ESL have revealed that multiple DDoS attacks are to blame for the opening day of their Intel Extreme Masters season finale slowing to a crawl at CeBIT today. A statement released in the last two hours apologised to both fans and players and promised every effort would be made to get the event back on track as soon as possible. Fortunately for QuakeLive fans, only CS and WoW have been affected so far but fears remains that delays will spill over tomorrow and affect all three tournaments.
The full statement from ESL can be found below.
"As you might have recognized we have a huge delay in our schedule and haven't shown any World of Warcraft matches so far. As the day went on a massive DDoS attack both in number and frequency is stopping our connection from working in any usual way.
This effects all areas in the Intel Gaming Hall. The stage matches in World of Warcraft are waiting for a lag free possibility to play, the Pro Gaming Area has lags too so the Counter-Strike matches can't be played the way they should and our Press Area loses the internet connection completely every now and then.
Right now we are working with full force to successfully find a solution. We apologise to all players and fans." RelatedESL World
www.hltv.org/news/3797-video-minet-goes-bananas
I for one, wont be losing any sleep
www.esl-world.net/masters/season4/hannover/news/116860/
They're really busting their ass to make it seem like it's a DDoS attack. BUT FREEKJE KNOWS THE TRUTH, WE'RE ONTO YOU ESL!