waiting for server
game loads and then stays stuck with a black screen saying "Waiting for server". Its been happening for the last two days. a friend has the same issue for a week now..
My internet and laptop are fine; this is an issue with arena..
Please help
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rodrigotrop#85250 commented
I have this problem here in Brazil since last week, impossible to play...
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Jeancito#46083 commented
Estoy jugando en Ranking Alchemy, perdi 2 partidas por "Waiting for the server", exijo bonifiquen mi perdida.
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Heather#62002 commented
I've been stuck in 'waiting for server' land since Thursday's update...again. Fix please. Thanks.
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ll Crove#27520 commented
Arena with the same account runs fine on my smartphone and my pc, but from about 2 months it stopped working on my huawei matepad pro.
It worked fine there for about 3 months, and then, after an update it loads correctly and then stucks on "waiting for server". -
SharkF1ghter#27614 commented
I just had the same problem as Broseph Stylin, entered my draft, readied up, and then got stuck at Waiting for Server. By the time I closed out and rejoined, the draft was almost through the second pack. Pretty big bummer for my first Double Feature draft...
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Broseph Stylin#44273 commented
Hello, I am Broseph Stylin. Just a short while ago I spent 1500 gems on the Double Feature Draft - I'm new to Magic online, and wanted to try out a new draft I hadn't seen before. I joined in, was given a new card to claim, and then had the ready up screen. I selected Ready up, and then it moved us onto the next screen, where I was met with a "Waiting for the Server..." and a spinning circle.
I continued to wait at this screen for about 10 minutes. I thought perhaps someone was still loading, or there was a server issue. I was terrified to close the game for fear of missing the draft, and I noticed that I could not actually access the menu or anything, but sit and stare at the spinning loading circle.
After about 10 minutes I chose to risk it, CTRL+ALT+F4 out and rejoined, hoping that I didn't lose my gems for nothing. Immediately got the Waiting for server screen again, and thought I was doomed... but then it launched me into the game.
At the point that I joined, it was the 3rd card in the 3rd pack. I missed out on the entire previous two packs, and saw my entire deck was a complete and utter rainbow, with zero chance at the upcoming games to compete. But worse, I had absolutely no control over which cards I received.
Could I receive a refund for a purchase that I did not consent to if I had known I would not have the choice to select over 70% of my deck? I had a very bitter experience, and hope that this can be resolved - I'm completely fine if you want to take all the cards back from this draft and refund my gems.
I truly hope this was a one-off experience, I've never had an issue with paying in other games such as gwent, and if Magic is incapable of providing the experience that I am paying money for, then I will no longer spend any more money. Please understand that I am speaking from the perspective of a freshly jaded customer.
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Bragh#13431 commented
I was in the middle of a ranked game, casting the card that would have won the game on the spot, and as it goes onto the stack, the game stops responding, grays out, and I see "waiting for server" with the card still sitting inert on the stack. When the game comes back, it had passed the phase for me into combat, wasting my turn, and my card was still sitting on the stack, unused, nor playable. I passed two turns like this, and it turned out all I had to do was left-click my card to finally cast it. You need to do something about this. There was nothing indicating that course of action to even be appropriate. Normally, when things go onto the stack, they then resolve. There was no reason for the game to have ever passed the phase, considering I didn't even lose a timeout, much less not cast/resolve the card THAT WAS ALREADY ON THE STACK.
Additionally, in that same game, after a fight effect targeting a Phyrexian Obliterator and my Oak forced me to sacrifice 33 permanents, the game then failed to trigger Heliod's effect on my gaining 33 life, which should have allowed me to give that same Oak more counters, allowing me to rebuild my board immediately. Instead, I had to luck into a creature draw on my following turn in order to rebuild. If I hadn't drawn another Oak that turn, I lost the game to stacking rules.
Thankfully I still won the game, but I had to go infinite through TWO Phyrexian Obliterators, AND another bug, to do so.
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Heather#62002 commented
Happened last week and after the update this week the game worked, for about 24 hours. Happening again today. Waiting for server then I get disconnected from the game.
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Bombo#4 commented
Lost a game thanks to "Waiting for server" for absolutely no reason during a match. Happened around 08:13am CET
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Persecutor#15732 commented
Same has happened to me when I purchased a premium draft event, would like a refund please.
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alpogz#62274 commented
I also experience this problem for 2 weeks now. I'm using Huawei mate 40 pro. Hope wotc can help us regarding this problem. It also works perfectly fine in my laptop but not in my mobile phone.
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coldrainsnow#17703 commented
Happening with me too on Google Pixel 3XL and Android 11. Can't even get into the game because it gets stuck on the initial "waiting for the server" screen. Works on a Macbook but not on my mobile. So frustrating! I bough the mastery pass, spend real money on this game, and WOTC doesn't do anything for support. Terrible.
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dallas415#69212 commented
this was also happening on my Huawei MatePad Pro, after the latest update
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Wopso#22971 commented
The game loads and then stays stuck with a black screen saying "Waiting for server" : same here on my phone since the last update
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Rynar Maxus#48904 commented
Having problems with 'waiting for server' today on my PC. I can log on but when I try to play, I get 'waiting for server' so long I either have to hit 'cancel' before I get into the game or I get 'connection lost, you have lost your connection to the server'. I did get to play a couple of games but afterwards the same 'waiting for server' or 'connection lost'. I eventually have to close out MTGA. My log (which would not attach to this) is Log20210828_082747.
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Jeancito#46083 commented
I'm having troubles with jumpstart play...an infinite currently waiting problem
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sodom3000#11005 commented
The Game loads an after all the loading Screens there comes the Message: waiting For Server and the Music in the Background, but the Message stays there. I've tried logging in on my Phone, my Laptop and the MacBook of a friend and when i Log in my Account, the Problem stays the Same.
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Sigmar#80778 commented
Yes, this works - I am playing on PC, and I completed the colour challenge now. There is no button named "Skip Tutorial", but "Unlock all game modes" has the same effect.
I hope WOTC comes up with an actual fix though, convoluted workarounds are not exactly ideal. However, I am giving this game another chance.
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courtjester#32998 commented
Seemingly working workaround, copying from Reddit:
I, like others, have been unable to complete to color challenge. Wizards has recognized the issue and provided instruction on how to skip the challenge here: https://twitter.com/wizards_help/status/1398405042672222211?s=21
Once you skip the color challenge, you will have access to battle other players. This option will allow you to work around the bug.
Disclaimer: I have not tried this on PC. It does work on iPad and iPhone.
Step one: Click the play button in the bottom right.
Step two: Under “Find Match” select play.
Step three: Click play at the bottom right.
Step four: Immediately click cancel before it finds an opponent.
Step five: Click play at the bottom right again, but this time select color challenge.
You should now be able to get a match and complete the 5th step of the challenge. You will need to repeat this process for each color. Also, after step 4, I was still able to complete a challenge by clicking the color challenge bubble and starting the match through that route.
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HalloweenJackAU#11121 commented
Final Color challenge match will not start.... Waiting for the server... all other Arena screens work fine