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Black Ops 2: top Xbox 360 player resets stats to escape abuse, DDOS attacks

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's top-ranked Xbox 360 player “Retrominano” has reset his player stats after suffering a torrent of abuse form other players online, and constant DDOS attacks that prevented him from playing anywhere up to ten mintues at a time.

MP1st reports that Retrominano suffered the attacks from somewhere in the US, and that he issued an Xbox Live message to explain the issue:

He then took to Reddit to discuss his woes in greater detail, and stated that he had reset his stats back to level one, just to escape the constant attacks. he even took a photo to prove the reset:

What do you make of the above? Should tighter control be in place against these kind of attacks - not just for top-ranked players - but across the board? Let us know below.

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