GRAW/GRAW2 Sundays

[lovekeiiy]

I've been working on my LAN network. I believe I should be able to host more than two people on GRAW. It's kind of wierd, but I've gone from open nat to moderate.

I haven't gotten to opportunity to find out how many people I can host. I have been playing R6V2, and I've hosted multiplayer rooms with 4 x 4, co-op story, and terrorist hunt with three of us. No complained about it being laggy or communication being choppy.

I did some speedtest.net tests on that part of my network with the gaming consoles.


HOLY BAT TURDS!!!!! I can barely believe that score even with Comcast's speedboost, since my service last I knew of was 8mb.

[Thornes70]

I haven't had any problems hosting up to seven for coop campaign, but with eight, it's questionable. I don't think there's been an issue for vs or coop eliminations. I remember in GRAW 1, there were a lot of issues for people if they tried hosting more than four at a time.

Since we had such a good showing last time, I'll be starting this Sunday's GRAW2 night an hour early again, so 6:00 pm PST/9:00 pm EST. I really want to focus more on the vs. modes, but we can definitely get in some coop too since there's so many more ach's to get now.

[lovekeiiy]

From what I read in an article on Xbox.com, co-op campaigns are the most difficult to host and require the most bandwidth, not necessary the fastest speeds. The straightout vs campaigns is the easiest.

Last Sunday after you left, M Theroy, Twilight and I, played about an hour more. We managed to complete The Cut, and Ghost Town. When I tried to host, I could only host two people. Since we made it public room, Twilight and Theory would die right when the game started.

I know I have a consistent 1.5mb upload and thought it was crap for that few people. So, I work on the system and feel it should resolved and can host many more; I haven't had an opportunity to test it to see what limits I may have.

If we somehow have a poor showing, I think we should make the room public. I don't we'll get winnies coming in since all the brats will be playing Halo, COD4, or R6V2. At least that's what's been my experience with GRAW; only those who really like the game keep playing it. In other words, those with good taste in games play GRAW.

[Thornes70]

Well, I'd definitely rather stick to friends than have open rooms, especially when playing vs. modes. We'll see how it goes. After all, I don't want to

get winnies

[lovekeiiy]

I was in rush to get work, so I missed spelled a word and left another one. None theless, I still think it'll be ok to go public if we only end up with three people. 2-2 is cool. Makes for fast games. Co-op campaigns are doable.

From what I've notice when playing and doing public rooms, none of the childish people are playing; well at least not that many. I've mainly done co-op missions. Did join co-op mission for setting detenators; someone was trying to get an achievement, everyone else was warring with pistols; I was laughing because I was usually the top or 2nd best in kills when the room would be aborted. All the wienies or weenies are busy playing COD4, Halo, or RV62 (it took ten minutes for one to join my public room on Weds).

[Thornes70]

Well if only a couple of us pop in tonight, there's a good chance I'll set it for one of my favorite gametypes, where you have a huge map, plenty of time, and a sniper rifle... but if there's more than that, we can do whatever. I'd be down for some stuff we never do - like exfiltration and things like that.

The usual crew has been growing, so we'll probably have another good showing.

It's gonna be an hour earlier tonight, just a reminder: 6:00 pm PST/9:00 pm EST.

[Twilight]

I'm working tonight guys. Try your hardest to get some wins without me.

[lovekeiiy]

Another nice showing. Was nice to get some achievements done like Co-op veteran.

A lot people I saw on the friend list, and PGL list, were playing R6V2, and COD4. Only a few were playing something else.

I did enjoy the our R6 gaming as well.

[lovekeiiy]

I thought some of you might find it interesting to see the traffic on my LAN from the internet when we were gaming last night. It was the only thing going, other than VOIP on my network at the time. I know the time is off, but you can definately tell when I started hosting, LOL.

[Peench]

I didn't end up online until around 9:45 p.m. or so.

[lovekeiiy]

I saw you go online. We were R6V2, and had the room full for T-hunt. Otherwise I would have shot you an invite.

[MadBryan]

I never did see you guys playing GRAW, only Rainbow Six. I check Xbox.com alot when I'm surfing on my MacBook Pro laying in bed. (haha! kinda getting that snobby mac thing down aren't I?)

[Thornes70]

We started an hour early, and actually got quite a bit of GRAW2 time in until two folks had to go & we were down to four...

But I got the damn R6V2 bug & suggested we switch. Sorry Mad - you wouldn't have liked it, anyway because unlike most other times, we actually accomplished a couple of missions...

The GRAW2 nights have been kickass for the past few weekends! Always room for more, though. I still want to get a GRAW2 tourney up, but people here seem to be sketchy...

[Peench]

Yeah, I still haven't had a chance to get to the store to pick up R6V2.

[Thornes70]

Dude.

You are soooo behind the times...

[lovekeiiy]

Don't feel sorry for him, he jumped into a COD4 game.