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Now that I think about it, I did see some people (Sethos, .KICK and I think DM) "skate" across one of the maps. Would that mean that I was lagging, or were they lagging?

But then again, it probably was just .KICK that was lagging, That was the first complaint from him, and the 2nd complaint, and the third, etc... LOL :laugh:

Er what, Sethos said it first then I did :s Yeah, that would've been us lagging, most the games that were played were mostly from the US side. COD4 dosen't like games being played across the big pond much :p (I only said Lag twice also!) But anyway, it didn't spoil it much, they were fun games (Y)

I shall look forward to playing more tonight, same time again? 10PM British time (thats 5pm for East Coast USA and 11PM for Sethos (;)))

The only problem I had last night was when we played one match and the other team launched a helicopter attack and an airstrike at the same time. For some reason the game slowed right down and was going around 15/20 FPS (never usually happens for me). Didn't notice any lag even if I was on 2 bars or whatever.

Er what, Sethos said it first then I did :s Yeah, that would've been us lagging, most the games that were played were mostly from the US side. COD4 dosen't like games being played across the big pond much :p (I only said Lag twice also!) But anyway, it didn't spoil it much, they were fun games (Y)

I shall look forward to playing more tonight, same time again? 10PM British time (thats 5pm for East Coast USA and 11PM for Sethos (;)))

I was just joking. I know you weren't complaining. :)

I will agree though. From what I've read in various articles and forums over the time span that COD4 has been out, and supposedly it got worse when they patched it (i could never find a source for that) it will tend to favor hosts from US more than any other country.

Hey,

Yes I did mention the lag in the first game we were in. We all had yellow ping, the host was American and everything was just skipping around for me. Didn't have any problems again until we got to the Ground War games, the game wasn't able to handle the 18 players, definitely not for me - The FPS was horrible, you got shot from the weirdest places because everyone was a second behind from where they really was, hard to explain but that's how it felt.

But most of the evening went really smooth and had a great laugh, specially those kids and Frenchmen :laugh:

I'm not sure if I'm able to join for tonight though, I've come down with a fever and feel like crap at the moment ... So I think I'll stay in bed, have some tea and get better :/

Rest up and feel better Sethos. No need to get more sick over a video game, no doubt about that.

So what is the plan for today all? COD4 or Battlefield? I can hop on whatever in about an hour, possibly even sooner, so just let me know what everyone is thinking.

I will agree though. From what I've read in various articles and forums over the time span that COD4 has been out, and supposedly it got worse when they patched it (i could never find a source for that) it will tend to favor hosts from US more than any other country.

You have got to be kidding me.

The game doesn't favor hosting, it gives to whoever has the best connection. If that happens to be a British hosting, then everybody in the US gets yellow ping, or vice versa.

If you play during peak US hours, there will obviously be better US connections available that will be picked over British connections every time.

I'll play whichever game everyone else wants to. I was trying to help AJ rank up last night in Battlefield for a bit and wouldn't mind doing it again. Or we can split the night up again over the two games?

I'm interested to see how good Mystic is on COD4 though :p

Yeah, no work here and the wife is outside in the yard enjoying the sun so I have some time.

So I am going to eat something for the first time today and then be on in a few. COD4 is already in my drive so I am thinking just play that for a bit. :p

I guess we will see who is on playing what.

You have got to be kidding me.

The game doesn't favor hosting, it gives to whoever has the best connection. If that happens to be a British hosting, then everybody in the US gets yellow ping, or vice versa.

If you play during peak US hours, there will obviously be better US connections available that will be picked over British connections every time.

My bad, I really should have thought that statement out a little more before I typed it. Hadnt had coffee yet. :p

And well, we were playing when there possibly could have been more US players playing then UK players.

So with that being said, I'll keep my mouth shut about lag. It's getting me into too much trouble.

I wont be able to make it on til later tonight, if at all. I have to go to Delaware this afternoon (about 1.5 hours away), and I have no idea when I'll be back.

I left BC as even though I was in the same game, I wasn't in the squad, and I kept getting some squealing kid TK'ing me every time I reached an objective first and planted explosives, and when defending would set C4 on the gold and set it off :(

Ill be up for COD4, just cooking something to eat, be about 10-15mins

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