Russian authorities block ESO access for Russian players

KanedaSyndrome · April 2018

Some options, albeit they all suck:

Democractially and legally get a new government in your country
Leave you country and live in a more free country
Revolution (Only to be used when option 1 isn't possible due to corrupt governments)

Aznox · April 2018

I'll just leave this here :
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/policies/open-internet-net-neutrality

Thank you America for creating the Internet as we know it, now please allow us to not follow you into fu*king it up

Again, please don't take my words too seriously, i know the vast majority of informed US citizen are helplessly seeing things threaten to go wrong on this subject. And here in Europe we also have many internet providers lobbying against net neutrality, just with less success so far.

Aisle9 · April 2018

Aznox wrote: »

I'll just leave this here :
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/policies/open-internet-net-neutrality

Thank you America for creating the Internet as we know it, now please allow us to not follow you into fu*king it up

Again, please don't take my words too seriously, i know the vast majority of informed US citizen are helplessly seeing things threaten to go wrong on this subject. And here in Europe we also have many internet providers lobbying against net neutrality, just with less success so far.

EXACTLY!

Zinaroth · April 2018

Abysswarrior45 wrote: »

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Abysswarrior45 wrote: »

Haha! I'm proud to be a American!

You mean the country that just got rid of net neutrality? *** like this can just as easily happen in the US. This is why we need a free and open internet.

You sound like a snowflake and very dramatic too. It won't. I live in the greatest country in the world

While I am glad that you are happy about the country you live in, you should tone down the ethnocentrism.

There are other countries in the world that do better than the US within specific areas - general income level and living standards and the access to free education and healthcare being some of the most important points where US is behind most countries in EU and certain other parts of the world.

I don't know what your judgement criteria is for being the greatest country in the world, but try to be a bit more varied and enlightened when throwing around conclusions like that - it is simply demeaning towards others and come off as arrogant and self-centered.

carljokl · April 2018

Russian Elves Matter

Skander · April 2018

Try migrating to the free world

Vahrokh · April 2018

Lots and lots of trash in this thread.

A guy has connectivity issues. Everywhere in the world you'd just tell him to restart his router or check his connection.

But no, the dude has (possibly legitimate) political issues and that HAS to be the technical cause!

It's almost irrelevant how through the whole event and then the last days up to including yesterday evening I have played with Russian players just fine.

But no, it's certainly a USA vs U.R.S.S. issue! Forget cold war and U.R.S.S. don't exist any more.

Seen from a neutral nation, both sides sound pathetically enslaved by their leaders propaganda.

AntonShan · April 2018

Vahrokh wrote: »

U.R.S.S.

It's USSR. No dots also

OverDream wrote: »

Russian players just want to log in to the game, is it possible or how then we can manage the situation with unavailable game now?

Hey, another russian here.
I've been experiencing problems with access to NA server last Saturday. I got many 200 and 108 errors but everithing just settled after some time. You could try privateinternetaccess VPN. Works fine for me. Pings are fine too. For NA server lol.

jokeaccount · April 2018

Geez, i guess most everything relating to internet in a country that's not 'MURICA turns into an unnecessary political debate about net neutrality eventually. OP is asking for suggestions, not mindless nationalism.

SkillzMFG · April 2018

Abysswarrior45 wrote: »

Haha! I'm proud to be a American!

Good for you mate! Have a Kinder Surprise Egg....oh wait...

Aznox · April 2018

Aisle9 wrote: »

Yes that's exactly what the net neutrality laws in Europe are trying to protect citizens from, sorry to see Italia is affected by this nonsense. Are there some ongoing debate/investigation regarding the legality of this practice ?

Tan9oSuccka · April 2018

Abysswarrior45 wrote: »

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Abysswarrior45 wrote: »

Haha! I'm proud to be a American!

You mean the country that just got rid of net neutrality? *** like this can just as easily happen in the US. This is why we need a free and open internet.

You sound like a snowflake and very dramatic too. It won't. I live in the greatest country in the world

I'm an American too. But you don't go to a thread where Russian folks are running into serious problems, waving the American flag.

Your like the annoying fat kid eating a happy meal, and waving it around a starving kid on the corner.

Stop it. Grow up.

Anastian · April 2018

That thing about Italy is a lie, everything is fine here atm.

I am really sad to hear about this, Russian mates, and I am upset by the reaction of some of these american users.

mb10 · April 2018

To think this country is hosting the World Cup in 2 months time lol...

JD2013 · April 2018

Person comes on the forums with an issue and others turn it into a "my country is better than your country" ******* match.

Seems about right. Could we possibly chill and not get all snarky with one another? kthx.

Uviryth · April 2018

As an Austrian I can honestly say with a smile, that my country is better than any other country in the world.
Centralized healthcare, no Poverty, Freedom of Speach, cheap cost of living, no neighboring threats (other than the global ones), no overly strong Religions (which are responsible for the degradation of a country like 90% of the time), no major pollution, surrounded by mountains and forests (the state I live in is even called "the green heart of Europe").

Thats not bragging, thats a simple fact. I wished all humans could live in a country like that.

Katahdin · April 2018

I sympathize with our Russian friends.

Reminds me of a conversation I had with a German video gamer 20 years ago.

We were playing an online FPS game and came across each other on the same server. People started asking each other where we were all located. He was in Germany and I in the U.S.

He said something that I found to be very prophetic about how the world has changed.

He commented that it was amazing that our grandfathers shot and killed each other in wars just a few decades before, and now we, their grandchildren played video games together.

Despite our differences in nationality, we are not that different.

Aznox · April 2018

@Uviryth i first read "Australian" and i was about to say you got +150ping to the world and the highest concentration of deadly animals to balance for that xD

SantieClaws · April 2018

This one just hopes for better days ahead for all of us.

Days perhaps when all of our leaders care a little less about themselves and a little more about all of us.

All the power each of us has an individuals is to be that sort of leader ourselves in all that we do and to be sure we expect the same of others.

We cannot slay dragons alone but little by little we may poke their feet until they take notice yes.

This one hopes you find, or are granted, some sort of resolution to this issue soon.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

logarifmik · April 2018

Abysswarrior45 wrote: »

Haha! I'm proud to be a American!

Skander wrote: »

Try migrating to the free world

KanedaSyndrome wrote: »

Some options, albeit they all suck:
Democractially and legally get a new government in your country

Leave you country and live in a more free country

Revolution (Only to be used when option 1 isn't possible due to corrupt governments)

mb10 wrote: »

To think this country is hosting the World Cup in 2 months time lol...

And what does it have in common with the topic? One man brag about the country he lives in. Another one suggests to leave "unfree" Russia, because of some minor and surely temporal difficulties with the Internet. Next we have a call to coup d'état for the same reasons. And finally, sarcastic comment regarding upcoming World Cup and capability of Russian government to do it properly. Moderators, please, clean this thread of such garbage already. Or you just agree with all these statements, despite the forum rules, huh?

Zinaroth · April 2018

Uviryth wrote: »

As an Austrian I can honestly say with a smile, that my country is better than any other country in the world.
Centralized healthcare, no Poverty, Freedom of Speach, cheap cost of living, no neighboring threats (other than the global ones), no overly strong Religions (which are responsible for the degradation of a country like 90% of the time), no major pollution, surrounded by mountains and forests (the state I live in is even called "the green heart of Europe").

Thats not bragging, thats a simple fact. I wished all humans could live in a country like that.

The bolded part is definitely the words of a layman and an inaccurate conclusion.

All other points is true for almost every other EU country as well - maybe with the exception of the polution.

Every country has poverty in one form or another though, whether they want to acknowledge it or not.
Politicians will try to spin this by either determining that those who are poor chose to be so by their own accord or they will put some arbitrary border of income which you need to go below in order for you to be defined as poor - and then when it turns out too many families are below this border they will just lower it some more with an even more arbitrary reasoning and voila; now they aren't poor anymore.

Sincerely,
a citizen of Denmark with a bachelor degree in history, religion, philosophy and anthropology among other fields

GreenhaloX · April 2018

Twenty0zTsunami wrote: »

Abysswarrior45 wrote: »

Haha! I'm proud to be a American!

You should work on that. Maybe find something more substantial to be proud of.

Although, yes, some nations tend to enjoy more freedom than others, I'll be proud again when someone not so presidential isn't in office anymore. Ha ha. Sad, though, when government infringes on the people's quality of life as limiting or blocking certain things as internet access and whatnots. I can see for work-wise, but, not for something as a video game entertainment in your own home. Hope things improve in Russia with this net issue.

xbobx · April 2018

Zinaroth wrote: »

Abysswarrior45 wrote: »

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Abysswarrior45 wrote: »

Haha! I'm proud to be a American!

You mean the country that just got rid of net neutrality? *** like this can just as easily happen in the US. This is why we need a free and open internet.

You sound like a snowflake and very dramatic too. It won't. I live in the greatest country in the world

While I am glad that you are happy about the country you live in, you should tone down the ethnocentrism.

There are other countries in the world that do better than the US within specific areas - general income level and living standards and the access to free education and healthcare being some of the most important points where US is behind most countries in EU and certain other parts of the world.

I don't know what your judgement criteria is for being the greatest country in the world, but try to be a bit more varied and enlightened when throwing around conclusions like that - it is simply demeaning towards others and come off as arrogant and self-centered.

" it is simply demeaning towards others and come off as arrogant and self-centered."

thats the general consensus of Americans around the world so its not something anyone should be surprised about

yiasemi · April 2018

Sounds like one isp is throwing gangster tantrums. That sucks for those with no choice but I suspect it's short term as there is no way they can continue on that kind of business model. As for the rest of us, cut the political ideology we are fed and wise up, this gangster stuff will come to us, we are owned by the same people now.

XomRhoK · April 2018

logarifmik wrote: »

And what does it have in common with the topic? One man brag about the country he lives in. Another one suggests to leave "unfree" Russia, because of some minor and surely temporal difficulties with the Internet. Next we have a call to coup d'état for the same reasons. And finally, sarcastic comment regarding upcoming World Cup and capability of Russian government to do it properly. Moderators, please, clean this thread of such garbage already. Or you just agree with all these statements, despite the forum rules, huh?

In my opinion it's OP fault really. He not just asked is there anyone with same issue or how to manage this problem, he mixed politics with statement as "Russian authorities got mad", mixed other sites and servicies. To me it all look not like "i have an issue, how to solve it?" but like "Russian authorities got mad, please, help us", and this is not how i feel about this situation.

logarifmik · April 2018

XomRhoK wrote: »

logarifmik wrote: »

And what does it have in common with the topic? One man brag about the country he lives in. Another one suggests to leave "unfree" Russia, because of some minor and surely temporal difficulties with the Internet. Next we have a call to coup d'état for the same reasons. And finally, sarcastic comment regarding upcoming World Cup and capability of Russian government to do it properly. Moderators, please, clean this thread of such garbage already. Or you just agree with all these statements, despite the forum rules, huh?

In my opinion it's OP fault really. He not just asked is there anyone with same issue or how to manage this problem, he mixed politics with statement as "Russian authorities got mad", mixed other sites and servicies. To me it all look not like "i have an issue, how to solve it?" but like "Russian authorities got mad, please, help us", and this is not how i feel about this situation.

You are right, comrade. Closing this thread is also an option.

TequilaFire · April 2018

As fellow gamers we should be sticking together creating good will between our countries not echoing what our ridiculous leaders try to force on the world.

ClockworkCityBugs · April 2018

migrate to the free country nearby, for example Ukrainian
problem solved!

DaveMoeDee · April 2018

Ihatenightblades wrote: »

Man.. sorry bro. Instances like this remind me how great it is to live in america. Or any western civilization. Russia is pretty western when it comes to freedom of belief but dictatorship can lead to things like this as one man can make any decision he wants.

Hope it works out for you

Or many Asian countries too. I envy South Korean Internet access. It isn't just a Western thing.

Cinbri · April 2018

I like opinion of all those armchair political experts who don't even know what happened, and OP is not honest at describing it.
Made my day.
Why zos still didn't close this thread... seems left it for laugh.