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High Pingers are giving me the Lag!
This is blatantly untrue. High ping players joining a server may give a momentary ping spike, but once they are on the server, as annoying as it may be to see them warping about or running into walls, their ping does not impact directly on your ping in any significant way. The server allocates a maximum capped amount of bandwidth to each individual so again a player with a higher ping cannot draw more bandwidth than anyone else. The server doesn't slow down to provide data at a slower rate for dial uppers for example. If you look at your Ping and see that it is relatively low (i.e. below 200ms) then any lag you experience is because of graphical slowdown. If you're experiencing warping, that's packet loss and due to the server. If your ping is extremely high, and/or those of other players suddenly become quite high, then you may have a valid point in saying the server is laggy. However once again, this is not due to high ping individuals, since they cannot force a server to lag out. Note that virtually any time large numbers of people join/leave a server you will experience brief moments of ping spikes.
No, It will never cause anyone else to lag out or DC, but I do agree it is a bit annoying to see people warping about, but that's just how it works for online gaming. Deal with it.
No, It will never cause anyone else to lag out or DC, but I do agree it is a bit annoying to see people warping about, but that's just how it works for online gaming. Deal with it.
eGO servers are made for every one to play, and if there is a ping limit not every one can play on our servers

I would hate this as sometimes I would not be able to play here
I have been having horrible problems with Comcast -- sometimes my ping shoots up to 300. It's not my PC, I have run tracert and can see it is a problem a few hops up from my router.
Anyway, I have had some years of experience running HL1/HL2/DOD/DODS servers, and it is a bit of an old wives tale that players with high ping lag the server. They lag themselves, they warp around, etc... but they don't lag out the server. Just FYI.
Anyways, I appreciate the present policy as it allows me to play even when my connection is bad.
On a related topic.... When my comcast cable connection gets really laggy, I will often switch over to my Sprint wireless broadband card and router (which I have for work for emergencies), and I get a better ping on that then Comcast Premium connection. Isn't that just bizarre?
No, It will never cause anyone else to lag out or DC, but I do agree it is a bit annoying to see people warping about, but that's just how it works for online gaming. Deal with it.
Jokin m8..