Counter-Strike help. :(

[Aerowyn]

All right then... I guess I'll do that. :s

... and you know ya'll should play with me if you have CSS... ^__^;

[Sever]

When I was off at college, my ping was ALWAYS in the 2k whenever I initially joined a game, then would settle down at around 67 or 100, depending which server I was on. I just got used to it and tried not to move around a lot during the first 30 seconds or so. It just became expected after awhile, and I dealt with it accordingly.

[Aerowyn]

HEY GUYS.

I just found out. If I create a server on my own, it doesn't ping me at all. In fact I was running around quite decently.

Anyone want to try playing with me? I want to get a group together. ^__^; How do I make an internet server to play on?

[Chronos]

Aerowyn, try pinging to this IP and try to join it through CSS.

213.190.195.49

See if the pings are roughly the same.
If you're ping's insanely high again, then it might be possible that there's some software's blocking these CSS ports.. Seeing your ping to the Google servers were fine.

Edit:

HEY GUYS.
I just found out. If I create a server on my own, it doesn't ping me at all. In fact I was running around quite decently.
Anyone want to try playing with me? I want to get a group together. ^__^; How do I make an internet server to play on?

Yes, if you create your own server that means you'll get 0-1 ping, as you are the server, however..

-Your college might have routers blocking incoming traffic to a non port-forwarded IP, your server's IP for instance.
-Even if someone could connect, that doesn't mean that he/she would get a decent ping.

Hate to burst your bubble, but it might be true.

[Aerowyn]

Aerowyn, try pinging to this IP and try to join it through CSS.

213.190.195.49

See if the pings are roughly the same.
If you're ping's insanely high again, then it might be possible that there's some software's blocking these CSS ports.. Seeing your ping to the Google servers were fine.

I did that and it came up to about 144ms. However I'm not sure if joining a server would cause it to spike. I don't even know how to join a server based on ip address. >__< I just started playing this like, yesterday.

-Your college might have routers blocking incoming traffic to a non port-forwarded IP, your server's IP for instance.
-Even if someone could connect, that doesn't mean that he/she would get a decent ping.

Hate to burst your bubble, but it might be true.

Ah well.

[Chronos]

I did that and it came up to about 144ms. However I'm not sure if joining a server would cause it to spike. I don't even know how to join a server based on ip address. >__< I just started playing this like, yesterday.
Ah well.

Oops, sorry, thought you've been playing for ages! :P
This is what I do:
To join through an IP, go to "Favorites", right click in the large blank spot and click "Add server by IP address", paste the IP in the textbox and click "add this server to favorites". You should be good to go from here on out

[Bodzilla]

All right then... I guess I'll do that. :s

... and you know ya'll should play with me if you have CSS... ^__^;

just got it last night

o/

[Aerowyn]

Oops, sorry, thought you've been playing for ages! :P
This is what I do:
To join through an IP, go to "Favorites", right click in the large blank spot and click "Add server by IP address", paste the IP in the textbox and click "add this server to favorites". You should be good to go from here on out

Thanks so much for the help. I'll try to join once my Steam stops acting up... honestly, I've never had so much trouble with a game before in my whole life.

CSS wouldn't start up, so I logged out of steam with the intention to log back in and now it isn't popping up asking for my password or anything.

-____-; I tell you. When I can, I'll try it.

[Chronos]

CSS wouldn't start up, so I logged out of steam with the intention to log back in and now it isn't popping up asking for my password or anything.
.

Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC
Click on processes.
Click on "Image name"
Try to find something like "Steam.exe", click it once
Click the button that says "End Process"

That should shut it down completely, then try to re-open it.
Hope that works for you. =]

-____-; I tell you. When I can, I'll try it.

No problem, take your time.

[Aerowyn]

If I close steam I'll never get it open again, that's my problem.

It only works in early morning. If I try to reopen it it does "Steam - Updating" and NEVER updates.

And I already tried deleting the .blob file like 16 times. XD So I guess I'm done on CSS for the night. Good thing too, I have homework to do. :\

EDIT: OMG PRAISE THOR. As soon as I entered that the login box popped up. Thank goodness. *runs to play*
EDIT AGAIN: Jeez, I think Steam fucking hates me. XD I did what you said about the whole IP thing and it says "The server could not be found" or something like that. :s GAHSAHJASHDAKSHKA. XD