Online gamers

**SMOKEU** · 28th December 2010, 23:07

Originally Posted by Gibbo89

I did on a mates 360 last year with telstra internet. It ran well on against all the Aussie players you come up against, I tried it on my ps3 after modern warfare 2 came out and the game was almost deserted.

I found that on telstra I would find myself hosting servers too, which was fucking handy.

I might actually get Black Ops once I've built myself a decent gaming rig, then I'll host a server. It will be good to get a few people from NZ to join in just to even things up a bit.

**Gibbo89** · 28th December 2010, 23:10

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

I might actually get Black Ops once I've built myself a decent gaming rig, then I'll host a server. It will be good to get a few people from NZ to join in just to even things up a bit.

It has a very similar feel to Wold at War in terms of graphics etc. Some cool new features though. The wager matches etc are fun.

**Grubber** · 29th December 2010, 06:27

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

Do any of you feel that you're being negatively affected by having an excessively high ping?

I used to have PING but not any more.
Figured it was better having real life than having PING.

**James Deuce** · 29th December 2010, 06:52

The biggest issue for NZers playing games in Nth America is not the ping times but the fact that Sprint handles most NZ traffic when it arrives on the mainland. The only online game I play is Aces High 2, a WWII Air combat game and after years of putting up with >300ms pings (but reasonably stable netstat) sat down with the AH2 tech guy and using trace route managed to do some traffic shaping to avoid Sprint everywhere except the entry point. Net result is 100ms carved off that ping time and no more rubber bullets. Sprint are notorious for packet queuing everything despite public assurances that they shape their packets based on traffic type.

**Grasshopperus** · 30th December 2010, 12:10

Lag kills more NZers everyday than die on our roads in a year. We should petition the government for funding or something.

**SMOKEU** · 30th December 2010, 13:00

Originally Posted by Gibbo89

It has a very similar feel to Wold at War in terms of graphics etc. Some cool new features though. The wager matches etc are fun.

My computer handles World at War just fine at 1680X1050 with all the graphics turned up to the max, but it won't play Black ops with decent frame rates at that resolution even with the graphics turned down low. Once I sell my cage I'll be building up a decent gaming rig.

**avgas** · 30th December 2010, 13:51

how the hell can you have 300ms ping these days - that crazy talk.
Back in the ol NetMech days I had 300ms ping on a 56K modem.

Also you guys should play this - its awesome
http://www.spaceparanoidsonline.com/