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Re: Doom III multiplayer - cannot connect?

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From: heylo
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:04
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On 7 Aug 2004 18:42:09 -0700, jcpzero@yahoo.com (JP) wrote:

>I am having problems with Doom III Multiplayer.  This is an orignal
>retail version, with cd key.
>
>I have internet selected, correct internet connection, I turned off my
>firewall (no change).
>
>I can see a list of servers on the internet, and choose join.
>
>If a server is full, I get the response :"server full":
>If it a server with a password - I get a prompt to enter password (no
>help as I want to play a public server).
>For games I expect to be able to connect to, I get the "waiting for
>authorization" and it never connects.

I get the same thing here.  Rarely can I connect to a decent server.
Usually it's some guy with a 128k upload on his cable modem and my
ping spikes to 900.  Yay.  Thanks for the Quake 2 game browser.
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