- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
This is an excellent primer for people who are interested in playing online without xb-live, thanks for posting it!
if you are using a 56k modem, or anything slower than cable broadband internet, you may as well stop wasting your time wishing you could play online, and go get a better internet connection.
xb-live is obviously better than tunneling software, but some folks would argue that point.
In both cases the biggest problems are always internet latency (lag) and internet stupidity (n00bs). I have used XBC and gamespy and I would definitly say that XBC is the better software based only on its popularity. You will be able to play some reasonably good games on XBC, it is without a doubt the next best thing to a lan game.
These tunnel programs also play some other great games also (thats right, halo isnt the only game in the world, just the best), Ive had some good times with online football games, and castle wolfenstien.