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Ydiss · 06-28-2003, 07:48 PM

[quote="11 Bravo":66bac]
I don't know if this applies to anyone else with laggy dial-up, but I find that playing multiplayer with 56K, (even with a decent ping, there is always lag) helps quicken reflexes and I seem to play better. Once I get high speed, I will own all! probably not, but oh well...[/quote:66bac]

When you do upgrade it'll make a huge difference. Massive difference.

Just make sure you also have a fast PC otherwise MOH will still be laggy due to graphics performance (which is worse than lag because it not only slows your display rate down but also your own mouse movements - I'd rather have 150 ping with 100 FPS than 10 ping and 15 FPS).

As for 56kers being hard to hit.. yeh they can be but believe me it's just as hard for them to hit you. They may be teleporting or jerking all over but to them everybody is doing that.

As for 56kers not deserving to play online - That's fucking crap.

I'm more inclined to believe that people who only run crappy listen servers on their p3 and cable line are the ones who don't deserve to play online.

I sometimes like to try joining a server where the host has 0 ping just for a challenge but more often than not the server will start to ping out after 3 - 4 players have joined and it just craps out.

That's not a 56ker causing that and it never will be.

A server does not wait for messages to go to and from itself to the clients it carries on sending and receiving packets as fast as it can.

When a 56k client connects and lags out then it will simply stop receiving and sending data to that client. That's it.

It doesn't go: "Oh, hold on he's slow so I'd best wait longer and stop sending packets to other clients until he leaves".

A server craps out because of the server - Nothing else. Ever.

Get it into your head, repeat it 100 times and write it on your bloody eyelids.

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Ydiss is Offline Senior Member Posts: 2,377 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Nottingham, England	06-28-2003, 07:48 PM [quote="11 Bravo":66bac] I don't know if this applies to anyone else with laggy dial-up, but I find that playing multiplayer with 56K, (even with a decent ping, there is always lag) helps quicken reflexes and I seem to play better. Once I get high speed, I will own all! probably not, but oh well...[/quote:66bac] When you do upgrade it'll make a huge difference. Massive difference. Just make sure you also have a fast PC otherwise MOH will still be laggy due to graphics performance (which is worse than lag because it not only slows your display rate down but also your own mouse movements - I'd rather have 150 ping with 100 FPS than 10 ping and 15 FPS). As for 56kers being hard to hit.. yeh they can be but believe me it's just as hard for them to hit you. They may be teleporting or jerking all over but to them everybody is doing that. As for 56kers not deserving to play online - That's fucking crap. I'm more inclined to believe that people who only run crappy listen servers on their p3 and cable line are the ones who don't deserve to play online. I sometimes like to try joining a server where the host has 0 ping just for a challenge but more often than not the server will start to ping out after 3 - 4 players have joined and it just craps out. That's not a 56ker causing that and it never will be. A server does not wait for messages to go to and from itself to the clients it carries on sending and receiving packets as fast as it can. When a 56k client connects and lags out then it will simply stop receiving and sending data to that client. That's it. It doesn't go: "Oh, hold on he's slow so I'd best wait longer and stop sending packets to other clients until he leaves". A server craps out because of the server - Nothing else. Ever. Get it into your head, repeat it 100 times and write it on your bloody eyelids.