so bad

honestly, this just blows my mind, in any competitive game winning under your own skill is the ultimate satisfaction

winning like this is as bad as losing in my opinion

Back in the good old days of CS on PC, we used to just join sub 100ms ping servers only.

Two spikes over 100ms and you'd get a warning from the server, the third time, you'd get the boot.

Too bad consoles generally sit above 100ms and suffer lag spikes like crazy :'(

But it sounds like at least SOME devs are taking measures to create scripts that strive to detect these sorts of network flow disruptions

Stop playing on p2p servers and you should get rid of half the problem. Thing is you boys only like to play crappy games. I just stay playing MAG with its constant updates, virtually zero lag. We see cheaters, we just kick them out, even if they are in our squad.

I can imagine ps3 owners needing to use these should they ever release a game where you can play online against 360 owners :)

I wonder how long this comment will last pmsl

This is why I refuse to play publicly online, just too much bull***t! Your better off enjoying your online experience in a private match with friends. Really is sad!

Just kidding ,.. pathetic motherfuckers,.. just sad really ,..

Wow. Don't tell me this crap works in games other than shooters too? I sure as hell hope it doesn't work in fighting games. Then again it would be OBVIOUS if someone was using it there so I guess you could easily see it and just leave.

*sigh* and unfortunately it's incredibly easy to make...there's even a youtube tutorial. I'd report any jackass using this shit right away

They LOVE doing this as soon as you call in a harrier, pave low or chopper gunner. By the time the internet signal comes back on, your killstreak is almost over.

There are ways to fight this-it's not 100% but better than nothing!

1. Most of the turds using this are kids, so generally, the chances of you getting into a room with these a-holes are higher during prime-time (7-8pm) & weekends - after school. AVOID playing during these times.

2. Use visual checks; In MW2, you can bring up the leaderboard while playing. It will show you everyone's ping (1-4 bars). If someone's ping drops to 1-2 bars suddenly and repeatedly, they are PROBABLY lag switching. At this point, I report 'em on XBL (System Tampering) and let the Enforcement team sort it out.

3. If you have access to an internet connection which can use a cached connection, these intermittent 'pauses' in the connection won't have as much of an effect on you. The person will start to skip around the screen (instead of totally disappearing)and it'll just be a matter of timing to kill them.

4. And finally, if you think or know an enemy is lag switching then avoid challenging him head-on. Hit 'em from behind and you will usually suprise him, giving him less of a chance to hit his button.

Since I never play competitive online I can't say this ruins any games I play, it does however severely depress me that human beings actually do this. Just knowing there are people out there stupid and pathetic enough to make themselves feel good by doing things like this, it's like programming the words 'you win' to show up on your computer screen and feeling all happy and smug about it. It's just depressing to know these awful creatures are the same species as me.

they can't play at the level of the REAL GAMERS.

Why?

How could anyone get enjoyment out of this? It's worse than getting a new game and automatically useing all the cheat codes to beat the game, do you get some sort of feeling of accomplishment with that?

As the old saying goes, cheaters only cheat themselves.

I am quite sure the cheaters that only care about bragging about hit counts are not having as much fun as those that play for the pure joy of playing. Because after all, if you cheat to win, you know in your heart that you are just a poser. You can't lie to yourself.

Was playing MW2 on Live last night and this one guy had something like a 25-6 game. Thing is, he did so despite seemingly having a horrible connection. He was warping all over the place, especially when anyone got a bead on him. You'd fire a couple of shots and he'd warp across the room. He also would conveniently warp a ton any time he ran through a commonly targeted area. This article explains a LOT. I had no idea people were doing this on consoles (I expect it on PCs, but as someone said, on PCs such people tend to be dealt with harshly).

Single handedly destroyed fun for COD Modern Warfare online. That game is full of stat padders.

@ Frostypants - it is possible to get a 25-0. I did it without cheating, but you need a decent squad handling business to have that kinda match. But if this dude was warping all over the place, he was indeed using a lag switch. I can ALWAYS tell when someone is using one. Because they seem to "warp" at Ultra convenient times. You will see them in other parts of the match moving just fine, then the warping starts especially when bullets fly. You pair that with a rapid firing machine gun desert eagle... your fun is ruined by cheaters.

This has been ruining COD for quite some time.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

This has long been the greatest downfall to all online gaming. It doesn't matter how good a dev company makes an online game. Cheater's will always come in a ruin it.

This is why I hate it when Dev's force you to play online with other's when it comes to getting trophies. Because you more then likely run into cheater's.

This is one of the many reasons why I don't bother playing games online.

lag switch users just went up by 25% cause of this article.

Love the fact on Steam they get banned :)

My question is this can Microsoft and Sony actually tell if a person is using a lag switch and actually tell if a person is just laggin because of poor connection?

It's been happening for years. The ps2, the Xbox, the Xbox 360 and the ps3. Deal with it.

Soooo all those times I thought people were lagging there was a good chance they were cheating? That's shitty

I doesn't matter if game developers design their netcode to drop people using lag switches, they'd just find another way to cheat like they do in Halo 3 with bridging for host ect.

I don't know about the PSN but on XBL known Halo 3 hackers haven't been banned for months despite a sea of negative feedback and complaints.

PSN may lack in a lot of areas but the server based multiplayer games it has are much more resilient to cheating and hacking than the p2p multiplayer games on XBL.

Unfortunately console makers and developers are now putting their interests (saving money) ahead of offering a quality online experience by providing servers and better monitoring and banning tools.

halo3 use to be real bad for this.
its still real bad for its shitty lag

Lag switches don't work in MAG (at least not to your advantage), and that's the best MP FPS on consoles right now (my opinion, of course), so... I just don't care about lag switch users anymore.

Hitting the standby button on your modem does this too. But this was happening on console since Halo 2. Gears 2 online was the worst with this... AT LAUNCH!

I do not think there is a lot of people using that...
And to be honest, i do not understand why they would do that... It is already hard to find a game that runs good online, even when you have a good connexion and a well set network configuration.

Either way its a good excuse if your playing crap dam lag switch , at the end of the day if you cheat ur only decieving yourself u have great stats but in the back of ur mind u know your gaming trash.

not so bad on pc, except modern warfare 2 lol.

i love beating cheaters tho, no1 in my clan cheats so i know we won legit....cheaters that lose are the lowest of the scums lol

Man Blinx is whack as whack as ...Knack.

Man, what i would do for a new Chromehounds. The game was so good imo

I will beat both blinxs one day! The first game got really hard after like 9 or 10 levels. Bling Blinx!

Blinx was terrible. I remember playing it and thinking wtf?

Someone really need to revive Blinx, or make a game like it, the idea of the time power is really good, they just need to improve it, and its way more interesting than in quantum break.

Dammit I want Deathrow!