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[Paleus Arelius]

They openly admit it, and it does affect the outcome. There's gotta be way to deal with this.

[Bhael Fire]

No, not really...unless you want the MWO client to somehow block any VOIP programs that are running while it's open.

Don't hold your breath for that.

That said, I agree...it's unsportsmanlike behavior and should be shamed. But other than that, you can't really control it.

[Kilo 40]

who is "they" an what exactly did "they" say?

[Piney II]

It happens, but it's not the norm.

Just deal with it.

[Hoax415]

So glad this thread is so full of screen shots proving that there is a massive epidemic of games being ruined by nefarious sync droppers. Oh wait no this is just yet another crybaby thread where we cry about how no loss can possibly be anything but unfair circumstances that are either the game, the devs, matchmaker or the other player's fault.

[Mothykins]

Happens. Worse is when it's a larger group of them, and only one ends up on your team. Then you have a rat on your side.

People who say it doesn't need to wake the heck up.

Kilo 40, on 12 October 2014 - 08:39 PM, said:

who is "they" an what exactly did "they" say?

That would be Name and Shame, which is against TOS.

[Hoax415]

Alternatively people who this really really upsets, like enough to start this type of awful thread (paging Mudhutwarrior to this crappy thread, Mudhutwarrior to this crappy thread please).

You people ought to make one friend in the entire internet who can stand playing video games with you and just join the shark tank that is the group queue. I bet suddenly sync droppers won't seem like such a problem once you're ready and willing to put 10+ mans in their place.

Edited by Hoax415, 12 October 2014 - 08:46 PM.

[Aresye]

My unit has at least 100 ACTIVE members. Note, I said "active," not, "registered."

We also play together in group queue very often, so a lot of our Elo's are likely very close to each other.

Take 10-15 of our guys just enjoying some solo drops, and it's bound to happen 3-4 of them might end up in the same game.

Now think of all those units that have 250+ active members. How often do you think you'll see the same tags in-game?

[Paleus Arelius]

If I notice two or more players in the same team from the same clan i'll ask if they are sync dropping. Most say yes, and some even say they have been doing it all day. Oh well just putting it out there. Its probably from the weekend challenge going on.

[Mothykins]

Hoax415, on 12 October 2014 - 08:46 PM, said:

Alternatively people who this really really upsets, like enough to start this type of awful thread (paging Mudhutwarrior to this crappy thread, Mudhutwarrior to this crappy thread please).

You people ought to make one friend in the entire internet who can stand playing video games with you and just join the shark tank that is the group queue. I bet suddenly sync droppers won't seem like such a problem once you're ready and willing to put 10+ mans in their place.

Speaking of, I made him ragequit after he accused me of Syncing. Was sorta funny. (My ISP throttles me for too much bandwidth if i'm running Teamspeak and MWO at the same time, so Sorta can't?)

I do the group Queue as well (The lone Typing scout.) It's just waaay more brutal to be with PUGs and get a threesome of Syncers. There are a few who are more likely to be doing it than not. It seems to happen in certain ELO brackets more; I see them every so often at fairly regular times.

[Paleus Arelius]

Haha a few times they were on my team and we won. Some times the sync droppers end up on opposite teams and talk about it openly.

Wow hit a nerve there!

[CycKath]

Only time I saw it this weekend was when it backfired (same match, opposing teams and much wailing) which is always hilarious.

[Kilo 40]

Aresye, on 12 October 2014 - 08:49 PM, said:

My unit has at least 100 ACTIVE members. Note, I said "active," not, "registered."

We also play together in group queue very often, so a lot of our Elo's are likely very close to each other.

Take 10-15 of our guys just enjoying some solo drops, and it's bound to happen 3-4 of them might end up in the same game.

Now think of all those units that have 250+ active members. How often do you think you'll see the same tags in-game?

Trying to make people understand that is getting a little bit annoying. And I don't even have a group.

[Mothykins]

Aresye, on 12 October 2014 - 08:49 PM, said:

My unit has at least 100 ACTIVE members. Note, I said "active," not, "registered."

We also play together in group queue very often, so a lot of our Elo's are likely very close to each other.

Take 10-15 of our guys just enjoying some solo drops, and it's bound to happen 3-4 of them might end up in the same game.

Now think of all those units that have 250+ active members. How often do you think you'll see the same tags in-game?

This is fair to say. It's more the ones who talk about trying to sync that bother me. There's a few players I see semi regular-like that are pretty open about it.

[Karl Marlow]

The FWLM have a thing called Marik Monday Madness. We get as many people across all the FWLM units together and do a massive sync drop. We then go to our respective bays. It's a good way to meet and play with people you don't normally play with. We've been doing it for well over a year now.




Now there are times where I will happen to get grouped with someone else in the Sync queues. If asked I will tell you we synced even though we didn't just to mess with you. Most of the time, especially now that team restrictions have been lifted, we just group up when we want to play together. Sync dropping is too random when you are just wanting to play together.

[Zordicron]

Happens, especially during challenges. Not sure why on tis one, coulda run the thing in either mode, but there it is.

Not all synch droppers are even in the same units, I was in a match tonight where 3 DWF were all 3 in diff units, but all had exactly the same paint job/colors(no, not the ones that came with preorder clan packs, it was like purple and white and not the camo we got either)

yes, they get split, and yes, you see bad behavior like one guy ratting out his team to his synch pals.

OH WELL, I mean, what are they going to do? Especially later at night, when the player population goes down, it gets pretty easy for them to do it. It turns close matches into stomps usually, many times because of the rat-jobs going on. Pretty easy to flank the enemy when you know where the whole team is and which side has smaller forces to roll over first. All you can do while playing in that situation is respond as you can and make the best of it, move on.

[Walluh]

You can complain about synced droppers when I don't have to deal with ten man premades just because I want to play with one or two friends.

[Paleus Arelius]

Not talking about the people in the same clan that just happened to drop in the same team when soloing. I am talking about players that put it out there. Or when asked about it they admit it.

And yes I have some internet friends to play with lol. We do hit up the group q when we can, but I enjoy lone wolfing it most of the time.

[Triordinant]

Walluh, on 12 October 2014 - 09:18 PM, said:

You can complain about synced droppers when I don't have to deal with ten man premades just because I want to play with one or two friends.

I posted about that recently...

[A banana in the tailpipe]

Paleus Arelius, on 12 October 2014 - 08:24 PM, said:

They openly admit it, and it does affect the outcome. There's gotta be way to deal with this.

It happens quite often and I've grown tired of documenting it because PGI doesn't care/can't stop it.