superjoe30/node-minecraft-protocol — pull request #34 by mappum (2013-02-02 01:38:05+00:00)
Title: Removed socket delays to reduce latency

It is pretty important not to use socket delays (Nagle algorithm) for game networking as it adds a lot of latency. By default, sockets wait (possibly up to a few hundred milliseconds) before writing data, so it can combine data into 1 packet.