yeah darkmule could be correct, could just be some powermad freak going after bitcoin sites in general.  although its kind ofr weird to think of a government ddos'ing someone, usually they send in guys in black outfits with guns to your house and take everything you have and thr4ow you in jail.  well at least in the us thats how they do it.  im not up on the specifics of ddosing someone either but the idea that its one guy who is just amassing more and more zombies over time seems feasible.  he must be throwing a hell of bunch of comps seals's way tho.  i wonder if theres any connection to the guy who was attempting to ddos sealsdeals.info and then doxing ender.  it seems far fetched since that guy was kind of a joke who thought ender was hosting the website on a home computer. but you never know.  The only reason i even would make that connection is because as soon as seals went down some posts went up doxing ender again with something along the lines of "if seals takes off with your money heres an admins info".  strange coincidence probably, since someone with enough know how to launch a massive ddos attack would be able to figure out that A. Ender isn't an admin, just a helpful player that does some coding. and B. Free is about as honest as they come and isn't gonna run away with our money.  he's proven it time and time again.  but like i said, i can't play poker and im bored so i'll just keep posting random shit.

at first i would have dismissed pepsi's theory out of hand but a few things make me want to agree with him.
1. If it were some individual hacker who got burned/just wants to show off, we'd have seen someone taking responsibility. "OMG I AM (insert H4ck3r username here) and I am leet!"  If it were anonymous we'd have seen tons of tweets about it already, but i agree with pepsi, everything ive seen from anonymous points to them being on our side.  The only ppl who would want to remain a mystery would be a competitor/govt just trying to bring down bitcoin businesses.

2. The strength of the attack. The first ddos strike was handled by cloudflare no problem while this one brought the entire isp down.  The site was moved to a data center that specializes in handling ddos and yet still is being taken down/vulnerable.  Thats a ton of resources/infected computers/MONEY.  this points to government interference, maybe not our normal villains the US govt but say, the government of cyprus. 

  It could also be an elaborate plan to bring the price of bitcoin down, since everyone knows that sealswithclubs.eu owns the bitcoin world, it would stand to reason that if that site went down the price of bitcoin would go down with it, since degenerate gamblers don't have a reason for buying them.  feel free to flame me for stating the obvious.

the truth is we can't really know and theres only a small chance we'll find out. but since i cant get on the site and gamble atm its fun to speculate!

arg off to work where im relegated to trolling live ppl.  freemoney i feel for you man just remember its a sign of your success to have these headaches!

i feel ya i had a rare 5 day weekend that i planned to drink beer and gamble away instead i drank beer and cursed humanity for producing ddos hackers

i was under the impression that the attack never stopped, just that it had been mitigated. i guess they infected more computers.

thanks for keeping us in the loop! hopefully by tommorrow this will be just a bad memory!

that was sweet.

so odd that these ddos attacks have been happening.  no ransom demands like last time?  i guess its possible that large casino interests could be behind it, but honestly i don't think a site with an avg of 300 users would pose much of a threat to them.  its true bitcoin is the future of online gambling/money in general but its still in the "its just a fad" phase in mainstream thinking right now.  i think thats changing but really i can't think of a good motive for attacking seals.  Maybe some hacker had some donk suck out on pocket aces and when he went into the lobby to complain he got trolled.

i deleted my rant about ddos bullies/extortionists because i remembered something i wanted to ask. i figure this thread is a good place to. i noticed the 1/1 cash game that opened up. it was a nice touch especially with bitcoin prices going crazy!  the question i wanted to ask was: are there any plans to fractionalize chips/change chip values with the dramatic rise in value of each chip?   anyway, keep up the great work free you know we're all behind you!

no worries1 im not a seals employee or anything,  Just someone whose been through a downtime or two.   The admins always make everything right with ppl who have money in tournies etc....

no coinbase's dismal record of taking forever to fill orders is a well worn gripe of seals players.  from what i've heard, the first time you use them you get your coins immediately, then after that it takes a week or so.  with bitcoins climbing like they are i recommend eating the fees and using bitinstant.com because the convience of buying them today outweighs the money you could be losing from not owning them till next week!  ps go free go! i have the utmost in faith!

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so whats up with the weird login screen? is that just to stop the ddos w/a captcha?

nice good to hear it!thx for the update

i agree! our oppressive government sucks nuts!

so is someone ddosing seals or what? hope it gets fixed in time for the 6pm tourny!

i would like to try out your casino! my nickname is illpoet
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the half hour is brutal for suckouts i guess ppl just don't mind peeing away .05 btc on mediocre hands.  i've noticed as a seals reg that higher staked games/tournies don't have odds beating suckouts nearly as much although they still do happen. Another weird thing is that with the value of btc going up the lower stakes have also tightened up somewhat.  A poker Hand is 5 cards, if you make a bet with less than half your hand (preflop) you are taking a huge risk with any 2 cards.  It is insanely frustrating to see big slick get kicked down repeatedly, but thats bc poker is a cruel bitch, not so much bc of the software.  The river saves me as much as it beats me but the beats are so much worse than the saves those stick out.

this is something ive thought about a ton, when the cards are falling poorly it really does feel as if there is some conspiracy against you.  it defies logic that you can read someone perfect, play your cards just right, and still lose lamf.  Unfortunately thats why they call it gambling and not winning.

if i had a hammer, i'd hammer in the morning

cool i'll check it out, not the hugest fan of heads up poker but the value in the 400 guarantee makes it worth it.
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