So I have been on a kick of trying my damnedest to play multiplayer since I first installed the game. Mostly with disappointment. We were successful in playing games up until Beta 5. From Beta 5 through today we have been largely unsuccessful. We attempted many combinations. Differing players, amounts of players, different computers, re installs, and just about anything we could think up. No game crested turn 5. With 5 being an anomaly. We decided based on one of my friends suggestions to stop using custom races and attempt. That was SUCCESSFUL! We have been playing that game for just short of 100 turns now. Attempts to play with a custom race typically do not make it to turn 2. Leading to hang ups on the beginning of turn 2 where the first player will click turn and the game simply doesn't progress. Player 1 is seeing "Wait" on the turn button but it remains locked on that player. There is no save data for the issues, and we have attempted to make a wide range of test custom races. The results remain unchanged. Turn 2 is the death of every multiplayer game when there is a custom race in play. I hope this helps in some manner, but there are no common denominators in the customs we have attempted. We have intentionally used and ignored most conceivable combinations of traits.