Web User's Top 5 games to play online Counter-Strike www.counter-strike.net It's terrorists versus counter-terrorists in this realistic 3D game shooter that involves planting/defusing bombs and rescuing hostages. World of Warcraft www.wow-europe.com Fantasy role playing game where thousands of players take on forms such as trolls, orcs, gnomes, and even humans, and undertake epic quests. The Sims Online www.thesimsonline.com Get a life! Create a character, make friends, get a job, earn money and upgrade your home. Just like the real world. Don't forget to feed the cat. Sudoku Combat www.sudokucombat.com Take on a live opponent in a battle to complete a puzzle first. The game plays in your browser and you can see your rival solver's progress alongside your grid. Connecting to a game In MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online RPGs), such as World of Warcraft, the idea is to create characters who grow more powerful and gain experience over time. If you create a character on one server (or 'realm') you will only be able to play them there. If you move to another server, you'll need to start again from scratch. It's also good to pick a server that isn't jam-packed, as packed ones tend to be cramped with players, which can be a pain. Action games are different. You can jump from one server to another whenever you like, which is useful if you want to play on a different map, or with different players. Here's an example of how to get started: The Ship (www.theshiponline.com), like most multiplayer 3D games, has two main options. You can create your own server or join an existing one. Unless you have a very fast machine and net connection, joining a game is the better option. Your game will connect to the internet and bring up a list of available servers. This list might be quite long, but you can filter the results. Here we can choose a server with a low latency, in Europe, that isn't full and has users playing. Click Connect to join that game. After a short wait you'll be connected. The Ship is played in rounds and we've come in part way through a game, so can't start playing until the round ends. Every character is controlled by a real person somewhere in the world and you can text-chat to them in real time. Page 1:Online gaming Enter our competition to win a Wii Competition closes 17th December 2007. Enter here