diff --git a/RP_L4/RPL4LOBBY.cpp b/RP_L4/RPL4LOBBY.cpp
index a5784f2..7dc0a48 100644
--- a/RP_L4/RPL4LOBBY.cpp
+++ b/RP_L4/RPL4LOBBY.cpp
@@ -293,6 +293,26 @@ namespace
 		return (text != NULL) ? text : "";
 	}
 
+	//-------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// The same for one member's own row.
+	//
+	// Steam answers NULL - not "" - for a member it no longer knows,
+	// and the roster is polled on a 750ms timer, so somebody leaving
+	// between GetNumLobbyMembers and the read of their row is ordinary
+	// rather than exotic. Every caller treats the answer as a string:
+	// strncpy walks off address zero, and so does atoi.
+	//-------------------------------------------------------------------
+	const char *MemberText(CSteamID member, const char *key)
+	{
+		if (!gInLobby)
+		{
+			return "";
+		}
+		const char *text =
+			SteamMatchmaking()->GetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, member, key);
+		return (text != NULL) ? text : "";
+	}
+
 	//---------------------------------------------------------------
 	// Launch: roster into lobby data, peers into the transport, and
 	// the hosted-race path primed on the owner
@@ -328,39 +348,36 @@ namespace
 			memset(member, 0, sizeof(*member));
 			member->id = SteamMatchmaking()->GetLobbyMemberByIndex(gLobby, i);
 			strncpy(member->ip,
-				SteamMatchmaking()->GetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, member->id, "ip"),
+				MemberText(member->id, "ip"),
 				sizeof(member->ip) - 1);
-			member->consolePort = atoi(
-				SteamMatchmaking()->GetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, member->id, "cp"));
-			member->gamePort = atoi(
-				SteamMatchmaking()->GetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, member->id, "gp"));
+			member->consolePort = atoi(MemberText(member->id, "cp"));
+			member->gamePort = atoi(MemberText(member->id, "gp"));
 			strncpy(member->name,
-				SteamMatchmaking()->GetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, member->id, "nm"),
+				MemberText(member->id, "nm"),
 				sizeof(member->name) - 1);
 			strncpy(member->vehicle,
-				SteamMatchmaking()->GetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, member->id, "vh"),
+				MemberText(member->id, "vh"),
 				sizeof(member->vehicle) - 1);
 			strncpy(member->color,
-				SteamMatchmaking()->GetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, member->id, "cl"),
+				MemberText(member->id, "cl"),
 				sizeof(member->color) - 1);
 			strncpy(member->badge,
-				SteamMatchmaking()->GetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, member->id, "bd"),
+				MemberText(member->id, "bd"),
 				sizeof(member->badge) - 1);
 			strncpy(member->team,
-				SteamMatchmaking()->GetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, member->id, "tm"),
+				MemberText(member->id, "tm"),
 				sizeof(member->team) - 1);
 			strncpy(member->position,
-				SteamMatchmaking()->GetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, member->id, "ps"),
+				MemberText(member->id, "ps"),
 				sizeof(member->position) - 1);
 			strncpy(member->netRev,
-				SteamMatchmaking()->GetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, member->id, kNetRevKey),
+				MemberText(member->id, kNetRevKey),
 				sizeof(member->netRev) - 1);
 			strncpy(member->build,
-				SteamMatchmaking()->GetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, member->id, kBuildKey),
+				MemberText(member->id, kBuildKey),
 				sizeof(member->build) - 1);
-			member->camera = (atoi(
-				SteamMatchmaking()->GetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, member->id, kCamKey)) != 0)
-					? True : False;
+			member->camera =
+				(atoi(MemberText(member->id, kCamKey)) != 0) ? True : False;
 			member->published =
 				member->ip[0] != '\0' && member->consolePort > 0 && member->gamePort > 0;
 		}