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no, im on a cable connection.  perhaps I suck that much

With Halo 1, a pistol (of all things) could drop a normal player in 3 shots, if all three shots hit the head.  Meanwhile, an entire clip from the AR would severely hurt a player, but wouldn't necessarily make the kill, if none of the shots hit the head.  Also, you should keep in mind a few factors:  your target could have an overshield on, lag in the connection to the game server can show you that you're shooting someone who in fact isn't even there anymore, and the server could be running a modded map, in which case the gun you're using will look normal to you, but won't have the intended effect because the server thinks the gun is doing something else entirely.

I've also heard rumor of people hacking Halo 1 to give themselves unlimited health, although I've never seen such a hack in action, and don't put much stock in the rumor (everything in Halo's multiplayer mode is server-controlled)

And I'd know, I've tested quite a few games with their abilities at handling lag. Ghost Recon is definitely the best.

As Icarus said, I don't think it's modded. It's all serverside, therefore if someone is running a cheat on the server, everyone would have it, not just the host.

Finally, just because you have a cable connection doesn't necessarily mean you have a fast connection. I have cable, and yet I get a ping that is worse than most peoples 56k. It depends on your location.