You are correct. It’s not like this happened back during OW1’s launch.
What? Do you really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?
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If this was a new Blizzard game with hype and all that, I will doubt it, but Overwatch 2 does not have that huge hype nor was the receptions of the previous open beta excited any retired Overwatch players.
I also doubt it that it is some people who are spiting ActBliz for requiring post sms cellphones. If they had the money to do that, they would have been able to afford a post sms cellphone plan.
If anything, I think some brat is doing it for the fun and giggle trolling the OW community.
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What would they gain from lying about a ddos attack? lol
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Popcorn mode initiated, entertainment to follow.
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Save face. Shift blame. These forums alone went from people angry at the rough launch to people angry at this totally real and not made up DDOS attack.
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It’s just a standard Blizzard launch-it’s been the same since Burning Crusade.
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Then they should’ve said that with every single launch that they’ve ever done.
^since burning crusade
I’ve heard stories back from like OG WoW players about the launch then too. So this is just par for the course.
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Your post is pretty condescending towards people who you have no idea why they choose the phone provider they did. I choose my current phone provider 10 years ago because I got tired of all the BS with post paid phone contracts and hiding fees. At the time I was making plenty of money but didn’t like getting surprises bills because something happened or I did something that triggered a hidden fee. Pre-paid made more sense, I paid them up front, they provided me my service, and I wouldn’t get charged anything extra unless I decided to add money to my account to allow for it.
Oh and so you know my phone number has been on my blizz account a very long time and so I am not locked out of the game because of my phone provider, I can’t get in because servers are hammered either from a DDOS attack or just being overwhelmed. Either seems possible.
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It was brutal at times back then, even Burning Crusade Classic got smoked. In 2014 NA servers were singled out for DDOS during Warlords of Draenor.
If some basement dweller is upset enough, they’ll do their utmost to ruin it for everyone else and use their parents credit card to do it.
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I’m going to bet dimes and nickles that when I read posts this week on public forums about players going to DDOS SMP flood them for the SMS. That perhaps they weren’t joking around at all…
I’m one of the players that can’t play, if they demand SMS. But I can certainly say that I don’t rage about. I mean sure, its gross and raunchy behavior on Blizzard’s part. But compared to how INSANE gamers get when they can’t play their games anymore… I kinda expected it to happen tbh.
I can say that I have been downloading the game patch ALL DAY and it is VERY SLOWLY trickling in. But I will do the proper thing. Try to log in, play and if it wants an SMS. I will file a complaint and call it a day. If Blizzard don want mah money. Than that is on them. I can always go play Team Fortress 2 or Hunt: showdown.
i think its legit like people who got mad they cant play as there carrier doesnt support the SMS number so they decide to commit a federal crime by doing the ddos attack
Yeah it is pretty scummy. But it is what it is.
For sure, gamers tend to RAGE a TON. I mean I can recall getting hit because I banned a cheater off of my server. Its like um… dude. you were CHEATING on my server , and you expect me to be NICE about it? Nothing said I allowed cheats?!
But SMS gatekeeping. I mean blizzard kinda had it coming. But I guess it beats the latter alternative, which is people RIOTING in the streets. 
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My dude right, Hunt is the way to go. I was coming back to OW for OW2 from playing the crap out of Hunt. Grinded the crap out of the last event to hit top 1% at event end. I think I got lucky though since I have an old school authenticator on my account and had my phone number on there from awhile back ago. I did all this after my WoW account got hacked and stolen when I was inactive for 6+ months. Only reason I even knew they stole my account was because they got it banned. It was a shock after not playing WoW for 6+ months to get an email saying my account was banned for suspicious activities.
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I know there are reason why people will use prepaid as there are many used cases, since I have used them until a few years ago. I am saying that most prepaid users are unlikely to spend the money on hiring a 3rd-party to DoSS. If they had money to throw away doing that, it’s much more wiser getting a $15 basic plan for a month to authenticate the account and cancel it.
I don’t know where you live, but I’m sorry that you can only have contracts plans since that sucks. Where I live, there’s pre-paids, regular plans without contracts, and the usual contracts with a phone.
Number 1 trending everywhere. Go check Twitter, Reddit, Tiktok and Instagram. It has been the talk of the day. New free to play game got DDossed.
People saying this game has less people than ow1
While i managed to bring 10 people in this game in a hour.
A shame i had to wait
I would like to see some evidence of the ddos to prove that blizzard didn’t just drop the ball. The fact is they stole from anyone who bought the first game and now can’t play this update. I wouldn’t be surprised if they faked it all so they could play the victim while robbing their loyal customers blind.
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They have public relations to gain. Queue times have been an issue for them with the public with all the classic wow launches. Every time they release the next expansion, you get this same multi hour wait to play the game you pay a monthly subscription for. The wow community has been at their neck for it. Maybe it didn’t happen during OW1, but more people come online everyday and they haven’t upgraded or increased their servers in well over a decade. These queue times are a problem with a paid sub, sure OW2 is free, but the complaints add fuel to the existing bonfire from the wow community.