Diamondback Tiger

Anyone interested in starting a league with manual only controls?

PES 11 > FIFA 11

I switched to Pes a month ago and haven't looked back.

90% of the goals in FIFA are produced the same way. It gets boring and repetitive. Its also like hockey on grass.

Pes is more difficult but produces unique goals. You will also need to DL a free option file to Pes to have all the proper leagues and teams.

Master league(pes) is also much more entertaining than fifa's Ultimate team.

They both have some really annoying flaws but if you want a more realistic game go with Pes. If you prefer an arcade style then Fifa should be fine.

Check this thread titled 'Some games I'm a full second behind what my enemy sees.' on callofduty.com.

Over 60 pages now.

The net code is garbage. I have a 20mbps cox connection and I've been able to get rid of most of the lag by limiting the output of my router to 1.5mbps.

The shittier connection you have, the better this game plays.


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This game is too inconsistent. One game plays fine the next it takes a clip to kill someone.

Shitty P2P hosting + poorly designed hit detection are to blame. Sadly these are at the core of the game and cannot be fixed.

MW2 had terrible ideas that created imbalance. But the core of the game functioned very well for a P2P hosted game.

BO has well thought out perks and weapons but lacks in the core of the game. Hit detection, spawning, matchmaking all the result of poor programming. This creates imbalance and inconsistent games.

I mostly play TD and my k/d graph looks like mountains and valleys. Last game I played - three separate bursts from my G11 into the chest of a non-moving target about 10ft away. I die. Kill-cam shows me never firing a shot. :banghead:

Some observations:

If the countdown at the beginning of a match is less than 7 or 8, you are better off quitting and finding a better match. When you are host you will see 13.

If I load up my internet connection with downloads, streaming videos, etc. This stupid game will make me host nearly every time. The game is then unplayable. Most will have yellow bars and as host I will have ghosting/stuttering.

The explanation is the P2P hosting system.

Someones Xbox or PS3 is the host and every player is dependent on that persons connection.

The only connection that really matters is the hosts. More specifically the hosts upload rate.

Each player in a match will have a different amount of lag relative to every other player in that match.

Just because there is no stuttering/ghosting/rubber-banding doesn't mean there is no lag. There is lag in every match. It is at a different amount for each player regarding each other player. The killcam will show how much you are really lagging.

In COD4 the host could rape at will. This has since been changed as now sometimes it is bad to be host as you will lag the most.

Games will be inconsistent. P2P hosting is 90's technology and a cheap way for Activision to save money.

P2P hosting + shitty hitbox design + shitty matchmaking + shitty spawning = a shitty game.

Its still better than MOH though. I would be happy to pay $100 for 50 new maps for COD4 and be done with the BS and hype every year.

The hit detection is terrible.

Does anyone else get pissed after putting a clip into someone then dying?

Combine that with the inconsistency of the P2P hosting and it drives me fricking nuts.

Overall I like the game but it makes me rage too often.

The killcam shows exactly what your killer saw.

Too often you see someone first and start shooting them only to die. The killcam then shows you never firing a shot. Your opponent never saw you fire either and probably thinks he saw you first.

This is LAG from the P2P hosting system.

I dont know why people think they dont have lag just because the game is not stuttering/ghosting/rubberbanding etc.

The killcam will show how much lag you are experiencing and it will be a different amount relative to each player in that game. It will then be different again when there is a new host.

I like it.

I also think BFBC2 > MW2.

I put in WC tonight for the first time since 11 came out.

WC was the first soccer game I ever played and it was a steep learning curve.

Since the real WC, I've been watching quite a bit of soccer on FSC and am an addict now.

Anyway, tonight the speed and ping-ponging on WC was ridiculous. It seemed normal when that was all I knew, but after watching so many real games - Fifa 11 is much more realistic.

That being said, I look forward to Petar crushing me again. :cheers:

I tried to give you a 90min goal. lol.