Does anybody know why Octotel have such high latency, especially to Google services?

When I lived in Joburg, I was on Vumatel which was just lightning fast. All websites loaded fast and when I gamed online, my ping was 1ms.

Since I moved to the Cape, I have lived in two different areas, Strand and CT proper, with Octotel being the fibre provider at both locations. Since being on Octotel, my gaming ping has gone up to 20ms (which is perfectly fine but still a 20x increase) and I have noticed Google websites take longer to load, with Gmail being the main culprit.

On Vumatel a YouTube video would load immediately but on Octotel it usually takes a couple of seconds. Gmail loads immediately but usually takes a solid 10 seconds before it becomes responsive.

In both locations I used two different ISPs so it can't be an issue with the ISP. The issue has to be Octotel as they are the only constant. With the first ISP I had a 50/25mbps line and I now have a 100/100mbps line so bandwidth can't be the issue either.

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u/Odd-Dragonfly666 — 1 day ago

If you ever feel useless, just know there are a whole 3 other markers which never get rage spammed

They barely even get calmly spammed. I bet some people don’t even know they exist.

u/Odd-Dragonfly666 — 4 days ago

For all the people who still want to play the 'devs have RU bias' card...

How is this still a thing? For 9 out of 14 months the US had a WR advantage and yet people still want to cry over RU bias.

Yesterday somebody actually wanted to argue with me that in fact, the US did not have such a long advantage and it was actually more of a 6 month split each way. As if it isn't ridiculously easy to disprove it. Some of you US mains really need to stop crying and just get better.

P.S. I am not an RU main. I play both factions and it is fun af.

u/Odd-Dragonfly666 — 14 days ago
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40M4F | Cape Town man in finance looking for a romantic partner

What I am looking for:

  • Someone into fitness (this is very important as I am a gym rat and would like to someone with a similar addiction)
  • Someone not put off by my atheism. I know this is a dealbreaker for a lot of people so I am putting it out there now
  • Someone in their 20s to early 30s
  • Someone who actually wants to make an effort. Honestly tired of the online dating scene and its gang of one word responders. Show some interest.
  • Someone who is not controlling. Don't try to cramp my style. It is the fastest way for me to send you on your way
  • Someone who is very girly
  • Be ambitious. Mediocrity is for the birds
  • Be slow to judge and easy to get along with. Chemistry is key
  • Finally, understand the value of money. I am happy to share my wealth but I live within my means and I am not changing that for anyone. No matter how pretty you are

I look forward to chatting with you 😘

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u/Odd-Dragonfly666 — 15 days ago

Play both factions. Then you will understand balance.

I am not saying there hasn't been/isn't imbalance in the game. But if more people played both factions, you'd understand it is not as bad you make it out to be. At least not at the moment. Each side has their strengths and weaknesses.

If you played both factions, you'd know better what your strengths are and what your opponent's weaknesses are.

But if you want to really know how balanced the game is, watch the top 100 guys. When they only play one faction and constant mirror matches, you know the game has a balance issue. When they play both factions, you know balance is fine, and right now they play both.

u/Odd-Dragonfly666 — 18 days ago

Why don't we carry this 'gees' into senior rugby? What an atmosphere the stadium would be if 40k fans did this

Why does it stop at high school? How do we not carry this on into varsity, provincial and Springboks rugby?

How much more fun won't URC games be? It would draw in crowds and make games better attended instead of the empty stadiums we're so used to seeing apart from the derbies and knockout matches.

And can you imagine how much more tense it would make Boks vs AB matches?

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u/Odd-Dragonfly666 — 18 days ago

Do you love them or hate them?

Personally I'm not a fan of nukes and now that it has become harder to deal with airplanes, nukes have become even more cheesy. I guess more so for the US than RU since it is still fairly easy to shoot down missiles with SHORADS.

I was watching a stream by Ben last night where even they, as top tier players, were struggling to deal with US nukes. He had an ASF up to spot planes and everything and still they struggled to spot the stealth bombers in time.

But yeah, I am on the 'remove em' side.

But that is just my opinion.

Edit: This is in reference to that other post where apparently there is a massive debate within the dev team regarding nukes and if they should keep them.

u/Odd-Dragonfly666 — 20 days ago

Bittereinder- A TALE OF THREE CITIES featuring JACK PAROW and TUMI MOLEKANE

The Pretoria part of this song really takes me back to me UP days in the 2000s. I miss Zeplins man.

And I mean the OG Zeplins that was in the CBD. Not what the hell ever the one in Centurion was.

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u/Odd-Dragonfly666 — 20 days ago

Next patch might indeed be cooking....

Kaliningrad reworked, improved visualisation of unit paths, pre-game chat and I can FINALLY zoom out further! Yes, yes, yes, and yes. Love em all.

Edit: Patch notes

u/Odd-Dragonfly666 — 22 days ago
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Some of you all REALLY need to see this...

If you see a dual lane circle, you CANNOT turn right if you are in the outside lane. You will cause an accident eventually if you keep doing it.

Also ffs, if you turn left, use your damn indicators like you will at any other intersection. I don't understand why there are so many of you who think you need to use your indicator only if you turn right.

If you don't use your indicator, then people in said left lane wait for you because they think you will be going straight through. By using your indicator to indicate that you will turn left, you are letting them know they don't have to wait for you and they can go.

u/Odd-Dragonfly666 — 22 days ago

Honest and unbiased review

If only they could deal with leavers, solo queue would be such a godsend.

Filling a lobby takes forever, everyone is sensitive about what elo players they will allow in their lobby, and and and. It is just a whole schlep.

Solo queue is quick and easy. Except. The bane of my existence. Those who want to play a team game but decided that there is in fact an I in team: match leavers. Game abandoners. D**kheads.

They just kill the solo queue experience. Literally 9 out of 10 solo queue games I have played had a leaver in one team or the other. Many times two.

Solo queue would be so good if they could solve the leaver issue.

And also provide the option to not do mirror matches, just like you can in lobbies. Please and thank you.

u/Odd-Dragonfly666 — 23 days ago