I couldn't even start to explain how many times I've been kicked due to an incredibly, near atrociously bad connection. I had this problem while playing on my Xbox 360, but also on the PC. Even simple games like Battlefield Online would kick me all the time due to connection problems. I expected the distance from my house to, wherever my precious bytes travel to, would be to great. False. I expected my ISP to rip me off, limiting my connection. False. I even started to get delusional, and I wondered what happened to all those tins of Red Bull that disappeared under my desk, was it a plot? False!
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The solution was well at hand. My ports were blocked.Â
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Now I know this is starting to sound like "Lifetime Presents: My Ports Were Blocked", but this is stone-cold reality. Many gamers are deprived by the fact that they are always one step behind other players. Bungie has been notifying players of their ports status in Halo 3, Infinity Ward in Modern Warfare 2, but many other games do not note out this problem.Â
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If you are bothered by slower downloading speeds when using Bittorent/Comet/uTorrent, FOR LEGAL P2P SHARING, or have a high ping in multiplayer modes, use the website or free (afterward easily deletable) tool for the PC, Portforwarding. I would not recommend this ingenious website if it wasn't the best option available. To open your ports you need to get a static IP first. You have to find information here and there on your PC and this could all take a very long time. Portforwarding has detailed and simple instructions for setting up a static IP and opening your ports. It also has a program that does everything for you, and is completely deletable after it has done the trick.Â
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This is not to promote the website itself, it is to bring the problem of strict of moderate ports to the light. Its a bitch!
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