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Subject: I'am a newbie to Halo and PC's. Who needs help!
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I am a newbie and am wondering what is Ping, and does it affect connection lost?

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  • 06.20.2005 12:20 AM PDT
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ping is the amount of time it takes for information to be sent between your computer and the server. it is measured in 1/1000s of a second. so if it gets really high, you might lose your connection

  • 06.20.2005 2:10 AM PDT
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Yes, exactly what he said. So for example. If under ping it says 100. That means your information is sending in at 100 thousandth of a second. Or something like that. Imagine that the number 1000 represents 1 second. So if your ping is 100, you are sending basically 100 times faster than a second. I am totally explaining it wrong I think, but you should grasp the general idea. Pings 167 and under are good. You hit two hundred and higher, then the game stinks. The higher the ping, the more time it takes for the server to send information. So if you were to shoot someone with a rocket, and your ping was 1000, it would take a full second for the server to register that you shot a rocket. By then, your target is gone. The higher your ping, the more you must lead targets by. Me, i average between 100 and 134 ping. So I have a decent connection for DSL. So I lead by about three master chief headlengths. Hope i was of help.

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  • 06.20.2005 7:48 AM PDT
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There is a guide that I mad eon this - it's probably on page 2 or 3 or maybe even 4 of the forums by now - I suppose I should ask to have it stickied...

  • 06.20.2005 10:36 AM PDT
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Dude I will put this in words you will actualy understand. Ping is lag, lag is , you know when you play halo, well when it is choppy, that is lag.

  • 06.21.2005 2:16 PM PDT