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Subject: Anyone having problems getting games today?

It's Vi7AL that I teabag you after the kill.

I've been trying to get a game for the last 30 minutes and it pissing me off.. cant get one for nothing!! I see one person or 2 join in then they get fed up and leave as well. WTF anyone else having problems finding a game today?

  • 09.13.2007 6:53 AM PDT
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Same here...

  • 09.13.2007 6:55 AM PDT

My GT is actually lockepyker - somehow I got linked with my g/f's tag...so that should answer your first question.
Since you're here, take time to visit my file share. I mean, I have beach grifball in there - and you know you want some of that . Thanks!
See you in the rumble pit!
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Yeah I'm totally getting the same thing. Is it Xbox live? Is it bungies servers?
I like to play a game or two before school but it doesn't look like that's gonna happen today. Bummer. Guess I'll have to read my Bio lab instead...waaaay less fun than causing mayhem on Live.

  • 09.13.2007 7:00 AM PDT
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Yup, same here in UK. Can't get game for some reason. Bungie says over 5,000 people online though.

  • 09.13.2007 7:09 AM PDT

currently there are 4500 odd people online and I am in Team sniper's match making and for the past 20+ minutes not even a single person has entered the lobby. it just keeps going from stage 1-2 then back to 1. this is bull-blam!-. Bungie need to get off their arse's and fix this -blam!-, I couldnt care that Halo 3 is less then 2 weeks away they can still support Halo 2. hell, Blizzard are still updating etc Diablo 1, 2 and even Starcraft and they are all atleast 8 years old this is just rediculous

  • 09.13.2007 7:28 AM PDT
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Yeah... darn Jewish holiday! (I am a jew, I just dont go to temple if I dont wanna)

  • 09.13.2007 7:32 AM PDT
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Same problem here. I finally got into a double team game but it took at least ten minutes.

  • 09.13.2007 7:43 AM PDT

I got into 1 team sniper game in 30 minutes, this is just -blam!-

  • 09.13.2007 7:50 AM PDT
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Yeah same here I'm running a 15/2 FTTH connection and I couldn't get a game so I went to go play some COD4 MP Beta and came back 3 hours later and.....nothing man. Up and running? Everyone call 18004myxbox and complain they shouldn't say everything is alright 11 days before release of halo 3.

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  • 09.13.2007 8:19 AM PDT


Same here.

It's like the NAT problem they had after the recent maintenance, but worse.

  • 09.13.2007 8:40 AM PDT
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yea its happaning to me too if any 1 wants to set up a custom game tho its BxR 5LaY3R

  • 09.13.2007 10:28 AM PDT
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yea i cant get a game either im just playing customs all day it sucks

  • 09.13.2007 11:30 AM PDT
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Dang... Hey, I'll host a game now and see if you can join, Multi Flag CTF

I'll get one of my friends to come in then go on Team Hardcore

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  • 09.13.2007 11:49 AM PDT
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I'm pretty sure its because nobody plays this game anymore.

  • 09.13.2007 11:51 AM PDT
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I'm not entirely sure what kinds of problems you all are encountering, I'm not having any issues whatsoever. I'm at work, but I called my hubby who's home right now and asked him to log onto Halo and try matchmaking. He got right in with no problems. Maybe it's just a few random people who are having difficulties. This could be ANYTHING from your ISPs to your routers to the NAT needing to be open to just about any other issue. All you people who are having issues, try power-cycling your routers and modems (unplug both for 30 seconds and reconnect them) and see what happens. Then go check your xbox connection on the network settings tab on the 360 and run it through the troubleshooter to make sure the NAT is open. If you're still having issues after trying those, call 1-800-4MYXBOX and talk to someone there.

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  • 09.13.2007 11:56 AM PDT
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yup

  • 09.13.2007 12:29 PM PDT

O hai

I eventually quit and played KOTOR after about 20 minutes of not finding a game. It was brutal. P.s. it was in the team slayer playlist

  • 09.13.2007 12:32 PM PDT

"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." -Carl Sagan

The issue I'm having today is that match making is telling me i don't have all the maps to play certain types of games, yet I've had all of them downloaded since they came out (including the 2 new ones) they worked fine, i don't know if i missed an update or something but have you heard of anyone having this problem. I'm trying to re-download them know, i figure something corrupted. Any help world be awesome.

Mike

  • 09.13.2007 1:01 PM PDT
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You're already doing what any wise person on the forums would have told you to do anyway...delete and redownload. This usually solves the problem. If you still have issues when you're done, you need to call Xbox Support - 1-800-4MY-XBOX.

  • 09.13.2007 1:03 PM PDT
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Yes I have had problems playing games for the past 3 days now. I get into a room, then while the map is being loaded it kicks me out. Did they just forget about Halo 2 since there baby is coming out. I'm really gettin mad about this.

  • 09.13.2007 1:34 PM PDT

To clarify, for anybody from Bungie or XBL who might be reading this and able to shed light on the matter-

Three friends and I, all on seperate ISP's, went into matchmaking earlier. We were given host boxes and waited. And waited...and... waited. Eventually the system 'timed out' and we were all put back to the normal waiting screen without host boxes. Which then timed out a gain and switched us all back to the waiting with host boxes again.... and repeat.

After 20mins or so of this we decided to split up and try individually.

The result was the same. It was almost impossible to find a game, and when anybody did get into a loby it just sat there for ages. So long that most of the people waiting gave up. I changed to a spare gamertag and after much waiting managed to get a few games of BTB.

I messaged Achronos and asked him if he knew anything that could be causing it and he replied that as far as he is aware there are no problems at the moment and that I should try XBL support.

Which I did. And I dont wish to talk about it ever again for fear I would get banned from this forum. Lets just say they were not exactly helpful. I messaged Achronos again to let him know but he has not replied yet.

By pure coincidence these are exactly the same symptoms I suffered during the 'incorrect NAT detection' problem on Monday, ie- taking ages to find a game. I should also point out that the games themselves were awesome. Its like I only got matched with people with excellent connections, also just like Monday.

So if anybody from Bungie or XBL knows whats going on, please let us know.

Thanks.

  • 09.13.2007 1:59 PM PDT

Tom Achronos
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While I don't know of any specific problem, I do know that nothing that we are running is experience issues. If anything is amiss, it would be with Xbox Live's stuff. Unfortunately, this leaves your only option at calling them. I'll dig around a bit and see if can find out more, but really, nothing will really move unless they get actual user reports in. So, if it doesn't work, call support immediately.

  • 09.13.2007 3:12 PM PDT

Players Online:48,480
Unique Players (Last 24 Hours):245,089
Matches Logged (Last 24 Hours):449,087

There doesn't seem to be a problem with the amount of people online right now... I guess they just aren't being put into the same matches?

  • 09.13.2007 3:35 PM PDT

By Achronos-

While I don't know of any specific problem, I do know that nothing that we are running is experience issues. If anything is amiss, it would be with Xbox Live's stuff. Unfortunately, this leaves your only option at calling them. I'll dig around a bit and see if can find out more, but really, nothing will really move unless they get actual user reports in. So, if it doesn't work, call support immediately.


I did try.

I will try again tomorrow. a) In the hope that it may clear up by itself, and b) when I am less likely to loose my temper with them after they cut me off on hold...twice... after saying they didn't think anything was wrong.

Thanks anyway for trying to help.

UPDATE- Switced it on this morning,everything seems back to normal. Strange? But I'm not complaining :-)

[Edited on 09.14.2007 3:17 AM PDT]

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