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Like countless others, I was once a poor, struggling college student forcefully subjected to the cruelty of circumstance and soulless landlords with their pre-installed wireless networks. Now I’m a poor, struggling adult held prisoner by my lazy unwillingness to rewire my apartment. No matter what your station in life, real gamers know that wireless internet connections blow donkeys when it comes to reliability. There’s nothing worse than camping that perfect spot, finding your mark, lining up your shot, and pulling the trigger only to catch a face full of lag followed up by some digital nards on the chin of your now lifeless avatar.
One of the most common reasons why wireless connections are maligned by gamers is because of their tendency to have frequent (but short) periods of high latency, often referred to as “dropping out”. This most commonly manifests itself as a 500-1000 ms stutter every minute or two. While not noticeable during low-performance tasks such as downloading files or web browsing, these periods of inconsistency are extremely frusterating during competitive gaming sessions, or in twitch-oriented first-person shooters. For three full years I cursed my various wireless routers and USB adapters for every arena match lost, every killing blow missed, every 25-damage pounce overshot due to regular latency spikes.
And then one day I found a simple solution to the problem that solved it once and for all. Turns out there was nothing wrong with my crappy Linksys router. My cheap D-Link USB adapter wasn’t malfunctioning. The problem was…
MICROSOFT. (surprise)
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