Was on a site last night and a guy told me that, if I'm lagging, I should check the connetion with my calculator. When I asked what that was, he, disgustedly said nevermind. I think he was politely calling me a noob. What is a calculator? Or was he blowing smoke up my but?

Sailus

Maybe he's talking about MTU and MSS settings, couple of links here to totally confuse you, personally I don't mess with that stuff, lag is lag :-/

Wiki Here

Some Stuff Here

And Here

And More Here


Or you could just use this simple formula:

Example: MSS is 1460, RTTavg is 125ms and advertised download speed is 1500kbps.
125 x 1.5 = 187.5
187.5 x 1500kbps = 281250
281250 divide by 8 = 35156
35156 divide by 1460 (MSS) = 24.07
Round up to next even number = 26
26 x 1460 = 37960 (optimal RWIN)

What is this, now we got to do math in COD5!

LOL Masters in COD5

But speaking frankly, in COD4 I usually I'm aware of angles and line of sight and calculate ways to shoot someone through a wall as soon as he appears in my UAV, so yes, one can be using math in COD

Do you use a slide rule or modern day pocket calculator?

call me old, but I like the rule

Interesting stuff Blind . . . take me awhile to absorb. Thanks for the references. Was a math and Physics major in college so I love this crap, even though I'm a rank neophyte.

Sailus