we would have everything brought down.

[Khm]

The improvement in tbe security won't really affect, it will just slow it down netherless a heavy attack or not. The only way to stop this is by having someone who's really able to make FBI look into this crap. A hacker is just a hacker...

[Seskom]

That's to bad then cause that's the only answer we can give.
It's possible since person who has access to the server isn't exactly around so we can't really know what is up.  That's what happens when certain people should have access to the server don't, we just sit and wait.  No point getting salty over this though everything turns into a drama nowadays.

I belive that's a point managers should raise with Gandalf themselves, we as community are unaware what rights managers do have and which ones they'd require in addition. If you're leader of the community you should be able to negoitate with the owner of the server yourself and explain why such action is required. Not everything turns into a drama, but 21st century is period of logistics basically, everything is expected to work smoothly, that means when something happens there's notification from managers and people get to work on the problem right away. This is not the WWI when shit goes south you just sit in the bunker and wait, perhaps the backup is comming, perhaps it's not, who knows, nobody cares (if you count out the guys sitting in the bunker and trying to survive ofcourse).

Communication between management and the community is crucial, if you don't give a fuck about the players and tell them to play another game until server is down then they'll leave and find next community where they are treated better.

Cocky Player: Hi ur server is down and you dont know why, pls resign
Manager: Speak to Gandalf.

Happy?

Jumping right to assault position and basically disrespecting the player who posted previvious post by trying to make him look like a noob  (grammar mistakes etc.) To be honest that's not really what manager should be doing.

[[NP]Monte Montague]

Gandalf, Argonath is suffering because you're gone.
Sir, have you given up on us?

[.Matthew.]

Yes, it's true DDoS/DoS attacks can't be completely stopped.
There are some good dedicated servers out there with better protection which filters most of the attack.
But that would cost more money and there's no way to tell if it'll stop every attack, because the attacks can have different strength.
Then, donations are probably low because they do not give any rewards for the player and abilities.
Majority donates to get some abilities and some rewards.