God damn it. If he existed.
Now, stop with the "x year old"er comments. Just don't do it. Oh, that's 12 years old. Oh, that's 11 years old. That thing is 5 years old.
Don't do that. Everyone has their own personality even if they are 12. There are 12 year olds who are idiots, there are some who are good. There are some who are smart, some who are cocky, some who are fat and some who are thin.
If a bunch of 12 year olds start laughing at old men struggling to do the simplest of tasks, those 12 year olds are insensitive annoyances. Prejudice would occur when we see this, and somehow assume that all 12 year olds act in this way. They don't. It's how a lot of a racism and anger begins. Prejudice.
The person attacking the server may or may not be a child. The person attacking the server may or may not be fat, the person attacking the server may or may not be stupid, yet, the person attacking the server does not have good reason.
Honestly, if you prejudge everything, do you think it makes you look smart? Because it doesn't. I'm not flaming anyone here, I just hate these comments. Not everyone acts in the same way at that age as everyone else. Maybe many children you see are obnoxious or disrespectful, but not all are. The same goes for all age groups, all cultures and all people.
Whoever the attacker is, you can't just say these things. Sure, you may find it funny, yet, realise what you're doing. It's like "winning" a serious debate over the internet by saying something like "you're gothic, aren't you?" or, "your parents don't like you, do they?"
Wow, I just got the best idea ever! I'll define a flaw about someone who I don't know then insult them based on it! Brilliance! Haha, now, with my new found powers:
< I am now assuming Bill Gates is poor >
Haha! Bill Gates is poor! What a homeless bum!
That's what so many people are doing. I understand the frustration of this, and I have resorted to useless arguments like these myself. But it's just not contributing to anything, except the receiving party's anger. It seems to me that if DDoS attacks are not time consuming or difficult for the aggressor, and effectively disempowering to the defender, then it would be safe to say that choosing this form of attack would be effective. Maybe the aggressor does have hacking experience. Maybe they don't. One thing's for sure, they aren't being very nice, now are they?
Regardless, I thank the staff for running such a great shard.
PS: gg lotuser.