xxaustin09xx

Yes, please use gameranger people!  So far, the connections seem to have a 100% success rate.  That, and we need more non pirates to play against, lol.

Game Ranger is indeed a great program to play online through LAN. Game Ranger received Demigod support 2 days ago (saturday) but yesterday afternoon (CET) there were already 50-60 games up any time.

Game Ranger has one big advantage over Hamachi and Garena and that is that you see every game that is currently active instead of that you have to join a limited channel (15 in Hamachi, 250 in Garena).

I really hope to see more people join us at Game Ranger because its a WHOLE lot better then the current online methode of the game.

Not one thing this program does is illegal, or wrong in any way, why do you draw a link to piracy.

Does your logic really go

this guy is a pirate because he uses a vlan program to get around the issues with online multiplayer and because pirates can play lan games HE MUST BE A PIRATE.

instead of

Hey here's a friendly guy giving a link to a useful program to get around the online issues and get people playing this game.

Hey, we play in our lobbies, you and your friends can play in yours. If you want to be a douche about it, let me have your legit retail so you can go back to playing with your cheapskate friends that Stardock won't support. It'll be one less person crying.

its full of nothing but pirated copies...the 50+ games u said u saw are all version .91        i sat in the one .93 game for an hour and 3 people joined.....    have fun with ur pirated game dill weed

Then most "legit" users know there is really no problems at all with hosting custom games with a password.

T3CH82, i meant on gameranger, hosting games via demigods custom game interface is not working nearly as fast and reliable as it is via gameranger.

The fact is, Gameranger works most of the time.  By you not using the program or passwording your games, you are not changing anything regarding pirates.  You do not get an "A" for effort either, you do absolutely nothing by doing either of those two things. 

If it works, great, it will keep people happy until Stardock fixes online. 

Even frogboy recommends to use this gameranger if you are having issues with the impulse service.

All the bullshit aside about pirates is beside the point. 

Pirates will be pirates and they can't update and play the best version. They lose.

Legit users win by having a quick and painless fix while GPG works out the kinks. Once the legit servers are up and running there will be way more incentive to buy the game so that you can play on the good, working legit servers.

To backup my point just look at Blizzard. They released Diablo I with Battle.net and offered a simple yet effective system for creating and joining internet games and a chatroom to boot. Not only do all their games still work on Battle.net they can make new games that mesh with the existing Battle.net server. Since the Bnet servers are nearly always working and updating you want to play Warcraft III there (the latest game out from Blizzard that uses Battle.net). Now the only way to play Warcraft III on Battle.net is to have a CD key. Only 1 CD key can be online at once time. Therefore you want your own CD key. It's a self perpetuating system that reinforces itself.

GPG will be there. And the pirates will buy Demigod.

I don't get why some people has to stereotype 3rd party lan users as pirates immediately, considering the game has so many online issues atm... If anything, gameranger may actually help increase the sales of demigod once online games are stable, additional contents are released regularly, and maybe clan ladders/tournaments become available.

I played my first online match ever last night with gameranger. Im from aus and had to play with people from japan and 1 from europe because there were barely any legit .93 games. It was somewhat laggy, but hey, at least i got to play for once and it was still fun. Way better than spending hours trying to configure my system and joining games that fails eventually.

Need more .93 aus players and hosts at night!

For the peeps who get disenchanted seeing the .91 rooms:

First off, check and log in during prime times. I just hopped on (9:12 PM, CST) and saw a good number of rooms marked .93

I saw a good share of .91 as well, and most rooms were simple labeled irregardless.

Make sure to open up the chat lobby and post your channels when you host;

also, practice good sportsmanship and actually socialize with your opponents and friends.

"Why, carebear noob, should I behave?" you ask?

Because GameRanger has a friends list and a messenger feature. Yeah, it has limited slots (50 for non premium members) but still, it's a way to see who's on and invite them to games or drop in when they're setting up a room. Don't be disheartened by any .93 rooms that are passworded; it's mostly peeps not wanting to mess with the occasional ass hat who tries to join with an incorrect version or waiting for set players. There's still plenty of us who setup public rooms; if nothing else be patient (I promise it'll still be quicker than making a game online).

And when you host your room, make sure to label it accordingly (v.93 or legit retail or whatever.)

So we can play games with other people whilst waiting for the online patch to hopefully fix the problems we're having.