ENDED: Blizzard DDoS attack (Live and Beta are now okay)

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Original Post

https://twitter.com/BlizzardCS/status/1524527682280738816?t=wgr6UN7fpwcb6E7qr-9LMQ&s=19

Please be sure to avoid competitive play at this time as penalties cannot be reversed.

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Yikes, worse than an outage.

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thanks, was wondering why i couldnt connect.

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This is not a problem as I am unable to even log in. Guess someone is mad at blizz again.

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ah, i see. very interesting

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Those who were already in game and got impacted by the DC’s are just unlucky then? :frowning_face_with_open_mouth:

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Probably didn’t get beta access, what else is even going on right now…

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What’s the ETA???

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So much for queuing just Mei for a short time

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There is never an ETA for these things. Sometimes they may take days to resolve

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Perfect, just when I finally got internet back after a week.

Edit: Can’t even connect to the beta either.

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I thought so. Even the HOTS forum is down…

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For those who were already in game, and got DC’ed, losing SR, nothing can be done while this is legit not players’ fault?

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Refer to this support topic in the tech support forum: Overwatch Technical Issues, SR Loss, and Leaver Penalties

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Can’t lose if you can’t play the game :thinking:

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"What if it was the server’s fault?

Often we hear mentions of one off issues when we discuss penalties. “What happens if the servers crash or if Blizzard’s ISP has a problem?” or something of that nature. This does happen from time to time, but it’s pretty rare. The system is built to take that sort of thing into account, and periodic issues like this shouldn’t tank your skill rating too much. This is why the first few penalties are lenient compared to later ones. Over time even the Skill Rating drops will even out as you keep playing normal matches. As long as you aren’t intentionally leaving or having tech issues, this shouldn’t affect your account too much."

I like this answer above, easily said than done. Yes the SR will eventually even out, it still is not players’ fault in this case.

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The DDoS attack might be getting mitigated as I am able to log into BattleNet (at least for StarCraft II as I am playing that game this evening). If any of you are able to get back in, please consider still avoiding Competitive Play as the risk of disconnections is still likely.

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can the penalties from season 5 be reversed?
i disconnected from a couple of games and couldn’t get back in time… i was wondering if i could get my sr back

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It’s kind of stupid but no penalties won’t be reversed.

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Season 5?! Your MMR will have already rebalanced itself if you playing consistently since.

Remember your skill rating is not a currency that you collect, it is a rating.