Someone joined our FRIENDS only game?

[CTA]

Okay, I was playing with a few friends on Versus. All of a sudden 2 random people join our game then kick me and another friend?

I set the game to FRIENDS only, I KNOW I set it to friends only. How did these people join?

[Somnician]

there's no such thing as a "friends only" game in l4d2 because the server browser still exists

[Dr Chaos MK]

Don't you love it when you have to look out for yourself & friends in a private Friends - Only game ? I HATE IT ACTUALLY !

Don't you love it when you have to pay attention every second in console & the status command to make sure it's only you & your friends. PHAK NO !

Seriously everyone , I would contact Steam support if this issue becomes a epidemic. Friends - Only lobby & games should remain just that. FRIENDS - PHAKING - ONLY !

[黄金郷の少女]

Sometime most of the public versus servers are modded server. Because of that i had to use server browser to connect official servers, here come the problems , almost half of them are friend-only servers. Hard to find an open games *sigh*
P.s i did not start vote kick the instant i join.

[cease]

Originally posted by Builderdoge:

Okay, I was playing with a few friends on Versus. All of a sudden 2 random people join our game then kick me and another friend?

I set the game to FRIENDS only, I KNOW I set it to friends only. How did these people join? :dewstare:

No, you set the LOBBY to friends only. That does not mean others cannot join later.

[Blaquicat]

Originally posted by Nishu:

Sometime most of the public versus servers are modded server. Because of that i had to use server browser to connect official servers, here come the problems , almost half of them are friend-only servers. Hard to find an open games *sigh*
P.s i did not start vote kick the instant i join.

You can take the game server ip, and use the connect command, avoiding the friends-only "block"..
What really makes me angry about valve and this, is that you actually don't avoid matchmaking at all, since it still controls who enter on your server (conclusion based on the fact that we still have reservation problems, even connecting directly with ip, i mean, last slot glitch or session no longer available errors still there)
I think its and error/glitch on the matchmaking system not checking for friend status before allowing the user to connect to the server.

[Thunderboom]

Those 2 random people might've been a friend of your friends. Just how it works

[Cruz / LastSpartan]

What is so bad with LAN?

I have been using the dedicated server tool provided in library-tools and never had problems like this when playing with friends.

[ꑭCaliph of Hyperboreaꑭ]

Obviously, if your username is "Builderdoge" they'd votekick you.