9 Ways for High-Pingers to Improve Their Multiplayer Performance

As a ping-impaired player it’s a tough road to respectability in online Half-Life. We scoured the Internet for tips, tested the suggestions, and proudly bring the results to you here.

1. Replace a Winmodem with a hardware modem.
2. Get a graphics card with at least 8MB of memory.
3. Create an autoexec.
4. Improve your set of crosshairs.
5. Reconfigure your keyboard.
6. Invest in an optical mouse.
7. Learn offensive/defensive strategies .
8. Use lag-forgiving weapons (select AR grenades over the gluon, e.g.)
9. Know your map!

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