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old.Qster
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Ok, the fact that modem users are at a disadvantage in online games doesn't usually bother me. I can do quite well with my astro-ping, and am usually content with this fact.
However, today I was rudely awakened to the fact that modemers really *are* at a massive disadvantage under certain circumstances. This enlightening moment was brought about by a duel which took place between me and an lpb on one of the Barrysworld servers today. Actually, this was 5 duels - as I will explain momentarily. It is worth noting that today my connection was especially bad, with frequent redjacks and a ping which bounced between 190 and 500. This doesnt usually make a difference, as I have learned to compensate for lag in all its forms (as best as can be done).
This lpb was stood outside our base in medium armour, destroying stuff with his rocket launcher. I was wearing a light/energy loadout, and so decided to go put him out of his misery. He was watching my approach, I assumed this was his 'please dont kill me' play, but as I approached he whipped out a chaingun and shot me out of the sky using about 10 bullets total (he himself had also taken off). Angry at this defeat, I ran back outside to duel with him again, over and over this went. I would hit him with a disk each time, and while it was still cycling he would chaingun me out of the sky/floor/wherever. I had no way to kill him. With this ping sniping really was out of the question - and this guy knew how to move. Other armours would just be slower and let him chaingun me even more. So what can I do? (don't worry, this all has a point).
And the point is: As lpbs get better and better at this game, they will be able to use their constant, low ping to learn how to properly use each weapon. They are always aware of the true position of other players, and thier reaction times are not limited by propagation delays. In short, with practice, an lpb can learn to kill hpws with the chaingun/laser/anything and needs never miss. And they wont miss - as the low pingers of the community play more and more, their aim will simply get better and better - they have no limits placed upon their ability. All the time, hpws are putting up with a variable ping giving variable lead times, inaccurate information about player positions, and are given a minimum reaction dependant upon ping. Example for the last statement - sometimes I will come around a corner and see an enemy, I pull the trigger on my disk. Nothing happens.. the enemy shoots a disk at me, knocking me back around the corner.
Disk goes off against wall.
**Qster killed himself with disk, what a knob huh?
Even worse, there are times when I see an enemy land next to me, but I know that he will have taken off again before I could possibly let the server know that I want to fire at him. Better not do any flag D I suppose.
Basically, modem users have a limit placed on their maximum ability. If the community just becomes more and more elite (like T1), then all modem users will have a lower maximum ability than lpbs. So should we even bother to invest our time in the game at all?
This has perhaps gone on for a little too long, as you can probably tell, I am quite pissed off at the time of writing this. Tonight my connection has been especially bad, but this only exaggerated the already present disadvantages posed to the modem user.
Usually this is the part where lpbs come in saying "I used to own on a modem!". Well, I can own on a modem right now. But neither me, nor you could ever own against an lpb with the same skill.
Q
Not sure why he got so worked up about this.
However, today I was rudely awakened to the fact that modemers really *are* at a massive disadvantage under certain circumstances. This enlightening moment was brought about by a duel which took place between me and an lpb on one of the Barrysworld servers today. Actually, this was 5 duels - as I will explain momentarily. It is worth noting that today my connection was especially bad, with frequent redjacks and a ping which bounced between 190 and 500. This doesnt usually make a difference, as I have learned to compensate for lag in all its forms (as best as can be done).
This lpb was stood outside our base in medium armour, destroying stuff with his rocket launcher. I was wearing a light/energy loadout, and so decided to go put him out of his misery. He was watching my approach, I assumed this was his 'please dont kill me' play, but as I approached he whipped out a chaingun and shot me out of the sky using about 10 bullets total (he himself had also taken off). Angry at this defeat, I ran back outside to duel with him again, over and over this went. I would hit him with a disk each time, and while it was still cycling he would chaingun me out of the sky/floor/wherever. I had no way to kill him. With this ping sniping really was out of the question - and this guy knew how to move. Other armours would just be slower and let him chaingun me even more. So what can I do? (don't worry, this all has a point).
And the point is: As lpbs get better and better at this game, they will be able to use their constant, low ping to learn how to properly use each weapon. They are always aware of the true position of other players, and thier reaction times are not limited by propagation delays. In short, with practice, an lpb can learn to kill hpws with the chaingun/laser/anything and needs never miss. And they wont miss - as the low pingers of the community play more and more, their aim will simply get better and better - they have no limits placed upon their ability. All the time, hpws are putting up with a variable ping giving variable lead times, inaccurate information about player positions, and are given a minimum reaction dependant upon ping. Example for the last statement - sometimes I will come around a corner and see an enemy, I pull the trigger on my disk. Nothing happens.. the enemy shoots a disk at me, knocking me back around the corner.
Disk goes off against wall.
**Qster killed himself with disk, what a knob huh?
Even worse, there are times when I see an enemy land next to me, but I know that he will have taken off again before I could possibly let the server know that I want to fire at him. Better not do any flag D I suppose.
Basically, modem users have a limit placed on their maximum ability. If the community just becomes more and more elite (like T1), then all modem users will have a lower maximum ability than lpbs. So should we even bother to invest our time in the game at all?
This has perhaps gone on for a little too long, as you can probably tell, I am quite pissed off at the time of writing this. Tonight my connection has been especially bad, but this only exaggerated the already present disadvantages posed to the modem user.
Usually this is the part where lpbs come in saying "I used to own on a modem!". Well, I can own on a modem right now. But neither me, nor you could ever own against an lpb with the same skill.
Q
Not sure why he got so worked up about this.
