Ping is technically the time it takes to send data back and forth to a server from your computer . Pros are typically big gamers in the first place , which means they ' ve probably already invested in maximizing their connection . The reason you have low ping is because you ' re close to the server you ' re playing on , relatively speaking . If you are geographically close to one and stillhave relatively high ping , the likeliest option is that you are hopping and one of your jumps is hanging very high and causing you problems . Basically it ' s a matter of having a good connection is based on having a solid internet provider and a bit shitty router . I used to be way more capable of talking about this stuff but you know I ' m a liberal arts major so you can ' t expect me to be technologically literate .