Open alpha testing of the 5.0 HD mod (online lobby).

Did the lobby lag today? It said I left the game, but my internet didn't drop, and it says there's 1 person online in the lobby, but there's no player list.

The lobby didn't lag.
For a disconnect, the internet doesn't necessarily have to drop. It's just that the connection between you and the server was lost for a critically long time. Judging by the server logs, the problem is on your side.

For example, if I'm at home, 2 meters from the router, with 1 wall in between, I don't have disconnects from the lobby. If I'm 5 meters away, with 3 walls in between, then I disconnect periodically.

When disconnecting, the reconnect mechanism usually works. But this time it didn't work (in this case, the player sees a message that they left the game themselves). The fact that it then showed 1 person online is a bug. This bug may be due to problems in the client code, or it may again be due to a poor connection. With such a bug, it is better to restart the game.

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if this is really feasible with not too much time investment, then it could quite noticeably replenish the wallet... naturally, with a high-quality and beautiful update... although, as I write this, I'm thinking that it's not easy to do even in one screen, let alone have the opponent see it.

Making it so that your unique skin/animation is visible to the opponent is not difficult at all. It's difficult to draw this skin/animation. I definitely won't be drawing. I'm unlikely to have anything to pay an artist with.