cormack12
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Source: https://www.thegamer.com/congrats-titanfall-hackers-you-made-a-bunch-of-devs-work-on-a-sunday/
Apex Legends is currently offline thanks to a cyber-attack from the Titanfall community. If you log into the game on PC, you’ll be greeted by a message that says “visit and repost savetitanfall.com” and find that the only available game mode SAVETITANFALL.COM, which launches training mode. You can’t select any other playlist right now. An hour ago, Respawn tweeted that it was investigating the issue. Apex Legends has been offline on PC for over 10 hours.
If you visit savetitanfall.com, you’ll find a short manifesto outlining the ways that developer Respawn has failed to combat cheaters in the original Titanfall and for years has swept the issue under the rug. This, according to the website creator, is an act of fraud. “Respawn and Electronic Arts have the resources to fix these issues,” the website states. “Yet they don’t, knowingly continuing to sell a game that does not work as advertised, and doesn’t work at all.”
The hack on Apex Legends is a desperate attempt to draw attention to savetitanfall.com — whose staff has publically disavowed the hack — and the Titanfall community that is fed up with hackers in the game. While the stunt has certainly brought a lot of attention to the issue, it will no doubt fail in its ultimate mission to eliminate cheaters from Titanfall. The only thing this example of extreme gamer entitlement will accomplish is getting a bunch of devs to work overtime on a holiday weekend.
The issues that face Titanfall and its community are not unique to that game, but rather endemic to the entire online/live service industry. The most popular, profitable games in the world — including Apex Legends — are in a constant battle with cheaters and hackers. Older games with smaller player bases receive less support and therefore less work is being done to stop cheaters. This is just basic economics, and attacking a different game made by different people isn’t going to change that.
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Apex Legends is currently offline thanks to a cyber-attack from the Titanfall community. If you log into the game on PC, you’ll be greeted by a message that says “visit and repost savetitanfall.com” and find that the only available game mode SAVETITANFALL.COM, which launches training mode. You can’t select any other playlist right now. An hour ago, Respawn tweeted that it was investigating the issue. Apex Legends has been offline on PC for over 10 hours.
If you visit savetitanfall.com, you’ll find a short manifesto outlining the ways that developer Respawn has failed to combat cheaters in the original Titanfall and for years has swept the issue under the rug. This, according to the website creator, is an act of fraud. “Respawn and Electronic Arts have the resources to fix these issues,” the website states. “Yet they don’t, knowingly continuing to sell a game that does not work as advertised, and doesn’t work at all.”
The hack on Apex Legends is a desperate attempt to draw attention to savetitanfall.com — whose staff has publically disavowed the hack — and the Titanfall community that is fed up with hackers in the game. While the stunt has certainly brought a lot of attention to the issue, it will no doubt fail in its ultimate mission to eliminate cheaters from Titanfall. The only thing this example of extreme gamer entitlement will accomplish is getting a bunch of devs to work overtime on a holiday weekend.
The issues that face Titanfall and its community are not unique to that game, but rather endemic to the entire online/live service industry. The most popular, profitable games in the world — including Apex Legends — are in a constant battle with cheaters and hackers. Older games with smaller player bases receive less support and therefore less work is being done to stop cheaters. This is just basic economics, and attacking a different game made by different people isn’t going to change that.
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