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Lowering Ping...
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Quick extreme noob (or so I think) question: how do I lower my ping, while i'm playing Return To Castle Wolfinstin: ET it gets EXTREMELY laggy and is annoying as hell. Of coarse everyone else says they don't have any lag...... help.. me....
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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ping is based on internet connection. so if you aren't using any connection heavy apps while playing and its still lagging, then you probably need to buy a new connection. 
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Or get closer to the wireless router, right?
But that still doesn't make sense because I can play America's Army NO PROBLEM AT ALL!!!
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By lag do you mean a delay in communication time between client/server(i.e. people skipping about) or the game being choppy? If it's choppy turn down the GFX options, otherwise it's time for a new isp.
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I'll try ajusting the GFX opions... tomarrow, it's to late now, i need sleep... i'm weak like that...
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Senior User
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Or choose a game server that's closer to you and and lower in ping.
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Scooters are more fun than computers and only slightly more frustrating
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ohhhh.... distance does have some thing to do with it! I said that to my friends because we all had different pings we remember from the night before.... but you know.... everone thought they knew better.
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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ohhhh.... distance does have some thing to do with it!
Distance is part of it, but not all. Ping measures the quality of a connection to a remote host. It is affected most obviously by the physical distance between hosts, but can be affected by other things. For example, if you are on a wireless network with a poor connection, you will get lower ping times, so being closing to the antenna will, in fact, help. So will ditching the wireless connection altogether.
However, there are other factors as well. It can be affected by other people sharing your network connection - so tell your little brother to quite downloading porn torrents while you're gaming. And it can be affected by too many people on your subnet; if you're on cable internet and all your neighbors are downloading movie previews you'll get crappy ping times, even if the server is very close.
And so on and so on.
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