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As you might have noticed, in custom games you can actually go and select where your server will be to ensure everyone playing has the best experience possible.
Why isn't this possible in matchmade games? (Unrated, rated etc.)
Just a simple option to pick a server above the "Start" button will be enough.. Let it show us the ping of everyone in our lobby too so we can adapt our server choice according to it..
There were countless SEA issues that I've seen here that would simply be fixed by adding an option to choose a server you want to play on, that way you won't end up in a game where everyone hates you just because you're from X country.
And just in case you're wondering, playing on a different server CAN and most likely WILL make a difference. I'll briefly explain what happens to me on a daily basis:
I'm located on the Balkans, so I'm equally far away from both Frankfurt 2 and Istanbul servers (the ping difference between these two servers is literally 2ms for me). I've played games on both servers and I like Frankfurt waaaay more than Istanbul.
Why?
Because people playing in Frankfurt understand that they're in Europe and will oftentimes speak English.In Istanbul you're doomed to having 8+ people spamming Turkish all the time and you really can't blame them for it since it's THEIR SERVER.
It's night and day for me, I'd rather have 2ms more and play with people I can try and communicate with without listening to a language I don't understand all the time. I bet there are a lot of players that have experienced this at least a few times in their games too. Is this change possible in the near future?
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