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SSJKarma · 04-11-2003, 04:17 PM

HOST does matter 2kwarrior... but you gotta know the basic of how it works to actually be better with it !

example:
Cable vs 56K (cable host) = good game, not so much lag...
56k vs 56k (1st 56k host) = good game, not so much lag...
56K vs cable (56K host) = damn laggy game ! (why ? because 56K host the game and it has no problem giving out the things he has to give. cable, have trouble following, why ? because it has twice the job it normally would have to do just to follow up the 56k, it also includes the fact that it =has to downgrade on the 56k to follow)

why do i know that ?
in every single game there is on the net...
UNREAL TOURNAMENT
QUAKE 3 ARENA
and the likes...
they all have that little phrase in their readme that syays this:"the one who has the fastest connection, should always host the games !"

it has been a fact for years now... better connection have always given better performance in online games if they were hosting !
so yeah... any 56k hosting a game will simply make the cable user lag as hell !
while if the inverse was hapenning... cable was hosting and the 56k had to follow... then it would be way better !

04-11-2003, 04:17 PM	#15
SSJKarma Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Canada somewhere in the province of quebec Posts: 5,445 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): Thanks (Received): Likes (Given): Likes (Received): Dislikes (Given): Dislikes (Received): Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	HOST does matter 2kwarrior... but you gotta know the basic of how it works to actually be better with it ! example: Cable vs 56K (cable host) = good game, not so much lag... 56k vs 56k (1st 56k host) = good game, not so much lag... 56K vs cable (56K host) = damn laggy game ! (why ? because 56K host the game and it has no problem giving out the things he has to give. cable, have trouble following, why ? because it has twice the job it normally would have to do just to follow up the 56k, it also includes the fact that it =has to downgrade on the 56k to follow) why do i know that ? in every single game there is on the net... UNREAL TOURNAMENT QUAKE 3 ARENA and the likes... they all have that little phrase in their readme that syays this:"the one who has the fastest connection, should always host the games !" it has been a fact for years now... better connection have always given better performance in online games if they were hosting ! so yeah... any 56k hosting a game will simply make the cable user lag as hell ! while if the inverse was hapenning... cable was hosting and the 56k had to follow... then it would be way better ! __________________ [img:sig_uid]http://membres.lycos.fr/imagesforum/Banner.gif[/img:sig_uid] "How did you escape my grasp ? no matter, i'll crush you now !" -DB : Lost Soul My Web Site http://membres.lycos.fr/xmvssf/