Where are all the online players?

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Where are all the online players?

Postby coip » Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:14 pm

I bought Skulls of the Shogun about 3 weeks ago and I love it. I completed the single-player campaign (enjoyed the story), honed my skills, and then turned to Skulls Anywhere online play, hoping to regularly play against other fans. It's been nothing but frustration the entire time. Here's why:
1. I have yet to 'finish' a game, either beause (a) the other player takes forever to submit a move (I've been waiting days and even weeks sometimes for the other player to take his or her turn), or (b) when it gets near the end and the outcome looks imminent, the other player just bails on the game (robbing me of my Xbox live achievement, by the way)
2. There don't seem to be enough active players. I created a game days ago and it still says it's searching for an opponent! I figured a game across 4 platforms (Xbox 360, Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Phone) would have a plethora of eager players. Where is everyone!? And the ones who are 'there' aren't fun to play with (for the reasons delineated above).

So, what's going on here? It's such a shame because it's such a great game.
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Re: Where are all the online players?

Postby coip » Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:52 am

Okay, more than 1 month ago I started 8 'skulls anywhere' games, some 1 on 1, others 2 on 2. The other players have not submitted their turns for over a month. I find it hard to believe that among all of those players (at least a dozen different people), not a single one of them has an interest in finishing these games (some of them were nearly complete, others just started).

Is this a problem with the servers or the players? Regardless, there needs to be something built in where, after waiting a month for your oopponent to play, you automatically win the match. Should I just 'leave' these games and start new ones?
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Re: Where are all the online players?

Postby 17-BIT Borut » Mon May 06, 2013 3:19 pm

Hey - yeah, we've found one the downsides of Microsoft not putting in proper system notifications on xbox is some players try it out there and don't try it again. Also there's been recurring issues with notifications stopping on Windows Phone and Windows 8 that MS hasn't been great about looking into.

My reccomendation is just create or search for a bunch of games, play several at a time, and you'll see who updates w/the frequency you like (whether it's every day or every few days), and leave the other games. Then be sure to choose rematch with those more regular players and keep games going that way.
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Re: Where are all the online players?

Postby coip » Thu Jul 04, 2013 1:34 pm

Yeah, I found a few other players now that play regularly. I also convinced 3 of my friends on Xbox 360 to get the game, and now we're playing regular 4-player games, cross-platform (me on Windows RT and Windows Phone 8) and them on Xbox 360. Great game.
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Re: Where are all the online players?

Postby PowerDom5000 » Mon Aug 26, 2013 6:20 pm

I know the feeling of wanting to finish that game but the opponent just quits the game. I've also been in games where there's absolutely no way to win. I usually finish them, but what I would really like to see is a "seppuku" option where the general falls on his own sword. I feel this would be a more honorable way to concede defeat rather than just stupidly throwing your own general to die or (as more people do) just quit the game.
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Re: Where are all the online players?

Postby costofbiz » Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:09 pm

[quote="PowerDom5000"]I know the feeling of wanting to finish that game but the opponent just quits the game. I've also been in games where there's absolutely no way to win. I usually finish them, but what I would really like to see is a "seppuku" option where the general falls on his own sword. I feel this would be a more honorable way to concede defeat rather than just stupidly throwing your own general to die or (as more people do) just quit the game.[/quote]

Like resigning in chess. Much better way to concede defeat.
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