Lesson would be to not piss off 4chan but seriously it's minecraft, who is that upset on a denial of service that they'd go after that? It's almost like someone getting upset about not getting to sit down at one specific chair of a diner when you can just go sit somewhere else like the chair right next to it.  
 
And asshats/hackers/internet pirates wonder why everyone & thier dog & the dog's chewtoys HATE them.  
 
Hopefully the guy decides to take mincraft offline for a while to work on it until further notice while everyone finds the people doing this attack & sink them.

Proving the internet can always be giant assholes when need be.

I haven't followed Minecraft for a couple months. Did he stop doing weekly updates or something?

Why anyone would do this is mind boggling...

I would fathom a guess that /v/ and /b/ have already released their track dogs and are dusting off their destructo bots in preparation of finding the one(s) guilty of this heinous crime.

" Who the fuck would attack a game they like, because they want more content.  Fucking idiots. "

Re-tarded.

"UPDATE: A group that wants Notch to put out more updates for the game is claiming responsibility for the DDoS attacks in a 4chan post, according to Kotaku. It's impossible to tell at the moment if these guys are really the ones responsible for these attacks. Note: this group isn't claiming affiliation with 4chan."
 
That makes no sense! Let's attack him and hinder his progress because we want more updates? No way is that true. Fuck the 4chan idoits that claim to be behind it and fuck the assholes that are really behind it. God, I wish I could jump out of everyone's monitors and punch the entire internet in the fucking face! Or at least the assholes. 
 
And fuck Kotaku for posting about a post on fucking 4chan, gross.

People are assholes. Viruses, denial of service attacks... you'd think somebody with the brains to pull off such things would have matured out of the destructive for the sake of being an asshat phase of life.

It sounds like someone is envious Minecraft's success.

Baffled

" "UPDATE: A group that wants Notch to put out more updates for the game is claiming responsibility for the DDoS attacks in a 4chan post, according to Kotaku. It's impossible to tell at the moment if these guys are really the ones responsible for these attacks. Note: this group isn't claiming affiliation with 4chan."  That makes no sense! Let's attack him and hinder his progress because we want more updates? No way is that true.

ASS. 
 
HOLES.

" People are assholes. Viruses, denial of service attacks... you'd think somebody with the brains to pull off such things would have matured out of the destructive for the sake of being an asshat phase of life. "

Assholes.

" It sounds like someone is envious Minecraft's success. "

what the fuck is minecraft?????

" When is someone going to DDoS 4chan? "

Thats some backward ass thinking attacking a person's server because you want more content.

" what the fuck is minecraft????? "

Has there ever been a target less deserving of DDoS attacks than the Minecraft servers? It seems like the technological equivalent of punching a kitten.

" Protip: Giving them attention is just fuelling the fire.  Stop publicising it. "

I have only one word to describe whoever did this:

Losers

What a pack of jerks. Minecraft is such a feel-good story but they've missed the point.

" what the fuck is minecraft????? "

" @Rmack said:

" @RiotBananas said:

" Protip: Giving them attention is just fuelling the fire.  Stop publicising it. "

Seriously. Why don't people understand this? "

I know right?  "

Instead of fixing the issues the hackers are pissed about, the guy is busy fending of their attacks. What a bunch of geniuses.  
 
What ever happened to letting the creator of the game make the game as he sees fit? Causing him to rush updates will only hurt the quality of the game and piss even more people off.

" What a pack of jerks. Minecraft is such a feel-good story but they've missed the point. "

You know, if 4chan would be given the task of finding Bin Laden and making sure he gets lost in his own beard then that would be something that they could do. In a week. If they wanted to.
Thus I have no doubts that this person/group will be outed and "done right with".

I'd like to believe anonymous wasn't behind this, given the popularity of Minecraft on /v/. But chances are it is, and that fucking sucks.

It's the same thing as the griefers. A bunch of lonely guys who probably don't have much interaction with people in real life, and this is one way they can get reactions and attention. It's annoying, but also a little sad.

I don't give a damn what these people want, they shouldn't be allowed to be on the internet...

All I have to say is what tools.

" This is a really silly attack.   'WE DEMAND MORE CONTENT! WE WANT MORE UPDATES! WE WANT MORE REGULAR MEDIA FROM THE SERVERS! AND TO SHOW HOW SERIOUS WE ARE, WE GOING TO MAKE IT SO YOU CAN'T ACCESS ANY OF YOUR SERVERS, SO YOU CAN'T ADD ANY MORE CONTENT OR DO ANY MORE UPDATES!"   Dumb. "

This sucks :( Why would someone do this?

A-holes. No reason for this.

I hope the jack-holes that did this get caught, pay a huge fine, money, community service, and etc. 
 
It's a free game for christ sake that is for everyone to enjoy yet there is always someone who is so pathetic that he or she has to ruin things because they are insecure...

wow, 4Chan dicks.  Makes me wish he would completely stop doing anything minecraft and shut the login down just to prove a point.

Who would attack Notch? He's just a wildly successful indie developer. He didn't hurt anyone.

One time, I heard some say "4chan community" ..made me lol

So lame!  Attacking a self-made indie guy's game.  You don't get much lower than that.

" @Seedofpower said:

" Who the fuck would attack a game they like, because they want more content.  Fucking idiots. "

4chan, because ANON FIGHT SCIENTOLOGY RICK ROLLAN LOL EPIC "

Attacking a one man, indie project...good to see 4chan has it's priorities in order. What a bunch of fucking idiots. Way to completely miss the point. 
 
@RiotBananas said:

" @Rmack said:

" @RiotBananas said:

" Protip: Giving them attention is just fuelling the fire.  Stop publicising it. "

Seriously. Why don't people understand this? "

I know right?  "

" Instead of fixing the issues the hackers are pissed about, the guy is busy fending of their attacks. What a bunch of geniuses.    What ever happened to letting the creator of the game make the game as he sees fit? Causing him to rush updates will only hurt the quality of the game and piss even more people off. "

So they attack even though: 
A. The game isnt finished, he is only letting us play the alpha version to get the word out and get some cash to fund the development.  
 
B.It is known that he has been hiring other people and finding and office. In fact he just posted this week that the team is now 3 programmers strong and with a pixel artist. And they also found an office, but just have to sign. 
 
C.He post on his blog a week or so ago about a HUGE update coming out on the 31st with photos to prove he has been working hard on it. 
 
What immature idiots. Most likely some 40 year old fat asses that live with their mothers and get off to this shit. They think they have such power, when all they are doing is messing with a video games server. 

Attack the servers so Notch releases updates faster? So Notch has to spend more time getting the DDoS stopped and less time actualy developing the updates to release them faster? These kids are both stupid and scum.

Wait, so is this group actually from 4chan? If it is somebody like anon or whatever then, unfortunately, they probably won't be uncovered at all.
 
Sad to see this happen. Minecraft is one of the coolest success stories to hit gaming in some time. Hopefully Notch recovers in full force.
 
@Scooper said:

" Attack the servers so Notch releases updates faster? So Notch has to spend more time getting the DDoS stopped and less time actualy developing the updates to release them faster? These kids are both stupid and scum. "

What a bunch of assholes.