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Subject: Re-entering Matchmaking

Human After All

When you can't find people in Matchmaking, does leaving and then going back in actually help?

  • 08.11.2010 3:08 AM PDT

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Yes, it resets the sync data and retries the search brand new, looking for games that may have been skipped in the first search.

  • 08.11.2010 3:12 AM PDT

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to me this is much like the "hold x to lock in players" myth it is hard to prove wrong but can ring true at times.

i think at times backing out and re-entering can refresh the search and find players faster but its impossible to tell if you would of got in the same game with the same players had you just waited.

it`s a tough one to call i cannot give you a definate answer i`m afraid.

  • 08.11.2010 3:15 AM PDT
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:)


Posted by: IBurn36360
Yes, it resets the sync data and retries the search brand new, looking for games that may have been skipped in the first search.

  • 08.11.2010 3:31 AM PDT

if nothing else it gets you out of the same match-up cycle that everyone else is stuck in.

Easy way to check this - go into social and as the (yet unnamed) player count goes up go into xbl 'frields' list of recent players. Here you can see GT's before they show under MM. (depending on who shows - you may want to exit mm at this point).

If/when it cycles do the same thing and note the same GT's back being MM. Best to leave this match-up set and get in with another group.

Why bungie didnt go with an opt in/out system, and let you join games already in progress - never know, especially in social. Now that numbers are down it is painful to wait for a full team, especially in th big playlists.

  • 08.11.2010 5:15 AM PDT

If it's a 3 vs 3, I've never seen the holding X part fail. It started the game when the counter is on 4 or 6, don't remember. This is the only thing I've seen that may be true.

Anytime it was 3 vs 3, the game launched

  • 08.11.2010 6:33 AM PDT
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Yeah I know what you're checking for.

Sadly I got my 50 after they stopped doing the stats for Halo 3 here.

I don't believe in any glitches like that, lol it reminds of Pokemon, people thought holding in 'B' or all 4 buttons would give you a better chance of capturing the Pokemon.

  • 08.11.2010 6:48 AM PDT