The other day i was on reddit and someone had posted a clip of desync/rubber banding and claiming how pathetic it is on a 15ms game etc
Nothing strange about that, happens all the time. What i noticed was that I was the one who killed him.
I made a light hearted comment about how that was me and i was using “the bullets bending around corners perk” and noted that I was aussie based.
I went to bed, didnt think much of it.
The next day, check reddit as you do…and there was 100s of comments on this post.
Most of them negatively bashing me, aussie gamers etc.
Not new to the internet, i understand that people have differing opinions and immature emotional responses etc
What struck me a little was the sense of entitlement people have and the blame they are willing to place on other’s.
An example of comments;
- Im the reason desync occurs and affects their gaming experience
- My internet is terrible and is causing their game to perform poorly
- I shouldnt be allowed to play in their game it should disconnect me
- I should only be allowed to play on australian based servers and if there isnt one I shouldnt be able to play
- Australians should be barred from playing
These comments went on and on and on.
Unfortunately gaming is worldwide, it’s not isolated to one part of the world and variation in games is going to occur.
I guess the point im trying to make, is that these comments are not helpful and not something that individual gamers can control.
I have a fibre connection to my house, 500d/100up.
My ping can be 20ms 5 games straight, or it can drop me into games at 200ms.
I can play a game at 20ms, and in the very next game with half the same players it is now 180ms.
I can hit search on team slayer and within 10 seconds its connecting to server and drops me into a game thats 210ms unstable latency.
These are things I cannot control, it is not my fault the system is dropping me into these games.
As someone who has played halo for 20 years, i enjoy playing and take the good with the bad.
I pay for xbox live just like everyone else, and shouldnt have to be abused by random indivudals blaming me for these issues because Im Australian based.