When you get D-synced, here’s why…

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Ever shoot an entire clip into someone and they instantly shoot you down?
Ever engage in a gunfight that feels like fighting a juggernaut with no hit registration?

These players are often not supposed to be in your lobby. They’re just using VPNs for high-latency games.

The player connects intentionally to bad servers to win ping battles.

This is a phenomenon in networking and online competitive gaming.

That’s why some people talk about ‘lag switch’ and similar things.

It’s not that they’re lag switching; you can’t do that on secure private servers. But they can connect to high ping lobbies to mess with you, leaving it up to D-sync to decide who wins.

It doesn’t happen too much to me, but I notice some people are confused by this situation.

2

I’m not sure how you make a post explaining something so completely wrong, so confidently.

3

You have it backwards. Low ping is the advantage.

It’s why in 2v2 tournaments they compete over who hosts. No one wants to be stuck with high ping.

4

So you say my ping is fine, but someone else’s is super high?

If so, the code should always default to the player with the lowest latency to fix that.

5

The 3 games I’ve felt lag switching, I got nuked. That’s it, only 3, 100% nuke rate. I think there’s more to it than you’re saying.

6

Same issue in Valorant. I used to play unknowingly with my VPN on, and I played way better than with low ping. I started deliberately using it once I realized that.

7

I’m in AUS/NZ and play with friends in NA. I can see my shots not registering, then suddenly getting melted instantly. Playing in high ping lobbies is tough.

8

Can you explain this more? I’ve always been confused about VPN’ing. I get the idea of connecting to servers with fewer players to bypass SBMM, but doesn’t the bad latency ruin the game?

9

Maybe, but I think the servers just suck.

10

The COD community isn’t okay.

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The 3 times I felt lag switching, I got nuked. That’s it, only 3, but it has a 100% nuke rate. I think there’s more happening than you realize.

12

High ping might be good and help you win? That makes no sense. You’re wrong.

13

Nope.
I play in Asia with 40 ping, friends in NA East with 200 ping, and I tell you, playing with 200 isn’t an advantage.

14

Are you sure you have evidence to support these claims? Why would you share opinions without verifying them?

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I have decades of experience in competitive gaming and networking education. I’m not an expert, but there’s truth in what I say. Some people prefer high latency because it can give them an edge in gunfights. Just Google it if you don’t believe me.

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Not always. Lag compensation sometimes favors the higher ping player, especially if you connect to a server with a higher average ping.

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Low ping is always better. I use gigabit fiber, and servers are usually under 12ms. Sometimes anomalies happen. Google it for details.

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I disagree. I tested 6ms on my local server vs 30-40ms in Germany, and my hit registration was always better locally. My German friend has worse hit reg on German servers.

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It’s lag compensation. The game tries to balance everyone, usually favoring worse lag.

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Lower ping responds faster; I don’t understand how that’s worse than high ping.