And who the **** cares if it is UPD or not. You shouldn't have to know about these things to play a multiplayer game. Anyone who says otherwise is just an idiot.
Shedletsky
And if there is a technical solution (which it is not clear to me that there is in this case - firewalls are designed to keep programs from talking to the internet without permission), it should have been the first thing implemented - not something tacked on in some patch.
You're wrong to jump all over that guy. Hosting a multiplayer games of Sins is a bitch. I should NEVER have to look up info online in order to start a multiplayer game. Think about it. It's complete bullshit. This is a short-coming of PC games in general.