So, how does Xlink compare to XBConnect?

Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 11:50 pm

Is the networking handled any better?

Kai Admirer Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 381

yep, most people agree that kai is less laggy then xbc.

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 12:12 am

well, i never got xbc work, it just didnt find my xbox, with kai, it was just plug and play. so no more comments needed Smile

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 12:25 am

Kai is the sh*t! Very Happy

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 1:23 am

how do you know its good? did you guys already play on it before?

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 1:28 am

No, we have psychic powers.

Kai Lover Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 522

Zekke wrote:

how do you know its good? did you guys already play on it before?

yes, i don't know how, but i believe Cool

believe me, i am the:one Laughing

Kai Enthusiast Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 210

most here have tried kai6 , it's off the chain. download evo7 shortly and you'll be amazed.

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 3354

seven wrote:

most here have tried kai6 , it's off the chain. download evo7 shortly and you'll be amazed.

True!

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 2:48 am

seven wrote:

most here have tried kai6 , it's off the chain. download evo7 shortly and you'll be amazed.

where is this "chain"?

is it near the "hook"?

how did it come off?

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 3354

LMFAO jmel

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 2:57 am

man sorry the just dont compair.

once youve tried kai there is no going back Shocked

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 8:44 am

My opinion is based on playing Halo, nothing else Smile

Kai has been smoother from the start. Playing on someone's host that's smooth on XBC, will be a dream to play on Kai. I can't wait to join some USA Halo servers Wink

While there was both RC2 and RC3 out, I think the users were split a lot, I never used RC2 so I don't know how many users there are on that. My opinion has so far been that XBC has a lot more users, but after seeing 3000+ users sign up on the first day of registrations, I think XLink has more than enough users - you'll never be short of someone to play.

I still use both XBC and Kai up to now, just as it makes it twice as easy to find a game. XLink Kai: Evo 7 can change that? We'll have to wait for tonight Wink

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 11:16 am

Yeps i Agree with Exo, in general i have found that kai is smoother than XBC. Plus the whole GUI is way better and choosing which game to join from a list on your xbox rather than entering and leaving rooms all the time is just pure genius.

TX

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 11:20 am

[IXS]TX wrote:

choosing which game to join from a list on your xbox rather than entering and leaving rooms all the time is just pure genius.

Hehe, I love that. It's great when there's like 5+ games to scroll down, without leaving the room once Very Happy

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 3:23 pm

when kai was first introduced, no one thought the similarity to the WGN mode from the original xlink would ever become successful way to manage multiple server gameplay. now it's the only way to go.

lc

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 3:31 pm

Hello all,

I've got a somewhat related question. It has kind of been answered, but I just want to ask again to make sure. In XBConnect, you had to join a room on the PC, wait till the connection is set up (which was hard to find out, sometimes), then walk over to your Xbox, join the game, and then you could play. Is this any different in Kai?

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choosing which game to join from a list on your xbox rather than entering and leaving rooms all the time is just pure genius

Does this mean that I can now start Kai on my PC, walk over to my Xbox, and I've got all the games right there to choose from, to join and leave as I see fit?

And while I'm here, asking, one more question: Will NTSC Xboxes be able to play against PAL Xboxes? Because with XBConnect it wasn't so, and I was hoping it would be so with Kai. Anyway, just a couple hours till release, so I guess I'll see then.

[EDIT]: Just remembered another question I had. Very Happy

I've read a lot about "homebrew dashboards" and such (Avalaunch, XBMC, etc.) in the FAQ and forums. Will I need any of this to play online with Kai? I sure hope not, since I don't want to have to alter/mod my Xbox.

Thanks in advance,
Brainboy

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 3:35 pm

Brainboy: Yea, that's pretty much it. On Kai, you enter the Arena for the game yuo want to play (Halo Arena, RS3 Arena etc.) then all the games currently being hosted will be on your screen, just choose one on the XBox and you're away Very Happy

For your second question - no. They're just optional extras for people who have modded boxes and want to use them Smile

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 4:15 pm

[IXS]eXodus wrote:

Brainboy: Yea, that's pretty much it. On Kai, you enter the Arena for the game yuo want to play (Halo Arena, RS3 Arena etc.) then all the games currently being hosted will be on your screen, just choose one on the XBox and you're away Very Happy

For your second question - no. They're just optional extras for people who have modded boxes and want to use them Smile

Thanks for the great answers. Seems like Kai will definitely beat out XBConnect. I'm trying to get that working again right now, it's pretty hard, since you never know whether the host has actually created the game or not, and it's a real nuisance to have to walk between rooms to find out... Mad

Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 6:16 pm

[IXS]eXodus wrote:

On Kai, you enter the Arena for the game yuo want to play (Halo Arena, RS3 Arena etc.) then all the games currently being hosted will be on your screen, just choose one on the XBox and you're away Very Happy

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 that is the best reason in the world to use XLinkKai:EVoVII over XBConnect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very Happy