Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down, Assassin's Creed 2 unplayable

Re:Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down, Assassin's C... by viraptor on Sunday March 07, 2010 @08:39PM (#1174443)

This certainly isn't a likely scenario, but I was just wondering... Since all those posts are anonymous, wouldn't it be easy to create a fake buzz about some famous DRM not working? Even without using zombie hosts, or anything advanced - with help of ~10 people you can generate hundreds of messages from different locations in the world, cafes, via tor proxy, vpses, etc. Setup a couple of blog posts and get some attention to them on twitter.

Since the issue is impossible to debug from server side (there are no errors or connections at all), I think you could keep it up for good couple of days. Is there something obvious I missed to make it more believable?

So... when is Ubisoft releasing the next game with DRM?

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Re:Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down, Assassin's C... by ErrantX on Monday March 08, 2010 @03:34AM (#1174995)

There might be something in that. I believe I am in the supposedly affected area and was able to play the game all weekend when I tried.

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Re:Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down, Assassin's C... by viraptor on Sunday March 07, 2010 @09:38PM (#1174517)

Anyone cares to comment on the downvotes?

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Re:Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down, Assassin's C... by jrockway on Sunday March 07, 2010 @09:58PM (#1174548)

A very drunk robot randomly clicked the "down" button?

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Re:Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down, Assassin's C... by noonespecial on Sunday March 07, 2010 @11:30PM (#1174659)

I resent being called robot.

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