24-06-2004, 09:08 AM
I've got some questions around the whole problem of FSODing. Just so you know I've just started playing Eps 1, 2 and 3 on a Gamecube in the last few weeks.
The way I understand it people are exploiting a bug in the word select to force everybody in a lobby to freeze with no option but to restart their cubes. Happened to me twice last night while playing Ep3, has yet to happen on Ep1&2 but I understand that it is possible. Is my understanding correct? If so, the best action to me would be to only use the lobby as little as possible to avoid being FSOD'd. i.e. Hide in a passworded team while waiting for a tourney to start. What I don't understand is why people would want to FSOD? Are there really that many people out there that gain enjoyment by ruining everybodies elses fun?
Also, is there any servers that are more prone to that kind of behaviour?
My second question is to do with the number of people using hacked characters in Ep1&2...there seems to be an awful lot of them too. So again is there anywhere where people are using legit characters more than hacked characters? I usually have a look to see if anybody is on Alphard 6 when I log in but it seems that I must be picking the quiet times as hardly anybody is ever there. There was somebody playing ep3 last night but the game was passworded so I couldn't join. :'(
The way I understand it people are exploiting a bug in the word select to force everybody in a lobby to freeze with no option but to restart their cubes. Happened to me twice last night while playing Ep3, has yet to happen on Ep1&2 but I understand that it is possible. Is my understanding correct? If so, the best action to me would be to only use the lobby as little as possible to avoid being FSOD'd. i.e. Hide in a passworded team while waiting for a tourney to start. What I don't understand is why people would want to FSOD? Are there really that many people out there that gain enjoyment by ruining everybodies elses fun?
Also, is there any servers that are more prone to that kind of behaviour?
My second question is to do with the number of people using hacked characters in Ep1&2...there seems to be an awful lot of them too. So again is there anywhere where people are using legit characters more than hacked characters? I usually have a look to see if anybody is on Alphard 6 when I log in but it seems that I must be picking the quiet times as hardly anybody is ever there. There was somebody playing ep3 last night but the game was passworded so I couldn't join. :'(