To MAXYZ... a couple of my friends are like me.. I won't play any games through the STEAM CROOKS, They ripped me off and would not make it right so I don't spend any money through them.. I know many others this has happen to .. Ban accounts for no reason.. and it was permanent ban, they let some 3rd party company dictate their policies so it was their way of being able to say . It's not us we can't do anything about it.. and you have to buy new program or your screwed.. well after them screwing me out of over 200.+ dollars US They can bit me.. I will never give steam crooks another dime... I did however buy this game, just not through steam crooks.. I also have other games that say they need steam crooks to run MP.. I simply get programs that lets me go around them.. so I am screwing them for a change.. :)

I had the same problem when I hosted LAN.. I found that I had to go to my Router and to the DMZ and put in my ip I am on router with 3 other computers.. so it was like 192.168.0.3 for one sys and mine was 192.168.0.6 ... Once I set it in the DMZ in my Router (FIREWALL) settings.. it worked fine.. I can host and as long as someone has my IP they can join with no problems.... Hope this helps