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    1. 07-22-2008 04:39 AM #1
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      MAG - Massive Action Game

      I saw this on E3 a few days ago, and it looks absolutely amazing. I'm stoked for it, the massive battles just sound so great. For those who don't know, this is a massively multiplayer modern combat styled game that supports up to 256 people on a single huge map, with eight people squads for better coordination during the planning and execution stages. Here's the trailer for anyone who hasn't seen it.

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    2. 07-22-2008 06:04 AM #2
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      Just watched the trailer...

      Looks to be ace, I'm looking foward to it.
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    3. 07-22-2008 06:09 AM #3
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      Sounds like a great concept with amazing potential. I'm just worried about lag problems...
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    4. 07-22-2008 03:06 PM #4
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      Quote Originally Posted by Pastulio_ View Post
      Sounds like a great concept with amazing potential. I'm just worried about lag problems...
      Yeah....

      Network activity goes up in a parabolic fashion... if you have 10 players connected, each of those players has to send their positions to each of the 10 other players. That's 10x10 = 100 messages.

      For 256 players that's 256x256 = 65536 messages

      Lag is a big issue for this.
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    5. 07-22-2008 04:01 PM #5
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      Quote Originally Posted by arby View Post
      Yeah....

      Network activity goes up in a parabolic fashion... if you have 10 players connected, each of those players has to send their positions to each of the 10 other players. That's 10x10 = 100 messages.

      For 256 players that's 256x256 = 65536 messages

      Lag is a big issue for this.
      If they do big, dedicated servers for the game, then I don't think it should be too much of a problem. As long as enough bandwidth exists for the server (along with being powerful enough) to handle all the connections and manage the flow of communication between all the players.
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    6. 07-22-2008 07:47 PM #6
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      Since this seems like it's going to be like, THE game to have on the PS3, like the game that absolutely everyone would buy if it turns out right, I'm assuming Sony will invest quite a bit of cash into their servers for it, so it should run pretty well, but only time will tell. I'm really hoping this turns out good, the concept is a really fun one.
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