My thoughts on the Server Relocation

As a player that went pro with 100 ping from Miami I guess i'll give some insight into why LCS players are upset about the relocation and increase in ping for West Coast Players. As a solo queue player ping doesnt really matter that much. Many solo queue players have went pro with 80-200 ping because once you get used to your ping it is stable and you can start playing around your ping. You can select a champ pool that is easy to play with 80-100 ping as well as learn when you generally have to use your abilities to compensate for the ping itself. The reason that this is such a big deal for professional players is because going from 0 ping at the studio to 10 ping on tournament realm to 90 ping in solo queue makes it extremely hard to adapt to your ping and will show a definite decrease in your performance. The most important thing that you have to remember in regards to latency is that it is stable. You would much rather have 80 ping flat then jump from 45-65 at random. With the live server ping increase LCS players will be forced to adapt to multiple latency numbers at different points throughout the day and throughout the week making it difficult to play at an optimal level. A higher stable ping is not the issue. The issue is the inconsistency of ping across all different playing realms.

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