🚀 go-pugleaf

mpf@math.purdue.edu wrote:
> 
> In article <01bc8c76$7c597bc0$b4329080@ICEMAN1.arc.ab.ca> "Ron Rau" <Rau@arc.ab.ca> writes:
> >I have to agree that lag is the biggest issue with a lot of these people.
> >I play on a P90 in vidmode 1 during coffee breaks at work we are on a T1
> >line and there are still times that lag is a killer.  Some days I can
> >unload a couple of  rockets at a guy with haste, but by the time the first
> >rocket should have hit him he (or she - being politically correct) is past
> >me and taking the shot at me that kills me.  Then there are other times it
> >seems I can do no wrong at a server where there are some really good
> >players.  Sometimes I can't get anything going against these guys (often it
> >is due to lag). I feel it often depends on where and when you enter a level
> >that will allow you to compete against these guys even with a slower
> >machine.
> 
>         Here Here!!  I noticed that if my ping gets above about 300+ or so, I
> start getting my butt waxed all over the place - but if I have a under 200
> (consistently) then I have no trouble waxing them.  Its really frustrating when
> you just can't seem to get any frags going.  I hate feeling like a newbie!
>         Anyone ever notice that when you have pings over 300 that some of your
> rockets don't seem to explode?  I've seen a lot of my rockets just fly off into
> a wall and dissapear...  Is is just lag that makes me 'miss' the explosion?  It
> REALLY annoying when you want to splash damage someone and then don't see it
> explode and they paste you instead.
>         I too have had the experience of firing a couple of times
> at them only to see them jerk about 20 feet away (due to lag) and see
> the 10 rockets they pointed at you blow your head off - while the rockets you
> fired at him are landing safely away from him/her.  "He was standing there just
> a second ago - how the hell did he get over there behind me in .00001 seconds!"
> 
> Lag sucks
-----------
Yeah, especially since net play isn't worth shit once the ping gets
around 400.. (I forgot if I posted this, mailed it, or both before this
one... wanted to correct what I said..)