Author: margolies,marc
Date: 16:24:04 05/22/03
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If you are really wondering about this,say and not just crying in your beer about some losses I think I can help you a little... First do you ever ping the server which you use while on line and see your lag? Do you ping your potential opponents through server? Are you using a dedicated firewall or proxy? Do you play chess bullet at a server which direct connects you to the opponent (like fritz server) or through server (like ICC)? Finally are you using a softmodem PCI card or a dedicated modem or something faster? Also do you have any software installed on your machine to trace traffic, like visualware.com software? last of all a hardware question--- all bullet players need to use an optical mouse, if your mousing device is mechanical, then you are going to lose. best regards, marc On May 21, 2003 at 18:32:58, Lyn Harper wrote: > I've often wondered about this. My blitz rating is about 200 points above my >bullet rating. Is it because I'm further from the server than my (mostly >American) opponents? > The major chess servers have what they call 'time stamping', which supposedly >eliminates any injustice arising from disparate lag times between players. But >the time stamping can do nothing about the difference in 'real' time when it >comes to the players' thinking time while their moves are being relayed across >the ocean and back. It simply readjusts the clocks every move. > Are the players nearer the server at an advantage, or a disadvantage, in some >way, because of being closer to the server? Or is it just because, being an >older player, I can't keep up with the younger ones at speed chess? > Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this.
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