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Most online games use client side prediction, so any input made by the client happens almost instantly on the client and it feels really good, and can be rollbacked if the server disagrees. If you stream your game remote with 40ms it will add 40ms to your input and that just feels bad (not to mention jitter, especially if you're on semi-congested wifi), but its not unplayable or even that noticeable in many games. Would I play some casual Dota like that? Sure. But not high ranked games.


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