Ping in server Browser

[zeitgeber]

+1 color coded ping, just like color coded fps.

[Taleweaver]

... but i can understand many casual gamers being confused...

Sorry to say this, but I can't. I remember well how I started playing online gaming:

"I don't know what this ping thing is, but this server has a lot of it so it must be good."

The very same evening (after "joining" about 2 or 3 of those server-thingies), I learned that it was the exact opposite.
Within 2 days I started to grasp the concept of what it was and why it could never be 0...

Saying that casual gamers will be confused by something as simple as "the lower the number, the better your connection" is IMO an insult to their intelligence.

I'm all for simplicity in things, but there are limits to things. If Microsoft is really starting to dumb down on essentials, things won't look good for the future. It'll breed people like these people.

[Henrik]

I guess I'm in really good shape with my router at least then, the cable that runs to it is probably closer to 12 feet long, and my ping was a steady 1 ms

[Hsoolien]

As a quick test I pinged my router:

c:\> ping 192.168.0.1

Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

c:\>ping 192.168.0.1 -l 8000


Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 8000 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=127

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 3ms, Maximum = 3ms, Average = 3ms

And that's over a 100MB/Sec Ethernet cable about 3 feet long.

[Hsoolien]

Your ping is a little bandwidth dependant, per example:
by Default the ping command line of Windows uses packets of 32bytes, however if you were to use larger packets (-l packetsize) you can get higher pings because bandwidth restriction migh see the packets broken up to transmit them

[Henrik]

Okay, well all I'm saying is if you're not changing the provider itself that you use, but just the package, I doubt you will see a significant difference. Mark my words.. but it doesn't mean you won't see benefits.. maps will download faster obviously.

[MonsOlympus]

Well wiring is not something Im concerned about especially here in aus, I also realise upload can be just as important as download because you have to send alot to the server as well.

It'll definatly give me better pings here in aus I reckon

[Henrik]

PS, I actually know someone (in my clan) who pings 8 to some of our servers.. and no it isn't giving a false reading :/

[Henrik]

I wouldn't be too hopeful about an upgrade fixing your ping Mons. Ping is not directly related to that. It is more about the routing your ISP uses, the type and quality of the lines, wiring in your home even.. Improving your bandwidth would only be helpful in a situation where you were hosting a game, not playing as a client on another server. Put it this way.. I am on a 100 mbps optical connection, and I still ping between and on servers in Germany and Netherlands.. (I'm in Sweden).. so the distance is the main factor here, and it really isn't that much.. I often pinged lower actually when I was on Telia DSL, because they use different backbones..

[MonsOlympus]

lmao!

I usually get pings of around , getting 8000/384 soon instead of 512/256 that should be sweet.

Now how the hell would you say your netspeed in icons mwhahahahaha

[Apathy]

Here, I'll elaborate:

0-19 It just doesn't get any better than this.
20-39 l33t
40-59 Can't complain much.
60-79 My ISP is a bit ghey
80-99 OK, it's starting to get embarassing
100-119 WTF? Is somebody using P2P on our home network??
120-139 Well, this certainly sucks.
140-159 I have a good mind to write some irate e-mails to my ISP!
160^ PANIC SETS IN

LOL! I wish I could sig that!

[Henrik]

Here, I'll elaborate:

0-19 It just doesn't get any better than this.
20-39 l33t
40-59 Can't complain much.
60-79 My ISP is a bit ghey
80-99 OK, it's starting to get embarassing
100-119 WTF? Is somebody using P2P on our home network??
120-139 Well, this certainly sucks.
140-159 I have a good mind to write some irate e-mails to my ISP!
160^ PANIC SETS IN

[MonsOlympus]

*Bersy was kicked from Mons' server for having a ping of

[Henrik]

I think ping will be represented as follows:

[MMJ4mil]

yea I also want to see in game chat on the top of the screen not the bottom left