Risk 2 Can't get into a online game

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.games.zone (More info?)

slomoe wrote:
> I own a store bought cd-rom, I can get into the zone and join a game. I can
> talk to the people I'm trying to play. The game starts the screen that says
> prepare for battle come up and after 2 or 3 minutes the screen blinks back to
> a little gray box saying that the game failed to launch, press cancel to
> return to the lobby or ok to stay. any suggestions would be greatly
> appreciated I'm swing in the dark here!

Do you have a router or firewall that might be blocking access to
required ports? If so, see this site:

PORTS USED TO PLAY ONLINE AND HOW TO OPEN THEM
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/PortRoute.html#howto

http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/MultiPlayer.html

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+Elmo_Tech