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Subject: Not getting host
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Would having a regular xbox and not a 360 help prevent me from getting Host in matchmaking? I've noticed that i almost never get host. Seems like every game that i'm in ends up going into the Blue screen if the host leaves. Ive been in games so many times where about 4 or 5 people leave right after another..and for w/e wacky reason it's like the next person that's gonna leave gets Host so what ends up happening is i get about 5 or 6 blue screens in a row until im the last one left. I don't have a slow connection either it's a 5mb Cable connection so i dont think that's the problem.

[Edited on 05.20.2007 6:21 PM PDT]

  • 05.20.2007 6:20 PM PDT
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Anyone?

  • 05.20.2007 6:24 PM PDT
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Your not getting host either becasue
A your firewall
B your interent upload sucks
C dunno

you can reset your host record by clearing your harddrive but youd have to re dl maps

[Edited on 05.20.2007 6:26 PM PDT]

  • 05.20.2007 6:26 PM PDT
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Hmm...well im geting a 360 elite pretty soon so if i dont start getting host more often after that then it'll eliminate a possiblity.

  • 05.20.2007 6:29 PM PDT
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There is no difference betwee na 360 and a reguler in terms of connection speed

  • 05.20.2007 6:31 PM PDT
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so is there any way of increasing my internet's upload speed? Or would it be better to just turn off my firewall?

[Edited on 05.20.2007 6:33 PM PDT]

  • 05.20.2007 6:33 PM PDT
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well i think i just figured out it's probably my firewall...Im using zone alarm and i have it set on High(Stealth mode. Your computer is hidden and protected from hackers. Sharing is not allowed.) Maybe that's it?

  • 05.20.2007 6:38 PM PDT
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you have zone alram -_- sounds like cheating to me

  • 05.20.2007 6:40 PM PDT
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how is having zone alarm cheating? o_O

  • 05.20.2007 6:41 PM PDT
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Zone alarm is the creation of the devil

  • 05.20.2007 6:41 PM PDT
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lol why is that? What's wrong with having zone alarm? *confused*

  • 05.20.2007 6:43 PM PDT
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Posted by: AJ905
how is having zone alarm cheating? o_O

well you can lag people out you COULD butnot anymore bridge you can standbye for host and much more with zone alarm and team standbye
and im guessing the chances of you paying for it are very very very very very slim

[Edited on 05.20.2007 6:44 PM PDT]

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but you know what is weird i played that nexas guy and colonel cluxtion and i cheked like 1 of you games and so did you -.- they cheated me the other day :*(

  • 05.20.2007 6:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: rauWr
well you can lag people out you COULD butnot anymore bridge you can standbye for host and much more with zone alarm and team standbye
and im guessing the chances of you paying for it are very very very very very slim


ah..so that's how its done. Well i dont think i could do that even if i wanted to seeing as my computer is on the 2nd floor. and i run a 50' cord from my router down to the 1st floor to my xbox x_x

  • 05.20.2007 6:46 PM PDT
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hmm so u know how it is done? i do but i am just not -blam!- so i dont stnadbye or anything

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  • 05.20.2007 6:47 PM PDT
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No i was just saying. Ive heard that people use 2 diff programs together somehow(cant remember which 2) but they use them to bridge host or standby or lag people out. I just dont understand how exactly its done. Like i said if it envolves being on the comp while playing halo i dont think i can do it even if i wanted to since my xbox is down on the first floor

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Posted by: rauWr
Posted by: AJ905
how is having zone alarm cheating? o_O

well you can lag people out you COULD butnot anymore bridge you can standbye for host and much more with zone alarm and team standbye
and im guessing the chances of you paying for it are very very very very very slim


Zone Alarm is an Internet Security program. Having it does not mean you cheat.

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Posted by: AJ905
No i was just saying. Ive heard that people use 2 diff programs together somehow(cant remember which 2) but they use them to bridge host or standby or lag people out. I just dont understand how exactly its done. Like i said if it envolves being on the comp while playing halo i dont think i can do it even if i wanted to since my xbox is down on the first floor


You're right. You can't cheat with Zobe Alarm alone. You need to set up a bridge between your PC and Xbox, and you also need a program to get other people's IPs, like Commview.

  • 05.20.2007 6:51 PM PDT
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Commview that's the one i was trying to remember. FK do you think turning off zone alarm would improve my chances of getting host by any chance? x_x

  • 05.20.2007 6:54 PM PDT
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Posted by: AJ905
Commview that's the one i was trying to remember. FK do you think turning off zone alarm would improve my chances of getting host by any chance? x_x


Eh, I'm not really an expert oin this, but I leave Zone Alarm and it doesn't affect me getting host, maybe just change the settings on it. I have all my Zone Alarm firewall settings set to Low.

  • 05.20.2007 6:55 PM PDT
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Ah, well i'll try that. I had my all my setting on it on high x_x
Hopefully that'll help. well thanks for your help guys.

  • 05.20.2007 6:57 PM PDT