Just a few simple steps that will help you go through open playoffs a bit more safely.
More like a few simple things that would have had no impact whatsoever on the outcome of this match.
This particular attack was just the esea server itself. The players as individuals were not being ddos'd, rather the server we were playing on was.
If it was Bape, you could ban him from every server, site, irc, etc you could think of, but as long as he has an internet connection, he, like anyone else, could gather the resources to do this shit.
Also you can log into irc with +x mode, but that only prevents your ip from being shown when you join. It's extremely easy to get someones IP just for using irc in general, wether you autoconnect or not.
Basically, to sum this up, there's nothing simple about any of this. I think this could have been easier to deal with, but I think that only be taking preventative measures would that be true.
The fact is, this has happened in the past for open finals. As players who watch this game and should remember that, perhaps we are at fault for not speaking up and doing something about it.
As an organization/company who has fallen victim to this before, are they even more at fault for not being responsible and learning from the past? Honestly at this point I don't really care. Me and my team really want a break, we want to win our measly sum of prize money, go enjoy whatever left we have after paying our fees, and then go take some time off to relax. I just want ESEA to fucking fix this shit so that can happen.