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Am I limited to single player only?

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Greywolf22
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Joined: 01 Dec 2002
Posts: 2

Am I limited to single player only?

I was hoping someone could answer a question for me. I live in a rural area and my only option for broadband is Satellite. I am hesitant to get this type of connection because apparently the download speed is around 500k but the upload is a crappy 50k. I was wondering, does anyone know whether these kind of speeds would suffice for MMORPGs? I know they would probably suck for a fast paced game like Counterstrike of Unreal but could i play a game like Everquest or Dark Age without too much lag or trouble?

Sun Dec 01, 2002 11:47 pm

hoyp
High Emperor

Joined: 02 Oct 2002
Posts: 501

you shouldn't have a problem with mmorpgs

Sun Dec 01, 2002 11:58 pm

Ekim
Eagle's Shadow

Joined: 27 May 2002
Posts: 2365
Location: Montreal, Canada

Your upload would be more than sufficient. My ISP used to give me 16k upload speeds versus 300k Download, and I had above average performances with MMORPGs. I switched to their "super" high speed service which gives me around 500k download and 78k upload speeds, and I hardly see any difference to be quite honest. I'm still way above average in performance, but upload speed isn't much of a factor on the user end of things.
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Mon Dec 02, 2002 6:18 pm

MoonDragon
High Emperor

Joined: 25 May 2002
Posts: 1254
Location: Waterloo, Canada

With upload speeds of 16k per second, I could host locally 6 person games of FreeSpace 2 without any problems what-so-ever. So, being just a client should be a breeze.
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Tue Dec 03, 2002 4:34 am

xSamhainx
Paws of Doom

Joined: 11 Sep 2002
Posts: 2192
Location: San Diego

lol, yeah dude you got than handled ok
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Tue Dec 03, 2002 5:18 am

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