5 Tips to Become a Good Host
Posted by lousy_robot on September 22 2009 22:35:55
Becoming a good host in public game is not easy. There are many hosts who failed to produce good game due to their poor judgment and lack of knowledge; and in the end, they wasted most of their time, restarting a game. Below are some tips to become a good host.
1. Use BWHF. In order to get a clean game with non-hacker inside, just open up BWHF and press PrintScreen (from your keyboard) when all players have joined up. If BWHF says CLEAN, then is time to start the game. If there is a hacker in the game, then BWHF will inform you by saying "Hacker at Slot X". Ban this guy immediately.
2. Ask whether everyone see the total number of players that have joined before starting the game. In many occasions, network conflict will cause some players unable to see the other player when joining the game. However, the host will definitely be able to see everyone. If someone is unable to see the other person, the game will immediately drop the player when the game start. So, make sure everyone sees everyone before go.
3. Test lag before go. Many hosts still do not know about this. Testing lag doesn't mean looking at the indicator with green or red bar. In order to test lag, just open and close slot OR change your race. If the response of the action is slow (more than 2 seconds), then this game is 100% lag regardless of whether everyone has green bar or not. There is most likely a culprit that causes the lag, so you will have to kick the player out one by one and retest the lag. Best is to keep testing the lag when a new player joined in so that you can easily identify the person who causes lag.
4. If you are hosting a game with 2 friends joining in as ally, make sure you don't have to stack them when you host the game. Stacking causes dismay to certain people because they thought you are stacking good players in your team, and so... they leave the game. In order to solve this, you can start the game with a password and ask your fellow allies to join in first. Because the game consists of a password, only your friends/allies can join. After they have joined in, you can ACTUALLY REMOVE THE PASSWORD AND MAKE IT PUBLIC by clicking on your own name and click the "Make Game Public" under the drop down this. This will immediately make your game available to public. This method also solves other problem such as you don't have to worry about your friend joining the game slower than the public.
5. Listen to everyone. At times, the people who join in might have friends who are coming along. If they said that someone else is coming, make sure that this someone is really in before you start the game because this guy will definitely leave the game if his friend is not there. Also make sure you arrange the team as how the players want it to be because they are most likely going to leave again if their friend is playing on the other team. So, be good and listen to what they say.
Hope the above tips help :)
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