The Horror

[Fewlio]

[...]there could be about 5 non-slotters all trying to get in, so as soon as it hits 16/17, the server lets them on for a few seconds - so the auto-retry is your friend.

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No it doesn't. The server doesn't let non-slotters on until the playercount hits 15 or less.

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UNLESS it's like, lagging. On old hera tombomb kept getting in when there was no  slots left and ned was getting the boot ^_^.

[Lito]

Doesn't autoretry not recognize resslots and joins when there is a slot available?  Before I got my slot, I had to sit there, masshing my enter key on "refresh", camping for the 15/17

[a civilian]

Doesn't autoretry not recognize resslots and joins when there is a slot available?  Before I got my slot, I had to sit there, masshing my enter key on "refresh", camping for the 15/17

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It depends on how the reserved slot is configured, I believe.  On some servers, it is hidden; this means non-reservists can use auto-retry, but it also means reservists must force a connect to join a full server.

[Necrosis]

Precisely as you stated Lito.

Other tricks are to time the game, and try and sneak in very quick on mapchange. This is getting somewhat easier now that LM has a growing tendency to lag out on mapchange... A resourceful nonslotter can try and sneak in, hehe.

[Black Mage]

try a console connect, those bypass the steam "joo r nub, servar is full" dialogue and actually ask the server if you can join

[Nooblet]

I just use HLSW to connect just change the dir to steam and it works fine for me.

[Uranium - 235]

I never have to wait!

[JHunz]

try a console connect, those bypass the steam "joo r nub, servar is full" dialogue and actually ask the server if you can join

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However, the server was actually full.  If the server is stuck at 17/17 for a while, what it usually means is that someone is connecting but taking an unusually long time to do so.  A non-slotter who forces a connect, for example, is not booted until the server finds out their steamID and kicks them off.  A reserve slotter taking forever to connect will not boot a non-slotter off until the server finds out their steamID.  Blame cruddy ISPs for the three-minute delay

[TheAdj]

Often when it's 16/17 I can get into the server, but I'm promptly kicked out once it realizes I'm not special.  I don't think I've ever waited more than a minute to play though (I'll just switch servers if the wait is that long).

[Fewlio]

[...]there could be about 5 non-slotters all trying to get in, so as soon as it hits 16/17, the server lets them on for a few seconds - so the auto-retry is your friend.

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No it doesn't. The server doesn't let non-slotters on until the playercount hits 15 or less.

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Except that game of old hera with the battle of the nubs! Ned vs tombomb! WHO WILL GET THE LAST SLOT?

[Dark]

[...]there could be about 5 non-slotters all trying to get in, so as soon as it hits 16/17, the server lets them on for a few seconds - so the auto-retry is your friend.

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No it doesn't. The server doesn't let non-slotters on until the playercount hits 15 or less.

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Except that game of old hera with the battle of the nubs! Ned vs tombomb! WHO WILL GET THE LAST SLOT?

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the answer was neither since the slotters came out in full force that night