!Lag or !TellLag

[Cpt.Guano!]

for !telllag as well as for !lag i would most likely put a limit on it...
as in you can only send 1 command every minute or two or something so there wont be any sort of spam issue

[ÆNIMA]

Originally posted by Fighter of Gold
I just use the option in continuum that displays their lag next to their bounty. It helps so you can estimate where to shoot to compensate for their lag. !telllag seems kind of lame, if someone calls you a laggot just ignore them.

That doesn't show his real ping, it just shows his ping relative to your computer (right?) It's not his ping to the server..see what i'm trying to say? i'm sure someone more technical can explain it better


also, a !lag function would probably only justify someone to yell out "lagger' than ever before

[Cylor]

It's certainly not an invasion of privacy, their ping is their ping and anyone should be allowed to see it. If some loser wants to sit their and ping all the people that killed him in elim last game and he thought they lagged, he will have to sit there for like 15 minutes; and what is he going to do besides pm the guy with "lagger"?

I think you guys are being too politically-correct.

And as far as Arch's comment, maybe we could rename the zone "TRENCH SUPER WARS!!13!" and have ranks that everyone could aspire to in public based on points. Yeah, that way could keep up or newbie persona.

[Cylor]

Double Post. :/

[Legionair]

umm

!tellLag could be used to spam people couldnt it?
I like the !lag idea though.

-Legionair

[RabbitRapist]

if ya put this idea into context...

in pub... who cares about lag... it's obvious from the relaxed limits on ping and ploss before the game automatically specs you... people are allowed to lag in pubs.

in twl or twd... limits are tighter to "reduce lag and ensure quality gameplay".... but... we all know that people be really laggy in leagues and still be allowed to play.

new commands will encourage whining about laggy players, i think your time would be better spent correcting the current method. ie. setting a lag limit that actually stops laggy players from playing.

-RR

[Dim]

!lag <PlayerName>

<PlayerName> was over the lag limit of 400ms so he was specced.

[Randedl]

i really think that there are lag limits for a reason. that should be enough information for a person, it's none of your business what kind of connection or lag a person has (aside from what you see by playing with or against them).

!telllag wouldn't hurt because it's voluntary, i don't see a need for it, but whatever. just put a cap of 1 !telllag to a specific person in 5 minutes or so. and cap the !commands just like is done with the matchbots in twd and the duelbot in twel, spamming would be avoided.

tw pubs are just that, a public place. we should not be introducing monitors on every street corner, and we should not be encouraging anything that would give other players information that somebody might not want to have known. there is a reason that only staff can check a player's lag, it really isn't the business of any person who is just there for fun; just play the damn game. the last thing anybody wants to see is "jackass24125> HAHAHAH, 400 PING, CAN'T YOUR POORASS AFFORD CABLE" or something to that effect.



as a side note, the streak module (which i like to show off in dms i host) is a thing i first saw in redstar. i brought it to the attention of staff 1 night and dock and/or 2d were awesome enough to make a module then and there. it's great for hosted games! would be annoying in pub, too much spam, especially with those lev terrs flying around everywhere. i think it might also ruin the quality of basing with people paying too much attention to going on long distance streaks.

[Jason]

Coding those features is a waste of time. I'm sure someone already said this, but I didn't feel like reading every reply, so bear with me.

newbiexyz> die lagg0t!
someguy> i don't lag newbie
someguy> :PubBot:!telllag newbiexyz
PubBot> someguy's latency: PING Current: 250ms blah blah blah
newbiexyz> 250MS YOU LAGGY BIATCH! buy a connection shitface

I think the above scenario speaks for itself.

[Miku19]

Originally posted by DoTheFandango
DBZ did it first. Nice steal.

psst, Quake owns you...

If it's possible I'd like to see !topscore to see who's the current leader in score.

[Craxer]

Originally posted by Cpt.Guano!
Yeah i thought of putting !lag in there but someone brought to my attention that it might be an invasion or privacy...

yah thats what i thought when i saw the lag command in other zones. Added to that, it would give an advantage to whiners about their death. So i'm afraid the arenas will transform into pubs full of bitching newbs complaining every time they got killed.

[DaiShiva]

another scenario

newbiexyz> die lagg0t!
someguy> i don't lag newbie
someguy> :PubBot:!telllag newbiexyz
PubBot> someguy's latency: PING Current: 20ms blah blah blah
someguy>dumbass

[WiseCherub]

!telllag <playername>

Might be better, so people can't complain of privacy invasion.

For twd/elim/twl/duel matches is a big issue, we all know lag can change the outcome of a close match.

As for myself, I use SHAW cable... I get about 110ms on average, with the occasional high pings..at 300-400ms...

It would be interesting to see what packet pings the people in europe get, they might get the same as me.. 100ms... since I live on the West Coast of Canada... and I heard the server is located in New York State. I hear if you live in new York, you get like 30ms pings...

Is it lag or packetloss? It was funny I was getting kill packetloss 2 days ago.. Oct 22, C2S: 20%... then stayed at 5% for most of the time. Then I come on yesterday and get virtually no packetloss...like 0.1%... but notice others were lagging and complaining. We all can't blame the server, but the whole internet or the routers that let you packets reach this server. Oh well it was good last night, we shall see today.

To spy on others ping levels would be interesting, but it might create problems. Some people can't help it they have such high ping times, they live so far from the server, can't afford a good connection, or the internet routers are overtaxxed(busy with alot of packet traffic at the time).

But if you play this game seriously, at a competitive level, then the least you could do is get ASDL or CABLE...they have become affordable. Or who knows, look into WiFi Hotspots..

[cundor]

in MY continuum I have an option which shows me the lag of other players. It's just a number next to the nick of the person telling what his ping is....I don't know if that's what you guys mean

[Pio]

If you goto other places that use this in their public arena's you don't see the:

newbiexyz> die lagg0t!
someguy> i don't lag newbie
someguy> :PubBot:!telllag newbiexyz
PubBot> someguy's latency: PING Current: 250ms blah blah blah
newbiexyz> 250MS YOU LAGGY BIATCH! buy a connection shitface

etc.

And !telllag would just be retarded, and what is with the invasion of privacy? We already have a way of determining your ping, but it's far more shitty and not really correct at all, i dont see how putting their real ping would matter at all.

Also, I dont believe that it is needed in TW Pubs, but it'd be something nice to have in some rare cases.

So in short, i like !lag and it being able to spec the laggers if and when someone does a !lag and they turn out to be a lag-whore.

later,

Pio