# Recover game if host leaves

**URL:** <https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/recover-game-if-host-leaves/39653>\
**Category:** Virus Suggestions\
**Created:** [October 24, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/recover-game-if-host-leaves/39653 "2020-10-24T21:55:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![MrWonka](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/user_avatar/forums.pixeltailgames.com/mrwonka/32/49147_2.png) [@MrWonka](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/MrWonka)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/recover-game-if-host-leaves/39653/1 "2020-10-24T21:55:38Z")

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If the host leaves, the game should attempt to do some kind of recovery. Ideally, this would mean assigning a new host, and the game picking right back up on the same level. I imagine that may be difficult, so just having the remaining players put into matchmaking together would also be good.

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**Author:** ![Leviathan](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/user_avatar/forums.pixeltailgames.com/leviathan/32/57435_2.png) [@Leviathan](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/Leviathan)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/recover-game-if-host-leaves/39653/2 "2020-10-25T04:39:47Z")

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This is planned.

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**Author:** ![BobbyBogus](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/user_avatar/forums.pixeltailgames.com/bobbybogus/32/46553_2.png) [@BobbyBogus](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/BobbyBogus)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/recover-game-if-host-leaves/39653/3 "2022-02-18T15:21:28Z")

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this might already be an intended inclusion in smth like the connectivity update idk haven’t looked, would be good though to stop people pulling the classic ‘leave a ball race or minigolf server you started on the last stage so that you’ve wasted their time’ gag