Lowyat.NET: Latest topics by hamstein

Help get nearby BO servers!

hamstein — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:15:33 +0800

Go to that link and select "Suggest" and suggest Singapore, they do a mighty fine job with Starhub giving TF2 players in most of SEA a place to play with relatively low ping.
They would be the best place for the SEA region anyway.

[addedon]November 4, 2010, 5:18 pm[/addedon]I should add that without doing this we will either have to play with 300-400 ping on American servers (really immature, I'm American and play on those when I'm back over the summer) or with 200-300 ping on Australian servers.

We may also get kicked for high ping.

Where to buy Time Cards

hamstein — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:20:48 +0800

I live in the KL area and the only game store I know is sold out. This is the game store in Times Square, the one that actually resembles a game store and sells a large selection of authentic games.

Where can I get more time cards? The lady at the store suggested "Soong Gai Wong" (how it's pronounced, not spelt), however I don't know what that is or where.

I keep thinking it is Low Yat, however isn't Low Yat the name of this forum ? XD

BC2 unused CD key

hamstein — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:08:28 +0800

As you all know I'm the guy who hasn't been able to play BC2 because of my bad isp. I have yet to register an account with my CD key and now I want to trade for the Sam & Max game (because they demo was really fund and I get 3 TF2 items):

http://store.steampowered.com/app/901399/

I have no credit card so I can't buy it myself.

I send you CD key and you gift the game to my steam account;

count_hamstein

unable to log in tryagain later HELP PLEASE

hamstein — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:38:09 +0800

Basically I just bought the game and whenever I try to log in I get an error message that says "unable to log in try again later". I have tried creating a new account, changing password etc. but nothing works I cannot play muliplayer.

here is a pic of my problem: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=33ykf12&s=6

I have also opened up ports and disabled fire wall... it could be a problem on ea's side...that only affects me.

[addedon]March 18, 2010, 9:39 pm[/addedon]one last thing, this is a pic from the beta, i have the full version though. It's a pic i found on google of my error.

Where do you buy games in this country?

hamstein — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:48:27 +0800

90% of game shops are pirated games, I wanna play online so I don't wanna buy pirated games. Then None of the malls except for Times Square actually have game stores and Times Square game store was sold out of Bad Company 2- Low Yat doesn't even have a place that sells PC games (that I am aware of)

The Bukhit Bingtang area has like 10 malls (all of which are pretty good) except they don't sell games.

The only good thing about the way Malaysia treats their gaming market is that their games (PC games atleast) are cheaper than in the states. (Atleast I feel that way)

Where do I buy games in this country, more specifically where do I buy Bad Company 2?

BC2 questions

hamstein — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:17:13 +0800

1) Around what ping do you get for how many servers?
2) Will the MBT servers be playing Rush or Conquest (heard conquest sucks on BC2 and rush is awesome)
3) Do people here play on teams, I remember there was literally no teamwork on 2142 on the MBT servers
4) How much will the game cost?

3 more weeks

hamstein — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:08:45 +0800

cant wait. In 3 weeks I go back to the states, and since I'm visiting my grandparents in Georgia I'm gonna have awesome pings in this game. Yay!

Oh, and Taco Bell..

Was I just lucky or what?

hamstein — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:03:14 +0800

I just got this game and many of my matches (Except for 1 match, free for all) have had 3 bars of ping, no 2 bars and sadly no 4. But the lag isnt THAT bad.

Was I just lucky when I played? Or have more people bought the game?

Where to buy MW2

hamstein — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:23:03 +0800

Where can I get MW2 here, like around Ampang Point where is a good place?

How is MW2 ping here and where to buy?

hamstein — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:03:46 +0800

So back in the states I played a bit of MW1 (didnt like it cause to much nade spam and people sucked, no challenge) and I had many servers with like 60 ping. Now I moved here, uninstalled MW1 cause I got bored.

Now that MW2 is out, where can I buy it (like around Ampang Point) and how is the ping for it. Anything under 200 is bearable for me, though I would be more than happy for like 50 ping.

Though I go back to America for Christmas and Summer I don't want to buy this game and never get a chance to play.

Oh, and can I host games?

300 ping on starhub servers, 1mbps connection

hamstein — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:10:41 +0800

Broadband provider
ISP/package: Macrolynx, 1mbps
Location: Ummm...Seri Hening (a condo near Ampang Point)
Have you called your ISP's helpline?: Yup, they are useless

Personal equipment
Modem: DSL-520B
Router: Not important, tried without no difference
Firewall used: Nope

Problem details
First occurrence of problem: Since I got my internet
Problem frequency: All the time
Problem description: I get very large amounts of lag on every server I try to play on. Especially on starhub (my favorite when I lived in Singapore)

here's an example of a Malay server:

Tracing route to 202.71.97.81 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 52 ms 52 ms 51 ms 172.16.35.1
3 66 ms 75 ms 68 ms 221.133.40.225
4 93 ms 57 ms 62 ms 221.133.40.1
5 61 ms 63 ms 64 ms 120.138.80.113
6 91 ms 80 ms 101 ms 58.27.106.245

using 1mbps shouldn't I be getting like 20 ping on a malay server (nobody is ever on it but still...)

heres the starhub tracert:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 53 ms 70 ms 52 ms 172.16.35.1
3 93 ms 103 ms 99 ms 221.133.40.225
4 97 ms 87 ms 78 ms 221.133.40.1
5 62 ms * 69 ms 120.138.80.113
6 64 ms 68 ms 69 ms MLS-0004.gw1.kul12.asianetcom.net [203.192.154.2
33]
7 76 ms 76 ms 72 ms gi15-0.gw2.sin1.asianetcom.net [203.192.144.34]

8 83 ms 80 ms 92 ms po3-1-2.gw1.sin3.asianetcom.net [202.147.32.121]

9 87 ms 73 ms 82 ms ip-202-147-48-66.asianetcom.net [202.147.48.66]

10 103 ms 108 ms 109 ms ge-starhub.pacific.net.sg [192.169.32.90]
11 278 ms 261 ms 254 ms 203.116.8.38

why does my last hop ALWAYS have a giant ping spike? Does my isp just hate me and not want me to play online games?

I just moved to malaysia (high pings gaming)

hamstein — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:44:18 +0800

I just moved here from America and subscribed to macrolynx (my condo doesn't let me subscribe to anything else ) for the 1mbps package. My favorite game is Team Fortress 2 and I do no receive a single ping lower than 150, even the starhub servers located in Singapore are 270 ping.

Does anyone know why this is, or did I just get a really bad isp? Because talking to the people on the starhub servers, there are many people in malaysia and they get 70 ping...why am I different?

Oh and my download speeds are never more than 100kbps, lol.

I just want to add that macrolynx browsing speed is very fast though