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LulzSec Topples EVE Online, Minecraft, League of Legends and other Servers

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Re: LulzSec Topples EVE Online, Minecraft, League of Legends and other Servers

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Anyone want to go conspiracy theory with me and wonder if some government agency wants more power to go after groups like anonymous and wikileaks and so are doing this themselves to get both people and the rest of government on board to give them more broad and exciting new powers (at our expense) to go after the real groups?

Re: LulzSec Topples EVE Online, Minecraft, League of Legends and other Servers

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post #2

Not that LulzSec has made sense up until now but why bother taking out online video games? I feel like that's alienating the population that would normally support or at least be indifferent about a group like LulzSec.

Not to be too cheezy, but i'd like to quote The Dark Knight here: "Some men just want to watch the world burn."

Re: LulzSec Topples EVE Online, Minecraft, League of Legends and other Servers

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post #3

Anyone want to go conspiracy theory with me and wonder if some government agency wants more power to go after groups like anonymous and wikileaks and so are doing this themselves to get both people and the rest of government on board to give them more broad and exciting new powers (at our expense) to go after the real groups?

That would certainly explain how they managed to piss off so many people and still remain undetected.

Re: LulzSec Topples EVE Online, Minecraft, League of Legends and other Servers

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post #2

Not that LulzSec has made sense up until now but why bother taking out online video games? I feel like that's alienating the population that would normally support or at least be indifferent about a group like LulzSec.

Not to be too cheezy, but i'd like to quote The Dark Knight here: "Some men just want to watch the world burn."

Valid point and a great quote. It's just hard to believe such people exist outside the realm of comic books.

Re: LulzSec Topples EVE Online, Minecraft, League of Legends and other Servers

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post #5
post #3

Anyone want to go conspiracy theory with me and wonder if some government agency wants more power to go after groups like anonymous and wikileaks and so are doing this themselves to get both people and the rest of government on board to give them more broad and exciting new powers (at our expense) to go after the real groups?

That would certainly explain how they managed to piss off so many people and still remain undetected.

public broadcaster one day government the next game servers the next

trying to hit every demographic :/

Re: LulzSec Topples EVE Online, Minecraft, League of Legends and other Servers

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post #2

Not that LulzSec has made sense up until now but why bother taking out online video games? I feel like that's alienating the population that would normally support or at least be indifferent about a group like LulzSec.

They were taking requests for ddos targets. I don't think they care who they piss off since it is all about the " lulz" to them.

Re: LulzSec Topples EVE Online, Minecraft, League of Legends and other Servers

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to be too cheezy, but i'd like to quote The Dark Knight here: "Some men just want to watch the world burn."

Valid point and a great quote. It's just hard to believe such people exist outside the realm of comic books.

Think of the Lulzsec activities as more of an art than an act of vandalism. (Most taggers/spray painters feel the same way, and are also known to deface their own stomping grounds)

edit to the downvoters: I'm not defending their actions, just putting myself in their frame of mind

Re: LulzSec Topples EVE Online, Minecraft, League of Legends and other Servers

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to be too cheezy, but i'd like to quote The Dark Knight here: "Some men just want to watch the world burn."

Valid point and a great quote. It's just hard to believe such people exist outside the realm of comic books.

they are also called trolls, sometimes they have a lighter, sometimes they don't.
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