# Frequent stalling at game loading/starting assigning team screen (custom games)

**URL:** <https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/frequent-stalling-at-game-loading-starting-assigning-team-screen-custom-games/265486>\
**Category:** IV - Report a Bug\
**Created:** [November 3, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/frequent-stalling-at-game-loading-starting-assigning-team-screen-custom-games/265486 "2024-11-03T13:01:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![pm303](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/pm303/32/145764_2.png) [@pm303](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/pm303)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/frequent-stalling-at-game-loading-starting-assigning-team-screen-custom-games/265486/1 "2024-11-03T13:01:24Z")

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I’ve near 2000 games played in custom, and since last patch, around 1 on 5 is blocking at loading screen. I have to kill the game to get out of it (with task manager). Before patch, it was quite rare.

What do you need to investigate?