Gears of War 2

[Professor Bear]

I tried playing this, but it seemed too effeminate for my tastes.

[Devons Daddy]

my i suggest
 DO NOT PLAY HORDE

unless you have a access to one of those support networks when its time to get yourself off the addiction.

[chris_askham]

Gah, just got up to Wave 33 on Horde (with only me and two other players still in the game) then I lost connection, and got a 'timed-out' message. This always seems to happen, is there any way I can stop it?

I apologise if you already knew, but if you host the game you can start from any wave you've already got up to, I don't know if that's any help.

Can you only host private matches (ie matches where you either invite friends to play if you have them, or go it alone which isn't much fun) ?