What is Lagging?

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lasc2012
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What is Lagging?

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I really don't know what lagging is, I always hear about it, and people say that it is fake but i don't know what it is. So can anyone please tell me what it is please.
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Re: What is Lagging?

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It is where people are unable to know in thier head where the cycle is suposed to be on grid even thougth the picture shows it in a differnt location.
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It's the time gap between sending and receiving returns to/from the server. A higher ping means it takes longer, and you're updating locations and whatnot slower than everyone else.

Pings are in milliseconds, so 100 is 1/10th of a second, and 1000 would be a second. Since there are so many changes all the time in gametypes like dogfight or high rubber, it can really screw with ya.
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Re: What is Lagging?

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Thanks now I really know what lagging is!!!!!!! :D
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Lagging is what you say when you're a bad loser!
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Re: What is Lagging?

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there are also at least nine types of lag
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