There are a number of us with similar issues and multi-player: http://forums.demigodthegame.com/349523 http://forums.demigodthegame.com/350194 Indication that it is fixed with the connectivity patch, but so far I don't know the status.
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Same here. If I fail to connect to even one person in a custom game (not sure about skirmish or pantheon will have to test it out) I either freeze or crash with an unhandled exception error. I was hoping this was fixed with this latest patch as someone posted in another thread. I guess it's back to the drawing board. Keep up the hard work guys, I do love the game and can't wait till the connection issues are resolved so players can focus on the butt kicking.