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    Gears of War 2

    Game » consists of 13 releases. Released Nov 07, 2008

    Join Delta Squad once more in the fight against the Locust Horde, in this "bigger, better and more badass" sequel to the 2006 smash hit.

    How do you tell if you are host?

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    #1  Edited By DarkEnzanArikado

    I know you can use the shotgun trick to see if the host is on your team or not, but how do you exactly tell the exact person that is the actual host?

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    #2  Edited By bombHills

    No idea, what is the shotgun trick anyhow?

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    I assume you can distinguish who's host by noticing a disproportionate amount of success from a single player.

    Wah-wah.

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    #4  Edited By Mats

    Would be nice to know this since some jerks just disconnect in the middle of a match. Easier to figure out who to submit an avoid player feedback to.

    On a different note:
    Should have been an option to avoid player because of bad connection. Playing FPS games with people on the other side of  the Atlantic isn't fun. Makes me wonder why the matcmaking process doesn't take this into account since physical properties renders it impossible to have latencies under 150-200 ms. There should at least be an option to turn such a feature on/off .

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    #5  Edited By crunchUK

    you're host when you have zero lag and latency

    also in gears 2... the match end when the host quits???? what a failure.

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    #6  Edited By DarkEnzanArikado

    Yeah its pretty gay. The shotgun trick is that when you start the match, just blind fire the shotgun. If it hits straight, the host is on your team but if it hits down to the ground, the host isn't on your team.

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    #7  Edited By bombHills

    huh.. why would just being on the same team as the host make any difference in how the game plays for you as an individual?  being the host is a def advantage tho.

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    #8  Edited By DarkEnzanArikado

    Well sometimes if you are playing with your friends, you would know they are in America or wherever you are at, you will know that you won't lag as much if the host is on your team.

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