My Auntie and Uncle had a second phone line for internet! Unfortunately they lived in another city, but my Auntie used to play Quake 2 online and introduced me to it. I remember being on a 56K modem and you'd often come across people on what I think they called a T1 connection? They would normally clean up. Hard to say if the faster connection helped them win or the more dedicated players would have the better connections, but I'm guessing a little of column A, a little of column B.

I don't really play twitch games or even online ones anymore, but over the years I've played the occasional game of Quake 3 for nostalgia's sake.

[–] eagleeyedtiger 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That sounds familiar. I think T1 lines were more common with businesses or universities, not sure how common they were in residential here? I was pretty young then so I would have had no clue. I do remember seeing those with much better ping than what I could get on our connection.

I don't have much time for online either nowadays. I still get the urge to try playing once in awhile and realise how terrible I am at shooters now 😅

[–] Dave 2 points 1 year ago

Haha oh boy am I bad at shooters. Well, all games really. I play them on easy and treat them like an interactive movie.