I really dislike that in a competitive game one side of the country gets an advantage over the other

Cosmic Hamster·3/17/2017, 2:36:40 PM·3 votes·1,170 views

I'm in California and I get a pretty consistent 100-120 ping on the live server, while people on the East Coast that I talk to play with 20-40ish. I got pbe access recently and my ping on that server is 30, making me realize how much smoother the game feels at that ping. It became so much quicker to move left and right to dodge things. Making two servers for the US would cut the playerbases in half or so, but at least the games competitive integrity would be there. I get that people can and have gotten to challenger with 100+ ping, but I still feel like in a game like this it's an anchor that shouldn't be on us. Every little movement matters and can win or lose a game, having one side of the country be significantly more responsive than the other seems wrong.

26 Comments

Jbels3/17/2017, 3:09:08 PM4 votes

You know, before the server move, we on the east coast had 100-120 ping?

Maximum Morde3/17/2017, 2:41:12 PM4 votes

That sounds like a routing issue with your isp. Servers moved to a very central location, Chicago. You shouldn't be having ping that bad from CA. You should be more like 60-80ish

Alex h87213/17/2017, 4:44:32 PM1 votes

Lol, I'm in New Orleans Louisiana, you already know there aren't any servers down around here and I have a pretty steady ~62 ping so Im not sure what to tell you, I would expect that in general the south would have worse ping because of larger distance from the servers.

Glîtchy3/17/2017, 5:20:10 PM1 votes

I also live in CA, and I hang around a constant 64 ping.

Randomonium3/17/2017, 5:24:20 PM1 votes

Your issue is your Internet speed not your location. I've lived all over the country (even Hawaii) and I've never had over 100 ping.

Around999People3/17/2017, 2:40:24 PM1 votes

I have people here in the east with 100+ ping too. The servers are mid-US not east or west but as close to the center as they could get them. It's internet and computer dependent. I had 100-300 before, upgraded to a better internet and computer and now it's 29-33

Akali is SO HOT3/17/2017, 8:59:00 PM1 votes

Yeah, but you get to live in California instead of the other inferior states so it's a fair trade off.

My Sea Cow3/17/2017, 3:24:54 PM1 votes

I'm in california and my ping is around 50-60...where are you in California and who is your internet provider? I was in East Coast before (NY to be exact) when the servers where in CA, and my ping was 100-120. It wasn't fun but you learn to adapt and TBH I think I played better then with the high ping then I do now XD