High Ping Game Balancing

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M

MAXER

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Dec 24, 1999
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Is there anything I can do to even out the
playing field because of my 56K modem high ping connections. It seems that usually the players with the lowest pings are the winners of the match. There should be some kind of balancing for the excellent players
that could win more matches if only their connection was better. I am not putting down the players that have DSL or Cable Modems, I'm just trying to see if it's possible.
I am getting to the point where I don't even feel like playing UT on-line, because I know no matter how good I play,I will probably lose because of my high ping connection.
 
Zaccix

Zaccix

Truth, by Banksy
Nov 10, 1999
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There's a couple of things us 56k'ers can do to help level things out online:

1. Don't aim directly for your opponent. Instead, try to anticipate where he's gonna move and shoot there. Of course, some may use different tactics for sniping.

2. Optimize your connection (if you haven't already done so). Go grab EasyMTU (the best connection optimizer I've seen so far) and use the suggested settings.

3. Check out Optimizing Internet Connections which is always being updated and has got loads of info on ways to lower your ping. Also, there's always 56k.com which has got some good stuff too.

4. Get the latest drivers for your modem. I dunno which modem you've got but making sure your drivers are the latest release might help too.

I think there's more but I can't remember any right now. Anyone else got anything to add?


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[This message has been edited by Zaccix (edited 12-24-1999).]
 
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