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Alright, I've just been playing ESF, literally a few minutes ago, and I realized something that was like a revelation:
It may not be your skill level, but your ping, that makes you suck at ESF.
At first I was playing a map that unbeknownst to me, was in Australia. I got my ass handed to me, everyone was inexplicably faster, and my game's reactions were sticky. It felt like a normal day in ESF, since I'm used to being owned by other players.
I asked by chance about this, and they told me it was because my ping was higher than theirs since they were all in Australia. Learning ths, I looked up a sver with the lowest ping, which was in the US.
The difference couldn't have been plainer. Instead of being annihilated, only pros were able to truly own me. I wasn't brilliant, but I could hang in there, especially since the reaction time was now seamless and I could always tell where my enemy was going. Unlike most ESF experiences, it was now actually...dare I say it...fun...NOT a piss-off fest! I took my own fair share of blugeonings, but it was all in good fun, and I didn't care!
So if you are also experienceing problems with ESF, learn the game in a server closest to you, and with a ping (latency) as low as possible! I promise it'll help you!
It may not be your skill level, but your ping, that makes you suck at ESF.
At first I was playing a map that unbeknownst to me, was in Australia. I got my ass handed to me, everyone was inexplicably faster, and my game's reactions were sticky. It felt like a normal day in ESF, since I'm used to being owned by other players.
I asked by chance about this, and they told me it was because my ping was higher than theirs since they were all in Australia. Learning ths, I looked up a sver with the lowest ping, which was in the US.
The difference couldn't have been plainer. Instead of being annihilated, only pros were able to truly own me. I wasn't brilliant, but I could hang in there, especially since the reaction time was now seamless and I could always tell where my enemy was going. Unlike most ESF experiences, it was now actually...dare I say it...fun...NOT a piss-off fest! I took my own fair share of blugeonings, but it was all in good fun, and I didn't care!
So if you are also experienceing problems with ESF, learn the game in a server closest to you, and with a ping (latency) as low as possible! I promise it'll help you!