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Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 21:06:33 +0100
From: "peter.karlsson" <peter.karlsson@bnord.se>
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To: John Payson <supercat@MCS.COM>
Subject: Re: Solution For HPB against LPBs
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John Payson wrote:
> 
> In article <342be70e.15444530@news.iastate.edu>,
> Ryan McGinnis <mcginnr@iastate.edu> wrote:
> >On 25 Sep 1997 10:48:27 GMT, f150204@kaarne.cs.tut.fi (Forsman Janne)
> >wrote:
> >
> >>Boys boys..... Just say to those nasty LPB's: "Get the new QWFAQ-Proxy now!!"
> >>Go to http://www.students.tut.fi/~r151925/qwfaqproxy/ .
> >>You can increase your ping with it.
> >
> >  HA!  Okay.  Tell me, who in the _hell_ would want to do that?
> >
> >  I love how people sometimes make things and then try to find a need to
> >fit.  ;)
> 
> If a Formula One racer wanted to take on some friends who had go-karts, I
> would expect he'd probably want a go-kart himself.  Yeah, a Formula One
> racer might make him more likely to win, but what's the real point?  Is it
> to win, or to have fun?
> 
> There are many QuakeServers out there, and many people on them; if someone
> with a low ping wants to play others with a low ping, that's great.  But
> if he wants to play others with a high ping he should have a high ping him-
> self.
> 
> BTW, is there any way to set up "1 on 1" games to be equitable without using
> an external server?  I find that if my machine is the server, I get great
> performance and my friend's is doggy; if his is the server, then his is great
> mine is doggy.  Is there any way to make things balanced?
> --
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  supercat@mcs.com    |  "Je crois que je ne vais jamais voir...  |   J\_/L
>  John Payson         |   Un animal aussi beau qu'un chat."       |  ( o o )


Difference is "dedicated server" or "listen server". Read documentation.

/Peter
