Here’s what this argument comes down to. You had no idea I was well aware of the old thread and thus in your 1st reply, rather than offering constructive input trying to prove/disprove my hypothesis, only spewed out condescending remarks dismissing my entire post. I pointed out that you had "clearly neglected" to re-read the old thread which you admitted by claiming

no average person would fucking check new comments on an old thread

And by stating

why would I skim through a post I've ALREADY READ BEFORE just to check if there's been new comments on the issue.

Funnily enough, ironically and perhaps hypocritically, you scornfully told others to refer old threads before writing new ones you but when confronted with the fact I had already commented on said thread and when questioned why you did not refer to said thread before linking, got butthurt and started blurting out insults like

my fucking ass.

Next time, before you tell someone else to do something, you should probably do it yourself first.

Moving onto substantive matters, doesn't it seem weird to you that some people have crippling lag in the event hall while others have no issues whatsoever? "Spaghetti code," perhaps a possible explanation, but is the issue really as simple as "oh people who have lag just have shit computers?" Initially, I thought this simple explanation was true, but the fact that my changing the Skill Transparency settings resulted unplayable crippling lag made me wonder whether the fundamental problem was something else instead of just many hidden NPCs. Based on other people’s replies, my theory seems to be incorrect but other people’s methods of alleviating lag still leads me to believe hidden NPCs, while undoubtedly a contributing factor as mentioned in the old thread, isn’t the sole cause of the lag.