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Robot Arena => Discussion => Topic started by: Zev01f on September 28, 2009, 02:32:02 AM

Title: Im from South AFrica...will my Ping allow me to compete
Post by: Zev01f on September 28, 2009, 02:32:02 AM: High guys..if been a fan of robot wars and battle bots for years and now finally i can build my dream bot and compete without spending thousands of moola..one problem though...before I buy the game to compete or play online is there a ping cutoff? because I'm not quite sure how my ping will fair competing on overseas servers, I doubt there is any local servers here...ur input would be appreciated..thanx
Title: Im from South AFrica...will my Ping allow me to compete
Post by: RedSawn on September 28, 2009, 02:58:42 AM: Quote from: Zev01f;69038
High guys..if been a fan of robot wars and battle bots for years and now finally i can build my dream bot and compete without spending thousands of moola..one problem though...before I buy the game to compete or play online is there a ping cutoff? because I'm not quite sure how my ping will fair competing on overseas servers, I doubt there is any local servers here...ur input would be appreciated..thanx

Competing online isn't really that stable anymore. The actual system used for online (Gamespy) doesn't support RA2 anymore, so now we use the LAN feature and Hamachi. The problem with that though is that there is severe packet loss.

Short answer - nobody will notice.
Title: Im from South AFrica...will my Ping allow me to compete
Post by: Zev01f on September 28, 2009, 03:06:42 AM: is the packet loss from competing in the same country? cause if that is the case then there isnt a chance in heck I will have a decent connection..
Title: Im from South AFrica...will my Ping allow me to compete
Post by: JoeBlo on September 28, 2009, 03:11:39 AM: pretty much anywhere Im afraid, I have had heaps of packet drops fighting a person in my own country, the best thing is to compete in the AI tournaments regularly hosted on this site
Title: Im from South AFrica...will my Ping allow me to compete
Post by: Zev01f on September 28, 2009, 03:19:43 AM: explain AI tournaments....?
Title: Im from South AFrica...will my Ping allow me to compete
Post by: philetbabe on September 28, 2009, 04:01:51 AM: a Good boy holds the tournament on its computer. call him the 'organizer'
he defines the rules of the tournament (realistic or not, stock or DSL, weight, etc).
each competitor send its bots.
the organizer makes AI to the received bot so they can fight without a human driving them (much as those you meet when you play events on RA2).
the organizer publishes the result.
Most famous tournament is Bbean :
http://beetlebros.gametechmods.com/bbeans/hof.htm

but some other tournaments keep growing (Clash Cube, RAW, etc). see on this forum, there is the list of current tournament, those who will come soon.

ACAMS also holds other kind of contest : show contest with BOTM (bot of the month).
Title: Im from South AFrica...will my Ping allow me to compete
Post by: Zev01f on September 28, 2009, 04:04:11 AM: cool thanks
Title: Im from South AFrica...will my Ping allow me to compete
Post by: System32 on September 28, 2009, 10:25:54 AM: Hmm, I guess you are planning to play people in your own country online?
Title: Im from South AFrica...will my Ping allow me to compete
Post by: roboman2444 on September 28, 2009, 12:16:45 PM: my uncle is from south Africa... but he dosnt have ra2.
Title: Im from South AFrica...will my Ping allow me to compete
Post by: Zev01f on September 29, 2009, 02:09:47 AM: The only place to get the game is to import it from the states...How many people in my country do u think is gna go thru all that effort lol