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il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
June 24 2008 16:38 GMT
#1
Is it true that, if you want more people in a game, that if someone leaves and comes back, that the game will be "refreshed" in the sense that it goes to the bottom when searching for games? Also, is it true that if you close and open a slot that it does the same? I'm tired of people saying 낚시 when we're waiting on one more person.

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Solarian
Profile Joined June 2008
United States100 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-24 16:49:29
June 24 2008 16:41 GMT
#2
I'm fairly sure a player RJ-ing brings the game back to the top. I absolutely HATE slot-closing, and I don't think that it does anything, either. Even if it did... DO NOT SLOT CLOSE. THERE IS ALMOST NOTHING MORE INFURIATING THEN TRYING TO JOIN A GAME AND SEEING "The game creator has closed all available slots!"

Also, RM-ing is stupid. Just get a player to rejoin.

EDIT: I guess slot closing does work, then.
Hi.
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25996 Posts
June 24 2008 16:43 GMT
#3
I think slot closing works.
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NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
June 24 2008 16:45 GMT
#4
Slot closing does work. DotA games implement this now regularly for that reason.
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decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20154 Posts
June 24 2008 16:49 GMT
#5
i dont think it works.
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
NrG.ZaM
Profile Joined March 2008
United States267 Posts
June 24 2008 16:52 GMT
#6
Slot closing only works if you close all available slots and then open. What it does is removes your game from the list, since all slots are full or closed, and then when it appears on the list again when you open, it'll be on top of the list.
ieatkids5
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United States4628 Posts
June 24 2008 16:57 GMT
#7
On June 25 2008 01:52 NrG.ZaM wrote:
Slot closing only works if you close all available slots and then open. What it does is removes your game from the list, since all slots are full or closed, and then when it appears on the list again when you open, it'll be on top of the list.

oohh
makes sense to me

but yeah, it is annoying when you try to join a game that needs people, but cant because you clicked when the creator just closed the slots
il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
June 24 2008 17:22 GMT
#8
On June 25 2008 01:57 ieatkids5 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2008 01:52 NrG.ZaM wrote:
Slot closing only works if you close all available slots and then open. What it does is removes your game from the list, since all slots are full or closed, and then when it appears on the list again when you open, it'll be on top of the list.

oohh
makes sense to me

but yeah, it is annoying when you try to join a game that needs people, but cant because you clicked when the creator just closed the slots


yeah and then when you try to get in again, its full


thanks guys
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
June 24 2008 17:41 GMT
#9
are u guys sure that slot closing works?

I was under the impression that it is a warcraft 3 feature, and most people were just stupid enough that they assumed it worked in SC.
0xDEADBEEF
Profile Joined September 2007
Germany1235 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-24 17:45:27
June 24 2008 17:43 GMT
#10
On June 25 2008 01:52 NrG.ZaM wrote:
Slot closing only works if you close all available slots and then open. What it does is removes your game from the list, since all slots are full or closed, and then when it appears on the list again when you open, it'll be on top of the list.


I think that's correct. However, you probably have to wait a few seconds for this to work. Because the list has to get updated again (which takes, I don't know, 5 seconds?), otherwise the game remains at its position (or continues to slowly crawl to the top where the oldest games are) and those who want to join get the "game is full" message (meaning the game was NOT removed from the list yet). ~5 seconds is a long time to wait, almost everyone re-opens the slots right away. And then it does nothing at all.

What does work though is when people rejoin (if the game seems "dead"). The moment they leave, lag may be gone and new players are more likely to be able to join.
MasterOfChaos
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Germany2896 Posts
June 24 2008 17:45 GMT
#11
It only works for those who don't view the list yet, because the list does not remove expired games and new games are added at the bottom -_-
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Zanno
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1484 Posts
June 24 2008 17:55 GMT
#12
On June 25 2008 02:41 travis wrote:
are u guys sure that slot closing works?

I was under the impression that it is a warcraft 3 feature, and most people were just stupid enough that they assumed it worked in SC.
people were doing it before warcraft 3 came out
aaaaa
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
June 24 2008 18:13 GMT
#13
Rejoining definitely refreshes games... closing a single slot doesn't.
Steelflight-Rx
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1389 Posts
June 24 2008 18:27 GMT
#14
Other b.net myths? does xtra-high latency setting actually fix lag? i can't remember a single game it made a difference
yubee wrote: you know? it's a great night you should all smile no matter what harddships, because grass grows and the sky is blue and it's a good life.
UmmTheHobo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States650 Posts
June 24 2008 18:32 GMT
#15
On June 25 2008 03:27 Steelflight-Rx wrote:
Other b.net myths? does xtra-high latency setting actually fix lag? i can't remember a single game it made a difference


Yes it works.
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crabapple
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States397 Posts
June 24 2008 19:16 GMT
#16
they have a little script/mod that closes then opens all available slots. don't know where to find it, but they are out there. could help with the tediousness
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
June 24 2008 19:17 GMT
#17
It used to work back in the days of dial up. Now lag is usually due to someone downloading or something where almost all the bandwith it taken up so extra high doesn't really help.
useLess
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4781 Posts
June 24 2008 19:59 GMT
#18
remember why back when they had the /refresh command? i didnt know what it did, but it sounded beneficial and thats how i learned how to increase my typing speed (also, through use of cheat codes :X)
Moonlight Shadow
QuietIdiot
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
7004 Posts
June 24 2008 21:10 GMT
#19
I think it does work, rejoining a game puts the game up on the list for people with "black" lists. But for others with the list already reloaded, it remains in the same position.

But the most annoying b.net myth to me is this HIT f4 bullshit. Every 4/10 Korean pub I ran into, they told me to F4 to speed up the download. So annoying. I don't think that even works? I wonder where such a rumor got spread.
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
June 24 2008 21:16 GMT
#20

But the most annoying b.net myth to me is this HIT f4 bullshit. Every 4/10 Korean pub I ran into, they told me to F4 to speed up the download. So annoying. I don't think that even works? I wonder where such a rumor got spread.

People who misunderstood what their peers telling them to press alt-f4 meant.
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