Topic: They were wrong... [Online lag isn't improving]

[Smash_Brother]

The lag isn't getting better. It's getting worse.

So this...

“As with the launch of any online-enabled game, especially one as popular as Super Smash Bros. Brawl, everyone wants to play at once. This puts a strain on the pipeline. We have seen improvements in online play performance every day since launch.” - Nintendo spokesperson

...is completely inaccurate. I think what Nintendo forgets is the fact that people are still buying the game and they're just as eager to get online as many players who STILL want to play online.

[EasyCure]

i cant even spectate matches anymore... how sad is that?

[nickmitch]

When the game first came out, everyone told that online was smooth and flawless. When I played my second online match, it took 8 minutes for a 3 minute match. Yeah.

[Maverick]

I still haven't gotten to play online at all.  Every time I try to connect to a friend it times out and kicks me off of Wi-Fi.  EVERY TIME.  Grrr.

[Tanookisuit]

It's gotten faster for me...

[ThePerm]

I haven't been able to get a match in a week.

[EasyCure]

I still haven't gotten to play online at all.  Every time I try to connect to a friend it times out and kicks me off of Wi-Fi.  EVERY TIME.  Grrr.

i'm with you man. no friend matches, no random matches, ONE spectator match that i lost like 2 coins on and thats it. i unplugged my ethernet cable just to get my computer back online cuz im sick of trying to brawl online.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

I've been playing Ghost Squad.

[Luigi Dude]

If Nintendo of America is having trouble keeping their servers working right with just Smash Bros, what the hell are they going to do when Mario Kart comes out?  With all the trouble they have now, all the people trying to play Smash Bros and Mario Kart at the same time in a month are going to make NOA implode on itself.

[Smash_Brother]

I've been playing Ghost Squad.

HOTD3 is hard as hell but surprisingly fun.

[UltimatePartyBear]

I don't get it.  I just played several lag free (for me, anyway) matches with Stevey (I assume that's who STEVE is), and I didn't even have a connection quality indicator at all for him.  I can only guess that's supposed to be even worse than a red one.

I guess 1 on 1 matches are much, much less susceptible to lag.

[stevey]

It's more or less time of day/week. Yesterday at 7pm with just brawling GeneralTraag had lag and it turn horrible when a more joined but later at 12M, there was no lag with the same person and lagless 4 player at 1-2am.

[Mikintosh]

I've been playing the computer or local multiplayer. Of course, I'm the kind of guy who has Xbox Live and doesn't use it for months at a time...

[Smash_Brother]

Count yourselves lucky if you're having decent battles.

Like I said, people who were green are now yellow or worse, people I used to have absolutely pristine matches with.

[Pale]

I personally don't think there is a such thing as a lagless match.  I think every match played online has at least a little button lag... at least I've noticed it, even if the framerate appears to be constant.

[NWR_insanolord]

All I know is I almost always get almost lag-free matches with the one person that I cared about facing the most, and that's all I ever needed.

[Darkheart]

I personally don't think there is a such thing as a lagless match.  I think every match played online has at least a little button lag... at least I've noticed it, even if the framerate appears to be constant.

I get almost no lag at all playing my brother who lives a few hours away and my classmate who lives only down the block.  As far as people on here.  Matches with Stevey seem to usually be good 90% of the time there is at least little to no lag.  Pro is fairly good in connection.   Evan was not too bad but there was some lag.  Perhaps it was because Stevey and Evan were playing at the same time.  Isnt everyone I listed on the west coast?  Im in Chicago so I would say thats pretty damn good. 

[Smash_Brother]

Lag is just getting worse for me, it seems.

It took nearly a whole 30 seconds just to connect to NWIFI at noon today...

Meanwhile, I can still do 32 player TF2 matches with my GF on the same connection without ANY issue.

[Shecky]

I'll have to admit, lag has been getting better for me against most opponents *except* S_B.

The first games I played against him a week or so ago were much better than what we just went through a few days back.

[GoldenPhoenix]

I'll have to admit, lag has been getting better for me against most opponents *except* S_B.

The first games I played against him a week or so ago were much better than what we just went through a few days back.

I thought we were virtually lag free over the weekend when there was 4 of us playing (You included).

[Shecky]

Oh those matches we had were good, but I've definitely had better.  However, I believe your on the west coast, so I think it played great given the distance.

Just saying that when playing local folks I can notice that the "sluggishness" decreases a bit.

So all I'm saying is that the first time I played S_B the connection didn't seem as sluggish as when we played this past weekend - at least from what I recall, if that makes sense.

[GoldenPhoenix]

Oh those matches we had were good, but I've definitely had better.  However, I believe your on the west coast, so I think it played great given the distance.

Just saying that when playing local folks I can notice that the "sluggishness" decreases a bit.

So all I'm saying is that the first time I played S_B the connection didn't seem as sluggish as when we played this past weekend - at least from what I recall, if that makes sense.

Ah that is true, yeah I'm from the west coast.

[Smash_Brother]

It really doesn't, unless Verizon is doing something to my connection, in which case I will have to run down the street and SLAUGHTER THEM!!!!

[decoyman]

My lag is worse too. A friend who lives ~3 hours away, the person I was most looking forward to being able to brawl with, is orange and I'm red for him. We tried to play a one-on-one match yesterday, and it was just horrible. Plus, random matches were a slideshow pretty much, whereas they used to be great. And this is only 3 hours away, it's not like we're playing cross country or anything.

Is there some correlation with lag and the peak playing times of the evening? Like stevey was saying, maybe if we tried to play after midnight, it'd be better simply due to less traffic...

Whatever, it's really disappointing.

[Smash_Brother]

I've tried playing in the VERY middle of the day, like noon, when the kids should be in school and the adults at work at it's still laggy and terrible.

It looks like Nintendo has won their bet with me, as I've become so fed up with lag that I've stopped bothering to try playing online, meaning I'm one less person trying to congest their service.