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I’ve played for quite a few years but never online. This was because I thought it would take too long - I can’t often just sit down to play for long - and because where I lived had hilariously awful broadband and phone reception.
I’m now somewhere with good broadband and good reception, though still without any extended periods of time in which to play. However I made my first forays into online gaming. I am mostly playing on iOS at the moment, so this may just be an issue for me but I have so far started to play three T20 matches (time allowing not much more), completing none of them.
The first match was the longest, I was falling short of the run rate and wickets with three overs to spare - a disappointing but ok loss. Unfortunately a call came in and despite managing to wave the telesales guy away in less than 30 seconds I got a disconnection message and -42 points. Bad luck, but there we go.
Second match I was positively thrashing the other guy, He batted first and was about 58-6 by about eight overs in. I had a ‘waiting for opponent to decide tactics message for a very long time before I got an error message.
Third match was going well, bowling first again and he was 106-6 with three overs left. My one bowler had fulfilled his overs and I need to change but the screen just froze - no play over button, nothing happening when I hit change bowler, no message to change bowler. After trying it for a bit I get the disconnected due to inactivity message. Another -42 points but this time for a game I would fancy winning.
What I would like to know from the guys who play online regularly is if this is par for the course? The first match must have left the other guy miffed since he lost an almost certain win, the second looked like they were just trying to avoid a loss and the third like there was a bug in the game. Is this common or have I just been unlucky? Either way I now have -84 points and look like I disconnect if I don’t like how it is going.
To put it bluntly, is there any point in playing the online game?
I’m now somewhere with good broadband and good reception, though still without any extended periods of time in which to play. However I made my first forays into online gaming. I am mostly playing on iOS at the moment, so this may just be an issue for me but I have so far started to play three T20 matches (time allowing not much more), completing none of them.
The first match was the longest, I was falling short of the run rate and wickets with three overs to spare - a disappointing but ok loss. Unfortunately a call came in and despite managing to wave the telesales guy away in less than 30 seconds I got a disconnection message and -42 points. Bad luck, but there we go.
Second match I was positively thrashing the other guy, He batted first and was about 58-6 by about eight overs in. I had a ‘waiting for opponent to decide tactics message for a very long time before I got an error message.
Third match was going well, bowling first again and he was 106-6 with three overs left. My one bowler had fulfilled his overs and I need to change but the screen just froze - no play over button, nothing happening when I hit change bowler, no message to change bowler. After trying it for a bit I get the disconnected due to inactivity message. Another -42 points but this time for a game I would fancy winning.
What I would like to know from the guys who play online regularly is if this is par for the course? The first match must have left the other guy miffed since he lost an almost certain win, the second looked like they were just trying to avoid a loss and the third like there was a bug in the game. Is this common or have I just been unlucky? Either way I now have -84 points and look like I disconnect if I don’t like how it is going.
To put it bluntly, is there any point in playing the online game?
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