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[1nconspikuous]

k so... umm, what happened to the _real_ friend finder?
is it ever coming back? those were good times... lol.

 

[Xivii]

It shut down.
Probably not.

 

[AdmiralComrade]

ok something strange happened i turned on my wii after playing last night and all my FC are gone PLUS my FC is different... (wtf happened!) all my saved data is still there... all characters unlocked etc.. but.. yeah x.x

 

[Xivii]

This problem happened to a few other people too.
What kind of connection do you have. (wirless router, Nintendo Usb, etc.)

 

[AdmiralComrade]

wireless router

 

[Xivii]

Detailed discription on everything you did the night before(With the wii or computer) and anything that possibly could have effected it. Go Go Go!

 

[AdmiralComrade]

well PC i dont think i did anything to affect it

Wii i think i changed my FC name (added sumthing extra) .. but i dont think thats the reason.. BUT.. well it WAS the first time i changed it so.. maybe that..

playing 3 hours on wifi ? lol maybe. (i played a while with 4ppl which was laggy)
(it froze 1v1 when i got sparta kicked by a gannon) then it d/ced and the next time it d/ced i just switched my wii off cause it took too long to do anything

 

[Xivii]

I think that is what happened right there.
Somehow your Wi-Fi data got erased when you turned it off.

The reason why the main data didn'y get erased is because the Wi-Fi data is stored differently.

 

[AdmiralComrade]

but last few times when it does that and i turn it off it doesnt affect it =\

 

[Xivii]

Wi-Fi is random like that.

 

[AdmiralComrade]

mm ok thanks i guess lol i guess there no way getting it back xD

(DAM U SAKURAIII)

 

[Xivii]

lol. Yeah there isn't, that I do know.
sorry...

 

[Zajice]

Has anyone ever gotten a blue connection? Or even a green one? Everybody I've ever fought has had either red or orange. Only one has had a yellow connection and he lives like right by me. It's not even always yellow either...

 

[Xivii]

I have blue connection with a few people. It depends on your connection. But your opponent has to live near you, like instate.

 

[Zajice]

I guess my internet just sucks... The guy who has yellow with me lives about 10 minutes away, so it has to be me...

 

[Xivii]

What do you use? Wireless router? It could be either of yours though. Sometimes its just because of where you live too.

 

[Zajice]

Yeah it's wireless. He uses the Nintendo wifi USB thingy. I wouldn't think Denver would be that bad. :/

 

[Xivii]

Do you live in the city?

 

[Zajice]

Nah, but I'm close enough to see it when I go outside.

 

[Xivii]

yeah its probably just the area. Do you still have me on your roster? I think we had green connection.

 

[Zajice]

Heh, you got a red connection on mine.

 

[Xivii]

lol. Thats all you
and we live really close too =O

I realized thought that even though the colors show how good/bad connection is, that doesn;t necissarily show how much lag you will have. Theres people that I play with red connection where it is pretty much lagless.

 

[Zajice]

Yeah, everybody seems pretty much the same to me really. The only thing that's ever effected anything is when I forget to close bittorrent or something. Then it lags constantly...

 

[AdmiralComrade]

ive had blue connection and u can tell the difference xD lol its like offline nearly :D

 

[Sucumbio]

actually I do have a ? ... has anyone else's smash service gone bye-bye? It's been missing on mine for weeks now, both "options" and "spectator" and I cannot submit stuff, but I still get daily content..

 

[Xivii]

We use to have a stickied thread about this >.>
From my understanding it just happens at random times.

 

[Steel]

check the catalog

 

[Xivii]

Now thats fancy
here it is Sucumbio: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=152047

 

[Sucumbio]

Now thats fancy
here it is Sucumbio: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=152047

heh yeah, tried that.. this is not typical I don't think, it's been gone now for almost 2 months... It's a strange scenario because to my knowledge you have to be registered for Smash Service to get daily content, and by logging in to WFC mode you automatically are set to 'yes' as a default, so of course from day 1 I've gotten content every day with the exception of a few Sundays here and there... and yet I cannot submit stuff any more, the options menu is gone, and spectator is gone. I will not be deleting my saved data just to get these options back of course, cause it wasn't like anything I ever submitted ended up in the daily downloads, but maybe there's another way? Faking it out by going to delete and saying No seems to have no effect in this case, though I can understand it's worked for others .. this -may- be related but I've been getting disc errors too, like you launch it from the Wii menu and it loads... pauses, then goes back to the Wii menu and I have to launch it again... 2nd time works ok tho but this has happened for about as long as my "options" menu has been missing..

 

[Xivii]

I would get a new brawl disc then.

 

[Sucumbio]

yah that's been my thinking too... meh. ah well. its funny when I first got brawl I had one of the launch wii's and nintendo was having me ship my wii in for "cleaning" so brawl would play, but as soon as I replaced the wii with a brand new one boom worked, though technically the first time I put the disc in it asked to download an update... I try to keep it clean but it gets dusty in here haha ... *sigh* now I will have to save up for a new disc cause I have like no money right now but thanks for the input yo

 

[Ceipe]

I was wondering, is the battle anyone mode working now? Or do you still have to exchange FCs?

 

[Xivii]

What do you mean "now" ? It has always worked.

 

[Ceipe]

Well every time I try it searchs somone forever and then simply discconects me from the server. I asked before and some people said that he battle anyone mode was bugged, the american a least.

 

[kisler]

Hello. First post in a while for me.

I recently got Verizon FiOS installed in my home. This replaced the Comcast internet which I had connected to my Wii through a Linksys N router. With the new FiOS connection, we were provided with a router.

However, some strange things have happened since we got the router. I can connect to Wifi easily, check friend lists, and watch spectator matches, but for whatever reason the game will not find anon opponents or start a friend match. The router is definitely set up correctly because other games' online features work, but Brawl matches do not work.

Help is appreciated greatly.

Thank you ~

 

[Xivii]

Well every time I try it searchs somone forever and then simply discconects me from the server. I asked before and some people said that he battle anyone mode was bugged, the american a least.

Have you tried it recently? When brawl fisrt came out this error was occuring because of large amounts of traffic. It pretty much has been fixed since then but it still occurs ocasionally depending on where you live. I would try it again. If it still is happening at this point then it could either be a problem with the router or you may just live in an area where too many people are accessing wii online at the same time.

I recently got Verizon FiOS installed in my home. This replaced the Comcast internet which I had connected to my Wii through a Linksys N router. With the new FiOS connection, we were provided with a router.

However, some strange things have happened since we got the router. I can connect to Wifi easily, check friend lists, and watch spectator matches, but for whatever reason the game will not find anon opponents or start a friend match. The router is definitely set up correctly because other games' online features work, but Brawl matches do not work.

Make sure everything is set up on the router correctly.
The Nintendo support site can guide you through that: http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wii/en_na/online.jsp

A lot of times it may just be that you need to change the channel on the router.
But since you are able to connect I don't think this is the problem. You may want to try that though. Usually setting it to 1 or 11 workks.

 

[Morrigan]

I have a weird problem that just started a few days ago.

For some reason when I try to play on Wifi there's like a 50% chance the Wii will FREEZE (with the annoying sound) right after "Ready to fight." It's either my Wii or the other person's. If I don't get the freeze, it will just stay in "Ready to fight" and then it errors out back to the Wifi menu but the other person will get it (you can see one character entrance for like 0.5 seconds and then the error pops out). No one is using Homebrew or codes. That's why I find it strange, 'cause it freezes just like a desync. from codes or something.

I never had ANY problem regarding Wifi, this is just too weird, especially because it started acting up one random day. Help?

Any help?

 

[Xivii]

Do you use a wireless router?
Sounds to me like it may be problem with your computer's internet.

 

[Morrigan]

Yeah, I use wireless router. You think that could be it? How should I try to fix it?

Also I just realized someone had the same problem (Page 1), but he never came back <_<.

And there's a mistake in your FAQ

Q: During a match, why is the "No Contest" option sometimes not available when you press pause?

A: If there is a set timer for the match then the "No Contest" option will be appear on the pause menu.

If there's a set timer, No contest doesn't show up, just Drop out.

 

[Xivii]

I'm not 100% sure, have you been having any problems with your internet at all?

0.o wow thanks, how I did I do that o.0