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09-09-2010, 01:13 PM
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Zach (http://thebattlemasters.com/) enjoys PvP in all its forms, but the form through which he enjoys it most is the winning form.
Today we'll continue our handy guide to winning at everything (http://www.wow.com/2010/09/02/the-art-of-war-craft-a-handy-guide-to-winning-at-everything/). By "everything," I mean PvP encounters, and by "winning" I mean as close an approximation as you can get to not embarrassing yourself. Last week, we talked about the absolute basics of heading into battle, which starts with your machine and your internet connection. For a lot of hardcore PvP players, these are investments as much as athletes or hobbyists would invest in sports equipment like better bicycle parts or top-of-the-line running shoes. They won't make you win, but as with all tools, they'll give you the edge with all other things being even.
Sometimes, distance can be a limitation when it comes to our connection, although there are ways to compensate for that. One of these methods is SSH tunneling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunneling_protocol), which in a nutshell carries your World of Warcraft data on the express lane, while normal connections are on the freeway on which everyone else has to contend with traffic. It's like knowing the shortest route to a destination, while normal routes force you to contend with longer roads, more turns and more stoplights. The technical explanation is more complex than that, but what this basically does is lower your latency -- sometimes by as much as several hundred milliseconds, which in PvP translates to landing that killing blow before your opponent does. There are several paid services that provide tunneling, such as Gamepath or Lowerping, and I know of a lot of players outside the United States who use these services to achieve better response times in the game.Continue reading The Art of War(craft): A handy guide to winning at everything, part 2 (http://www.wow.com/2010/09/09/the-art-of-war-craft-a-handy-guide-to-winning-at-everything-p/)
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Zach (http://thebattlemasters.com/) enjoys PvP in all its forms, but the form through which he enjoys it most is the winning form.
Today we'll continue our handy guide to winning at everything (http://www.wow.com/2010/09/02/the-art-of-war-craft-a-handy-guide-to-winning-at-everything/). By "everything," I mean PvP encounters, and by "winning" I mean as close an approximation as you can get to not embarrassing yourself. Last week, we talked about the absolute basics of heading into battle, which starts with your machine and your internet connection. For a lot of hardcore PvP players, these are investments as much as athletes or hobbyists would invest in sports equipment like better bicycle parts or top-of-the-line running shoes. They won't make you win, but as with all tools, they'll give you the edge with all other things being even.
Sometimes, distance can be a limitation when it comes to our connection, although there are ways to compensate for that. One of these methods is SSH tunneling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunneling_protocol), which in a nutshell carries your World of Warcraft data on the express lane, while normal connections are on the freeway on which everyone else has to contend with traffic. It's like knowing the shortest route to a destination, while normal routes force you to contend with longer roads, more turns and more stoplights. The technical explanation is more complex than that, but what this basically does is lower your latency -- sometimes by as much as several hundred milliseconds, which in PvP translates to landing that killing blow before your opponent does. There are several paid services that provide tunneling, such as Gamepath or Lowerping, and I know of a lot of players outside the United States who use these services to achieve better response times in the game.Continue reading The Art of War(craft): A handy guide to winning at everything, part 2 (http://www.wow.com/2010/09/09/the-art-of-war-craft-a-handy-guide-to-winning-at-everything-p/)
Filed under: PvP (http://www.wow.com/category/pvp/), The Art of War(craft) (PvP) (http://www.wow.com/category/the-art-of-war-craft/)
The Art of War(craft): A handy guide to winning at everything, part 2 (http://www.wow.com/2010/09/09/the-art-of-war-craft-a-handy-guide-to-winning-at-everything-p/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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