Why are high pingers killing me? [Archive]

TBonZ

13 Jul 2003, 4:38am

So I play the HL with a consistent ping (well, when a WU isn't uploading) of 65 but these players with 150+ pings are lagging me so badly I can't hardly see them and thrashing me in the process. I always thought it was the other way around, having the low ping was an advantage, WTF?:hrm:

Thrax

13 Jul 2003, 4:57am

HL ping compensation.

Sucks doesn't it?

diabx0r

13 Jul 2003, 8:17am

Same way in Planetside... but it's WAY worse... Client side hit detection, BAD.... VERY BAD.

It get really annoying when I see someone about to shoot, and then I get behind a wall... AND THEN THE BULLETS START HITTING ME.

lol

And like when I aim at someone and shoot and they like disappear and reappear like 10 feet to the left of where they were, instantly.

God bless high pingers ;[;[

TBonZ

13 Jul 2003, 3:33pm

So that's it, ping compensation? I had never heard of that.:shakehead

panzerkw

13 Jul 2003, 3:43pm

I remember when a 150 ping was an awesome one...

T-BirD

13 Jul 2003, 6:28pm

I remember playing Quake I with 450 ping and thinking it was acceptable ;) Heck, I'd play anywhere that gave me sub-650.

SimGuy

13 Jul 2003, 8:17pm

Anyone remember surfing the net with a 2400 baud mdoem and NCSA Mosaic on Windows 3.0? :D

Thrax

13 Jul 2003, 9:13pm

I remember when I got the internet in 1991.

I actually cancelled the account because nothing of importance existed. The end of the internet actually was findable.

FoldingAddict

13 Jul 2003, 9:26pm

Thrax said
I remember when I got the internet in 1991.

I actually cancelled the account because nothing of importance existed. The end of the internet actually was findable.

Your parents let you personally call their ISP and cancel the account when you were 5 years old?:thumbsup:

~FA

Paul

14 Jul 2003, 8:16am

FoldingAddict said
Thrax said
I remember when I got the internet in 1991.

I actually cancelled the account because nothing of importance existed. The end of the internet actually was findable.

Your parents let you personally call their ISP and cancel the account when you were 5 years old?:thumbsup:
~FA

BAHAHAHA

Didn't you do normal stuff when you were 5 like, play outside with your friends? :wtf:

:wave: :wave:

Slick

14 Jul 2003, 3:44pm

I can picture five year old thrax sitting in a dark dark room in front of his old IBM running dos or whatever you people ran way back there in the stone age.

WuGgaRoO

14 Jul 2003, 4:01pm

SimGuy said
Anyone remember surfing the net with a 2400 baud mdoem and NCSA Mosaic on Windows 3.0? :D

pfff. i remmeber when i had a 14k modem, and i had to rely on AOL...not to mention i had a 386 gateway with windows 3.1, not even 3.11

RWB

14 Jul 2003, 6:58pm

FoldingAddict said
Thrax said
I remember when I got the internet in 1991.

I actually cancelled the account because nothing of importance existed. The end of the internet actually was findable.

Your parents let you personally call their ISP and cancel the account when you were 5 years old?:thumbsup:

~FA

HAHA! I had a similar reply to how he's only 15 or so ;)

diabx0r

15 Jul 2003, 12:53am

FoldingAddict said
Thrax said
I remember when I got the internet in 1991.

I actually cancelled the account because nothing of importance existed. The end of the internet actually was findable.

Your parents let you personally call their ISP and cancel the account when you were 5 years old?:thumbsup:

~FA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH... Screenshotting this baby. ;))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

panzerkw

15 Jul 2003, 12:46pm

My first online gaming experience was with Air Warrior on AOL. I loved it. Then they started charging per hour for it, and I realized just how gay AOL was.

Khaos

15 Jul 2003, 1:46pm

LOL, when I started playing TFC online I had 600-750 ping... Usually on the higher side of that range. Half-Life's netcode didn't have lag compensation back then, I dunno why I even thought that was fun.

TBonZ, get back on the server... Things are getting interesting, yesterday I was kicked for killing too many people.

TBonZ

21 Jul 2003, 12:12am

Khaos said
TBonZ, get back on the server... Things are getting interesting, yesterday I was kicked for killing too many people.

You were kick-banned? I've been gone on vacation for the last week. Fill me in on the whole story before I ask questions.

FormFactor

13 Aug 2003, 12:16pm

WuGgaRoO said
SimGuy said
Anyone remember surfing the net with a 2400 baud mdoem and NCSA Mosaic on Windows 3.0? :D

pfff. i remmeber when i had a 14k modem, and i had to rely on AOL...not to mention i had a 386 gateway with windows 3.1, not even 3.11

LOL!!! Ive got four words for ya:

AOL LESBIAN CHAT ROOMS

yup, those were the days.