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Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
And it's your connection that's slower than turtle sex.

In........................................................Out .

Ok, i was playing on a low ping server today, usually lagless, and I was performing horribly in close combat, so i decided to cool down and switch to another server, i went to a high ping one, and i started to perform awesomely, i mean, scored 4 times, barely got a shot on myself, got so many skills, what gives?

  • 08.09.2006 4:37 AM PDT
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Maybe you got a good CPU and everyone else had a lesser one.

  • 08.09.2006 4:38 AM PDT
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Either that or everyone around you were noobs.

  • 08.09.2006 5:55 AM PDT
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When you're lagging on a server it becomes next to impossible to kill you because you warp around like crazy. It's impossible to lead a shot and get a bead as to which direction you're going because you keep disappearing, literally.

Joining a server that you know you have a high latency with is akin to glitching. Don't do it.

  • 08.09.2006 7:03 AM PDT
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It's also possible that you're more used to compensating for lag than you are dealing without lag. Or that you just happened to have a lucky time.

  • 08.09.2006 10:14 AM PDT
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I know what stare3 means about the lag. Not high lag, but some. I go into a server with really low ping, and I play way below my skill level. But then I find a server with 100-167 ping, and my skills hit top knotch and i never miss a single shot. But I am sure the answer to that is I am merely used to 100-167 ping.

  • 08.09.2006 1:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: McKeegan_WRX
When you're lagging on a server it becomes next to impossible to kill you because you warp around like crazy. It's impossible to lead a shot and get a bead as to which direction you're going because you keep disappearing, literally.

Joining a server that you know you have a high latency with is akin to glitching. Don't do it.



I believe this is relatively untrue - if you're lagging that badly it's more than likely you'd get red-crossed and then disconnected, or at least not be able to do anything useful yourelf - for instance it becomes impossible to get through a doorway, even though the -blam!- flag is right through the bloody door there and you've got three people gunning for you -blam!- YOU LAG -blam!- YOU and if you've got playable lag then decent people will mince you with headshots - I tested this today on hang em high FFA slayer with decent people, then gave up after 2-25 defeat to go to a noob-filled BG slayer where I won. Thus giving me some shreds of pride back.

  • 08.09.2006 9:01 PM PDT
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Uh, I play with 300+ ping and I do fine.
And no, it's not my connection, I live in Australia. Most servers are in America. More distance between machine and host = more lag.
And DON'T tell me to play on cyberslam.com.au or those other Aussie servers, I only play CE. So there.

  • 08.10.2006 3:00 AM PDT
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When u lag nobody can hit you thats the most logical explanation.

[Edited on 8/10/2006]

  • 08.10.2006 4:16 AM PDT
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He's probably just used to playing at that latency so since he's familiar with that ping, he does well at it.

  • 08.10.2006 4:26 AM PDT
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Because you touch yourself at night.

  • 08.10.2006 10:50 AM PDT
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Posted by: Majinalchemy
Because you touch yourself at night.

Hey, that line is overused. It's old too, older than your mom, which is really old.

Sometimes when I host a server with no lag I do horribly because I tend to keep leading my shots even when I don't need to.

  • 08.10.2006 10:58 AM PDT