The lag time issue seems to fixed, or else my coping methods are working. I am only playing against players that do not have the solid black squares (vs grey) where the next tetrimos will show. When we go to live play they only have one tetrimo at a time showing, which is a good indication that they are a player that does not use power ups. Therefore, most of my games seem to be against "clean" games, and maybe that is why my lag issue is better, because it seems the power ups are the issue. When I would play against a player I though was using power ups, I would activate the shield option occasionally, and that would cause a lag issue, so I have stopped that completely.

Still wish we could see if an opponent had activated the power-ups, or that you would offer a "clean" game option...