Failing to connect to the MS prevents you from leaving the MP menu

[Garrean]

I discovered this because the Master Server is down today, but I assume that this would happen in any other situation where connection to the MS fails.

At the end of the gif I'm spamming the Escape key, but nothing happens, I'm stuck in the MP menu unless I close and restart the game.

(The gif freezes for a bit in the middle because apparently SRB2 can't record the "Searching for servers..." message properly, but the gif continues after it.)

 

[Joki]

That bug has been in the game forever

 

[Jonster]

Man, I hate that so much. The only way to escape is starting a server/splitscreen game and immediately leaving. Hopefully they fix it in a future version.