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Am I right in thinking that I don't need port forwarding setup in the router to play on the LAN? Would it also be correct that port forwarding on the router would not affect games played on the LAN?

This is generally correct provided the two comps you wish to use for direct connect are also on ...

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Somewhat ironically, I have noticed that clicking the "start game" button, instead of ticking the ready box, will almost always result in a successful start for any game up to about 7 players. (3v3 and 1 spectator etc...) I have ...

so............ I'm feeling ultra noob right now. heh :\

As soon as I start the game, I would say about half the time, it instantly crashes.

Someone suggested everyone tick ready instead of clicking "start game." So I've been playing around with that, but am in search of a more solid solution ...