match make gamers by hardware

Dickyb0b · 21 Jun 2011 at 16:35

I think to make online gaming fare would be to match make players by hardware spec so there competing on the same level and fairness, it can't always be about match making by ping and connection speed as you can get cpu lag which cause's a game to slow down.

PiKe · 21 Jun 2011 at 16:39

Ludicrous, just losers looking for another excuse.

FARGO · 21 Jun 2011 at 16:43

A bit like the special olympics?

Amnesia · 21 Jun 2011 at 16:44

why not just play on a console ?

iamtheoneneo · 21 Jun 2011 at 16:45

lol thread is lol...not serious right?

Substance · 21 Jun 2011 at 16:46

if your pc is holding you back get a better one, I do find that playing at higher resolutions does give me a slight advantage but I paid more for my PC so I deserve to have a better experience

arc@css · 21 Jun 2011 at 16:47

Would be an interesting experiment though I'm not so sure about conclusive results or even, for that matter, serious participation across the board. I recall a player that I knew of, he played CS:S and was very good, one of the best players I have seen. He didn't have as good as spec as me but he still beat nearly every time we fought.

gropingmantis · 21 Jun 2011 at 16:48

SuBsTaNcE said:
if your pc is holding you back get a better one, I do find that playing at higher resolutions does give me a slight advantage but I paid more for my PC so I deserve to have a better experience

Agreed, higer resolutions and a higer FOV has increased my scores, especially in BFBC2 after I set the FOV to 90.

Fangman · 21 Jun 2011 at 16:49

Any matching system i've ever used based purly off skill already can have a long wait, let's not make it longer, i doubt power of the PC makes much of a difference if you change the settings to a comfortable level.

Evilsod · 21 Jun 2011 at 16:50

If your PC isn't good enough to play the game smoothly which causes your performance to suffer there are 3 solutions.

Get a better PC.
Lower resolutions/graphics.
Stop playing it.

I've stopped playing BC2 because I can't pull in a smooth FPS on any graphics settings and lower resolution just looks so terrible I get even more distracted.

gropingmantis · 21 Jun 2011 at 16:56

Erm why are we talking about matchmaking anyway? Dedicated servers!

peterattheboro · 21 Jun 2011 at 16:57

The only reason I bought my i5 was to pwn noobs.

AHarvey · 21 Jun 2011 at 16:58

I am still playing games on a 6 year old PC, and find I am beating a lot of people on higher spec'd PC's.

dmcg · 21 Jun 2011 at 17:05

troll thread

iamtheoneneo · 21 Jun 2011 at 17:08

^^ edit i get the picture now. doh

Aedus · 21 Jun 2011 at 17:19

Even from the title I can tell this thread is retarded, what a shock it's from dickyb0b.

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I suggest you do the same, he never has anything of worth to say, it's so nice without seeing his uneducated tripe all over the forums.

orderoftheflame · 21 Jun 2011 at 17:52

Worst "my pc is utter crock and I'm blaming my lack of skill on it" thread ever.

I'd rather be matched to players of my skill level, I couldn't care less what machine they or I am using.

Xire · 21 Jun 2011 at 17:57

Podmonkey · 21 Jun 2011 at 18:12

What a dumb suggestion.

HAz · 21 Jun 2011 at 18:16

Watch the door on the way out mate.