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One finding of the census was that 20% of respondents have no plan to purchase ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''. After analysis, the census found that an overwhelming majority of the respondents who do not plan to purchase ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' consider ''Melee'' to be their favorite game. However, the group least likely to purchase ''Smash 4'' was found to be those who favor ''Smash 64'' - 50% having no plan to purchase.{{ref|Census1}} | One finding of the census was that 20% of respondents have no plan to purchase ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''. After analysis, the census found that an overwhelming majority of the respondents who do not plan to purchase ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' consider ''Melee'' to be their favorite game. However, the group least likely to purchase ''Smash 4'' was found to be those who favor ''Smash 64'' - 50% having no plan to purchase.{{ref|Census1}} | ||
== | ==Abuses against the community== | ||
===Minor events=== | ===Minor events=== | ||
On 4 May 2011 Smashboards had its index page replaced by an automated script that exploited vBulletin software. A replacement page with a looping video and an announcement that the site had been hacked was the only consequence.{{ref|vBExploit}} | On 4 May 2011 Smashboards had its index page replaced by an automated script that exploited vBulletin software. A replacement page with a looping video and an announcement that the site had been hacked was the only consequence.{{ref|vBExploit}} | ||
=== | ===Widespread DDoS Attack in 2013=== | ||
{{current}} | {{current}} | ||
On 15 August All is Brawl came under a sustained [[Wikipedia:Denial-of-service_attack|distributed denial-of-service attack]] (DDoS attack). Other sections from the "All is" network were affected as well. The following day, Smashboards suffered an intrusive attack that led to a reset that lost the board roughly 10 hours of data. On 25 August Smashboards went down, initially reporting that it was experiencing server issues{{ref|DDoS1}} and later confirmed that the site was also under a sustained DDoS attack{{ref|DDoS2}}. On 27 August the [[Project M]] website became the third site to go down as a result of a DDoS attack. All three sites remained mostly unresponsive until 28 August when Smashboards went back up.{{ref|DDoS3}} | On 15 August All is Brawl came under a sustained [[Wikipedia:Denial-of-service_attack|distributed denial-of-service attack]] (DDoS attack). Other sections from the "All is" network were affected as well. The following day, Smashboards suffered an intrusive attack that led to a reset that lost the board roughly 10 hours of data. On 25 August Smashboards went down, initially reporting that it was experiencing server issues{{ref|DDoS1}} and later confirmed that the site was also under a sustained DDoS attack{{ref|DDoS2}}. On 27 August the [[Project M]] website became the third site to go down as a result of a DDoS attack. All three sites remained mostly unresponsive until 28 August when Smashboards briefly went back up before trying the CloudFlare anti-DDoS service.{{ref|DDoS3}} | ||
As of 28 August, | As of 28 August, all three sites are still down and no information that could identify the perpetrator(s) has been found. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||