Hosts who quit

[KAV]

I understand hosts who quit, depending on the reasons, but bad sportsmanship does make me feel pitty for the bastards quitting.
I have even experienced that the host quit the game due to "WRONG" team building ! This really sucked as you hang out in the lobby for some time just to make a missed game.

When this is sad I must admit that I myself have been the reason for lost games for some. Being a parent for some 3 and 5 years old, not all evenings are quiet and they need attention during a dogfight
In flying mode I practice to just keep my plane flying by itself, being an easy prey and leave the game running. If in lobby, as creator, I choose to quit instead of leaving fellow flyers hanging in the lobby for whenever I return.

This just to say sorry, and to make you guys see more reasons for why things may happen.

[crashhappy1980]

hey im new to this site and i play all the time and host alot of games most of the time i get beat pretty bad and never quit but sometimes my ps3 sucks and disconnects the game so if i've ever had a game with any of you and that happened im sorry im not being a bad sport

[Zeroptimus]

Ugh. I'm getting tired of this as well. Especially if I'm in a really heated match (Like 3 on 1, and still barely managing to win), and the host quits at the first sign of trouble. Just got out of a huge match (5 on 5 team battle?! I haven't had one of those in like, two weeks!) and the host quits three kills in to the match. Disgusting. I try to host my own games to avoid this, I really do, but almost no one wants to join me. It's ever so lonely...

[Rotor Trash]

i dislike hosts that try to run 8/8 rooms...

[condorz38]

Originally Posted by InfiniteStates

If the host is doing well and then quits, it's more than likely that they lost connection, or the game locked up on them.

It's happened to me a few times, and it's pretty embarassing - it's even worse if you're actually getting owned because then it just looks like a childish tantrum.

I have a feeling (PS3) that kills do count, because I'm pretty sure I've seen the unlock screen after a disconnection.

It depends on what you mean by count. Your score and the game are not saved so you lose all that. But kills for unlocks, landings for achievements and such are a simple count mechanism. If you kill 10 planes and the host quits, the kills count toward an unlock.

[Gilly]

In a similar vain there's an increasing number starting 2 player games for 3 minutes just to try and unlock planes/ weapons. Always amuses me in strike when I enter and they immediately start the countdown clock. I just wait until there's 5 seconds remaining and select the B17. Chances are they quit immediately or as soon as the first bomb drop goes down. I had one guy start a 1941 20 minute game in Stalingrad only to then quit less than a minute from the end with only a handful of points remaining!
I appeciate that games go down and there's nothing any of us can do but I always make a point, if I'm hosting, of sending an apology to those affected even if it's out of my control. the same goes if I accidently kamikazee someone as I don't consider that to be 'cricket'.
Maybe we need a name and shame thread for the worst 'host quits' offenders????

[f1rebrand]

Originally Posted by Gilly

In a similar vain there's an increasing number starting 2 player games for 3 minutes just to try and unlock planes/ weapons. Always amuses me in strike when I enter and they immediately start the countdown clock. I just wait until there's 5 seconds remaining and select the B17. Chances are they quit immediately or as soon as the first bomb drop goes down. I had one guy start a 1941 20 minute game in Stalingrad only to then quit less than a minute from the end with only a handful of points remaining!
I appeciate that games go down and there's nothing any of us can do but I always make a point, if I'm hosting, of sending an apology to those affected even if it's out of my control. the same goes if I accidently kamikazee someone as I don't consider that to be 'cricket'.
Maybe we need a name and shame thread for the worst offenders????

I always feel bad when I've rammed a bomber. It's not intentional, I just get a bit over zealous sometimes leaving it too late to veer away. One might argue that ramming and rocketing is cricket if there are a couple or more B17s on the opposing team.

[Gilly]

Originally Posted by f1rebrand

I always feel bad when I've rammed a bomber. It's not intentional, I just get a bit over zealous sometimes leaving it too late to veer away. One might argue that ramming and rocketing is cricket if there are a couple or more B17s on the opposing team.

Rockets I have no issue with as if the planes got them then feel free to use them. As they aren't particularly accurate (unless at point blank) then it's in the lap of the gods as to whether they make contact. It's more the persistant 'ram the bombers' that get me. I'm no ace when it comes to hitting targets but I'd rather back off and try again if I'm going to collide rather than just smashing into them. And yes it does happen as you say accidentally which I do accept but persistant offenders really annoy me. Sadly as with life your always going to get the dummy spitters who get off on it but then they'll never progress in the game.

[BRIGGBOY]

yeah people that ram bombers annoy me so much. I live in bomber county and have 4 old ww2 bomber airfields within a 15 mile radius of my house and one of them RAF Hemswell was home to squadron 1 LFS (Lancaster Finishing School) so needless to say i like to fly a bomber so if i get some fag who cant shoot me down i have one peice of advice for them: stick that finger up you arse instead of on the trigger and dont bother.

[f1rebrand]

Yeah numb nuts RoNubz kept doing that to a H-111 last night.