Don't die.

and if you do have enough money to get ressurected

Another piece of advice by the most laggy veteran on the mud (after Fawn) is: don't lag.

Seriously, if you notice the occasional lag spike, make sure to play super safe, use a low level alt, or just log off until it's fixed. The biggest problem is to have the self-discipline to really follow this advice

A well-timed two second lag spike can easily kill you when you run around in dangerous areas. Even relatively mundane fights can turn into a life or death scenario very quickly. Deaths in mud are like a car accident, lots of small unnoticed factors suddenly putting you in a very bad situation.

Well actually, you don't have hazy IRL, but at least you don't have lag, either. Short of an epileptic seizure that is =)