XBox Live: ''Unable to connect to session'' msg

Hi guys,

Been playing online on the Xbox360 since yesterday and noticed that I often could not connect to a session when looking up opponents in ranked matches (either Quick match or Custom match option). What's up with that message? I get about 70 % of the time!!! Very annoying... /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif

 

It just means that somebody else got to the person before you.

 

wow! That`s a lot of times it happens though... so you guys are all experiencing this on a heavy frequency? (60-70% of the time)

 

could also be router issues with the other player but don't worry. It happens a lot to me aswell, it's not you.

 

Yep. That happens a lot to me, too. I've usually had better luck doing a custom search and just leaving it open (could be total coincidence, though).

What's worse is when the connection drops out *during* the match. Like you've just kicked El Blaze in the head, the announcer starts to say "KO" to tell you that you've just won the Ranking Match, and then you get dropped... yeah.

 

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There is no definitive proof that this is a router issue at all. If for some reason it is, then its a simple NAT problem which can be fixed in a matter of minutes. However I get the issue quite a bit and have correct settings to avoid such a problem. Also when I host a session with the create session option I never get the issue, If it was such a common router issue then I would get it when people tried to connect as well.

I believe the creator of the session is in fact the host of the two connections. If thats the case this common, assumed, router issue, would be more the just a frequent annoyance. Packets would constantly be dropped and games would lag out almost always. If ONE person has a NAT issue you can still sometimes connect to a user and the issue would then appear mid game.

Basically the issue of "unable to connect" is simply you have attempted to connect to a game that has already been filled and just happens to still be in the queue.

 

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'Tis why I make my own sessions. It doesn't take long for people to join up.

*Offtopic

Auvii, I fought you before. I'm that trash Aoi player. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cool.gif
Mind if I add you? Maybe we can get some more matches in sometime?

 

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Sure! That would be awesome.

 

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I get this in Guitar Hero 3 alot too. Since these are 2 player games, the server list just isn't fast enough to update, so when you go to quickplay, right when you are connecting to something, somebody else got it first, then its gone, then you get the message.

At least thats what I think it is. Chances are that I am probably wrong though, hehe.

 

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Thanks for the info guys... at least I know I`m not crazy! lol!

 

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Yeah, I think the game just shows some players as available even though they're not. It could be a little slow to update. I hope there's some future patch to update this because it happens quite often.

 

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Sometimes you get the message, scan for matches again, and the player you tried to connect with earlier is still there.

 

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yeah it's TOTALLY annoying! Makes me want to smack the something. . . someone.