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hey i don't know what causes this problem but when i press start game from a lobby ( skirmish or multiplayer ) and mental omega minimize to open Yuri's revenge it takes too long to open the game client. my brother and i downloaded it together but he doesn't have this problem. i take too long that sometimes if he loads too fast early the game kicks me out. 

Edit: now i take a very long time that i cant join anything !!!!!!  PLZ help !!!

off topic: is there a way to launch mental omega without cnc.net ? like we open the normal red alert games ? i downloaded mental omega on the Yuri's revenge copy that i installed the cnc.net client in. so im asking if i can open the game without the online client.