Here are the different failures you can experience while connecting and playing SOCOM online. We expect this list to diminish as they sort out issues on the server.
* Can normally talk, but suddenly, cannot grab the talk channel .. no confirm tone. This is for everyone in the game not just you.
* Come up on a player and he is unkillable .. and usually, stationary. Just shoot him 3 times then move on, he will vanish within 20 seconds. He has gone link-dead
* Watching players and suddenly everyone is running on the spot or stationary. This means the server has choked, either for everyone or for you. If voice chat still works, its for everyone, and the game will soon abort
* Joining a game then launch, then loading bar almost finishes and you get kicked out either all the way or back to the lobbies list .. this problem is happening randomly. appears to be fixed
* Start game 1 of a series, and the game mysteriously ends with 0 kills and 0 deaths on all sides.. this could be because the game host went link-dead, in which case the next game should work with a new host.
* Everyone is warping (stopping then warping to new spots). This is either server side congestion, or the game host is lagging out.. When dead ask others if they see the same thing. Give up and find a new game.
* Voice chat freezes your play action. This problem seems to be a game client bug. I've sniffed the data and its still coming in .. and the voice chat is going out ok as well.. but for some reason the CIRCLE button is freezing the graphics engine. The problem seems to persist over games. Try rebooting your PS2 SOCOM copy.
* US EAST/WEST/CENTRAL 1 onwards shows zero players. This problem vanishes if you just wait a little while.. it happens when re-entering the lobby list.
* Clan functions not working - see system message from sony. fixed
* Nickname in use. Just wait a while, or use a backup Nickname and alternate between the two. Your NIC will be marked in use for a few minutes if you pull the PS2 connection while logged in, or get kicked out to the SOCOM screen.
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