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and choke, which can prevent a player from "registering" their actions with a server. In first-person shooters, this problem appears when bullets hit the enemy without damage. The player's connection is not the only factor; some servers are slower than others.
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for best selling MMO video game. This category of games requires multiple machines to connect via the
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