Board Thread:Bug Reports/@comment-5996037-20141223134625/@comment-26179618-20150110010252

let me just stop you right there, first of all, location does matter, if you're in alaska, and you're trying to play on a ukranian server, you're most likely going to get kicked out for extremely high ping, and thats if you have a good connection, second of all, the connection with a game matters a lot on upload and download speeds. if you have 1mb's internet, and 90% of that is being taken by a movie or something you are downloading, you'll see lag in game, packet loss and ping wont find anything wrong because there is nothing, its simply because there is not enough bandwith to load everyones actions.

second of all, games dont just rely just on ping, they rely on packets and your net completely. I live in china, I know the definition of " bad " internet, chinese internet is renown for its shotty net, up until yesterday, i upgraded to a different ISP and company [fiber] and actually am able to play any game without packet loss. last one, had high packet loss, nothing was playable, even with a 50mb's fibre line.

your ping test doesnt matter, depending on companies, they may have peak hours that will slow your net down to unplayable levels [like i used to have, from my old isp] location matters, if you're going to play a FPS, you have to find a server near you, and not try to connect to a server on a different continent, having over 200 ping will give you a disadvantage then someone near the server with 10 ping.

and the US never claimed to have the fastest internet, nor did I, so i don't know where you made half of this up.

during my old ISP time, i was kicked out every way possible, starting with not being able to connect, being too slow to play, freezing in the middle of the match then getting kicked out, there is nothing in R2D that would kick anyone, unless you abused the system which will ban you automatically, or do something against the rules making a mod kick or ban you, which you werent, and as for you losing your rank then regaining it, its something to do with the ROBLOX data storage, you'll have to talk to them