Counter Strike Source Server Pings
 

Seriously, what should a normal acceptable ping be for counter strike servers? Because I get booted from most servers for having a ping of 120+

I'm at college so my ping fluctuates around 150-300 ping, yet I cannot play on a single server without getting booted because of excessive ping. What is a normal ping limit for CS: Source?

IDK, when I play with my mates, we don't normally accept people more than 70 ping >.> espically during Zombie Horde >.>

Most servers seem to have 150 as the upper limit.

Somehow, I usually end up with a ping of 5-10.

I mean, yeah, I can get that kind of ping on LAN, but online? How are they doing this?

I'm at a university, and that ping is online...

Usually on most online FPS, being below 100 is good, lower than that is even better.

Other servers might be less strict about it.

What the hell then? I'm at a university as well, but my pings don't go below 130. And even that is a generous ping.

It depends where the server you're playing on is located.

If it's close to you, it should be pretty low. I'm on DSL, and the last I played cs I had a ping of roughly 50-70. And that was high.

Actually, that's probably why. I think these servers are all obscenely far away (like in foreign countries). That would explain high pings. Thanks.

Imflammable is not lying. On the right server I can also get pings of 5-7. Average player's ping is usually around 50.

I've seen very few people with pings higher then 130. Most servers I play on have 180 as the kick limit. It's lame, but there's nothing you can do about that.

It's because of that "lag shield" crap. They don't want to lead shoot on one player for 10 minutes to kill them >.>

Anyways, I see that as some kind of "excuse" sometimes.

Maybe, but really, for it to make any difference, you'd have to have a ping of 200+ to make it noticible, and probaly 350+ for it to actually make a difference.

Well, appearently, anything above 100 ping is considered as "lag" >.>. Maybe that's why some of pros doesn't want to play. It won't make a difference for me though T_T

If you can't find a single server with a ping below 90, it's pretty much hopeless. Above that, and it's not just you lagging, it's the entire server that gets affected, so any decent admin will kick you. And, really, if you're above 70, you're in trouble.I can assure you that your quote is absolute bullshit. I've played CS since 0.5 and CSS since the day it came out, and for players with decent (read: 30-40) pings, it doesn't need to get anywhere NEAR that high before it's a problem.

Well, that may be the case, but I play relatively lag-free with a ping of 150 - 200. Granted, some lag is visible, but not enough to effectively put a dent into gameplay.