Please try and stay on topic, if you are having issues of your own, you're more than welcome to post your own topic. This thread was meant for one specific map which seems to be having issues being hosted in general (this includes MMH/ENT).
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With regards to what you've noted above,
I highly recommend you join the discord for it's
#public-news as they tend to update discord more often than their other platforms.
aRt)Y on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 wrote:Currently not working private hosting bots are getting shut down in order to avoid unnecessary waiting queues. We are working on fixing them though.
Currently, all bots only hosting on EuroBattle.net have been taken offline to help alleviate the issues with getting one of the few bots hosting across all realms (ENTHosting3/18/19). The needed repairs to the bots that were taken offline is on their radar, however, it takes time to complete said repairs.
All Staff members are volunteers, and the free time they put into the community is of their own accord. They should not be expected to be made available 24/7 when they have their own lives to worry about. The amount of time they put in to review ban appeals/requests, suggestions, etc. is quite impressive due to the amount of people using their platform, and are posting on the forum every day.
This platform remains open/free due to the generous
donations from the community, and anything personally invested from the staff. There are operating costs, however, this platform remains free-to-use and has an awesome Staff that donate their time to keep the community alive.
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Lion_Blood wrote:Now when i try whispering the bot on battle.net like you guys have recommended it does not respond to my messages. YES I have configured it properly, and picked which realm I'm on but it still does not work. Your status's clearly show it. So i am NOT alone in this issue.
Hosting has been known to take 5~10 attempts to host your game properly, and I will always recommend hosting through your browser versus your in-game client as it is superior in a lot of ways
- Easy to access list of added maps; so you can select your map, and host a game much faster. (No need to memorize load codes)
- No need to memorize/type in multiple commands to host your game.
- Easy access to the full games list; this allows you to see if your game is truly hosted
- No dealing with bugs introduced by Blizzard to their server code
My last point above is related to the whisper bug Blizzard introduced in the 1.28.x patches, and have yet to fix. There is nothing that ENT can do themselves as it's entirely on Blizzard's end.
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Lion_Blood wrote:ENT is dead, their bots are 85% garbage and not functioning. ~ ... ~ Fix your bots or take them all down and remove the host feature all together!
Just because one limb doesn't function properly, you don't cut off the head to fix the issue at hand.
The temporary fix of putting a number of bots offline has already been implemented, and there is no need to shut down the entire private/player hosting option due to a persons issue with the hosting function. The private/personal hosting option is a free-to-use feature, and gives players the ability to host stable games.
If you don't like how a feature is functioning you're entitled to do the following:
- Don't use the feature, and find another community that is doing the same thing
- Report the issue, and suggest a potential fix
- Find a work around to get your games hosted, while they attempt to get the situation resolved
If you did not pick any of the options above, you're wasting a number of people's time with your comments.
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TL;DR Just read, if you're willing to flame you can read what I've had to say. Got a little tired at the end, so i apologize if it feels like I stepped on your toes. However, your posts really do not benefit/help anything, and they are purely your opinion which do not belong in this specific thread.