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Dota 2 International competition suddenly halted by alleged DDoS attack [Update]

DDoS attackers have apparently struck one of the biggest eSports events of the year, as the Dota 2 International has come to a sudden stop.

Ozzie Mejia

August 4, 2015 1:08 PM

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Update: The competition has resumed, but not without consequences, as it appears that the long wait has left the teams (Complexity, in particular) out of sorts. Today's events are running severely behind, as Day 2 is nearly four hours in and the first match of the day has yet to be completed.

Original story: The second day of the fifth Dota 2 International tournament has come to a screeching halt. In the middle of a match between Evil Geniuses and Complexity Gaming, the game was suddenly stopped by an apparent distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

Reports are flying in from Twitter (via Venture Beat) that on-site commentators have confirmed this to be a DDoS attack. The major Dota 2 streams are attempting to fill time as best they can, with the Newcomer Stream, in particular, taking this time to offer some informational breakdowns on the games to this point. However, there's no telling when this attack will subside.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?