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Re: Xbox and Valve finally have their baby
« Reply #180 on: August 09, 2014, 10:18:31 AM »
Software can fix latency. It can't, however, fix the fact that you have a ghetto ass connection and can't receive high resolution content from the server fast enough.
Wouldn't the only software fix be more efficient packet management by the switches?  And wouldn't that result in negligable gains?

No. If your latency is above 200ms for example, you wouldn't be able to join the server.

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Re: Xbox and Valve finally have their baby
« Reply #181 on: August 09, 2014, 12:15:59 PM »
Software can fix latency. It can't, however, fix the fact that you have a ghetto ass connection and can't receive high resolution content from the server fast enough.
Wouldn't the only software fix be more efficient packet management by the switches?  And wouldn't that result in negligable gains?

No. If your latency is above 200ms for example, you wouldn't be able to join the server.
How is that fixing latency?  You're just banning people with high latency.
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Re: Xbox and Valve finally have their baby
« Reply #182 on: August 09, 2014, 06:33:49 PM »
Software can fix latency. It can't, however, fix the fact that you have a ghetto ass connection and can't receive high resolution content from the server fast enough.
Wouldn't the only software fix be more efficient packet management by the switches?  And wouldn't that result in negligable gains?

No. If your latency is above 200ms for example, you wouldn't be able to join the server.
How is that fixing latency?  You're just banning people with high latency.

It makes the game enjoyable, because everyone in it will have a good latency.

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Re: Xbox and Valve finally have their baby
« Reply #183 on: August 09, 2014, 06:38:48 PM »
I'm glad you learned that your original statement is false.

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Re: Xbox and Valve finally have their baby
« Reply #184 on: August 09, 2014, 06:45:12 PM »
I'm glad you learned that your original statement is false.

It isn't false.

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Re: Xbox and Valve finally have their baby
« Reply #185 on: August 09, 2014, 08:25:39 PM »
It isn't false.

Whatever keeps the music box in your head wound up appears to be slacking.

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Re: Xbox and Valve finally have their baby
« Reply #186 on: August 09, 2014, 09:17:03 PM »
It isn't false.

Whatever keeps the music box in your head wound up appears to be slacking.
It's not strictly false. Killing all poor people would solve poverty, at least for a short period of time. It's retarded, but not false.
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Re: Xbox and Valve finally have their baby
« Reply #187 on: August 09, 2014, 09:40:15 PM »
It's not strictly false. Killing all poor people would solve poverty, at least for a short period of time. It's retarded, but not false.

There is a difference between solving a problem and hiding the problem. Furthermore, killing all poor people would not solve poverty.