Spartacus, post: 98052, member: 14065 Wrote:[SIZE=11px]They do not affect you whatsoever. A ping is simply the time it takes for a packet of data to go from one place to another, a road analogy:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11px](Point a) ----------(100 kilometres)-------- (Point B)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11px]If you are travelling from "Point a" at 100km an hour, it will take you 1 hour to get to "Point b". It's exactly the same with electricity and light ( the main way data is communicated over cable)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11px](computer 1) ----------( 2500 kilometres)-------(computer 2)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11px]Travelling at the speed of light ( 300000000 metres per second in a vacuum, but considerably slower in fibre optic cable ) it will take approximately 0.0083 seconds to get to computer 2, giving a ping of 8ms. Obviously, the speed of light in the fibre optic cable is slower than 3E8, and it can also be "shaped" ( temporarily stored ) by the internet provider before being sent, giving slight ping increases.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11px]CONCLUSION: High ping does not affect anyone else whatsoever, the idiots who vote kick people with high pings are deluded fools.[/SIZE]

Sibrox, post: 98052, member: 14065 Wrote:Suppose you have a 512 kbps internet or 768 kbps net you shouldn't be playing games like this...