Ya for DC!!

[Luk3us 63]

Before today, I had experienced 2 D/C for my entire time online. Today, I get three almost in a row...

 

I hope EA's new scheme actually works... Cause this is starting to annoy...

[PunWisp 0]

D/C?? if you mean crashes, i got crashed twice, whats wrong with server!

[Luk3us 63]

No a Disconnect is where the other player pulls the plug out of their router or whatever. This way you don't get a win, you both get a "disconnect"... Bah..

[PunWisp 0]

ohhh my bad lol

[Alphabear 11]

why don't they make it a loss as opposed to a disconnect. That way they would get the loss anyway so they have no real reason to DC

[Luk3us 63]

Apparently due to the p2p nature of C&C3 its difficult to identify who actually disconnected, or at least that is what Apoc has been saying.... Hmm...

[PunWisp 0]

WHO IS APOC!!!

[Luk3us 63]

He is the adorable and much loved and treasured community manager.

[Alphabear 11]

Even so just make it so both people get a loss. DCers don't care about other peoples stats, only their own.

[Azrael 0]

Yeah, but how about the other guy? He'd be pissed that he wasn't the one who disconnected, yet still he received a loss count!

[Alphabear 11]

sure but hes gonna be pissed anyway cause the other guy dissconected preventing his win. They only DC to prevent getting the loss, so if they would get it anyway they would get no advantage out of a DC

[Luk3us 63]

Problem with that is high ranked players. Because if you're say in the top 500 and someone who is ranked 2000 D/C's on you, then you're probably be dropped right out of the top 1000 just like that. At least at the moment it doesn't matter.

 

That being said they're still got till 1.07 to see how effective this all is. As the real ladder competition begins... Then we're hear all teh bitching!

[Azrael 0]

Sore losers... Don't you just hate them?

[matthy 0]

if you make the program connect to a server like ea.com evrytime it DC it can check if you DC or the other.

 

My m8 always shuts down cnc3.exe and i get a DC -.- he always does that when i win LOL

[Aaron Kaufman 0]

Lukas, who disconnected on you?

 

P2P systems cannot effectively detect who disconnected, almost all RTS games have this problem, save for Battle.net and some others.

 

We're looking in to some potential server options but it definitely won't be an overnight or soon fix.

 

The new system has not proven its effectiveness yet, but when I look at DC stats for top players, its certainly not that bad.

 

That said, I hate this issue as much as you guys and then 10000X more.

 

If we know with full evidence that someone disconnected, will reset their account. If we can tell with frequency evidence, then we'll do the same. A second violation and they can kiss their serial key goodbye )

 

-APOC

[TheBlackOut 7]

How do you proof someone d/c'd? I played against I think "PyroEarth" and I he had 12 wins/1 loss. I figured he'd be fun to beat. Which it was.

 

As I had him on the run he starts d/cing, come back, d/cing (I reminisce to Zero Hour at this point), then I finally kick him.

[Luk3us 63]

I can't remember who it was, though I've only been D/Ced like once in the past week or two, so its not that bad. Its just annoying when it does happen...