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by tharkun__ 25 days ago
Hah, this reminds me of my "ancient past".

This must have been CS 1.4 or 1.5 times. I had terrible internet. 36k modem times, super high (ish - 150+ms at the very least, been a while, don't quote me, maybe it was way higher even?) ping to a server that had all the custom maps I loved.

I got accused of cheating.

I didn't.

Simply a result of CS/HL netcode. I was able to "run circles" around others. Something in that version favored my local client view of things I suppose. I literally just went around corners and if there was an enemy I circled them while driving bullets into them w/ my P90. They died without even really seeing me (from what they were saying). On my end everything looked smooth and normal.

This tactic never worked all that well on servers where I had the usual <120ms ping. I guess never mind at <15ms :)