I live on the east coast

Manwalrus·Aug 11, 2015·14 votes·991 views

And I must say that I never had a game of league that was more fun than the one match I played today that was routed to the Chicago server. I live in Maryland and my ping is around 90 usually spiking to 150 at times, in this game however I had 40 ping on the Chicago server, as someone who has never played with less than 80 it was fantastic. For those east coasters like me who weren't fortunate to try it out it was excellent, I could focus totally on the game, it was super responsive, it was fluid, and I didn't have to worry about random lag spikes. Thank you Riot, for giving me a small taste of what a centralized server will do, even if it took a long time to get here.

16 Comments

Super Kami KaiAug 12, 20151 votes

I agree that it was rather enjoyable, but i must ask what is your ping now that the testing is over? Mine has yet to go back to 110, it's been 150 for hours now.

ManwalrusAug 12, 20151 votes

Well we only have to deal with east coast ping for a few more weeks until everything is on the new servers.

RawAug 12, 20151 votes

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Well we only have to deal with east coast ping for a few more weeks until everything is on the new servers.

I barely play this game anymore, I use to play 3-5 games a day and now I barely 1 game a day. I guess playing the same game for over 4 years straight will eventually got bored.

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gIKSvtuLV5Aug 12, 20151 votes

But now West Coasters are going through exactly what you were. Most of us not even going to see 50-60 ping ever again.

RawAug 12, 20157 votes

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But now West Coasters are going through exactly what you were. Most of us not even going to see 50-60 ping ever again.

Well at least you know what it's like to play with 50-60 ping meanwhile for the past 5 years I never see my ping drop below 98.....

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gIKSvtuLV5Aug 12, 20151 votes

So now West Coast has to suffer for the next 5 years? Where's the logic?

RawAug 12, 20158 votes

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So now West Coast has to suffer for the next 5 years? Where's the logic?

Oh now it's consider "suffer"...What the hell happen to "110 is playable" , "East Coast ping is a myth" and "Get better internet"?

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gIKSvtuLV5Aug 12, 20151 votes

That's hilarious... I've never even said one of those lines. You're generalizing everyone on the West Coast. When people load into a game, they don't fucking know where you're from.

BijornAug 12, 20154 votes

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That's hilarious... I've never even said one of those lines. You're generalizing everyone on the West Coast. When people load into a game, they don't fucking know where you're from.

Well, for the community as a whole, which is better? A. One side of the continental US is 40 or below ping while the other half is 95+ Or B. Everyone in the continental US is below 75 Ping.

Pick your poison.

Slamurai JackAug 12, 20152 votes

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Well, for the community as a whole, which is better? A. One side of the continental US is 40 or below ping while the other half is 95+ Or B. Everyone in the continental US is below 75 Ping.

Pick your poison.

I would be 100% ok with B if that's how it were actually working out. But it's not. I and a bunch of other Arizonans played on the new server when it was being tested yesterday and all of us saw at the minimum a ping in the low 90's and many well over 100, all from the mid 50's ping we normally get. I know tons of people from California and Utah have also reported far higher ping increases than Riot led us to believe there would be. I'm not being asked to adjust from 20 ping to 60 ping, I'm being asked to to adjust from 60 to 100+ ping, which is far greater than anyone out East will be getting. 20 to 60 is 100% reasonable. 60 to 100+ is an entirely different conversation.

BijornAug 12, 20151 votes

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I would be 100% ok with B if that's how it were actually working out. But it's not. I and a bunch of other Arizonans played on the new server when it was being tested yesterday and all of us saw at the minimum a ping in the low 90's and many well over 100, all from the mid 50's ping we normally get. I know tons of people from California and Utah have also reported far higher ping increases than Riot led us to believe they're would be. I'm not being asked to adjust from 20 ping to 60 ping, I'm being asked to to adjust from 60 to 100+ ping, which is far greater than anyone out East will be getting. 20 to 60 is 100% reasonable. 60 to 100+ is an entirely different conversation.

I understand and agree with you. I am just not sure if this is something to get upset about just yet as yesterday was merely testing, so things may not have been in place perfectly for some areas (just my thoughts as this is a very big deal).

I think that the next time there is testing with it (I would assume, and hope, this happens a few more times to fix bugs) that ping for people who went from 60 to 100+ would be better than this time.

I would deff prefer everyone in the continental US to have roughly the same ping (give or take 10ms, mainly west coast to east coast lets say). That would be great. Especially if ping was constant and did not fluctuate like it does now. I understand random spikes every once in a while due to ISP's but when I am the only one at my house using said interwebz and I get consistent spikes every game of every day (regardless of time) with a good connection, my ISP being a partner with Riot, and good equipment (both internet and computer) there is something wonky going on that needs to be looked at/fixed first and foremost.

ManwalrusAug 12, 20151 votes

Welcome to the east coast for the last 6 years

ManwalrusAug 12, 20152 votes

Almost everyone is supposed to be under 80 ping if you read the server roadmap update. Most east coast players get 100+ ping, I'd say that everyone being under 80 is better than the east coast having stupidly high ping and the west coast having ridiculously low ping.

insaiyanbaccaAug 12, 20151 votes

im west coast and like 3 hours from the coast and i stay around 60 with the new location :P

AerothalAug 12, 20151 votes

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But now West Coasters are going through exactly what you were. Most of us not even going to see 50-60 ping ever again.

i started season 2 with 75 ping. season 3 it increased. Season 4 it hit its all time high with a constant 135. In season 5 its been back to 105. I live in Nebraska, and i really hope the Chicago server is at least going to get me back to 75. It was very different playing at 75 ping. You will most probably still be at 50-60 ping. but even if you get 70, that's still better than you having 50 while the east cost has 150. Stop complaining. hopefully in 10 years we'll be more advanced and have fiber everywhere. until then this is the best solution for the continental US!

ManwalrusAug 12, 20151 votes

Try pinging the new server, I believe a Rioter gave an address to ping it on the roadmap update, I think it's the 3rd or 4th post on the red post tracker.