What's holding NA back? The LCS pros weigh in | ESPN Esports

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1. I truly believe it is ping. People have no idea but, at a few games, it makes all the difference. I played FPS for so many years, and in the beginning my ping was almost 100. I played well but couldn’t breakthrough. By moving to another place and getting 50, you could see that you could actually get an easier hitbox. Your shots would just register before. Then years later I was able to get 30, then it seemed like unfair to play the game, much easier, and you seemed like a god lol.

   Obviously the networking algorithms got better with time, but there is a physical limit there. As Impact said, for league, a game where every single move has to be super precise and you have to be able to cancel, the ping makes all the difference.

   I bet all my money, if the US players had 30 ping, they would certainly get a team at world finals in 2 3 years tops … people would get so much better super fast. In the end, you really think just because the guy is Korean he would play better? That does not make any sense.

   Riot could easily have 2 server locations in the us and as you progress in tier your matches start happening at a specific server close to pro players. I am not even talking about different accounts, nowadays it’s super easy to sync data between servers, makes no sense they do not invest into this.

2. I understand the ping problem, but there are not enough players to split the server and a central server is better for the entire player base. there is a west coast server with extremely low ping, tournament realm,but players are too lazy to organize games themselves.

   If the excuse is NA players are bad then wouldn't you want to practice with other pros on tournament realm?
   I know NA will never win worlds because look at the survey that was put out a few days ago. 58% would rather win NA than advance out of groups.

   Stop lying that NA is great and we can do it, admit that you're here for the paycheck and nothing else.

3. I agree with the ping. 95% of the time i have 30-40 ping. But when i get a spike 60-70 ping (even thoguh it's' not often) I can really see the difference.

4. There is not a big enough player base to move the server to the west coast. They can't split the server like EU, and they can't give the east coast 120+ . Teams don't want to move away from the west coast because the weather, and now multi million dollar facilities it becomes impossible. Unlike the east there are not enough pro players to create their own server.

5. Move LCS to Chicago already

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