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Title: What To Do Against A Standbyer
Post by: h34d5h0tz on February 25, 2005, 08:18:00 PM
u cant do anything WHILE getting stanby-ed. try 2 get the host when searching 4 game. when searching for a game, when it goes directly to 2, u have host. ive heard of stealing host but ppl say they know how but dont tell.
Title: What To Do Against A Standbyer
Post by: X2Gamer on February 28, 2005, 01:07:00 AM
If they standby you you can't do anyting worthhilw so just wait. report them for cheating eventhough it will probably do notihng, but hope that your next game will be better.
Title: What To Do Against A Standbyer
Post by: CautionFlammable on March 01, 2005, 08:59:00 PM
how do u know who it is, is it the host? its starting to drive me crazy
Title: What To Do Against A Standbyer
Post by: BobBrkersMyHero on March 02, 2005, 09:32:00 PM
how do you know who the host is?
Title: What To Do Against A Standbyer
Post by: Gizmo111 on March 03, 2005, 01:26:00 PM
When you see the standbyer, run as far away as you can from him... that way, when he hits standby, it takes to long for him to get to you and he lags out...
Title: What To Do Against A Standbyer
Post by: Crypty on March 05, 2005, 06:07:00 PM
As the game starts up hold the back button on your controller. Look at the Xs next to the names(that normally show when someone is dead) and whoever does not have an X is the host. Sometimes more than 1 person will not have an X. Usually this means they are on the same box or internet connection.

In the game you can have your team press right on the D pad and see who on your team gets a blue border around their icon. That person is host.

You can try grenade jumping. If you gain some extra air then you are host.

You can comitt suicide and look down. Host will see a torso, everyone else will not(I could have this backwards).

What I do:
1. Try to get host, wait for it to go to 2 within the first 3 seconds of searching and display the empty player slots.
2. Beforehand, have someone press B in pregame lobby, the start the game. This brings up the leave lobby box and will allow you to get out of a game should you get "Locked in"(which means it goes to 3 without you being host).

IF I am standbyed in a CTF
If the opponent does primary on me in a ctf, I have no problems cheating back with secondary. It sometimes works but they can stop it only if they know how and realize it is happening. This is also known as client standby. It resembles the dummy glitch but can be done by yourself and with no warthog. I wont go into detail on how to do it, but if you know how, that is an option vs CTF standbyers.

Alternatively, if my team has host and they do dummy or secondary, I will secondary or primary standby back to win the game.

And yes of course I realize I COULD be suspended for this but it has yet to happen. I assume because cheaters do not like to leave feedback drawing attention to the game in which they cheated aswell.

SLAYER
In a slayer game, 1 guy(host) must do all of the work. With that said, if you gain an early lead, have all but your best player quit out. This makes it harder for that one guy to find your 1 guy and you are free to hide. If you don't have a good enough hiding spot, you can play with slightly better chances and just try killing the 3 non-host enemies.

ASSAULT
If I am about to go somewhere or it is late I will just hide the bomb and sleep on it. There is the chance that they wont find you and they will just quit out. In zzbar I go either in the palm tree between the seawall and the water(by jumping off the other, less leafy tree) or I go to the top of the base via the shutter things then knock them down. You can also jump off someones head on the wall thing at the top of the base stairs.

If you can manage this, it is the best thing to do. Take a ghost and go to the invisibarrier by the water(the side opposite the bomb spawn) and park the tail of the ghostagainst the rocks. Then park a warthog on top of the ghost on the left against the wall and on the right. Have a guy get in and out of the ghost and he goes through the wall. Throw the bomb against the wall and have him grab it. Then have him walk along the wall to the opposite side and hide behind the bump in the tan wall
Title: What To Do Against A Standbyer
Post by: joseph_hac on April 10, 2005, 03:28:00 PM
I don't thnk I've ever had a problem with standbyers. I've had the game go to the blue "reesablishing connection" screen, but when the game resumes, at least one person is dropped and I always just assume that the host quit.

How do you know when you are ACTUALLY getting standbyed?
Title: What To Do Against A Standbyer
Post by: h34d5h0tz on April 10, 2005, 03:42:00 PM
if u can c the timer at the bottom right, when that stops, or counts by 2 or 3 or wutever. when the time stops and goes to blue screen and the game resumes and no1 dropped, u will probably b dead and they have ur flag at their base about to score. or in a TS game, if the time counts b 4 seconds(2:20, 2:24, 2:28 ect) then they r secondary stand bying. when we r in blue screen, he pulls out the wire, counts to 4 and puts it back in and the person standbying gets lagged out. i think he said that u  have 2 have host to do the wire pulling thing tho.
Title: What To Do Against A Standbyer
Post by: br0w on April 10, 2005, 03:48:00 PM
when they are primary standbying you, have everyone turn off their xbox's when in blue screen.
Title: What To Do Against A Standbyer
Post by: Nosf3ratu on April 10, 2005, 05:29:00 PM
I get standbyed on head2head all the time, I'm only a level 8. Its pretty pathetic on their part. Its funny, when you start accusing them they start acting like its you thats doing it. "OMG noob, your standbying and still getting your ass whooped, you suck!" Yep, and I'm sure they report you for cheating even too, they'll get banned though, Bungie can tell the difference.
Title: What To Do Against A Standbyer
Post by: h34d5h0tz on April 10, 2005, 05:50:00 PM
QUOTE(br0w @ Apr 10 2005, 09:54 PM)
when they are primary standbying you, have everyone turn off their xbox's when in blue screen.
Title: What To Do Against A Standbyer
Post by: ModdingManiac on April 11, 2005, 02:08:00 PM
If someone is standbying simply have everyone unplug the ethernet cable from there xboxes, this will bring the troubleshooter Menu, hit cancel and plug your Ethernet cable  back to the xbox  (I beleive you can also just turn the xbox Off instead of taking the Ethernet cable). This makes it seem like you got lagged out/disconnected and the game don't count.
Title: What To Do Against A Standbyer
Post by: basso4735 on April 11, 2005, 02:38:00 PM
QUOTE(ModdingManiac @ Apr 11 2005, 02:14 PM)
If someone is standbying simply have everyone unplug the ethernet cable from there xboxes, this will bring the troubleshooter Menu, hit cancel and plug your Ethernet cable  back to the xbox  (I beleive you can also just turn the xbox Off instead of taking the Ethernet cable). This makes it seem like you got lagged out/disconnected and the game don't count.