MP ettiquette: Or things that tic you off. Part Deux

rah · July 1, 2003, 08:29

Well after over 500 posts and almost 2500 views, Ming closed it down. BUT HE DIDN"T START A NEW ONE>

While it sometimes degenerated into a spam fest, there was still a lot of legitimate comments referring to MP ettiguette.

The old thread
http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...53#post2136953

Since I started that one, I guess I get the privilege of starting part 2.

RAH

And AH, no schilling RON here.

Ming · July 1, 2003, 09:35

I usually give the person that started the original the chance to do part two

War4ever · July 1, 2003, 15:00

I like to come by and just have a look at the opening comments and see whether or not i approve.....

My biggest pet peeve is having to play with a suspect connection, and right now a suspect registry...

my internet works in spurts, not a good thing for 6 hour games

rah · July 1, 2003, 15:18

When do you get your new connection.

War4ever · July 1, 2003, 15:23

sigh not till some time middle to late august...more likely sometime after the 23rd...was a typo when i said i was moving in two weeks, i meant two months

rah · July 1, 2003, 15:27

Good, I'm glad it was a typo, I already get to many clues to my approaching senility.

War4ever · July 1, 2003, 15:30

yeah, i just never went back to fix it .......but i saw it a week or so ago and though, "dumbarse thats not what you meant to say"

but waaaaaaaay to lazy and busy to fix it....but now you know.'

taking posession of the place on the 15th, paint three rooms on the 16-17, move the following weekend and hopefully everything will be set to go around then

atawa · July 1, 2003, 15:37

Did you check out the electricity bf taking the place?

War4ever · July 1, 2003, 15:38

yes i did....its wired for every room up to todays standards

rah · July 1, 2003, 15:46

One less excuse.

War4ever · July 1, 2003, 15:47

there should be no excuses now ......

rah · July 1, 2003, 15:50

I really don't care, I just want to be able to have you in the game for the whole night without worrying when you're going to drop. And the worst part is that when you drop know, that's usually it for the night.

War4ever · July 1, 2003, 16:02

well admittedly, if i drop now, i give it a few trys/minits....and b/c i have had so many issues with this i just give up and say fark it....

rah · July 1, 2003, 16:56

Yeah, but when others drop, there's a good chance they'll be back

War4ever · July 1, 2003, 17:34

virtually no chance with me.... only when berz drops to thunderstorms do we lose him..

barono always comes back for more

DrSpike · July 1, 2003, 18:17

Seriously War............the problems you have boggle the mind. I would suggest you ignored my advice about firewalls before, but that probably isn't behind your intermittent connection.

Check if other people who use your ISP face these problems or not. Do you check to see whether you can ping sites when you drop in the civ game?

rah · July 1, 2003, 18:35

We'll see after he moves into his new place with at least 20th century wiring. No use wasting time testing in his current place.

War4ever · July 2, 2003, 00:39

a connection is a connection, if i can't get internet after a few tries..i just give up now....

its not like i don't have a firewall and a router for my puter now....

i am sure its some sort of wiring....

my latest issue has nothing to do with it though, its about a bad registry due to something i dl'ed off kazaa.... this i know for fact

Alexander's Horse · July 2, 2003, 01:13

You should move house.

DrSpike · July 2, 2003, 05:56

And download less porn.

rah · July 2, 2003, 08:25

I just surprised that if it's a registry issue, why does it quit in the middle of the game. I would think that if you could start, it's not a registry issue.

DrSpike · July 2, 2003, 09:31

True. You may well have these issues, but they are not the problem with dropping.

I'm suspicious because you seem to have many outages but rarely if ever before a game begins. You also don't mention outages at other times when just surfing.

If it wasn't you War I'd quietly believe you were just making excuses for quitting. Since we can rule that out I am pretty stumped.

Alexander's Horse · July 2, 2003, 10:14

Maybe he should delete and reload the game.

rah · July 2, 2003, 10:17

Quote:

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Maybe he should delete and reload the game.

He's done that many times and will probably do it again

War4ever · July 2, 2003, 16:19

Yes...... i drop when winning or losing and i am not the type to start a game i have no intention of finishing..no matter how hot the girl is.

i am at a loss....its so frustrating....its like i am on dial up but can't reconnect when boooted...???????

they have given me free months of service..they are at a loss as well....

there have been techies, my friends whom are techies...all of your advice, a new computer , etc.....its driving me crazy.....

my only solice is to switch isp's when i move and hope that this will clear up any issues...

as for the registry issue, mom made a surprise visit and i have my disk...

so unless the isp screws up ( hahaha i have said this before) i should be good to go...

looking at friday but no saturday game for me

Alexander's Horse · July 2, 2003, 19:37

Maybe he should check his civ 2 CD or player for errors. Might be time to invest in a new copy.

atawa · July 2, 2003, 19:43

Doesnt sound like a cd problem to me.

DrSpike · July 2, 2003, 19:47

That can't be the problem......besides, War uses the no-cd crack anyway.

Alexander's Horse · July 2, 2003, 19:55

That might be the problem.

DrSpike · July 3, 2003, 05:27

Doubtful, since cracks were so simple back then...........and it really looks like a conn problem.

But if it were me I'd try everything anyway.