- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: NihilisticAC
Posted by: Epic007
I have 56k
Dude. Get with the decade. 56k is so... '90s...
Just to make a small point, some people are unable to anything faster than 56k. Why you ask? Not everyone lives in a city. There is civilization outside of the stoplights and sidewalks and condominiums. Also the corporations that control the lines are reluctant to run those lines out where it will not help their bottom line.
Usually whan someone lags, heres what happenes;
-They pop around the battlefield due to the fact they are out of sync with the server.
-They sometimes tend to be bad shots because both them and the opponents on their screens pop around.
-The person may experiance the xbox of doom frequently when they lose contact with the server.
-They may experiance a period of time where the xbox appears and stays up. During this period they can not move anywhere, but can look around. The opponents keep moving on their path that they were on when the xbox comes on, but if the server is still sending information while the xbox is on; everyoen moves but you.
-If their ISP is really bad, they get dropped out of the game after a period of time, anywhere from a few seconds to an hour or more.
What can someone do with 56k? If your ISP is good enough, play in servers with few people and leave when it gets too laggy. If you ISP is so crappy that its more like 28.8k or less, you won't want to play online because of the fact you will get very frustrated. Also what you will need to do is turn off any programs like Instant Messangers and File Shaing programs.