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Re: Four Players Required in Five Minutes

• SpikeMike 51 Posts

  Sat, Sep 1 2012 5:45 AM

  In addition to other recent changes, now there's a new requirement for multi-player games: you must have four players or you cannot tee off. If all four slots are not filled in five minutes, the game times out due to inactivity.

  So now, you open a game and sit & wait. A player shows up, gets impatient and says "tee off". Before you can explain you need four players, they get impatient and decline. Or you sit and wait, chatting with one player for five minutes and get cut off.I can understand wanting all four slots filled (more XP that way) but if you're going to require it, you really need to lift the 5-minute timer.

• upinsmoketour 342 Posts

  Sat, Sep 1 2012 6:21 AM

  I would agree as i see what your saying. But i've just finished a 3 player game so don't know why it never let you tee off ? Hope this helps .   smoke.

• aceydeucey 504 Posts

  Sat, Sep 1 2012 6:47 AM

  upinsmoketour:

  I would agree as i see what your saying. But i've just finished a 3 player game so don't know why it never let you tee off ? Hope this helps .   smoke.

  It does not let you tee off unless you have a fourth player.  This is ridiculous!   Not to mention these new disconnects and 5 minute waits.  Just go back to the old Multi-Play.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sat, Sep 1 2012 6:57 AM

  aceydeucey:

  It does not let you tee off unless you have a fourth player.

  In stroke play? What about skins?

• alosso 21,094 Posts

  Sat, Sep 1 2012 7:03 AM

  I imagine that four slots have to be filled in stroke, blitz and skins if four invites have been activated.

  upin's post suggest that three can play - if only three were invited, or the fourth invite withdrawn. This is how it was before.

• aceydeucey 504 Posts

  Sat, Sep 1 2012 8:04 AM

  alosso:

  I imagine that four slots have to be filled in stroke, blitz and skins if four invites have been activated.

  upin's post suggest that three can play - if only three were invited, or the fourth invite withdrawn. This is how it was before.

  You are correct. I just created a multi-play game and it does give me the option to add players.  

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sat, Sep 1 2012 8:41 AM

  aceydeucey:

  You are correct. I just created a multi-play game and it does give me the option to add players.

  But you can still play with just 2 or 3 right?

• Spectreal 66 Posts

  Sat, Sep 1 2012 8:41 AM

  I have no problem starting a game with 2 or 3 players.  Must be your problem.

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Sat, Sep 1 2012 9:09 AM

  hi, this was from my update last week. 

  Since multplayer stroke game is our oldest mode of play, we had to make many changes to allow reconnections lobby to work. THAT caused an issue I want to make you all aware of. 

  For all server created games (random mode where a player is seeking other players), in blitz, skins, and stroke play modes, if you have 2 or 3 players in the lobby, the tee off button will not work. Once you get a 4th person, it will work as normal. We are looking at this issue right now and hoping to fix it as soon as possible. 

  Match play and alternate shot modes function properly. User created games (when a person manually created a game to invite a player), work properly as well.