Author Topic: Is this acceptable? (Read 1733 times)

goober69 · « **Reply #30 on:** December 04, 2007, 06:28:48 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by MotorOil1
For last tour akid2

Fighter
0.29 kills per death
0.22 kills per sortie
kills per hour 1.98
27 hours in the air

I wouldn't get my panties tied in a knot over this one. The guy obviously likes the game enough to keep flying with crappy hardware.

The only complaint here I see is everyone complaining because you can't shoot him down, or rather it takes a little longer? Pretty weak considering , there are 4000 other players out there to go after. It's not like this guy is shooting you down.

looks like my score 10 months ago lol
glad i got some more memory and a 753kpbs conection

ColKLink · « **Reply #31 on:** December 04, 2007, 06:43:30 AM »

The probability of this guy with the "lite bright" for a computer won't be around long enough to even gripe about,....just lead him by about 4000 meters,

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #32 on:** December 04, 2007, 06:50:36 AM »

it has nothing to do with score.

all it takes is one kill from foul play/bad connection and someone has had their fun ruined.

I was once flying a spit8 for a few hours, i had reloaded it three times and was doing pretty good on kills.

now some guy who plays regularly was in a 109f and he warped from my nose to my tail and shot me down.

cheating or just bad lag? who cares?

the point is that i lost my pretty bag of kills in my spitfire because of the warp.

that being said, its only a game, doesnt matter much after the first minutes of annoyance.

Chalenge · « **Reply #33 on:** December 04, 2007, 07:38:56 AM »

A warpy con getting one kill on you wont make much difference in the long run and I have come to accept that stuff like that is going to happen. Its not worth getting mad over because you cant stop it regardless of your cartoon skill so there is also no need to resort to 'warp nazi' mode either. Just call the guy out on 200 to check his connection and move on.

RTHolmes · « **Reply #34 on:** December 04, 2007, 07:51:22 AM »

well in most games where ping counts (shooters basically), kicking a warpy player is pretty standard.

as others have said, 95% of the time its easily sorted (especially with all the help available on the forums,) so theres no real reason for a persistently warpy conn.

Bruv119 · « **Reply #35 on:** December 04, 2007, 09:27:13 AM »

my only grief with warpy guys is when they give you attitude when they know they need to log or sort their connection out.

Nothing like being engaged in multi con engangement for the warper to jump in and cause problems. You cannot just ignore them because the friendlies who can't shoot normally will follow him around for much longer. This gives an unfair advantage to the side he is on.

People with old hardware or poor connections should either

a) not play
b) log off until its playable for both parties.
c) have a moderator ingame to remove them if they persist.

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #36 on:** December 04, 2007, 09:51:10 AM »

i disagree Burv, stopping people from playing because of connection is a little too harsh in my view.

what needs to be done is the people warping should DO as much as possible to help the situation. If they are completely unable to help in any way and they just want to play some AH as best they can.well....its not going to be me who tells them they cannot join in.

Latrobe warps pretty badly all the time, but he cannot help it. I still have fun fights with latrobe and for him to be 'banned' from playing just because of his connection would surely be out of order.

S!

texasmom · « **Reply #37 on:** December 04, 2007, 09:51:22 AM »

As far as 'fun' being ruined ~ that's all relative.

If his warping plane is ruining your fun ~ that is something y'all can solve without the warper. Just move on to the next fight & continue the fun there.

Bruv119 · « **Reply #38 on:** December 04, 2007, 09:59:38 AM »

Bat im talking Twlight zone connections. The guys who should be playing Star Trek and not AH!

I don't mind the odd skip or jump i'm talking guys who take the subway through a base and come up a minute later 6k away!

Anyway you said yourself in your previous post dodgy connections, as I have just described, do annoy you.

The three options I have nailed out in my post are potential solutions to the problem.

B) is obviously the most workable one but I was on about the guys, unlike latrobe who talk back and grief who don't relog and refuse to fix THEIR issue. Thats where C) is needed

Bruv
~S~

Bruv119 · « **Reply #39 on:** December 04, 2007, 10:10:36 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by texasmom

If his warping plane is ruining your fun ~ that is something y'all can solve without the warper. Just move on to the next fight & continue the fun there.

Thats just ignoring the issue TXmom

What if you had a guy with a dodgy connection at every base you went too and they all started multiplying so your virtual dogfights represented a slide show more than fluid movement? fun will soon disappear into frustration.

I'm not saying this is a widespread problem and needs to be fixed ASAP because it isn't that bad. Just some cases need to be looked at and monitored. Maybe a .reportlag button or something.

A mod could then find the accused see if they can replicate what others are seeing and then help that person to fix it or boot them if they dont respond in the appropriate manner.

Bruv
~S~

Shuffler · « **Reply #40 on:** December 04, 2007, 10:35:16 AM »

This may be some kid whos parents or parent are on a fixed income. They may be paying the 15 bucks for him (or her) to play because it is cheap and it allows them to be able to keep and eye on him/her. Their neighborhood may not be a user friendly area.

Then again... maybe not.... but I won't judge him because he warps. I will let him know he is warping though.

Like a net connection issue, there are too many reasons to list here as to why he is warping or not upgrading his machine.

LYNX · « **Reply #41 on:** December 04, 2007, 10:41:07 AM »

It amazes me what some guys do while playing. Listen to music, have yahoo or messenger PM's running and that's before they have e-bay pages running.

Then there's the porn guys with a gazillion spy's running pinging off info to base every few seconds using their electricity to screw up their own connection resources. They probably not even aware trojans and viruses also causing problems.

It's just ignorance and mostly fixable by not having stuff run in the back ground or using Ad-aware SE free from http://www.downloads.com.

Bruv119 · « **Reply #42 on:** December 04, 2007, 10:43:11 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by Shuffler
I will let him know he is warping though.

This is my point. That is all you can do as a respectful, non-warping player.

The power here lies with the problem. I've tried to PM or let the guy know he is warping on many occasions. I've given up doing this because I need to worry about killing him first and then killing his teamates.

The guys who know they are lagging badly and then talking watermelon back are the ones I want blood for!

Bruv
~S~