What is it with games that don't allow you to join midgame?

[Bagel CB]

I just don't understand the reasoning behind these decisions. It's what I hated about Lost Planet. I'd be playing a game, then I notice a friend comes online, but I can't invite him because you can only do that in the lobby. Sigh...it's small stuff like this that literally destroys a game's multiplayer community.

[BingoPower]

I agree with you.

There are some game-modes where this would cause imbalance (like Bomb-Planting/Diffusing modes), but deathmatch, team-deathmatch, why the hell not?

[VividNinjaScar]

I agree with this.

[Spykirby]

if it had dedicated servers that wuldn't happen :D GFWL stinks :(

[BingoPower]

if it had dedicated servers that wuldn't happen :D GFWL stinks :(

The lack of dedicated servers does not excuse the lack of "join-in-progress", I am afraid. It's just as possible using P2P as it is with dedicated servers.

[CLIFFISFTW]

if it had dedicated servers that wuldn't happen :D GFWL stinks :(

MW2 allows join in progress

[loltill]

if it had dedicated servers that wuldn't happen :D GFWL stinks :(

p2p and join-in-progress arent related at all.
and what does gfwl have to do with it all?

are you just repeating what other people are whining about without even thinking about it?.. nice. way to look like a dummy.

[Spykirby]

it doesn't have to do anything with it :) but u can join games in progress in most games that use dedicated servers :D

[refried]

Far Cry 2 was this way and made it unplayable