im new here and so, how long do the crashes usually go on for

well a ddos is because a hacker has created some malign software than hacks into hundreds of thousands of computers, which, at a set time, forces all those computers to do exactly the same thing at once - ie try and log into the MineTown server. Obviously, the server cant cope with this amount of attempted logins, and as such a denial of service occurs.

In short, it'll last as long as the orignal hacker intended it to, or until Minetown admins are able to block the hacked computers. This could range from hours to days.

Hope this helped.

oh,well guess im watching the yogcast

i think its a punishable criminal offense as well.

I'm attempting to vote ¬.¬ not going well for some reason..oh.

Bored of redstone maze in single player lol, ima watch some youtubey stuff or play Runescape til ddos is over.

It is. The culprit can receive years of jail sentence, apparently.

EDIT: Sorry, i just read up about punishments on Google. It appears they do nearly nothing about it.

Watching yogcast is a criminal offence? D=

Nah i know what you mean. =) yes, i believe, as it is a form of malicious damage (theres such a thing as nice damage?) that it is likely to be illegal. Those found attempting it will be forced to listen to nyan cat for 15 YEARS!

palonti, what does the smaller text in your minetown demotivational poster avatar say? =3

iT'S BACK!

they should take legal action... but obviously it would take a lot of time and money.