MKDS, you disconnect, i'll stab you

[djbeatmongrel]

ok what is with all of these friggin people disconnecting in the middle of a wi fi match on Mario kart ds, i dont understand why they dont take the loss like a man. what you dont wanna ruin you large winning average just for friggin 1337 rights? is it becuase i like using R.O.B.? Or is it becuase you suck at playing people online, even with the stars you've earned?! I might not be the best playing or even a decent player but i take a loss if it happens i lose. i just wonder why a lot of people can't do the same.

[segagamer4life]

man, I wonder the same thing, every time I play xbox live, I run the risk of some douche dropping on me in the middle of a game, I don't get assholes, and why they can't take a loss like a man/woman... what is wrong with people?

[ubersaurus]

Because these people think that if they drop it won't affect their record.

The reality is that it still counts as a loss for them and a win for you if you pull off the race :P

Either that or they don't want to waste their time if they don't have a chance of coming back.

[WiseSalesman]

Actually, I'm pretty sure that, with the way the WFC currently works, pulling from a match registers as no win/no loss. There's NO penalty, which is why you see it happen so often. Annoying, I know.

[keiblerfan69]

That would really piss me off. I hope when I start playing it on WiFi that it doesn't happen that much.

[theMot]

yeah i hate when people do that. i would have had close to double that amount of wins i have if people didnt always pull the plug :(

[Push Upstairs]

I dont know why you don't take a loss when you "drop out".

Perhaps there should be a total of how many games you have "dropped out" from. If someone has a high number (or %) of dropping out its going to be lonely playing online. :)

[Biff_McFresh]

They do it because there are no repercussions with stats and whatnot in the game. THERE SHOULD BE.

[rbudrick]

The reasoning behind not counting it is probably that so many people have shitty internet connections that drop them sometimes. Just as many people would bitch that they have a loss on their record that wasn't their fault and that they couldn't appeal to a higher authority about it. So, no win, no loss when someone pulls out. Stupid, I know.

-Rob

[WiseSalesman]

You make up an interesting point. I have a great internet connection, but I've been dropped twice by the WFC. Also, even if there were a stat that showed how many matches a player had dropped from, it wouldn't matter. The WFC is so fucking limited on options that you can't even choose your opponents.

[pacmanhat]

This happened to me the first time I played. I haven't played a non-friend game since...here's hoping they find a way to change the rules.

[NE146]

I'm pretty sure it does count as a loss now if you disconnect. I heard they changed that a while ago. When my connection craps out for whatever reason, I'm sure my loss total go up by 1. Ditto for when an opponenent disconnects, I get another win. I think the race has to be going for some time though... Maybe a couple of us can do some tests! :D

As you guys pointed out earlier, sometimes you just get disconnected. It's funny though because I just think of when I get disconnected the other person probably thinks I'm the one who did it and I'm lame.. and yes I am often losing LOL

[zerohero]

I'll admit too it, I've done it before. Only because my opponents were lagging so freaking badly I couldn't win or make a correct judgement to where they were.

It is a problem though. They should make a state called "Pussy", and every time you drop out it adds to the tally.


Wins - 10
Loses - 5
Pussy - 100

LOL

[Red Warrior]

Having just played the game and having both of my opponents disconnect during the final race, I can say that you DO NOT receive a win for an opponent disconnect. However, I tested it once by disconnecting on purpose, and I think I received a loss for every opponent I was currently racing against. Sucks that you don't get wins tho.

[djbeatmongrel]

Having just played the game and having both of my opponents disconnect during the final race, I can say that you DO NOT receive a win for an opponent disconnect. However, I tested it once by disconnecting on purpose, and I think I received a loss for every opponent I was currently racing against. Sucks that you don't get wins tho.

interesting, i'd still like to see wins counted for being the last one connected :^S

[Damion]

I remeber the one and only time I played on MK over wifi. I must have lost to the same guy like 10 times. then once I started getting the hang of it you know keeping up and getting ahead of him...... He drops on me.

At least I didn't have to hear what I hear on Xbox live. belive it or not. I found it comforting that my rival didn't have the ability to be an asshat.

[Sailorneorune]

Quiet online multiplayer... wave of the future.

I hope that they do something about the dropping too. It's not fair to people who suck it up and take their losses. It's sad that a W-L record is more important than just having a good race against a decent challenger. If I won all the time, I'd get bored. If I lost all the time, I'd just get better.

*sailorneorune throws 2 cents into the DP pot*

just sayin'...
-sailorneorune

[SlayerX]

My Wi-Fi is complete and utter crap.

I have no Access Point in range, so I had to get the USB thing, which ran me another $40. Out of probably 50 times of searching regional and worldwide, i've faced one other Mario Karter, had 2 races with them, and it's never worked since. That was a week or so ago.

The only way that I can seem to play is by adding a friend, in which me and a friend can play, if my Wi-Fi isn't being stubborn.

By stubborn, I mean, it'll start to connect, and then a black screen will come up saying "You have been disconnected blah blah blah error code 85020" or something like that. It does that in a couple of different ways:

a) Trying to connect to Wi-Fi
b) If it searches for an opponent, after a minute or so it'll disconnect
c) In the middle of a game, it'll freeze, and then that comes up

It's kicked me off in the middle of 2 games, and those are my only disconnects.

I think my record is 3-12, and I don't care about losses, someone is gonna think that i'm a n00b, and race me, and I may beat their asses :D

But yeah, any help on the stupid disconnecting screen?