To all quitters
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To all quitters
I know there will be times when a connection drops or an emergency takes you away from the game, but please, please don't host unless you are going to stay the course.
I have watched hour long Defcon battles play out on my server after I was shamefully annihilated early on, that's all part of being host. I have also "lost connection" when in the lead (or at least doing better than the host) on everything from Worms to Halo 3, which can't always be network trouble.
It's simple - the game is just out, and we're all going to lose a few times before we get to enjoy a winning streak - let's not mess up the multiplayer experience when that's the main feature of the game.
I have watched hour long Defcon battles play out on my server after I was shamefully annihilated early on, that's all part of being host. I have also "lost connection" when in the lead (or at least doing better than the host) on everything from Worms to Halo 3, which can't always be network trouble.
It's simple - the game is just out, and we're all going to lose a few times before we get to enjoy a winning streak - let's not mess up the multiplayer experience when that's the main feature of the game.
Ragequitting is worthy of a screenshot and telling world "Look everyone! I completely pwned this guy!"
Second game I played online (CTS) I was grabbing nearly all of the crates and had managed to neutralise the enemy in under four minutes. I can't blame him for quitting; that left six minutes of me doing that over and over and over again. The first game (DOM) was only slightly slower and it was a foregone conclusion there too.
(Yeah, right. "First" and "Second". You all believe that.)
Second game I played online (CTS) I was grabbing nearly all of the crates and had managed to neutralise the enemy in under four minutes. I can't blame him for quitting; that left six minutes of me doing that over and over and over again. The first game (DOM) was only slightly slower and it was a foregone conclusion there too.
(Yeah, right. "First" and "Second". You all believe that.)
If you see my name hosting a game, have no fear. I'm the kind of guy who takes losses in stride and I sure as hell won't under any circumstance quit before the completion of the game, even if I'm eliminated.
There should be a rather large pop-up warning hosts trying to quit before a game is complete that they risk pissing off their peers and should just let the game complete as a courtesy.
There should be a rather large pop-up warning hosts trying to quit before a game is complete that they risk pissing off their peers and should just let the game complete as a courtesy.
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KEEP COOL
the other issue is:
if a host cannot wait a few mins to get his players into his room and launch a game immedately when he sees a player is joining a slot, you will start with an AI instead of that player/joiner!!
both: you and the host!! each AI for both...
so just wait until the player's name appears in 'his' slot, say hi, and lets go!!!
and yes, that last sentence is mainly for all hosts who cannot wait until someone joins...
at least, that happened too many times....
also the hosts do not give you a chance in anyway to change your color, if you want, if they want to start immediately of course.
-> the game starts before you have entered the server/hosted room.
if a host cannot wait a few mins to get his players into his room and launch a game immedately when he sees a player is joining a slot, you will start with an AI instead of that player/joiner!!
both: you and the host!! each AI for both...
so just wait until the player's name appears in 'his' slot, say hi, and lets go!!!
and yes, that last sentence is mainly for all hosts who cannot wait until someone joins...
at least, that happened too many times....
also the hosts do not give you a chance in anyway to change your color, if you want, if they want to start immediately of course.
-> the game starts before you have entered the server/hosted room.
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