One of the short lived discussions yesterday in #idl was about how network options should be optimal out of the box or shouldn&#039;t need any tedious configuration. However, it appears that certain players just use the actual availability of the network options as a scapegoat for their own shortcomings. The other part of it is that players don&#039;t know what the hell they are tweaking and simply ruin everything (not entirely their fault). People have short term memories and what they seem to forget is that ZDaemon disallowed any alteration of settings such as interpolation or any sort of weapon prediction. As a result, you were fucked and many people complained about all sorts of things during the Total Trash era. Zandro has a couple of prediction vars, tic update, and unlagged var. I recall tweaking a few of these per the advice of zan players. Bottom line: you can&#039;t have optimal settings for everyone. Someone will need to be tweaked either due to connection quality or personal quality. It&#039;s just like trying to find optimal mouse settings for players (never gonna happen).<br /><br />At the end of it, players just need to take the time and understand what they are actually changing when they move sliders and settings. Someone highly knowledgeable needs to come up a with a simple explanation of the settings and release a guide. The Board needs to continue testing sv_maxunlagtime to find an appropriate value that will enhance gameplay experience. Dew and Stall need to hush because I can&#039;t decide who&#039;s whining is worse. The world needs a hero.