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Need help [Moved to China, How to stream/play sc2]

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Memph
Profile Joined November 2010
China11 Posts
August 16 2016 04:20 GMT
#1
Hey d00ds,
I will be in china for a while (at least 1 year) due to business.
in here the great china firewall is pain in the ass..

i had to fake id register perfectworld to play dota2 in china servers but blizzard aint that stupid


i send a ticket explained my situation and they said i have to register new account for china blizzard... buy those games again etc..

i tried to play with/without vpn @Asia @Southeast Asia lags, spikes its not fun..
actually if possible i want to play @korea servers
tech guys! heaaallp
bbsss
Profile Joined June 2010
Netherlands163 Posts
August 16 2016 05:27 GMT
#2
If you bought the game (Chinese version) and got all that sorted you are already playing on the Asia ladder. The only way to get a stable decent connection is by getting the elusive vip internet, but it's one of those things that have become hard to come by. China Telecom offer(s/ed?) that and it will get you a very solid fast connection to abroad. I have never used a VPN service that is stable/fast/good in China.

Your best bet is to find colleagues or maybe Chinese gamers that will help you out. Pulling strings is huge in Chinese culture (guanxi/face/business swag).

I've lived in China for 2.5 years but sorry to say: the internet situation is what drove me nuts and out.
Paulfirelordmu
Profile Joined August 2013
10 Posts
August 16 2016 05:42 GMT
#3
bbsss is right. Try to connect to China Telecom CN2 Network,or maybe China Unicom Network, you might play on Asia Server in low latency without vpn. Otherwise there is no way but to buy a localized game.
I live in Shanghai and i mainly play on Asia Server. In my personal experience, vpn is not a good option.
SystemXN
Profile Joined December 2011
China105 Posts
August 16 2016 06:32 GMT
#4
In China, there are two main ISPs: China Telecom and China Unicom. From most of my friends' and my own experience, Unicom is better at connecting to foreign server/website.

I have played on KR (Asia) Server in Beijing since the release of WoL, and at most time the ping is acceptable (around 50-90 ms) under Unicom. So you may try to figure out which ISP you are using at first.

Also, there are some VPN service purely focusing on games, such VPN could solve lag issues but it cannot make you access to websites that are banned by Great Fire Wall.

If you are in Beijing, I may help you.
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Shield
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Bulgaria4824 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-08-16 06:59:36
August 16 2016 06:58 GMT
#5
I knew China has Golden Shield (the firewall in China), but most of us should be very lucky to live in a democratic world. Long live democracy!
Memph
Profile Joined November 2010
China11 Posts
August 16 2016 07:06 GMT
#6
I am at Shanghai, i tried without vpn China Telecom.. finally Asia Region, in options/region-language says 47ms to taiwan, 140ms to korea which is oke i guess.
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I dont know how is eu pings but taiwan seems legit

Also tried Southeast Asia Region, it doesnt show ms, says i am connected to the only server they have..

so if i play @taiwan server, in ladder i am going to match with only taiwan server players right not koreans? (i wanna play with koreans ;p)


thanks btw
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6331 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-08-16 07:47:27
August 16 2016 07:46 GMT
#7
Generally you'll be matchmade against local players on that server but the system will also try to search for players on other servers in the region as well. In China you should not have problem playing game on Asian server at all, the ladders are quite populated.
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
Paulfirelordmu
Profile Joined August 2013
10 Posts
August 16 2016 09:12 GMT
#8
so if i play @taiwan server, in ladder i am going to match with only taiwan server players right not koreans? (i wanna play with koreans ;p)

Both taiwan players and koreans.
Liquid`Snute
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Norway839 Posts
August 16 2016 12:33 GMT
#9
it seems to be down to ISP and routing. sometimes a VPN can save you but the best thing is to have an ISP that gives you a good connection to both TW and KR servers by default. so try out different things and ask your friends basically. i played on KR/TW server on about 4-5 different ISPs during my stays in China and quality varied a lot. but on average i had about 90ms ping and a low amount of stutters. a pc cafe was just semi-unplayable to kr server, so not all connections/routes are great. but the best connection i tried was about <70ms, basically so smooth that i didn't even care to check what the ping was. so it is possible to get the 'kr server environment' if you find a place/isp/route that's good enough. VPN can help improve ping but most likely not much compared to changing away from a bad ISP
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bearhug
Profile Joined September 2010
United States999 Posts
August 16 2016 12:53 GMT
#10
On August 16 2016 13:20 Memph wrote:
Hey d00ds,
I will be in china for a while (at least 1 year) due to business.
in here the great china firewall is pain in the ass..

i had to fake id register perfectworld to play dota2 in china servers but blizzard aint that stupid


i send a ticket explained my situation and they said i have to register new account for china blizzard... buy those games again etc..

i tried to play with/without vpn @Asia @Southeast Asia lags, spikes its not fun..
actually if possible i want to play @korea servers
tech guys! heaaallp


I really don't understand your problem.
The great china firewall has nothing to do with games like sc2. And I don't think it is responsible for the in game lags/spikes. It does prevent you from accessing Youtube/Twitter etc.

We are dusts in the vast cosmic arena. Need to make the most out of life when we still have it.
RedAlice
Profile Joined April 2016
51 Posts
August 18 2016 01:41 GMT
#11
On August 16 2016 21:53 bearhug wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 16 2016 13:20 Memph wrote:
Hey d00ds,
I will be in china for a while (at least 1 year) due to business.
in here the great china firewall is pain in the ass..

i had to fake id register perfectworld to play dota2 in china servers but blizzard aint that stupid


i send a ticket explained my situation and they said i have to register new account for china blizzard... buy those games again etc..

i tried to play with/without vpn @Asia @Southeast Asia lags, spikes its not fun..
actually if possible i want to play @korea servers
tech guys! heaaallp


I really don't understand your problem.
The great china firewall has nothing to do with games like sc2. And I don't think it is responsible for the in game lags/spikes. It does prevent you from accessing Youtube/Twitter etc.



It really does. It doesn't block you, but it slows down the connection significantly.
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