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Post by JadeNova »

I have never ever tried an online game even though I really wanted to.

You see I live in a third world country and while my service provider is fairly reliable the best connection speed I ever get is 45.6 Kbps. But even when I get a connection like that it sometimes takes forever to download things as the signal seems to come and go.

Now I don't know much about online gaming so I was wondering if there was someone out there bored enough to explain to me how it works and whether or not you can really enjoy it without a cable modem. :)

I ask this because I really want to play XOL. :cry:
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Post by Stealth »

Wait till you get a chance to get out of country. I know what it's like, Croatia is in pretty much the same situation, sure we have ISDN, even DSL... but it's overrated and costs too much.
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Re: Online Gaming!

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Jedi wrote:You see I live in a third world country and while my service provider is fairly reliable the best connection speed I ever get is 45.6 Kbps. But even when I get a connection like that it sometimes takes forever to download things as the signal seems to come and go.
Hah! You don't have to live in a third world country to be unable to get anything other than 56k, believe me--I live less than fifteen miles from the centre of the third largest city in the UK and BT won't upgrade my exchange to ADSL until 400 people say they want it. At last check there were 180...
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Post by P88 »

PJK, BT wont upgrade mine either :( but i looked into getting Blueyonder, its price is ok i suppose, i think they might do manchester :) they do mine but i havent got the money to pay for it :wink:
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Re: Online Gaming!

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pjknibbs wrote:I live less than fifteen miles from the centre of the third largest city in the UK and BT won't upgrade my exchange to ADSL until 400 people say they want it. At last check there were 180...
That's BT for you.
Though it is odd you live so near Manchester and don't have ADSL, where I live in a small town in Scotland (<100 miles SW of Edinburgh) and I have it.
The population is only a few thousand, I have no idea how many have broadband, but I only know of 2 others.

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Post by Al »

Crunn: Where you talking about? (cant think whats 100 miles NW of Edinburgh!) I was thinking Inverness but it doesn't fit the description.....

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Al wrote:Crunn: Where you talking about? (cant think whats 100 miles NW of Edinburgh!) I was thinking Inverness but it doesn't fit the description.....

Al
Oops, typo, ment SW. :oops:

Actually Glasgow is a little nearer but people tend to know the Capitol better.
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Re: Online Gaming!

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pjknibbs wrote:
Jedi wrote:You see I live in a third world country and while my service provider is fairly reliable the best connection speed I ever get is 45.6 Kbps. But even when I get a connection like that it sometimes takes forever to download things as the signal seems to come and go.
Hah! You don't have to live in a third world country to be unable to get anything other than 56k, believe me--I live less than fifteen miles from the centre of the third largest city in the UK and BT won't upgrade my exchange to ADSL until 400 people say they want it. At last check there were 180...
We have reached the magic number (350) and the upgrade is due in April. :D

No doubt BT will mess something up, but its finally coming.

A campaign was run in the town to get people to sign up. It worked!

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Re: Online Gaming!

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Steel wrote:We have reached the magic number (350) and the upgrade is due in April. :D
There are no words to express my utter disdain for you and your town :-).
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Post by Arsaneus »

Hehe im ins Switzerland and the >Internet is OK! 8)
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Post by JadeNova »

So do I just write off the whole idea? :(

I was wondering when you are gaming online does it continually dump huge amounts of new info into your computer? and if so how much are we talking about?

Is online gaming only for people with cable modems? Is it possible to enjoy a good dogfight with a standard modem connection? :?
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Post by P88 »

yes its perfectly possable to play online games with a 56k, i do, i always have, provided the host has a cable connection you'll do fine :)
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Post by .SW-880 »

Anyone fancy playing a online game???

Wouldn't mind trying Homeworld or perhaps Hardwar.
The things you see when you haven't got a gun!!!
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Post by Al »

I've been playing Counterstrike online for about 2 years with a 56k connection and although it does put you at a disadvantage it doesn't stop it being fun (unless you hate losing in which case you should stick to offline in the first place ;) )
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Post by P88 »

online i can play:

Unreal Tournament
Rainbow6: Roguespear
Rainbow6: Black Thorn
Rainbow6: Covert Ops
Rainbow6
Worms Armageddon
F/A 18 Super Hornet
Homeworld
Homeworld Cataclysm
Commandos Beyond the call of Duty
Commandos 2
Red Alert 2 (illegal copy - wont patch)
Age of Empires
Age of Empires: Rise of Rome
Age of Empires 2 age of kings
Age of Empires the conqerors
Mechwarrior 3

only 3 of those are actually installed; Rainbow6: Roguespear, Rainbow6: Black Thorn, Rainbow6: Covert Ops :D

ohhhhh and this is my 800th post, get out the champagne :)
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Post by JadeNova »

I guess the only way to know for sure is to give it a go!

Someone told me that there is a provider in Manila now that uses a little satellite dish. Does anyone know what this is all about :?:
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Post by .SW-880 »

Bridge commander can be fun to play online as long as you limit the number of players to 4.
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Post by monkman »

Yea for a lot of money you can get a satellite connection to the internet which i understand to be nearly instant but very expensive as these things go. I get broadband free :D
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Post by ~Lonowski~ »

you all think you have it bad!?! I live IN a city of near a million people(louisville, ky;our local and city gov't just combined making our city pop. go way up). I have a contract with msn until november that i can upgrade to DSL and they still don't have it available here :evil: :evil: :evil: I bet there's at least 30,000 msn subscribers here, and still no DSL :headbang:




ironically [possibly fueled by my anger] this is post # 666 :twisted: :roll: :twisted:
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Post by Steel »

Jedi wrote:I guess the only way to know for sure is to give it a go!

Someone told me that there is a provider in Manila now that uses a little satellite dish. Does anyone know what this is all about :?:
You can get this in the UK (even BT offer it), but two way Sat. (send/receive - not just receive) is very expensive and comes with a 750ms ping - forget playing games on it.

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