[快讯] OpenCup#3 3月29恢复进行,公布细节原因
翻译：RN|MoonStar
多么漫长的一周。
如果这个星期你没有太多关注魔兽争霸3，你可能已经意识到， W3Arena ， war3tv ，甚至Replayers.com都被一个名为QMAN的人攻击了。从W3Arena被剔除后， QMAN决定，对W3A施行要挟。
一个多星期前， QMAN说，他的W3A管理员是被冤枉剔除的，并威胁到如果不取消对他禁止，他将会做损害W3A的事情。起初，我们以为他是一个理性的人，只是想协商解决他的问题。但是QMAN没有得到他想要的，他开始了他对DDOS攻击W3Arena关闭服务器。
显然，他想要得到的一切，尽快工作，W3A的管理员再次试图与QMAN进行谈判。在这一点上，他甚至提出了他的要求：要求他的帐户被取消禁止。 QMAN没有和工作人员讨论没有结果，他不但继续攻击W3Arena而且他提出了新的需求：从W3A的工作人员中删除某些管理员。
事情很快变得清晰， QMAN不只是想获得他的账户了。该W3A管理员已不再对他提出的要求让步，因此很快两者之间形成对峙。
不幸的是，QMan和他的团队决定继续和W3A作对，相反他开始攻击其他网站，短暂的关停了replayers.com关闭了war3tv.com几天。
他对war3tv的攻击是如此强烈，事实上，我们被告知离开我们现在的主机，被迫去寻找新的服务器。
一晃几天过去了，虽然，事情看起来有所好转。 QMAN正在继续着他的攻击，但所有受影响的网站中有很多比起一周前更安全了。 W3Arena现在已经恢复了近2天，只有少数有限的中断，我们还会继续观察，直到网站完全稳定为止。
其中一个最大的问题，对W3A和war3tv的攻击是时机。OpenCup被设定为发生在今天，但仍存在一些问题， W3Arena ，并非所有人都能够正常登录。 War3tv.com关闭相当长的时间，导致很少有关于OpenCup的消息。
由于QMAN引起的直接破坏，OpenCup#3不能在他规定的日期开赛。OpenCup#3会占用部分OpenCup#4的时间段。这表示，下一届的OpenCup会在中欧时间3月29日15点开始。
不仅是对OpenCup影响，也有与ITL的一个问题。因为该网站已经有几天不能登录，没有人知道未来将要发生什么，很多战队迟迟没有得到适当的机会进行注册。因此，我们决定延长ITL报名时间。所有ITL的报名必须在本周五，3月21日发送。提交您的团队的资料，请访问这里。 ITL第一赛季将于3月24日开始。
整体看，这个人还在尝试攻击W3Arena and the WC3 scene，但是我们要强调的是，我们仍然会抵抗到底，现在还不是放弃的时候。现在W3A的管理员正在不断地修复QMAN所造成的破坏。如果你此时也是无法连接到W3A的选手之一，请耐心等待，一切都将尽快修复。
如果有任何新的问题关于W3Arena或者war3tv站点关闭再次，一定要核对我们在Facebook页面上的做出的更新。
原文：
What a long week.
If you haven’t been paying much attention to Warcraft 3 this week, you might have realized that W3Arena, war3tv, and even Replayers.com were being attacked by a disgruntled player named QMan. After being banned from W3Arena, QMan decided that he would try to hold W3A hostage.
Over a week ago, QMan said he was unjustly banned by one of the W3A admins and threatened to do damage to W3A if he wasn’t unbanned. At first he seemed like a person who would listen to reason and just wanted to negotiate his situation. Talking to QMan didn’t get far and he began his DDOS attack against W3Arena, shutting down the server.
Obviously wanting to get everything working as soon as possible, W3A admins once again tried to negotiate with QMan. At this point he was even given what he demanded: his account was unbanned. QMan didn’t hold up his end of the bargain, however, and continued to attack W3Arena. His new demand: remove certain admins from W3A staff.
It quickly became clear that QMan wasn’t someone who just wanted to get his account back. The W3A administrators were no longer going to give in to his demands and thus became the standoff between the two.
Unfortunately QMan and whatever group he is a part of decided that keeping the issue between himself and W3A was not good enough. Instead he began to attack other sites, shutting down replayers.com for a short time and shutting down war3tv.com for a few days.
The attacks on war3tv were so strong that we were actually told to leave our current host, forcing us to change servers.
Fast forward a few days, though, and things are looking better. QMan is continuing his attacks, but all of the affected sites are a lot more secure than they were last week. W3Arena has now been online for almost 2 days with limited interruption and our site seems completely stable so far.
One of the biggest problems with the attack against W3A and war3tv was the timing. OPEN Cup was set to take place today, but there are still a few problems with W3Arena and not everyone is able to get online. War3tv.com was down for quite a long time which resulted in very few sign ups for OPEN Cup.
Because of the direct damage caused by QMan, OPEN Cup #3 could not take place on the date it was scheduled. OPEN Cup #3 will take the timeslot of #4. That means the next OPEN Cup will take place on March 29th at 15:00 CET.
Not only was OPEN Cup affected, there was also a problem with ITL. Because the website was offline for a number of days and no one was even sure what was going to happen, a lot of teams didn’t receive a proper chance to sign up. As a result we have decided to extend ITL applications. All ITL Applications must be sent in by Friday, March 21st. To submit an application for your team, please visit here. ITL Season 1 will begin on March 24th.
QMan is still trying to do damage to W3Arena and the WC3 scene as a whole, but we would like to stress that we aren’t going anywhere. Now is not the time to give up. The admins at W3A are working endlessly to repair the damage done by QMan. If you are one of the players unable to connect to W3A at this time, please be patient–everything will be fixed as soon as possible.
Should there be any more problems with W3Arena or if the war3tv site goes down again, be sure to check out the Facebook page for any updates.