In the successful party game Among Us, it is about sabotage and betrayal. Last weekend, the developers themselves had to fight against an act of sabotage. A DDoS attack forced Innersloth to shut down the servers for 48 hours while the team tried to fix the problem.
What did the sabotage look like? On March 25, 2022, the official Twitter account of Among Us reported that the game was struggling with an act of sabotage. The servers in the North America and Europe regions were plagued by a DDoS attack, according to the message.
Additionally, Innersloth stated in the message published via Twitter that the servers are offline while the team works on solving the problem. However, this may take some time.
Here you see the official message about the DDoS attack on Twitter via @AmoongUsGame:
Among Us servers offline for days
How long were the servers offline? On March 26, 2022, an update was shared via Twitter from @AmongUsGame. It stated that the servers are still offline while the team continues the fight against the “DDoS sabotage”.
Furthermore, Innersloth provided the information that the server status may switch between online and offline. However, they intend to release another update as soon as the team feels that the servers are running stably.
However, there was still no update 48 hours after the announcement of the attack. MeinMMO was able to both log into the game and join a public online match. (As of March 28, 12:50 PM)
The community reacts to the outage with humor
How did the community react? Even though it was certainly frustrating for Among Us players not to be able to play the party game over the weekend, the reactions were often humorous and relaxed. Particularly well received within the community seems to be the work of the social media manager.
This person spoke of ongoing sabotage, jokingly complained that his workday should have ended just before the DDoS attack, and said that he actually wanted to take a nap.
The next day, the operator of the Twitter account humorously added that he couldn’t believe he had to work on a Saturday because of the incident when he wanted to go buy a croissant.
Here you see an example of the conversations on Twitter, where the social media manager showcased humor in exchange with the community:
MeinMMO summarizes some humorous community reactions:
- @ItsTheJakoby via Twitter: “Among Us is the only professional company that was hacked and then said: ‘lol, we were sabotaged.'”
- @Cristalman0 via Twitter: “Just report a body and choose the remaining impostors. This way, the sabotage will be fixed due to the game mechanics.”
- @LimeArek via Twitter: “I love how you joke around while someone is literally attacking your servers, lmao.”
- @SummiJay via Twitter: “Have you tried putting it in rice?”
Among Us is all about sabotaging, betraying, and lying to your friends and fellow players. Since the party game made its breakthrough, it has become particularly well-known for its group entertainment and on Twitch.
Similar gameplay marked by deception is also offered by titles like Goose Goose Duck or Dread Hunger. The latter, in particular, is characterized by gameplay mechanics such as assassination, poisoned food, or cannibalism.
If you want to be prepared for another server outage, MeinMMO presents the dark “Among Us” alternative “Dread Hunger” in more detail:
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