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We have all gone through the difficulties of playing with the horrendous limitation of Lag during online play. As far as we know there is no way to rid of this lag... But can the amount of lag we play with be reduced? Can our stage choice affect the amount of lag we receive? ...Well lets find out.
This list was designed to represent which stages affect the amount of lag you receive during online play based on your relative connection speed. This list was designed by Sucumbio, and contributed by Nysyarc, myself, and many others who assisted in testing. There are many factors to take into consideration when dealing with lag. Stage Choice obviously is not the only thing that can affect it. Where you play from, who you play with, and what type of connective device you are using can all affect this data. Therefore the purpose of this list is merely to serve as a basic model on how stage choice affects lag. The more input we can get the better we can improve the list and the more accurate it will become.
As you can see, Battlefield affects lag to a minimal in all three categories. And obviously stages with a lot of extra movement and details would cause more lag. All though, suprisingly to me, Delfino Plaza didn't affect the lag as much as I thought it would.
Discuss.
This list was designed to represent which stages affect the amount of lag you receive during online play based on your relative connection speed. This list was designed by Sucumbio, and contributed by Nysyarc, myself, and many others who assisted in testing. There are many factors to take into consideration when dealing with lag. Stage Choice obviously is not the only thing that can affect it. Where you play from, who you play with, and what type of connective device you are using can all affect this data. Therefore the purpose of this list is merely to serve as a basic model on how stage choice affects lag. The more input we can get the better we can improve the list and the more accurate it will become.
sucumbio said:Now of course we've experienced "lag" on all stages. So... first a quick definition...
...Lag is the slow-down effect that can happen during an online match. During Lag, The literal second to second ratio is changed, i.e. 1 for 1 in normal (offline) play a game second is a real life second, during Lag, a game second is x.xxxxx seconds.
The effect of Lag on each stage may lead one to find a comparative relationship between stage choices and connection quality. In other words there are trends that are likely despite the connection quality and then there are trends that are dependent on the connection quality. Therefore this list structure takes into account the apparent connection speed between players, and the subsequent stage choices that can be expected under those conditions.
Blue [Near Flawless] Connection
Stages with Minimal Lag
Battlefield
Brinstar
Castle Siege
Corneria
Delfino Plaza
Distant Planet
Lylat Cruise
Smashville
Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Island (Melee)
Stages with Moderate Lag
75m
Big Blue
Bridge of Eldin
Final Destination
Flat Zone 2
Frigate Orpheon
Green Greens
Green Hill Zone
Halberd
Hanenbow
Jungle Japes
Luigi's Mansion
Mario Bros.
Mario Circuit
Mushroomy Kingdom
New Pork City
Norfair
Onett
PictoChat
Pirate Ship
Pokemon Stadium
Pokemon Stadium 2
Port Town Aero Drive
Rainbow Cruise
Rumble Falls
Shadow Moses
Skyworld
Spear Pillar
The Summit
Temple
WarioWare
Stages with Massive Lag
None
Orange-Green [Average] connection
Stages with Minimal Lag
Battlefield
Castle Siege
Corneria
Delfino Plaza
Smashville
Stages with Moderate Lag
75m
Big Blue
Brinstar
Bridge of Eldin
Distant Planet
Final Destination
Frigate Orpheon
Green Greens
Green Hill Zone
Halberd
Hanenbow
Jungle Japes
Luigi's Mansion
Lylat Cruise
Norfair
Onett
Pirate Ship
Pokemon Stadium
Pokemon Stadium 2
Shadow Moses
Skyworld
Spear Pillar
The Summit
Temple
Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Island (Melee)
WarioWare
Stages with Massive Lag
Flat Zone 2
New Pork City
Mario Bros.
Mario Circuit
Mushroomy Kingdom
PictoChat
Port Town Aero Drive
Rainbow Cruise
Rumble Falls
Red [Horrible] connection
Stages with Minimal Lag
Battlefield
Stages with Moderate Lag
Brinstar
Castle Siege
Corneria
Distant Planet
Delfino Plaza
Final Destination
Frigate Orpheon
Green Greens
Green Hill Zone
Halberd
Hanenbow
Jungle Japes
Onett
Pirate Ship
Pokemon Stadium
Pokemon Stadium 2
Rumble Falls
Skyworld
Smashville
The Summit
Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Island (Melee)
Stages with Massive Lag
75m
Big Blue
Bridge of Eldin
Flat Zone 2
Lylat Cruise
Luigi's Mansion
New Pork City
Mario Bros.
Mario Circuit
Mushroomy Kingdom
Norfair
PictoChat
Port Town Aero Drive
Rainbow Cruise
Shadow Moses
Spear Pillar
Temple
WarioWare
Stages with Minimal Lag
Battlefield
Brinstar
Castle Siege
Corneria
Delfino Plaza
Distant Planet
Lylat Cruise
Smashville
Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Island (Melee)
Stages with Moderate Lag
75m
Big Blue
Bridge of Eldin
Final Destination
Flat Zone 2
Frigate Orpheon
Green Greens
Green Hill Zone
Halberd
Hanenbow
Jungle Japes
Luigi's Mansion
Mario Bros.
Mario Circuit
Mushroomy Kingdom
New Pork City
Norfair
Onett
PictoChat
Pirate Ship
Pokemon Stadium
Pokemon Stadium 2
Port Town Aero Drive
Rainbow Cruise
Rumble Falls
Shadow Moses
Skyworld
Spear Pillar
The Summit
Temple
WarioWare
Stages with Massive Lag
None
Orange-Green [Average] connection
Stages with Minimal Lag
Battlefield
Castle Siege
Corneria
Delfino Plaza
Smashville
Stages with Moderate Lag
75m
Big Blue
Brinstar
Bridge of Eldin
Distant Planet
Final Destination
Frigate Orpheon
Green Greens
Green Hill Zone
Halberd
Hanenbow
Jungle Japes
Luigi's Mansion
Lylat Cruise
Norfair
Onett
Pirate Ship
Pokemon Stadium
Pokemon Stadium 2
Shadow Moses
Skyworld
Spear Pillar
The Summit
Temple
Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Island (Melee)
WarioWare
Stages with Massive Lag
Flat Zone 2
New Pork City
Mario Bros.
Mario Circuit
Mushroomy Kingdom
PictoChat
Port Town Aero Drive
Rainbow Cruise
Rumble Falls
Red [Horrible] connection
Stages with Minimal Lag
Battlefield
Stages with Moderate Lag
Brinstar
Castle Siege
Corneria
Distant Planet
Delfino Plaza
Final Destination
Frigate Orpheon
Green Greens
Green Hill Zone
Halberd
Hanenbow
Jungle Japes
Onett
Pirate Ship
Pokemon Stadium
Pokemon Stadium 2
Rumble Falls
Skyworld
Smashville
The Summit
Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Island (Melee)
Stages with Massive Lag
75m
Big Blue
Bridge of Eldin
Flat Zone 2
Lylat Cruise
Luigi's Mansion
New Pork City
Mario Bros.
Mario Circuit
Mushroomy Kingdom
Norfair
PictoChat
Port Town Aero Drive
Rainbow Cruise
Shadow Moses
Spear Pillar
Temple
WarioWare
As you can see, Battlefield affects lag to a minimal in all three categories. And obviously stages with a lot of extra movement and details would cause more lag. All though, suprisingly to me, Delfino Plaza didn't affect the lag as much as I thought it would.
Discuss.