reason many people arent good at games

I think the reason theres a bunch of people who arent good at online games is because their tv has input lag. My brother has a 52 inch sanyo tv and it has a bunch of input lag. My asus 24 inch 2ms monitor has much less input lag than big screen lcd tv's. My monitor also is much smoother. On gears of war 2 when you run on a big screen lcd it makes my eyes dizzy,but not on my monitor.

I did switch the picture from standard to game on my brothers lcd tv and my k/d ratio went way up.Game picture mode must make it faster or something. Before I had it on standard and I was the worse player in the game but when I switched to game I was the best player. So I think there wouldnt be so many bad players if there wasnt input lag and it was smoother. People want bigger tv's rather than a smoother gaming experience though.

I like the smooth and fast gaming experience of a tn panel. Im gonna mass message people on my recent player list and tell them to switch to game mode on their tv and watch their k/d ratios go up.

...or they can't get used to the controls or something :?

mabe they dont have a good sight or they have terrible reflexes, bad memory, poor hand dexterity I think there can be a lot of factos to this, but for the msot part most of them comes with practice and patiencedoubalfa

My friend's TV has huge inpuit lag. it was like palying Killzone 2 except it was COD. which makes no sense b/c cod is known for its buttery smooth controls.

he said 'theres no lag!'

i bet him 50 bucks that when he comes over to my place it would be fast as hell responsive.

he didnt accept however. LOL.

People just play for fun and don't take it seriously. Topic...

I'm using this excuse next time I have a bad game lol.

[QUOTE="doubalfa"]mabe they dont have a good sight or they have terrible reflexes, bad memory, poor hand dexterity I think there can be a lot of factos to this, but for the msot part most of them comes with practice and patienceslipknot0129

I play on a 47" LG. Used to play on a 46" Vizio. I kick ass pretty well. I'm no tournament player, but I generally end up top player in most shooters I play. No offense, but you're full of it ;)

Yup. This is the reason I suck at online. If you ever play with me, just know it's my TV. 8)

I use a computer monitor for some of my console shooters not because of lag problems, but because it's less space for my eyes to concentrate on while I'm playing (I don't have to search 4 feet of space to see a sniper).

Not that I doubt lag is a problem. Trying to play something like Rock Band when the sound output is off is...not easy.

[QUOTE="doubalfa"]mabe they dont have a good sight or they have terrible reflexes, bad memory, poor hand dexterity I think there can be a lot of factos to this, but for the msot part most of them comes with practice and patienceslipknot0129

I go between a 32 inch lcd and a 58 inch plasma and each of them give me the same results. I think those who are bad are simply that. Sure, there are cases with input lag, but that's usually because something is set up wrong and can be fixed. I see no reason to go and play on my 36 inch crt for my ps3 (though I still use it for last gen and earlier systems). I don't really go to gaming tournaments as I think they're rather, well useless (sorry if that offends anyone, it's just my opinion). I just sat down for a few rounds of dm on MW2 (oh that makes me sound horrible, so note COD is not my main game for online) and ended up getting between 24 and 30 kills each round, so I don't think I need to go back to a crt for my current gen system.

Basically, people that are bad online are pretty much just not good at a game, so there's no need to make excuses for them.

Input lag is usually caused by "post processing" features of the TV like "auto smoothing" and upscaling and such.

Basically the video game picture gets to the TV, then the TV processes it, then displays it.

The processing causes a small lag.

For normal TV functions like movies, etc, this is no problem, but the problem is when you hook up a console to the TV.

This results in input lag, and you get killed in the split second of post-processing.

You can normally turn off all these functions on the TV.

You want the TV displaying from the console RAW. Not auto-smoothing, or auto-upscaling.

I'm not sure about input lag, but all these people who boast about their 50" Tvs make me lol.
I can play 10 x better with my xbox hooked up to my 20" monitor screen than I can on a 40" + TV.
Larger screens definately reduce effectiveness.

27" monitor is the sweet spot imo, in terms of usability.

I'm not sure about input lag, but all these people who boast about their 50" Tvs make me lol.
I can play 10 x better with my xbox hooked up to my 20" monitor screen than I can on a 40" + TV.
Larger screens definately reduce effectiveness.

Overlord93

[QUOTE="Overlord93"]I'm not sure about input lag, but all these people who boast about their 50" Tvs make me lol.
I can play 10 x better with my xbox hooked up to my 20" monitor screen than I can on a 40" + TV.

Larger screens definately reduce effectiveness.slipknot0129

[QUOTE="slipknot0129"][QUOTE="Overlord93"]I'm not sure about input lag, but all these people who boast about their 50" Tvs make me lol.
I can play 10 x better with my xbox hooked up to my 20" monitor screen than I can on a 40" + TV.

Larger screens definately reduce effectiveness.Overlord93