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Harvey Randall

Blizzard plans to revive WoW Classic Hardcore characters 'at our sole discretion', after DDOS attack puts major streamer guild OnlyFangs in the ground

Several adventurers in World of Warcraft Classic's hardcore server crying over the death of a fallen comrade.

World of Warcraft's Classic Hardcore is sort of the ideal streamer game—high stakes that can manufacture some top-tier drama, an MMO everyone and their dog has probably played at some point, and a thick layer of nostalgia to keep the whole thing fuelled. Which is why OnlyFangs, a hardcore guild composed almost entirely of big-name streamers and YouTubers, has been doing just that.

Alas, some nerd(s) with a botnet somewhere has made it their mission to ruin everyone's fun with a DDOS attack—one that saw most of OnlyFangs slain during their Blackwing Lair run. In case you don't know what a DDOS attack is, it's where a server is overwhelmed by automated traffic all at once. Such things are sadly routine in our modern era, especially since DDOS providers will target large games to advertise their services.

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