Ping / Latency Display

The visible indicator of a player's network connection quality, measured in milliseconds, and how it is communicated in multiplayer contexts.

In games, this means

A raw number (47ms) is meaningful to technical players but opaque to casual ones. Colour-coded bars (green/amber/red) communicate connection quality instantly to everyone. In competitive games, displaying other players' ping can set expectations around hit registration disputes. Always show the player their own ping; displaying it for others is a design choice with social implications.