So I don’t really know how this VPN type stuff works, but I’ve heard that you start with $.07 of credit, so I equipped LoL and I thought I was ready to go. However, when I tested in the practice tool my ping was 300 and when I closed out Mudfish, it returned back to 80. Is this because the credit ran out or something?
When I checked your account, it seems your account doesn’t have any trial credits. So I’d set a trial credit now for your account. 
So I think you can use all mudfish nodes and features for a while. Please let me know if there’s any problems and questions.
Ok so thank you for the credits but now I am using the VPN and can’t seem to get my ping to go below 80 (where it was at before). I’ve turned on the full VPN mode and fooled around with all the nodes near my location (Northern California) and the lowest my ping has gone is around 82. Should I just wait a bit longer with the VPN active or try more nodes?
Please check your ISP first. When I checked RTT information recorded in Mudfish, it seems RTT stddev values to most of the mudfish nodes are little bit unstable. It means your ISP has a network issue. For details please check http://ko.loxch.com/userrtt/?uid=306326 link.