New York is not the solution

[Dr Forrester]

If it makes you feel any better... our clan server is located in Atlanta, and we have at least one member that's an Aussie that plays from the great land of Nippon (Japan)

250 ping ftw, and he still kicks some ass.

 

[drp]

Sorry to poop on the server party, but many people appear to agree with me on this: The new NY server is not a good trade for the old EU and US servers.

First of all, I understand that it was hard to play on the EU server for you Americans because of the high ping. But if you had the right to complain about your ping to that server, we have the exact same grounds for complaint.

Look at this. How is this better for the Europeans, than the EU server ever was for the Americans?

While I get that the idea of a more central server is good, NY is hardly more central than England, and it feels unfair. I get 200 ping from Norway, for instance.

Also,

 

[Ravidge]

I get an average of 106 ping.
Which very good for a US server, and very playable.
That is a delay of 0.106 seconds between input and action. Something that a normal server can interpolate without problem.

Ping really doesn't matter these days. unless you're connecting to east asia or something. The only thing in this game that requires a low ping is airblasting, and don't try and tell me we need more pyros.

 

[Jack Riguel]

Thank you. It didn't seem to appear to most people that yes, the west coast is populated and that there are people there who play games.

If this was posted a few weeks ago you would have had to add Alaska in as well.

EDIT: Actually an even better place would just be somewhere off the coast in the Atlantic. TF2Maps Pirate Server anyone?

 

[lana]

Look at this. How is this better for the Europeans, than the EU server ever was for the Americans?

While I get that the idea of a more central server is good, NY is hardly more central than England, and it feels unfair. I get 200 ping from Norway, for instance.

Networks do not work that way.

 

[gamemaster1996]

I think to truly solve this we're going to need to poll peoples locations.

 

[Psy]

100+ ping is pretty unbearable for me.

 

[lana]

100+ ping is pretty unbearable for me.

I used to get 100+ ping connecting to either US or EU. Learn to live with it.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

100+ ping is pretty unbearable for me.

I live in the Eastern US, and used to get 150 ping to the US server, and I thought it was good...

Deal.

 

[Passerby]

I live in the Eastern US, and used to get 150 ping to the US server, and I thought it was good...

Deal.

really i living on the east coast in Canada and i was getting 55 on the old us server

 

[Flame]

well regardless the ny server is better than both the old dallas one and the old eu one. nobody not even the euros wanted to play on the old eu one.

as for why id imagine itd have something to do with the fact not too many people donate, servers dont exactly run themselves.

 

[Penguin]

Shut up everyone I get 5 ping on the new server it's fine.

>.>

 

[Jimmy]

Who broke to old, GOOD Eu server? Before we had about 3 Shit ones? Im sure it was someones map that crashed it and it never returned......

 

[OlafK]

Yessssss.

 

[drp]

Yessssss.

ill reiterate. nobody hosts gameservers out of greenland.

 

[Prestige]

Impossible to satisfy UK, US, and Australia with 1 server.

How about we fix that UK server?

 

[Flame]

who wants to satisy australia anyway.

if you want to do another US/EU split. chicago and UK are probably the way to go. just need better hosting

 

[Tapp]

If you can get a server running in Africa, it seems the best option.

 

[Owlruler]

I have it all worked out:

But no, seriously, I'm alright with the new server, mainly because there is still an EU one, though not affiliated with tf2m.

 

[lana]

Host out of some remote location so that everyone gets bad ping. Balanced.