Freestyle Online tips to reduce lag and delay

It has been observed that subcribers of internet service providers other than PLDT MyDSL have a hard time playing Freestyle Online basketball game due to lag or delay during peak hours. We have some tips to reduce it.

In computer networks, lag is a term used when the computer freezes and then continues some time later when an action is performed; delay, if there is different latency such as distance between computers connecting together. Oftentimes, players mix up lag and delay.

Lag and delay are a long time problem of Freestyle Online players particularly in the Philippines where common homes subscribe to cheap and slow internet connections. We hope that the following tips will help the players attain a green bar.

Tips to reduce lag and delay in Freestyle Online:

1. Follow this Fourmula.

2. Disable Windows firewall during the game.

• Go to Start > Control Panel > Windows Firewall > turn off.

3. Configure your anti-virus. An anti-virus program like Nod32 has an HTTP filtering system used for HTTP checking on internet data passing through some commonly used ports.

Warning: Disabling this feature is not advisable. You will have to turn it on after playing Freestyle for added computer security.

• To temporarily disable it, open Nod32.
• Select 'Setup' and click 'Enter entire advanced setup tree...'.
• Expand 'Web access protection' and click 'HTTP, HTTPS'.
• Uncheck 'Enable HTTP Checking'.
• Click OK and close.

Game screenshot taken during peak hours:


If you still get a yellow, orange or red bar everytime you play Freestyle Online, consider subscribing to a better ISP to fully enjoy the game.