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Subject: To All Americans..... GET A BETTER CONNECTION!
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Posted by: Wizenwolf bane
HOLY SHIZZLE! This is like trying to communicate with a bunch of children! I KNOW WHAT LATENCY IS! OK! I KNOW THAT ITS DISTANCE THAT USUALLY CAUSES LAGG! OK!

What i am saying is that in most American servers it starts out good, and playable. But because their upload speeds are not good enough to host the game, the game starts to lagg terribly when firefights occur. Heres a simple example for you special people.

Game starts .... Green bar (this is ok, just what i expect with latency and all).
2 mins in and i am in a firefight....... lower green/yellow bar (this is getting rediculous)
8 mins in and the game is in full swing and whenever i get shot the connections all drop to bottom green/yellow bar (WTFFFFF)
end of game and the connections all fly back up to green bar (like in the beginning).

This is the average game in an American server.

In MY SERVERS

Game starts (green bar)

Firefights (green bar)

Game full swing (green bar)

GAME ENDS ON FREAKIN' GREEN BAR JUST LIKE IT STARTED.


You see the difference boys and girls? My upload can constantly deliver the bandwidth requirements for a stable match for everyone. American host cannot deliver the full requirements therefore the pings all go way up and everyones "green bar" disappears.

Thats the difference. If American host kept me (and others in the party) on green bar the whole game i would not be so angry. But the fact is me and my party of English people all go down to yellow bar whenever something important happens in the game. And its the host, not us.


Why do you assume that you have a better connection then everyone else in the world?

  • 07.10.2007 7:10 AM PDT
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Because i do perhaps?

;) i do compared to most people. If speedtest.net is correct in saying that the average connection speed in the US is 4mb then i have 6x the US average. And if you got it then why not flaunt it. I pay enough for this service so why should i not boast?

  • 07.10.2007 7:17 AM PDT
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We are americans. That does not mean we have crappy upload speeds.

My games don't lag at all, unless there is someone from England in the game, then it seems to work just like you described above. Therefore, I must deduce that it is your presence that is ruining the game, not the American host.

You are being quite cavalier in thinking the English have better speeds than Americans. I think you should be thankful that we let you play Halo 2 at all.

P.S. I suggest you go play LAN matches with your fellow blokes.

  • 07.10.2007 7:25 AM PDT

Posted by: KING GHUTA
I think you should be thankful that we let you play Halo 2 at all.

Oh god that's funny. What a tool.

  • 07.10.2007 7:30 AM PDT
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Posted by: KING GHUTA
We are americans. That does not mean we have crappy upload speeds.

My games don't lag at all, unless there is someone from England in the game, then it seems to work just like you described above. Therefore, I must deduce that it is your presence that is ruining the game, not the American host.

You are being quite cavalier in thinking the English have better speeds than Americans. I think you should be thankful that we let you play Halo 2 at all.

P.S. I suggest you go play LAN matches with your fellow blokes.



Excellent, just the kind of talk that we were discussing earlier. About Halo 2 being Americans property. Its complete crap. The xbox is a multinational project. And for that matter, why dont you thank the Japs for their Microchips that made this console. Or perhaps the British for penicillin. And how about this for a fact, the guy who invented the halo universe was Armenian so how about you thank then you arrogant tart.

  • 07.10.2007 7:37 AM PDT
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Its a typical American answer. Making it seem as though the world turns because of you. But lets not get off topic. Get a better connection and stop whining. Hick-net does not quite do the trick!

  • 07.10.2007 7:40 AM PDT
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American connections suck ass? Maybe to us your connection sucks ass. Wizenwolf bane, get a clue you moron, when you play with people from other countries, there is lag. When Americans play with foreigners, they lag, it is simple as that.

[Edited on 07.10.2007 7:44 AM PDT]

  • 07.10.2007 7:43 AM PDT
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Good. Now we are on the same page. (and BTW, the last message was intentionally arrogant, merely to counteract your arrogance that is repeated throughout this post)

The problem is clearly not one of being American or British or anything for that matter. We are counting on a international network of connections, routers, hubs, ISP's, etc.

YOU, wizewolf, are the one that touted this as an American problem and instantly brought nationalism into this discussion. Your claim is that American connections suck and English connections rock. You may be right that yours is better than some, but you are dead wrong in your generalization.

Many Americans have crappy connections, but so do many English people. Your connection is great, and so are many americans. You admit you pay a great deal for such a high upload speed, but many in both nations and many others are not as fortunate. Those players deserve the right to play just as you and I, and we all deserve better than your whining about American host.

  • 07.10.2007 7:47 AM PDT
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Why dont you get a clue! Its you that is a complete moron! Obviously you have not read my entire thread. I said multiple times that American host starts out good, but then becomes really crappy mid game.

I am well aware of latency. This is not average latency, this is crappy bandwidth and unstable connections. If you cant host a server on green bar THEN YOU SHOULDN'T HOST! All my games are green bar the entire time, regardless of whether they are American or European. The only people i truely feel sorry for are the Australians and NZ lot. They truely get a raw deal because of latency.

  • 07.10.2007 7:49 AM PDT
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And if you can't deal with it, don't play anymore, you won't be missed.

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I agree that they do deserve to play. But why should i have to put up with their bad host because Bungie designed such a flawed matchamking system.

I also agree that the average British connection is worse than the average american connection. I was also too hasty about judging American internet on a few generalizations. I am just annoyed about getting matchmaking games that are more laggy than they need to be. I dont mind good american host. I get good games sometimes. But more often than not i am lumbered with a terrible ping to servers, just because their upload bandwidth isn't enough to support the server.

  • 07.10.2007 7:53 AM PDT
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Ok so you assume every American has a crappy connection? Sir, you are the moron.

  • 07.10.2007 7:53 AM PDT
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lol, you admit there is no problem some of the times, but you are still ranting. Everyone has the same problem dude, you just have to deal with it.

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All i ask for is to get as good as i give. And that does not happen. I give green bar to all. I get dodgy green/yellow depending on whats happening in game.

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Posted by: Wizenwolf bane
All i ask for is to get as good as i give. And that does not happen. I give green bar to all. I get dodgy green/yellow depending on whats happening in game.


O so everyone needs to have your type of connection ? I have an amazing connection just so you know, but there is still lag between nations like the US and UK when I play sometimes.

[Edited on 07.10.2007 7:58 AM PDT]

  • 07.10.2007 7:56 AM PDT
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Well no, but i suppose its Bungies fault partly because of the terrible system they have in place. In a perfect world people would match up with people closer to them, and it would always give host to the best connection for the game. At the moment i think we can all agree that is not the case.

  • 07.10.2007 7:59 AM PDT
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...England sucks.

Beware, for if you bash our internetz, we will nuke you...

Care for a spot of tea?

  • 07.10.2007 8:00 AM PDT
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^^^ See that was mean.

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  • 07.10.2007 8:00 AM PDT
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NAWWW man, seriously, I was jokin'...

  • 07.10.2007 8:02 AM PDT
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Posted by: mAnGo17
...England sucks.

Beware, for if you bash our internetz, we will nuke you...

Care for a spot of tea?


Thanks for proving everything i just said about Americans. If the world was a party, the US would be the short, fat and ugly kid in the corner with no friends.

And thanks for the suggestion i could use a good brew to calm my nerves. I'll take 1 sugar please...

  • 07.10.2007 8:02 AM PDT
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Perhaps i was joking also, but you yanks may not get the ol' British humor.

  • 07.10.2007 8:04 AM PDT
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You got it all wrong. The US would be the fat ugly kid that could beat the -blam!- outta everyone there. Now England would be the fat, hairy and unshaven (and unattractive) woman there.

  • 07.10.2007 8:05 AM PDT
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Posted by: Wizenwolf bane
Posted by: mAnGo17
...England sucks.

Beware, for if you bash our internetz, we will nuke you...

Care for a spot of tea?


Thanks for proving everything i just said about Americans. If the world was a party, the US would be the short, fat and ugly kid in the corner with no friends.

And thanks for the suggestion i could use a good brew to calm my nerves. I'll take 1 sugar please...


lol that doesn't prove anything dude, it only proves that guy is a jackass.

  • 07.10.2007 8:05 AM PDT
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Lets just say if i had a dollar for every time some little American kid named Cody said his uncle works for bungie and he is gonna hack my account, then his country is gonna nuke me, then i would have $$$!

  • 07.10.2007 8:05 AM PDT

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