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Re:John Carmack on QuakeWorld latency and business model (1996) by pault on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @09:12AM (#19919020)
The worst part was having a 200ms ping and getting constantly smoked by the guy with the sub-100ms ping. Hence the acronym LPB (low ping bastard).
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Re:John Carmack on QuakeWorld latency and business model (1996) by sbarre on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @09:52AM (#19919359)
I dunno, I actually hated the HPBs more, because at least I could rationalize getting beat by an LPB, i.e. someone with a technological advantage over me. ;-)
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