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I feel like this topic really needs to be addressed as lag compensation makes ultra miserable and frustrating for many players.
To start with: What is lag compensation?
Lag compensation is a feature lichess uses to ensure that people far away from lichess's servers can get compensation as they're moves take longer to get to lichess servers.
Why is it so bad? With lag comp, games can last to 2 minutes in a 15 second game, which is absolutely ridiculous. "Laggers" are pretty much impossible to flag, and with they're time going up/staying the same after every move, it gives off a vibe that they are moving really slowly when in reality they barely lost any time.
The problem: Laggers are the reason why some people quit ultrabullet. It makes the game unfair, miserable, and frustrating to play. Laggers also make the community really toxic, as most laggers will get blocked by non laggers. Immediately if you lag/ live somewhere far away from france, you are immediately seen as the villain which is NOT OK.
Lag is separating both communities of non laggers and laggers, and it seems like nothing coming out of lag is positive.
So, I do not blame lichess for making this a feature. I would imagine that having 2 bars and playing ultrabullet will be EXTREMELY painful, and giving them comp is more than reasonable. I AM NOT HATING ON LICHESS for adding lag comp to their site.
Now here comes the hard part. The solution.
If you read all the way here, I want you to comment on this forum and try to brainstorm with other people on how we can fix the problem of lag and not make ultrabullet a toxic and miserable place for certain people (like me).
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I feel like this topic really needs to be addressed as lag compensation makes ultra miserable and frustrating for many players.
To start with: What is lag compensation?
Lag compensation is a feature lichess uses to ensure that people far away from lichess's servers can get compensation as they're moves take longer to get to lichess servers.
Why is it so bad? With lag comp, games can last to 2 minutes in a 15 second game, which is absolutely ridiculous. "Laggers" are pretty much impossible to flag, and with they're time going up/staying the same after every move, it gives off a vibe that they are moving really slowly when in reality they barely lost any time.
The problem: Laggers are the reason why some people quit ultrabullet. It makes the game unfair, miserable, and frustrating to play. Laggers also make the community really toxic, as most laggers will get blocked by non laggers. Immediately if you lag/ live somewhere far away from france, you are immediately seen as the villain which is NOT OK.
Lag is separating both communities of non laggers and laggers, and it seems like nothing coming out of lag is positive.
So, I do not blame lichess for making this a feature. I would imagine that having 2 bars and playing ultrabullet will be EXTREMELY painful, and giving them comp is more than reasonable. I AM NOT HATING ON LICHESS for adding lag comp to their site.
Now here comes the hard part. The solution.
If you read all the way here, I want you to comment on this forum and try to brainstorm with other people on how we can fix the problem of lag and not make ultrabullet a toxic and miserable place for certain people (like me).