I'd like to hear of experiences from people around the world about their experiences with the shield.

I live in Australia and I for the longest time I didn't know there was a latency meter in the game, because mine was a red box. Obviously I have horrible latency for this game, thus trying to block attacks for me is the opposite of what I should be doing. I can not block an attack in progress, I can't move away from an attack in progress. If a zombie is any where in their attack animation, its going to hit me.

So I was wondering, those of you with low latency are you able to snap block attacks? If a zombies in the middle of an attack can you toss up your shield and block it? Those of you who do live in Australia and all the other places "overseas" to America, do you experience this issue too?

Am I alone in this role reversal that blocking = death?