What's 'ping'?

***Exploder*** · June 25th, 2004

When you are viewing a list of servers in a multiplayer game one row is entitled 'ping' what's that?

***Ensign Riles*** · June 25th, 2004

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It is the amount of time in milliseconds that it takes to send packets of information between the client (You) and the server. Of course the lower the number, the faster the game will appear to run. Try and aim for servers with a ping of less than 175.

evildude · June 26th, 2004

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Originally Posted by Ensign Riles

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It is the amount of time in milliseconds that it takes to send packets of information between the client (You) and the server. Of course the lower the number, the faster the game will appear to run. Try and aim for servers with a ping of less than 175.

you lost me

***extantrifler*** · June 26th, 2004

No offense Exploder, but that was a n00bish question.

evildude · June 26th, 2004

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Originally Posted by extantrifler

No offense Exploder, but that was a n00bish question.

and this is coming form a noob..............cool

***SnuFFeh*** · June 26th, 2004

Basically, the lower the number the better. Question answered

evildude · June 26th, 2004

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Originally Posted by FeniX

Basically, the lower the number the better. Question answered

thank you that is alot easyer to understand

***Exploder*** · June 26th, 2004

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Originally Posted by extantrifler

No offense Exploder, but that was a n00bish question.

Yes, I also felt it was n00bish.

*Soviet.Power · June 26th, 2004

The pign rate, is the time it takes information to go from your computer, to the server and back again to your computer. The time is measured in milliseconds (a very small amount of time).

High numbers= bad lag
Medium high numbers=lag
low numbers=no lag

Easy.

June 26th, 2004

Yeah I preferably play in servers pinging less then 50 for high performance. If they are over 150 they are probably across the planet from you. If you are in Europe and server ping is 150 it is American, and vise versa.