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Pings, Machines, PL, Ranks and Scores..

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  • 15-05-1998 1:43am
    #1
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Everyone Wahs about ping and score but there
    are other factors too.
    Machine spec makes a big differnce. FPS is
    an important element. You can't hit what you
    cant see. anything less then 15 fps is very bad
    and possibly damaging to your eyes.

    Packetloss makes a big difference,
    even your mouse can make a difference.

    Meanwhile we revere those with high scores but
    the real score is "rank" ie kills-deaths.
    Any fool can play a game where they run into
    a big mill and hope to kill someone.
    ok but they give a frag right?
    In a team game, dm or ffa it can be difficult to
    determine who is leaking frags to the opposition.
    Also, sometimes people hold a remote but strategic
    place or item (quad or ra say) but no one comes
    or at least not as many as go to the rl.
    Is there a server side patch to show pl and rank
    alongside ping and score?

    Just an thought. Would give a different perspective
    on things neh?

    DeVore.



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    Euclid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭Euclid


    : Machine spec makes a big differnce. FPS is
    : an important element. You can't hit what you
    : cant see. anything less then 15 fps is very bad
    : and possibly damaging to your eyes.

    i see the 3dfx discussion was here recently too - would it be worth it seeing as though i get 11 fps in software (yes this is at 320x200 at 60% viewsize)

    : Meanwhile we revere those with high scores but
    : the real score is "rank" ie kills-deaths.
    : Any fool can play a game where they run into
    : a big mill and hope to kill someone.
    : ok but they give a frag right?
    : In a team game, dm or ffa it can be difficult to
    : determine who is leaking frags to the opposition.
    : Also, sometimes people hold a remote but strategic
    : place or item (quad or ra say) but no one comes
    : or at least not as many as go to the rl.
    : Is there a server side patch to show pl and rank
    : alongside ping and score?

    afaik the lithium mod does exactly this....

    Anwyay, chemistry examn in an hour... great....

    Euclid


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    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser



    : even your mouse can make a difference.

    Those MS mice ARE the best.


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    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    :
    : : even your mouse can make a difference.

    : Those MS mice ARE the best.

    And your not biased eh Microserf Boy !!!!

    Gandalf.




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    #5
    Mouserat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭Mouserat


    :
    : : even your mouse can make a difference.

    : Those MS mice ARE the best.

    Nah, they are the business though, I always
    use one. On the earlier point, the original
    quakeworld used a world wide ranking system
    and rank showed up alongside your ping (as
    far as I can remember back into the mists
    of time), but it was removed as everyone
    hated the idea of "rank". I mean, its
    always going to be a highly arbitrary formula
    used to calculate skill, unless you are talking
    about the basic +frags -deaths. Which is sort of
    cool alright. hmmmmm



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