Way to report Players?

[CyrusReij]

I know I have seen this pop up before but couldn't find it sorry :\

I have had the same Axis player drop on me TWICE to give me losses *When he sees he is losing*(dropping after trying to fill the entire map with barbwire and having me break through is an awfully suspicious time to drop:\). I have also had someone lag out during the game load and I got a loss for that one somehow too. I can understand if Relic is unable to fix the bug immediately, as that is understandable. But is there any way to punish the people abusing this bug for the time being?

[Mogolov]

I have also played with this guy, he dropped in every match he featured in and caused quite an annoyance when your halfway through a battle on 3v3.

Was most frustrating and annoying.

[CF|Fly Molo]

After reading this, I entered a multiplayer game with , He dropped which ended up crashing my game. Would highly recommend you do NOT join a game with this guy.

[xanupox]

so many false accusers!

I play that name and I never drop on purpose. If you get losses because I drop in a ranked match, well that is stupid but not my fault.

I play on dialup from work, and I think I managed to fix it because I was actually able to finish 2 of my games last night for the first time after using HijackThis to remove a few items from my computer.

I tried the 3v3 but that seemed to be just too much for dialup to handle. I am still working with UberJumper to fix my connection, but ya prior to last night I did drop everytime I tried to play from work... but hey that is not my fault.

By the way, calling out peoples names or callsigns on this forum is against the rules. You should get a warning for that... Moderate anyone?

[Mogolov]

if your playing on dialup, you have no sympathy. Just the idea of playing something as intensive as this game on dialup is just plain stupid.

[xanupox]

Dialup is fully capable of playing a 1v1 or 2v2. I have tested it before on antoher machine in beta and never had a drop. The particular machine I have been using at work had some issues, that I think are now fixed.

I played 2 games last night on 1v1 and never had an issue, finished both games. I then pressed it and went to a 3v3, the game was fine until the action got very intense, then I dropped.

1v1 and 2v2 are fine for dialup, baring you do not have some software on your pc that 'phones home'. I think the culprits I had were the yahoo and google toolbars, as well as possibly a realplayer and adobe updater that would somehow take my bandwidth and lag me out.... I really dunno for sure, I deleted a ton of things with HijackThis tool that UberJumper suggested I use.

[Mogolov]

I'm all for giving folks a second chance so maybe when the UK FINALLY receive our copies, we can blow each other up.

[Albi]

Work places still use dial up?

I played 2 games last night on 1v1 and never had an issue, finished both games. I then pressed it and went to a 3v3, the game was fine until the action got very intense, then I dropped.

Question here is did you win those?

[RangerX3X]

Punished? That is rediculous. If the guy can play any MP game these days on dial-up with some success, my hat is off to him/her. Just because the box says broadband is required for play doesn't mean someone should "get in trouble" for using dial-up.

[ghodan]

Player with lower dan dual isdn connection should have a icon of some sort so you can spot them in your game room and can nicely ask them to leave.

Its verry irritating if one person lags everything to a crawl.

[ceejayoz]

See? This is why we don't allow the naming of names.

I am not aware of a way to report players, and I suspect there won't be one due to the massive abuse that would happen.

[ghodan]

At least its clear WHY he lags and drops.

Dialup modem is old school man. No matter what company's put on the back of the DVD/CD cover as the minimum connection speeds requirements.....Dialup is to slow.

[Rambocop]

I don't buy that for even a second, the kind of machine that can run CoH good enough for multiplayer doesn't come with dial-up. And, no, dial-up is not capable of real-time multiplayer. Maybe Doom (the first one) back in the day, but not much else.

[Planetbuster]

Jesus, dialup? As a courtesy you shouldnt even be trying when people are paying good money for good gaming connections and you <cough cough> think your dial up can handle it. And like the guy above me said, that requirement crap on the back is lies for the most part. Normally the person lagging cant see that he has slowed everyone elses PC in the game to a crawl because we are waiting on your dial-up to update us with info.

And ranger from up above, I dont think anyones so mean they want to get anyone in trouble rofl. Its just gaming time is time invested and for some of us we dont get much gaming time and want it to be quality when we do get it.

Its not that we dont want you playing, your prolly a great guy its just the dial up.It really is crap (

[ceejayoz]

I don't buy that for even a second, the kind of machine that can run CoH good enough for multiplayer doesn't come with dial-up.

Sorry, but what are you on? Computers don't come with internet connections. You have to sign up with an ISP.

If you're referring to the prevalence of modems, they still come either standard or as an option. Hell, there are places in the US where broadband isn't available for reasonable rates - dial-up is still nearly half of all connections.

And, no, dial-up is not capable of real-time multiplayer.

Again, not true. It depends on the game - FPS games are generally more bandwidth intensive than RTS games, for example. Plenty of new games can still be played with dialup.

[Moe]

if your playing on dialup, you have no sympathy. Just the idea of playing something as intensive as this game on dialup is just plain stupid.

That's just plain wrong. CoH is fully peer-to-peer, the network load is quite minimal compared to other games, and dialup can handle those games just fine. Please do some research before you call people stupid.

[Rambocop]

The bottom line is, dial-up doesn't work in practice. Sure you can play, but you will lose, or just annoy everyone else. Good point mentioning that the game is peer-to-peer, but it doesn't really matter. For every post saying "i play with dial-up and i do fine" you will get dozens saying "i can't play".

A broadband subscription for a year costs just a bit more than half of what a decent graphics card costs - or as much as three games, so there is no excuse for a gamer with a mid-to-high end machine.

Sure, 50% of internet connections are still dial-up (must be around 85% where i live, but broadband - well, 768k - is catching on rapidly) but not everyone with a modem will play CoH online, and not everyone can run it good enough for online play. Face it, your game is just not for everyone!

[Starfisher]

When was the last time you played COH over a dial up connection, Rambocop? It seems possible, since the network load imposed by COH doesn't appear to be that intensive.

The excuse is simple: They haven't laid any cable/fiber/upgrade the phone lines for DSL in my area. You cannot blame an individual gamer for the whims of the telecomms.

[ceejayoz]

A broadband subscription for a year costs just a bit more than half of what a decent graphics card costs - or as much as three games, so there is no excuse for a gamer with a mid-to-high end machine.

Sure, if you live in a city.

People with dialup can and do play the game successfully, while people with broadband can and do experience lag and latency issues.

[Rambocop]

Sure, if you live in a city.

Good point that one i guess.

Anyway my whole "i don't buy that" thing is because 99% of the time in online games it is people making all kinds of excuses rather than real problems (especially if they are winning in this way!!), and i have heard them all .

[BSilenced]

:focus:

Until Relic fixes the bugs with reporting, the Ladder system and people who drop get a loss and the people who didn't drop and were winning.. get a win.. then I can't see how you can report people?

Isn't there a chance that you both drop from each other and both of you think the other one is to blame?

Accuracy of the reports wouldn't be anywhere near 100%.. also the sheer number of reports would be huge...

[BoogieMan]

Dial up is crap overall. You can have 10 people all with 56k connections and you will likely find a very wide difference in their performances. So many more things influence that old stuff. Some 56k connections are surprisingly good. Some are CRAP. I used to connect at 24k tops before broadband moved in. It can go either way. FPS games are like 50% ping, the rest chance and skill. But other games where fractions of a second aren't so critical, they aren't so bad.

In my experience a steady connection is more important than sheer bandwidth. (no spikes, packletoss, etc)