Then he booted one person with no record, saying he was a noob. Another person left out of (rightfully) being angry about this. Then Achilles further asked about 'why noobs ruin everything' or something around those lives. After I said that new people are needed to get games running, he started questioning my scores, which I'd assume was to boot me. Needless to say, the game lasted fifteen minutes, and by all means was disastrous after nearly an hour of waiting.
Funny that you should write this, because I just finished posting on something similar:
https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/370164
I've seen this Achilles. Not sure if it's the same person or not. But at any rate, multiplayer is CHOCK FULL of assholes, and has been since day one. Most people you will see or play with on ICO are assholes, plain and simple. What you should do when you run into them is remember their names, write them down, etc. like I do. Then simply make sure to never play with them again. Thing is, your list will be so long after a while that you'll never be able to get a game.
It's like these assholes just want a small private club for themselves to play in, and nobody else. Well I say give it to them. I'd just form my own non-competitive clan of "non-assholes" to play with (anyone who got in would be guaranteed to be able to play with other non-assholes, and all that would be required to get in would be to prove through game play that you are a non-asshole), but there is simply not enough people online to form such a thing. The asshole clique has already ruined MP.