Once apon a time Steven Anderson said, 'Re: USR upgrade' to Simon Byrnand...



 SA> (I think we better move this to Z3_GAMES :)



I dont get Z3_GAMES, sorry.



 SB> I take it then, that you have not played multiplayer (4 or more) deatmatch

 SB> over network cards much? There is just no comparison, internet play sucks,



 SA> Internet play only sucks IF you dont have a FAST ISP and/or no local

 SA> Quake server to play on.....



It still sux :)



 SB> although Quakeworld is certainly an improvement. It is still fun in other

 SB> ways though, it can be hilarious when you actually fluke hitting someone ;)



 SA> I think you must have MAJOR proplems in your setup then, As I do not

 SA> notice a real difference with a network card or modem. I dont think I

 SA> 'fluked'  230+ frags last sunday when I played over the net :)



I dont have any major problems with my setup, I have a 33.6K connection,

and I used to get a steady ping time of 200ms (even with my old 14.4)

when my ISP had a Quake server. That was JUST bareable. Playing on a Quake

server that is actually being accessed across the internet is like playing

chess by mail ;-)



 SA> Oh, my 33k6 connection may help also :)



 SA> V.Mach 43k2 protocal will speed QUAKE up even more :) :)



No it wont sorry, the problem is not, and has never been bandwidth, it

is the roundtrip time or ping time that is mainly responsible, and a

faster connection to your ISP wont help.



Regards,

Simon



... My other computer is a VAX.

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