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26-12-2007, 12:30 PM
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THE BIGGEST NOOB QUESTION EVER...is a different post....this is a normal question!
WTF is PING!?
Like i was playing F.E.A.R online and it said i had an 875 ping. And eveybody got angry at me because i was lagging. Whats ping? Can i turn it off?
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26-12-2007, 03:34 PM
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its your connection to the server. FEAR is a garbage online game with garbage servers, so don't mess with it. your best bet is to play on servers located in australia. the server menu should display your ping for most servers. lower ping the better. as long as its under 100 you're fine. if its 800 and i was playing with you, i'd kill you.
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26-12-2007, 07:15 PM
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to piggyback on what lkr was saying, ping is how many milliseconds it takes for exchanging information between you and the server, such as someone killing you or vice versa therefore always resulting in a loss.
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27-12-2007, 01:21 AM
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Alright. So, its like faster connection= lower ping?
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27-12-2007, 02:31 AM
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No.
The speed of a connection determines how many bits of information can be sent or received in a given period of time (usually measured in bits per second or bytes per second). The ping of a connection determines how long that data takes to go from point A to point B (usually measured in milliseconds). Personally, under 100ms is pretty good and under 50ms is great. If it goes over about 200ms, you really start noticing the lag whether you're the one lagging or someone else is lagging.
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27-12-2007, 12:25 PM
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How do I lower it?
Or can't I?
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27-12-2007, 07:32 PM
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When looking for servers in the server browser, sort by ping and only pick the ones under 100ms. If you can filter by a ping limit, set the max ping to 100. Of course, you could go with whatever ping you want and the popularity of the game or mode might make you want to accept higher pings, but most of the time 100ms should be just fine.
Last edited by Pilot_51; 27-12-2007 at 07:35 PM.
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28-12-2007, 08:27 AM
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Cool, thanks. So, I'm guessing if I wanted to verse you guys i would have to go into an american/us server?
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28-12-2007, 01:49 PM
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Probably, especially if you were going to join the server we're in without planning anything with us beforehand.
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