Cannot connect to anyone nor can they connect to me

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Same boat, I bought the game yesterday and still cannot connect to anyone else's game nor can I host one.  I'm gonna be asking for a refund soon if this keeps up.  I figured I'd give it a last ditch effort here to see if anyone can help.  My info and what I have tried:

Location:  Canada

Router:  Linksys WRT54GL

Firmware:  Tomato

ISP:  TekSavvy.com

OS: Windows Vista x32, tested on x64 system as well.

Service:  DSL

Problem:  infinite "Connecting to players..."

- DMZ'd my internal IP on the router

- Router firewall is OFF

- tried with UPnP on and off

- forwarded the ports manually, didn't help either, tried with it on and off.

- Ran a third party port checker, 6073 and 6100-6200 are verified as Open

- Unhooked the router entirely and connected directly to the DSL modem, still nothing.

- Windows Firewall is off

- No third party antivirus or firewall software installed

- tried running with command line /serverproxyonly, still nothing.

- Verified with my ISP that they do NOT filter these ports

I can play host/join in any other online game(TF2, L4D, WiC, Warcraft 3, WoW, etc etc etc etc etc) without any issues.  This game just seems to hate me for no reason.

Anyone from Stardock please?  What's the deal?  The only way my setup could be more open would be for me to hop on a bike and start running packets over.

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

WELCOME to DEMIGOD!!!

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

So I take it I am not alone then?  I thought these problems were fixed, they've been making press releases about amazing progress and all that.  I get the game and discover that people who have more network obstacles than myself can play just fine, what the hell!  Directly connected to the modem and I still can't play, the modem itself has no firewall running or anything.  Argh.

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