Extra laggy (cards) game! Avoid this.

[T.]

Almost everytime we get lagg. If you try to be competetive (speed and reflexes are required) among friends, don't even bother with this laggy game.

[Buck Rogers]

You're probably joining a game started by someone in another country. Sometimes a ping will show and you'll want this under 100 for a decent experience. Try creating a lobby yourself that people can join and your ping will be low.

[jbz]

This game works perfectly when I host for my friends who are in the same country as me.

[Buck Rogers]

I shouldn't say another country since for some Europeans, they could still get decent pings from a neighboring country. Where I am in the US, joining a European server will be extremely laggy for me, crossing a 300 ping or so. If I were to join someone in Canada though, I'd likely get a ping above 100 as I am centrally located. It's all about server location from where you are AND their upload speed, not so much your download speed.

[T.]

I was playing with my GF in the same country (Europe). Bad experience... Probably it is because of my crappy ISP. Sometimes it is working great, but mostly it is just bad. I can see her taking cards, but I just can't upload information quickly. It is a fakking cards game, not some complex FPS.

[jbz]

It works fine for other people, obviously the issue is on your network end.

[Buck Rogers]

I would think any computer would run this, but you could try closing out other programs just in case it's lacking the resources needed. Also, if you're sending information through another program, this could cause some lag if your upload speed isn't that fast.

[tigercurlz]

had a similar experience.. lots of lag while in the same room..

[stuiterveer]

Lol. "My ISP sucks, making it a terrible game".

[sam]

> It is a fakking cards game, not some complex FPS.

The complexity doesn't matter, it's all about latency. If your crappy ISP means it takes several hundred milliseconds for communications to go between you and someone else, it doesn't matter whether the information being sent is simple info about a card game, or complex FPS state, it's still going to lag.

Providing a good experience under laggy conditions is extremely difficult. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jb0FOcImdg for an informative deep dive on this. Far far more complexity that is warranted by a free card game.

I play from New Zealand, often with latencies of 200ms, and I'm definitely disadvantaged, but I still have a good time.

[Kaizai]

Host your own game, problem solved