Author: Lyn Harper
Date: 22:11:49 05/22/03
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On May 22, 2003 at 19:24:04, margolies,marc wrote: >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 > >HI Marc, and thanks for the response! Thought my post was in vain :) I pin myself, not normally opponents. Might have to resort to that. No firewall I play at WCN, not Fritz server. Might try Fritz. Normal 56K internal modem. No software like visualware.com, etc I use a laser mouse, is that the same as 'optical' mouse? Don't cry into beer, gave up the stuff 20 years ago :) Regards Lyn > >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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