Sandvich

Obviously I've not played the game so I could be wrong, but:

Cook, Teenz, and myself just played for an hour or so...we would have very light lag throughout most of the game but in the final stage...when the last health bar was nearing it's end it would stutter and kick us all to the "Game no longer available." screen every single time. We tried 5 times in a row...go through the last stage...but at the last moment - lag and boot. It's so infuriating I'm almost at a loss for words. It makes me want to hold Tom Fulp down and make him eat grass.

There's really nothing left for me to do at this point but go drink more Guiness and try to forget about it I guess.

/ginormous-sigh

"I've been playing the crap out of this game online with two of my buddies.  The problem seems to be different for everyone, but something you guys might try is playing without the games chat.  Two of us talk in private chat, and the third sends a chat invite to someone who isn't online, which then takes you out of the game chat (and unfortunately out of the chat with your buddies).  Before we tried this we couldn't get more than a few minutes into a game, but since then we can play for hours no problem.  Obviously not an ideal fix, but it's something you guys might want to try out."

"Actually, I find online works perfectly, as long as I'm playing with someone on my friends list."

"... anyways there's a mod thats out to fix that:
http://www.tf2turbo.com/"

"It all depends on the map. I like it on Warpath"

I wouldn't hold my breath for this to be fixed before they return from PAX.
But we can hope.

Step 1: Market your game as a 4-player online co-op adventure.
Step 2: Release absolutely amazing game with completely broken online capabilities.
Step 3: Take your blog offline.
Step 4: Fly to Seattle.

Good times.