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Subject: what is "ping"
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In the Multiplayer mode>>>>internet>>>>get list>>>>the ping column shows some numbers. What do they mean? Higher the better? or what?

  • 01.09.2005 9:08 PM PDT
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Heyyo,

That's the delay between when you send information to that sever, and the time it gets back. It's usually measured in MiliSeconds (MS).

So when you join games, try to find ones with the lowest ping possible so that you don't get horrible delays. Obviously, 1000ms means a whole second delay, and that's next to impossible to compensate inna FPS game.

I find halo extremely hard to play at a ping of 150-180ms. It varies person to person. But yeah, if you can find servers with pings of around 34ms that's a VERY good server. :)

  • 01.09.2005 9:53 PM PDT
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thanks marD,
that clears it up. I was playing higher numbers....shooting myself in the foot...

  • 01.10.2005 9:09 AM PDT
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Another question on ping......

Is the Server's PING only dependent on the Host's connection type....or do other players effect it as well?

  • 01.14.2005 10:12 AM PDT
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Heyyo,

Ping is from the server to another computer (usually called the client computer). So each client computer that pings that server will have a different delay due to connection speeds, bandwith (how much in KB/s for upload/download is still free on that server), and how far you are from the server. This's why many people on the server have different pings. So if I connect to a server 1 town over my ping should be low, but let's say Digimaster (who lives in UK) connects to the same server, his ping will be much higher since he's farther away.

So our ping readout would be like this:
MarD: 68ms
Digimaster: 110ms

So he can have quite the delay due to distance differences. I know, 1/10th of a second isin't that slow, but since netcode's havn't evolved to perfect prediction, it can make a difference, especially in Halo.

  • 01.14.2005 10:29 AM PDT
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What's Ping? Ping's evil, that's what ping is.

  • 01.14.2005 11:38 AM PDT
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ping is a charachter on megatokyo
(megatokyo.com)
she is a ps2 accessory robot that appears to think like a real girl

  • 01.14.2005 3:32 PM PDT