High Ping on Join

[KevinIN72]

I just got a server up and going and whenever me or one of my friends join it the ping will start off at around the 400's. Then it will slowly drop down to 50. Is there anyway this can be helped? I'm running Ubuntu and have a 3mb upload.

[k2chris1983]

Well most servers i join, i get a High Ping at join and when the Bomb goes off too. I think it's a normal thing but you cannot really tell what the Big Cloud is going to do...

[Drocona]

Ping is always high when you join a game, it's normal. It should be normal withing a few seconds.