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HelloMrMackey Newbie 71 posts since
Nov 23, 2012

Does bad connection give you an advantage in this game?

Posted by HelloMrMackey on Nov 24, 2012 7:50 PM

im having a bad time on black ops 2. because of all the delays i have ingame. i searched and found lag compensation is given to the guys with better internet connections. so if i get worse internet my gameplay will be better? how do i get worse internet?

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  • Isaiah41v10 Calculating status... 7 posts since
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    Isaiah41v10     Nov 24, 2012 8:01 PM (in response to HelloMrMackey)

    In one word....Absolutely. Kinda ironic.

  • oBLACKIECHANo Calculating status... 23 posts since
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    oBLACKIECHANo     Nov 24, 2012 8:13 PM (in response to HelloMrMackey)

    You can throttle your connection via your router, or you could run your internet through your PC and use netlimiter to throttle it. You could also just play from 12am - 8am if possible, you get put with people on the other side of the world and it becomes incredibly easy to do well again.

  • Chundi Novice 190 posts since
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    Chundi     Nov 24, 2012 8:17 PM (in response to HelloMrMackey)

    I don't know if this works because I havn't tried, but apparently this may make the lag comp better. This video is made by a well known youtuber so it seems like a pretty legit fix. 

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MexKsFdJgnA&feature=plcp

    • ACII Novice 187 posts since
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      ACII     Nov 24, 2012 11:34 PM (in response to Chundi)

      comcast is messed up.  I tried to downgrade my connection, but it was going to cost more than the fast connection.  Stupid.

    • maccabi Master 11,792 posts since
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      maccabi     Nov 25, 2012 7:04 AM (in response to Chundi)

      At what point in the advancement of civilisation did whats seen by on a youtube video suddenly become fact?

       

      protip the amount of views and likes or subs for that matter is meaningless.

       

      Another protip all that guy did was rehash someone elses tips, and explaniations wierdly now its accepted as fact as its on a youtube video.

       

      The ironic thing though about drifts video is it DOESN'T fix lag comp, he was very clever by adding everyones favourite phrase de jour and reason to blame he got a hella lot of views.

       

      The problem with his title isnt he isnt fixing lag comp, he's removing the piece of equipment that was causing him problems .

       

      Without even intending to do so all he actually did was prove theres nothing wrong with the net code in the game (something a few people have inadvertently done recently)

       

      did he change some setting or code in his game ....no

      So the code is exactly the same all he did was remove something from his own network..

       

      might b worth mulling over that next time you hear someone blame lag comp.

  • blib79 Novice 155 posts since
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    blib79     Nov 25, 2012 1:58 AM (in response to HelloMrMackey)

    lol .. look at this guy.  he has no idea what's happening, yet he knows the term "lag comp."

     

    too much.

     

    I don't even know what to say besides .. LOL!

    • ChronicCritic Novice 138 posts since
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      ChronicCritic     Nov 25, 2012 2:02 AM (in response to blib79)

      Yeah he probably learned about lag compensation when Some IW Devs admitted that it wasnt working correctly for everybody in MW3 and put out a half dozen patches to fix it.

    • HelloMrMackey Newbie 71 posts since
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      HelloMrMackey     Nov 25, 2012 2:11 AM (in response to blib79)

      i dont know if you try to make fun of me. but indeed i have no idea i just want to experience the game as it suposed to be. i try everything to make this game run fine because if it works its a very good game. thats how i found out about lag comp. and it makes sence since i have the best internet of all my mates and yet they are the ones that get all the kills online and experience no lag comp. ;( i dont feel like playing this game anymore.

  • Wowimpissed Calculating status... 13 posts since
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    Wowimpissed     Nov 25, 2012 2:11 AM (in response to HelloMrMackey)

    Somehow I'm always host with 5 down .8 up orange Internet so I'd say its not clear cut that low Internet will make you good. Also blops 2 is the only game that's made me feel at a disadvantage every game in every gun fight I've been as bad as 0-10 lol then quit and I'm host

  • Tick7 Apprentice 606 posts since
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    Tick7     Nov 25, 2012 2:29 AM (in response to HelloMrMackey)

    In theory, no.

     

    Lag compensation is designed to benefit connections like yours, but you aren't mean to experience any overt benefits in-game.

  • MLGTWISTED Apprentice 364 posts since
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    MLGTWISTED     Nov 25, 2012 6:12 AM (in response to HelloMrMackey)

    the worse your pings and bandwidth stress the better you are in blops2.  Download a huge file, stream, anything to lag your connection.  This should put you a few frames ahead on enenmy players.

    • blb128 Expert 625 posts since
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      blb128     Nov 25, 2012 7:00 AM (in response to MLGTWISTED)

      MLGTWISTED wrote:

       

      the worse your pings and bandwidth stress the better you are in blops2.  Download a huge file, stream, anything to lag your connection.  This should put you a few frames ahead on enenmy players.

      Try this sometime. Let me know how this works out for you. If this worked so well then I wouldnt yell at my wife for downloading something while im playing. You will skip all over the screen and it will be unplayable.

  • Connor2k11 Calculating status... 6 posts since
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    Connor2k11     Nov 25, 2012 6:34 AM (in response to HelloMrMackey)

    some of you are really stupid.
    Go and try play on a 3 bar connection, you'll then realise how much difference it makes between you and your opponent. If you're on a 3 bar and your opponent is on a 4 bar, they will see you before you see them (say if you're running round a corner). Go and try it out, because honestly, having a bad connection does NOT benefit you in this game.

  • Hobeinator Newbie 48 posts since
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    Hobeinator     Nov 25, 2012 6:51 AM (in response to HelloMrMackey)

    No it doesn't give you an advantage.

     

    One night as an experiment I made my Xbox-internet setup as terrible as I possibly could, and as I expected the game was unplayable.

     

    Having an optimized connection is your best shot at minimizing latency issues.  Google maccabi's "The Elagaphant Strikes Back" if you don't know anything about this stuff.

     

    But even with a solid setup there's still going to be frequent latency issues (unless you're really lucky).  It seems to stem from poor matchmaking.

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