Sorry man, i realy cant tell ya too much about how the ping rating was designed for the game...i didnt code it, so i dunno.
Only one man can tell ya that...and thats TMyApp.
And if your lucky, he just may reply with a good excuse. 
*cough*
I can tell ya one thing though...
I run a 56k modem an, AMD Athalon XP 2700+ CPU, and a Geforce 3
I hold a 70-80% win ratio Vs a 20-30% loss ratio.
...and i stopped watching the ping indicator 2.5 years ago.
I fight through my knowledge of how the game operates on my PC, vs my knowledge of how the characters/players react on my screen.
..i sometimes punch into thin air in a location on the screen that i know my opponent will be.
Fight with the forthought of how an uppercut placed at a certain location on the screen at a timed juncture in the gameplay, followed by an immediate round house kick...is gonna hit you opponent...because you know he's gonna appear there..because you put him there with a hadoken 3 moves earlier..even though it dont appear so on your screen.
...umm...did that make any sence?
As for game settings...
Seems to be another one of those "whatever works best for you" scenerios.
The Help section of the game should be able to answer 99.98% of all your gaming needs.
Ya just gonna need to take the time to read it all.
Any whoo.
Good luck with the game man...hope ya can figure out which fighting style works best for you.
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