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They don't send "media-heavy data" back to clients, actually. All the media comes with your installation DVD. Used to play Eve over dial-up.


/facepalm

The network has to send you coordinates about where you and every other player are in relation to each other so your view of the gameworld is synchronized. Had you actually read what I wrote you would have understood my meaning.




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