The second day of the biggest DOTA 2 tournament around, The International, was at a standstill for three hours today, thanks to an intense DDoS attack. The matches have since resumed.
Up until a few minutes ago, not a single round in The International’s second day had been completed.
Various Internet-related issues have plagued The International since it started, but commentators reportedly told the crowd DDoS attacks were responsible for today’s holdup.
Today: DDOS leading to forced forfeit, lag on LAN, meta chaning patch before the most important tournament. #EsportsIsRealSports
— Wildhawk (@wildhawklol) August 4, 2015
Unsurprisingly, folks were kind of upset, especially the fans who were waiting in the arena.
Spirit of #TI5 pic.twitter.com/gMjfGRScKV
— Toby Dawson (@TobiWanDOTA) August 4, 2015
Valve has not responded to my request for comment.
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One response to “Reported DDoS Attack Delays Dota 2 International For Three Hours”
That tweet from Wildhawklol is in reference to League of Legends and has nothing to do with the international.
The article forgot the best part of it. Optanet, who was charged with providing a stable network infrastructure for the core systems due to their claims of being able to prevent things like this happening posted the following Tweet the day before this happened: