How is the host selected? Can demo accounts be selected for host? While playing a game, is there a way to tell who is currently hosting?
1. I guess its the one with the best connection. 2. I have no idea 3. If that person leaves and you get disconnected, he was the host =D.
I don't think host goes to the best connection, but I wish it did. I have seen a lot of laggy games, but I have a very good fiber optic connection (35 megs up and down). If it tested everyone's connection before the game, either I or someone with a better connection than I would get host every time. If that were the case, I should never see a laggy game, unless I join in the middle of an already laggy game.
Are any admins able to please add anything to this thread? I've wondered this often myself. I seem to get host quite often(it's awesome), but I don't have an exceptionally fast internet connection. I live in Melbourne, Australia. I just ran a speed test, and it came up 16Mb/s down, 0.85Mb/s up. My house is less than 1km from the nearest exchange so I thought maybe this was a factor?
I'm pretty sure host does not go to the person with the fastest connection. I've gotten host quite often and I know my internet is complete crap. Seriously less that 5 mb download. The matches where I am usually host end up being laggy as hell. So usually when I search crossfire and it puts me in a empty lobby, I usually just back out and try to find a lobby where I wont be host. God I hate how there is only one ISP where I live.
this this this. if u start the lobby u become da host (even with a homemade ethernet cable and dial up)
I am pretty sure the way it works is, the game searches for a game, if it cannot find an appropriate game it makes that player host and starts a lobby. It does not tell anyone who the host is or show ping bars. It absolutely does not pick the best quality hosts or do any sort of quality check.
