Rate your experience with Brawl online. (Lag)

Mar 18, 2008 7:26 AM

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Smash has always been a fast paced game where split second decisions allow you to perfectly land a timed blow or sidestep an incoming projectile. With Brawl came the online aspect which introduced latency.

Adam Sessler said, "... it’s so lag-free it's hard to tell you're not playing with people on your couch." during an X-Play review of Brawl.[1] Yet, I've been having problems timing every move despite if I play random matches or against friends.

I experience roughly a 150-200ms delay between when I hit a key and it is represented onscreen. My fiancé doesn't even notice this lag but I was able to demonstrate it to her after comparing online to offline key response time by having her just listen to the controller and watch the screen.

I've tried placing my Wii in a DMZ as recommended by a guide I found online. [2] But that created little to no change.

So I was wondering what other people's experiences were and if I'm pursuing a better experience than is possible?

Note: I’ve played similarly paced games on Xbox Live with no problem so I know my connection is capable.

[1] - http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/reviews/1736/Super_Smash_Bros_Brawl_Review.html

[2] - http://frontal-lobe.net/wiihelp.html

ShaeyMar 18, 2008 1:02 PM

Mar 18, 2008 2:32 PM

crono22

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Jan 2008

2408

Some lag - 250ms
What a hell is wrong whit nintendo they have to fixe this dam lag problem and fast.

Mar 18, 2008 3:27 PM

Nek0

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Sep 2007

3888

I've had a few small lag matches, but almost all either had some lag or a lot.

Mar 19, 2008 7:31 PM

Nuge

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Jun 2007

588

I moved my Wii into my room so it's closer to the router, but I still get some lag, whenever I do a smash it takes like a second to actually do the attack so I guess I have button lag too, very annoying.

Mar 19, 2008 8:14 PM

jatoskep

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Feb 2008

I've really had little to no lag at all with Brawl wi-fi. Maybe 2-3 out of the 200 "with friends" matches I have played have had a small amount of lag. Haven't tried "With Anyone" because I hate time matches.

Mar 20, 2008 7:32 AM

Shaey

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jatoskep said:
I've really had little to no lag at all with Brawl wi-fi. Maybe 2-3 out of the 200 "with friends" matches I have played have had a small amount of lag. Haven't tried "With Anyone" because I hate time matches.

Are your 'with friends' fights with friends locally or from different locations in the US?

Mar 21, 2008 11:49 AM

Kuyu

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Oct 2007

995

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

You can find me on IRC.

Mar 21, 2008 1:05 PM

katedadevil

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Feb 2008

1988

some lag ):

Mar 21, 2008 1:18 PM

Shaey

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Nov 2007

Well... atleast it's not just me and I can stop tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to get rid of the lag.

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