Customer service is huge for dedicated FPS gamers.

In order to make the game play experience seem more fair than it is with "auto matchmaking" connecting to random servers around the US. A user found out that MW2 doesn't show an accurate representation of your ping when you play online.

We would normally call this shitty customer service, but you find it acceptable. 4 bars means up to 0-100 ping, 3 bars 101-200, 2 bars 201-300, 1 bar is 301+.

Quote:
Someone posted this on the IW forums. I thought you guys should try it. Link to original post here
Navigate to the folder: 'program files\steam\steamapps\common\call of duty modern warfare 2\players' and open the file config_mp.cfg
Change scoresping_interval from 100 to 20, and maxbars from 4 to 10 (10 is the max).
This means that each of the 10 bars represents 20ms, with full green being 20ms or lower, and 1 red being >200ms or higher.
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Screenshot
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The sad truth? You might wanna pound a few beers before you read this:
The host is immediately obvious, he's the guy with 0-20 ping (full green).
I usually connect with about 101-200+ms.
Most people are connected at 200+ms (3 or less bars on normal cfg settings).
On regular cfg settings, 4 bars means up to 0-100 ping, 3 bars 101-200, 2 bars 201-300, 1 bar is 301+.
WHAT PING MEANS: http://www.infinityward.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=167264&start=10#p2901306
MORE SHOTS: http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/8b90209382ea1a17cf2a7e42a566ac46eb587fa1.png
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