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On July 12 2011 02:11 Derez wrote:Show nested quote +On July 12 2011 02:03 DeepBlu2 wrote:
Yeah I'm also wondering if you buy a TW account, that you can play on the KR server with it.. This is interesting at the very least. I don't know if it will turn out well though. I rarely have problems searching for players to match against. I'm confused as to whether you match up against players in LA on NA or you can share customs with them, chat channels, friends, etc. The way I'm reading it: A KR version of the game still connects to the KR servers, while a TW version still connects to the Taiwan servers. It's just the servers that are linked. Which means that if you buy a TW account, and use it from the US, you are connecting to a server in Taiwan, which in turn relays traffic to korea. I'm guessing a US - TW connection is worse in terms of latency then a US - KR. Or am I wrong here? (Same logic would hold for EU/RU and NA/LA. Which means that it is probably beneficial to own a copy of the game in your own region, latency wise, because the connection from server to server is likely to be better then when you connect to a far away server on your own.)
Nah, to me it sounds like the old server is simply gone and they go on the new bigger server.
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On July 12 2011 02:11 Mendelfist wrote:Show nested quote +On July 12 2011 02:09 azka wrote:On July 12 2011 02:07 Mendelfist wrote:Q. How will this affect my matchmaking rating (MMR)? Will I need additional placement matches?
A. Your MMR will be unaffected by region linking. Placement matches will be handled the same way for the start of Season 3 as they were for Season 2. I really wonder about this. It's unlikely that a specific MMR corresponds to the same skill level on the different servers, because the players haven't faced each other before. This means that there has to be some sort of adjustment when the ladders are joined. Maybe even a painful adjustment (loss streak) for some players. It's gonna be reseted for LA players. We will have to start from scratch our MMR You mean the information for the LA players is different than the one above? Where did you hear this?
From here: http://us.battle.net/sc2/es/blog/3085761
+ Show Spoiler +P. ¿Cómo afectará mi Índice de Búsqueda de Partidas? ¿Necesito hacer más partidas de clasificación?
R. Cuando inicie la temporada 3 y se lleve a cabo el enlace de regiones, se reiniciará tu Índice de Búsqueda de Partidas, por lo tanto, deberás jugar nuevamente las partidas de colocación. Esto se debe a que no podremos utilizar tu índice actual en la nueva región. Una vez que termines tus partidas de colocación, tendrás una clasificación en la nueva escala consolidada. A partir de ese punto, los cambios de liga ocurrirán normalmente conforme obtengas victorias o derrotas.
Translation:
Q. How does this affect my MMR? Will I need additional placement matches?
Q. When season 3 starts and we merge regions, your MMR will be reseted, that means you will have to play again your placement matches. This is because we cannot use your current MMR... blah blha blhah... etc.
I think this means NA MMR won't be affected, but LA MMR will be reseted... That's why the info is different.
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Well since these locations are held on the same servers (as anyone that's spent any time pulling data from [us|eu].battle.net would know), I can't say I'm suprised. la, ru, and tw have been the bottom 3 servers in size from day 1.
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cool news, gonna purchase TW acc asap
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On July 12 2011 02:00 Greatness wrote:Show nested quote +On July 12 2011 01:57 MERLIN. wrote:
imagine tho, that they allow everyone to go onto 4 different servers, call them europe USWEST USEAST and Asia and then you'd have all the players pooled... I wish we could see such an innovative idea put into place... Reckon it has been tried yet? Crazy talk.
that would never happen. if t he could make that, wc3 would have it .... wait
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On July 12 2011 02:04 Yeol wrote:Show nested quote +On July 12 2011 01:56 insaneMicro wrote:
Wow poor Taiwanese are gonna be in for a serious hard time when the patch comes.
Also was not aware there was a russian server, all the russian/ukrainian gosus played on EU most of the time right? nah, the Taiwanese always wanted their server to be merged with the Koreans since their server is also located in korea
yeah， its actually one server split into 2 half. I think the reason for doing this is the population of Tainwan/LA/RUS is just too little.
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On July 12 2011 02:14 azka wrote:Translation:
Q. How does this affect my MMR? Will I need additional placement matches?
Q. When season 3 starts and we merge regions, your MMR will be reseted, that means you will have to play again your placement matches. This is because we cannot use your current MMR... blah blha blhah... etc.
That makes a lot of sense. Thanks.
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On July 12 2011 02:13 Pokebunny wrote:Show nested quote +On July 12 2011 02:11 Derez wrote:On July 12 2011 02:03 DeepBlu2 wrote:
Yeah I'm also wondering if you buy a TW account, that you can play on the KR server with it.. This is interesting at the very least. I don't know if it will turn out well though. I rarely have problems searching for players to match against. I'm confused as to whether you match up against players in LA on NA or you can share customs with them, chat channels, friends, etc. The way I'm reading it: A KR version of the game still connects to the KR servers, while a TW version still connects to the Taiwan servers. It's just the servers that are linked. Which means that if you buy a TW account, and use it from the US, you are connecting to a server in Taiwan, which in turn relays traffic to korea. I'm guessing a US - TW connection is worse in terms of latency then a US - KR. Or am I wrong here? (Same logic would hold for EU/RU and NA/LA. Which means that it is probably beneficial to own a copy of the game in your own region, latency wise, because the connection from server to server is likely to be better then when you connect to a far away server on your own.) Nah, to me it sounds like the old server is simply gone and they go on the new bigger server.
This is from the FAQ, which is why I have my doubts:
Q. Will playing with players from the linked region impact my in-game latency?
A. All players in the linked regions will be connecting and playing through the same data centers that they were using prior to region linking, which is the main reason why linking these regions together is fairly straightforward. There should be no impact on game performance.
On July 12 2011 02:14 muffley wrote:
Well since these locations are held on the same servers (as anyone that's spent any time pulling data from [us|eu].battle.net would know), I can't say I'm suprised. la, ru, and tw have been the bottom 3 servers in size from day 1.
Ah, that clears it up. Just don't understand why they were seperated in the first place then ;p.
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There is one thing that game to my mind now. How will the GM Ladder work on these servers ? Will there be 2 different ladder ? Will they also be merged, or will it become the 400th best people ?
Anyone knows? ^^
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Good news, but Blizzard's news post makes it sound like they're so gracious for doing this when it should have been that way in the first place.
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On July 12 2011 02:18 Moshikaro wrote:
There is one thing that game to my mind now. How will the GM Ladder work on these servers ? Will there be 2 different ladder ? Will they also be merged, or will it become the 400th best people ?
Anyone knows? ^^
I think it will be just the top 200 of the newly combined regions. Everyone in the smaller region of the respective merges (LA, TW, RU) will have their MMR reset so even their old GMs will be starting from scratch.
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this is good news for everyone i think :D except maybe the 200 people that will be cut out of grandmasters xD
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On July 12 2011 02:16 Derez wrote:Show nested quote +On July 12 2011 02:13 Pokebunny wrote:On July 12 2011 02:11 Derez wrote:On July 12 2011 02:03 DeepBlu2 wrote:
Yeah I'm also wondering if you buy a TW account, that you can play on the KR server with it.. This is interesting at the very least. I don't know if it will turn out well though. I rarely have problems searching for players to match against. I'm confused as to whether you match up against players in LA on NA or you can share customs with them, chat channels, friends, etc. The way I'm reading it: A KR version of the game still connects to the KR servers, while a TW version still connects to the Taiwan servers. It's just the servers that are linked. Which means that if you buy a TW account, and use it from the US, you are connecting to a server in Taiwan, which in turn relays traffic to korea. I'm guessing a US - TW connection is worse in terms of latency then a US - KR. Or am I wrong here? (Same logic would hold for EU/RU and NA/LA. Which means that it is probably beneficial to own a copy of the game in your own region, latency wise, because the connection from server to server is likely to be better then when you connect to a far away server on your own.) Nah, to me it sounds like the old server is simply gone and they go on the new bigger server. This is from the FAQ, which is why I have my doubts: Q. Will playing with players from the linked region impact my in-game latency? A. All players in the linked regions will be connecting and playing through the same data centers that they were using prior to region linking, which is the main reason why linking these regions together is fairly straightforward. There should be no impact on game performance. Show nested quote +On July 12 2011 02:14 muffley wrote:
Well since these locations are held on the same servers (as anyone that's spent any time pulling data from [us|eu].battle.net would know), I can't say I'm suprised. la, ru, and tw have been the bottom 3 servers in size from day 1. Ah, that clears it up. Just don't understand why they were seperated in the first place then ;p.
Mostly payment plans I believe. Blizzard's answer to that question was that because players from diferent regions had diferent prices/payment plans, like montly fees or 6 months limited editions, they couldn't be on the same servers. I guess finally that stopped being a problem for them.
In Korea wasn't the game even free if you had an WoW active account?
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OMG finally they did it u.u'
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Awesome! Now I need to buy a TW account.
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This is actually pretty cool news. Was getting tired of playing ladder and playing the same opponent 3 times in 4 matches.
Anyone have insight on what they're doing with the GrandMaster?
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i don't know whether to be happy that they've finally done this small step toward how it used to be in BW or angry because it's still not how it used to be in BW...
either way, this is a good thing
yet i still don't understand why this couldn't've been like this from the beginning
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wow very nice!
i just had NA and most of all brazilians tournament were at LA
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On July 12 2011 02:18 Moshikaro wrote:
There is one thing that game to my mind now. How will the GM Ladder work on these servers ? Will there be 2 different ladder ? Will they also be merged, or will it become the 400th best people ?
Anyone knows? ^^
From the TW bnet website, they will all be merged which means
1 ladder
200 gm spots for THE one and only TW + KR server(same with US+LA/EU + RU whatever)
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Oh wow this is awesome.
I'm so excited and thankful for Blizzard for hearing our prayers. Now I only wish that they let us choose our language.
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On July 12 2011 01:23 Wr3k wrote:Oh god... it begins. BR?.. BR! give wins plz! HUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUE. + Show Spoiler +Seriously though, as long as this doesn't cause lag issues I don't see an issue with it.
You sir is a total idiot. (:
Everyone knows that the two regions are hosted on the same server, so there won't be any latency problems.
And this 'HUEHUE' laugh is really outdated. Brazilians used it instead of the North American 'ROFL' or LMAO' like 10 years ago. Nowadays we all use the standard "hahaha" laugh.
Also, the "GIB WINZ PLS" is the equivalent to the North American "LOL F***** F**** YOU B****" from 13 yo kids.
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